RURAL LIVELIHOOD ADAPTATION

Presentation Structure

• Global trends affecting rural communities
• Case study: Al Madania Cooperative
• What makes a rural adaptation project successful?

GLOBAL TRENDS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES

• Market integration & globalized economy
• Intensified agricultural practices
• Environmental degradation
• More extreme & less predictable weather patterns
• Urbanization

MARKET INTEGRATION & GLOBALIZED ECONOMY

• shift from subsistence to commercial production
• agriculture production for export
• government policies encourage industrial farming practices
• Increases artificial inputs and agricultural waste
• Small Farmers not favored, debt accumulation

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION

• Intensified System of Production
• Monocultures, soil degradation
• Water intensive
• Expansion of ag, clear cutting of forest
• Harmful agricultural runoff

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3. Increased CLIMATE VARIABILITY

• Less water available
• More frequent flooding & droughts
• Salinization, salt water intrusion
• Decreasing crop yield reliability

Urbanization

• Decreased ecosystem functionality and climate invariability
• Rural and agricultural livelihoods become unreliable and unsupportive
• Cultural shift, youth have modern lifestyle aspirations
• Localized urban pollution
• Global urbanization correlated to increased greenhouse gas emission

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ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE

KSAR LAACHORIA, MOROCCO

• Oasis community with symbiotic relationship with land
• Changing weather patterns and increased frequency of extreme events
• Migration to urban centers and abroad to find income
• Communal infrastructure, and practices, have fallen into disrepair

Al Madania Cooperative

• Created within community
• Improve ecosystem resilience
• Pilots plots testing alternative crops
• Nursery plantations
• Medicinal plants

Al Madania Cooperative

• Revitalize traditional practices
• "Had Sayem" & "Adoual"
• Maintenance of traditional irrigation system
• Inclusive decision making and communtiy participation

SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD AND ADAPTATION PROGRAMS

SUCCESS!

• Ecologically, economically, and socially beneficial
• Community involvement and knowledge exchange
• Flexible and responsive
• Integrate modern practices with traditional knowledge
• Self sustaining and replicable