Case study #3: Senegal - Sustainable management of wetlands in the Saloum delta.
The project was undertaken because of the persistence of drought, development of tourism, extension of urban areas and high demography, which threaten this region.
Specific objectives of the project are:
·raise awareness of local people using traditional beliefs and current knowledge
·develop and implement local management plans for community wetlands in three pilot villages;
·establish a training center.
Other water innovations include new crops, including:
Hardy Corn: Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known as CIMMYT, one of 16 CGIAR centers, have created hardy new breeds of tropical corn that can increase harvests by 40 percent in the tough environments of the developing world.
New Rice: New, water-saving techniques are being developed that could save up to 25 percent of the water now used to grow rice, according to scientists at two CGIAR centers - the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), based in Manila, the Philippines, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Durable Wheat: Researchers have been able to modify wheat, once mostly restricted to temperate and subtropical zones, to make it productive even in hot climates. One main reason for growing wheat is it requires less water than rice.
The project was undertaken because of the persistence of drought, development of tourism, extension of urban areas and high demography, which threaten this region.
Specific objectives of the project are:
·raise awareness of local people using traditional beliefs and current knowledge
·develop and implement local management plans for community wetlands in three pilot villages;
·establish a training center.
Other water innovations include new crops, including:
Hardy Corn: Researchers at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center, known as CIMMYT, one of 16 CGIAR centers, have created hardy new breeds of tropical corn that can increase harvests by 40 percent in the tough environments of the developing world.
New Rice: New, water-saving techniques are being developed that could save up to 25 percent of the water now used to grow rice, according to scientists at two CGIAR centers - the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), based in Manila, the Philippines, and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Durable Wheat: Researchers have been able to modify wheat, once mostly restricted to temperate and subtropical zones, to make it productive even in hot climates. One main reason for growing wheat is it requires less water than rice.