Case Study Detail Record

     



Organization type:  Government
   
Name of Ministry/Agency: 
   
Country: Belgium
   
Name of Focal Point:  Christian Vanden Bilcke, Nadine GouzĂ©e
   
Initiative Title: Sustainable Natural Resource Management- Project in South Africa
   
Internet links:
   
Scope:
   
Status: Ongoing
   
Timeframe:
Start: 2005     End: 2009
   
Lead Institution: Flemish government: Ministry of Environment
   
Stakeholders/Partners:  Department of Agricultural and Environmental Affairs Kwazulu Natal - South Africa
   
Relevent issues: - Enhancing agricultural productivity through adequate and sustainable inputs

- Natural resources management

Objectives/Challenges:
Increasing the agricultural production in 2 pilot areas of the province but with very specific eye for sustainable natural resources management

 
Lessons Learned:
1. Food comes first, only afterwards farmers are prepared to invest in sustainability;
2. There exists limited capacity for project implementation if one does not want to count on external consultants only.