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Institutional Affiliation: Centre national de semences forestières (CNSF, or National Tree Seed Centre)
Region/Locale: Africa
References:
UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, SHARING INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES, Volume 9
http://tcdc.undp.org/sie/experiences/vol9/content9new.asp
Published in partnership with:
Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO)
The Academy of Sciences for The Developing World (TWAS)
Website: http://tcdc.undp.org/sie/experiences/vol9/Burkina%20Faso_v9_64-67.pdf
Description:
The Sahelian zone of West Africa suffers from a short rainy season, which puts many natural resources, including forest trees, at risk. To counter deforestation, large-scale plantations and social forestry and agroforestry initiatives are being implemented throughout the region. Such programmes help to restore degraded ecosystems, prevent the loss of biodiversity and contribute to poverty alleviation. As rainfall is unreliable, the saplings and young trees grown for these initiatives need to be raised in protected tree nurseries. To optimize the production of saplings in these nurseries, the Centre national de semences forestières (CNSF, or National Tree Seed Centre) of Burkina Faso has developed a research programme focusing on species from the area's arid and semi-arid zones.
Since the 1980s, most nurseries have been raising saplings in plastic bags, but this practice has two main drawbacks: the bags are expensive for the rural farmers who are producing young trees and, as they are not biodegradable, they add to environmental pollution. CNSF set out to develop alternative containers that are cheaper and that can be manufactured from local materials following traditional local methods. These experiments resulted in the production of an earthenware container. CNSF then went on to perfect its design and to establish the best ways of producing and using it. The Centre has also worked on identifying a suitable growth medium and the development of pest control measures.
Contact Information:
Jean Marie Ky Kiléa, Lambert Georges Ouedraogo and Sié Kambou
Centre national de semences forestières
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Tel: (+226) 358013 / 356111
Fax: (+226) 356110
E-mail: cnsf@fasonet.bf
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Selections from Sharing Innovative Experiences (2005)
UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation, The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), The Third World Network of Scientific Organizations (TWNSO), The Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
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