Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a low-cost land restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst poor subsistence farmers by increasing food and timber production and resilience to climate extremes. Started in 1983 in Niger, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration is a form of coppicing and pollarding, drawing on traditional practices and sensitive to local variations.
The Feed Assessment Tool (FEAST) is a systematic method to assess local feed resource availability and use. It helps in the design of intervention strategies aiming to optimize feed utilization and animal production. G-FEAST is a gendered version of FEAST to identify aspects of gender relations that affect animal feeding practices and identify differences in opportunities and constraints between households.
GARBAL is a tailor-made information service intended to meet the specific needs of pastoralists and farmers to improve their decision-making and give them more predictability and agility.