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Ayantunde, Augustine A.

Umutoni, Clarisse

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Community participation in decentralized management of natural resources in the southern region of MaliClarisse UMUTONI1 & Augustine AYANTUNDE21International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), c/o ICRISAT, B.P. 320 Bamako, MALI2International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), c/o CIFOR, B.P. 9478 Ouagadougou, BURKINA FASOKey messages Decentralized governance of natural resources is considered one of the key strategies for promoting sustainable management of natural resources at local level.  Local institutions governing natural resource management can serve as viable policy instruments to promote equitable and sustainable use of natural resources, and reduce conflict if strengthened through appropriate and inclusive processes involving the local communities and the State agencies. Strengthening local conventions  management of natural resources is essential to maintain a healthy natural resource base for sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production systems.This poster is licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence. January 2017We thank farmers and local partners in Africa RISING sites for their contributions to this research. We also acknowledge the support of all donors which globally support the work of the CGIAR centers and their partners through their contributions to the CGIAR systemObjectives and approach• The purpose of this study was to document and analyze the existinglocal conventions in mixed crop-livestock systems of southern Maliand to examine the factors that influence the level of participation offarmers in elaborations of local conventions.• Research approach – Qualitative research approach such as groupdiscussions and individual interviews of key stakeholders were usedto gather information on local conventions governing naturalresources in southern Mali.Key results• Local conventions governing natural resources management exist in all study sites mainly in an informal (oral) form. They govern natural resources use (land access and acquisition, harvesting wild fruits, fishing, grazing, forest, water management).• Men had a higher knowledge of local conventions compared to women (figure 1)• Participation of community members in elaboration of local conventions was very low, and age, gender, and ethnicity appeared to influence the level of participation of the community (Table1)• Weakness of existing local natural resource institutions : Lack of formalization of most of the existing rules and norms governing NRM; lack of effective monitoring and evaluation mechanisms for the local rules governing NRM; poor participation of community members in the elaboration of local conventions.Significance and scaling potentialThe results illustrate that local conventions governing natural resources are weak, mainly due to low  participation of community members  in their elaboration and lack of their formalization. Community should promote the participation of community members in decision making over natural resources, this will increase the accountability of each natural resource  user for the better use of these resources. About 10 000 farmers and herders can be reached by the intervention on local conventions governing natural resources in Mali.Photo1. Community participation in elaboration of local conventions Table 1: Results of the regression analysis of the level of participation of community members in the elaboration of rules and norms governing natural resources  useFigure 1. Level of knowledge of local rules or norms governing NRM according to gender in Bougouni and KoutialaIndependent variable Bougouni KoutialaAge 0.029*** 0.004Residence -0.023*** 0.010Female -0.575*** -0.389**Herder -1.098 0.189Farmer-herder -0.093 0.026Formal education -0.411** 0.340*Koranic education 0.206 0.035Non land owning lineage -0.280 0.282Constant 0.188 -0.258R2 0.317 0.117

Community participation in decentralized management of natural resources in the southern region of Mali

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Community participation in decentralized management of natural resources in the southern region of Mali

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