Criteria and indicators for sustainable and resilient GLDC-based farming and livelihood systems
Within CGIAR research program on grain legumes and dry cereals (CRP GLDC)
At a glance
- Project leader : Dr. Grégoire Meylan
- Project team : Dr. Quang Bao Le, Dr. Boundia Alexandre Thiombiano
- Project budget : USD 14'000
- Project status : completed
- Funding partner : Other (International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA)
- Project partner : International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas ICARDA
- Contact person : Grégoire Meylan
Description
Many small farmers in Africa suffer from soil infertility and
dependence on chemical fertilizers. However, no method shows how
bad the situation is and to what extent the farmers are prepared
for such problems. The aim of this project is to develop
criticality indicators for agricultural livelihood systems (ALS)
based on the method of assessing metal criticality developed by
Yale University. These indicators will measure how critical
nutrients are for small farmers. The indicators consist of three
dimensions:
1) supply risks that smallholders face in connection with a
nutrient,
2) resilience of smallholders to these supply risks,
3) environmental implications. First indicators for these
criticality dimensions were derived from fieldwork in Burkina
Faso.