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This reports concludes that the livelihood resilience of fishermen in Northern Benin is challenged by many factors, among them poverty and lack of institutional support. The assets entitlment and endowment of fishermens are minimal and faced with limited livelihood strategies. Low level of education and lack of vocational training and skills coupled with saving skills restrict the ability of fishermen to acquire the necessary assets for the expansion of their businesses. The open-access nature of river Pendjari attract many people into fishing while the limited space for fishing contribute to resource depletion and rectict accumulation respectively.
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This graph illustrates the ties/relationships which exist in farmer-herder conflicts in southern Ghana. Contrary to what is often said the Fulani herders are not always those who cause conflict. They also develop strong ties with local associations, opinion leaders and represent an important workforce for large livestock owners. The density of relations does not end only with these relations above described, but it also involves the security agents and officials of the Ghanaian government who most often intervene in the resolution of conflicts.
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This document produced by CERPA in 2011 is a report on the number of water reservoirs/dams per commune in the departments of Atacora / Donga and points of the fishing infrastructures. The objective of this project is to identify pastoral water points in order to allow a good supervision of the agricultural actors. The issue of water management for good agricultural policy remains an important issue for Benin.
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This document is a map of land and vegetation cover of the North Bank Region of the Gambia produced by the National Environment Agency of the Gambia (NEA). It is reproduced as a background map in 2015 by Constantine Kouevi, student WASCAL MRP-The Gambia, in her Master thesis. This study shows that there is a densification of human activities in this geographical space, which explains a high human concentration. Land management policies depend on the quality of natural resource management. This can lead to potential conflicts.
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This Social Dashboard provides an analysis of the socio-economic profiles of the regions of North Benin (Departments of Atacora and Donga). According to the Beninese government, the main objective is to create the conditions for accelerated growth for poverty reduction. This document enable the various actors, both local, national and international, to gauge the progress made (between 2008 to 2009) and the level of development of the two departments and to foresee the considerable efforts still to be made to reach the Millennium Development Goals.