ProValAB/Agricultural valorization of small dams in Burkina Faso Valorisering av dammar Burkina Faso Projektets övergripande mål är att uppnå ett mer effektivt och rättvist nyttjande av existerande regnvattendammar för jordbruksändamål i Burkina Faso. De specifika målen är:

1) Användarna skapar system för god och hållbar förvaltning av dammarna, vattenresursen och odlingsmarken;
2) Odlarna ökar sin kvantitativa respektive kvalitativa produktion från träd, jordbruk, husdjur och fiskodling;
3) Producenter och andra värdekedjeaktörer förbättrar sitt ekonomiska och sociala uppträdande.

Projektet löper över 5 år under vilka fas 1 (2017-2020) samfinansieras av Burkina Faso och Sverige. Sverige avser bidra med 79 000 000 miljoner kronor.

Projektet överensstämmer med minst åtta av de sjutton hållbara utvecklingsmål som fastställdes av FN 2015 och som undertecknats av både Sverige och Burkina Faso. Projektet överensstämmer också med den nationella planen för ekonomisk och social utveckling (NPESD), utvecklingsstrategin SCADD,  den nationella planen för adaptering till klimatförändringarna (PANA) och landets prioriteringar inom resiliens för livsmedelssäkerhet och nutrition antagen 2015.

I Burkina Faso lever omkring 85% av befolkningen, främst på landsbygden, av naturresurser, jordbruk, boskap och skogsbruk. Inkomsterna är mycket låga, men trots detta bidrar dessa försörjningsaktiviteter till cirka 40% av BNP. Den mest begränsande faktorn att öka produktiviteten av naturresurser är tillgången till vatten. Med klimatförändringen har nederbörden blivit mer oregelbundet och mer intensiv när det inträffar, vilket innebär att risken för jorderosion ökar, att översta jordlagret försvinner och möjligheten att hålla fuktigheten i jorden minskar. Dammarna tillåter jordbrukare att producera ett viktigt tillskott av grönsaker och frukter, vilket dessutom kommer att öka sina kontantinkomster och göra dem mer marknadsinriktade. Det kommer att leda till att förbättra böndernas hushåll närings- och hälsotillstånd. The project aims to assure an improved agricultural valorization of hydraulic infrastructure already in place in Burkina Faso. The project aims at both rehabilitating 17 to 20 of Burkina Faso's many water dams and improve the use of the dams. The overall expected objective of the project is: "Households sustainable development of food security/nutritional security and increase of their incomes by exploiting water from small dams through the development of beneficial value chains".

The specific objectives are :
 • users put in place good governance for the sustainable management of infrastructures, water resources and developed lands;
• farmers increase quantitatively and qualitatively their agricultural, forestry, pastoral and fishery production (ASPF) ;
• producers and other players in value chains improve their economic and social performance.

The project runs in its totality over 5 years, where a first phase (2017-2020) is financed in collaboration between the Government of Burkina Faso and Sweden. Sweden contributes XX million SEK.

The contribution is is in line with the following goal of the strategy for Sweden's development cooperation in Burkina Faso  "... to help boost incomes and improve security among the poor, especially among
women and girls, by promoting environmentally sustainable increases in productivity in
the natural resource management sectors." Further, the contribution is of a vital importance for Burkina Faso's capacity to adapt to climate change.

The project contributes to at least eight of the seventeen sustainable goals stated by the United Nation in 2015 and signed both by Sweden and Burkina Faso. It is also in coherence with several public policy objectives of Burkina Faso such as the National Plan for Economic and Social Development (NPESD) adopted in 2016 and the development strategy SCADD. It is further in line with the National Adaptation Program of Action on Climate Change (NAPA). ProValAB falls within the framework of the implementation of the National Water Policy by considering the National Program for Integrated Water Resources Management and the National Hydro Development.

In Burkina Faso around 85% of the population gain their living from natural resources, agriculture, livestock and silviculture. This is more so in the rural areas where the incomes are very low, however these livelihood activities still contributes to around 40% of the Gross Domestic Budget (GDP). The most limiting factor to increase the productivity of natural resources is the access to water. With climate change the rainfall have become more irregular and more intense once it occurs, which means that the risk of soil erosion increases, that the topsoil disappears and the possibility to keep the humidity in the soil diminish. The dams allow farmers to produce an important supplement of vegetables and fruits, which in addition will increase their cash income and make them more market-oriented. It should also improve nutrition and health status of the farmers' families. The overall objective of the intervention is: "Households improve their food/nutritional security sustainably and increase their incomes by exploiting water from small dams through the development of value chains".

The specific objectives are:

• users put in place good governance for the sustainable management of infrastructures, water resources and developed lands. This specific objective will be achieved through (a) development of infrastructures to support value chains, (b) improved management of dams, water and developed lands;

• farmers increase quantitatively and qualitatively their Agro-Sylvo-Pastoral and Forest (ASPF) production. This specific objective will be achieved through (a) increased agricultural production and productivity, (b) modernization of fish farming and fisheries, (c) capacity building of producers on post-harvest and commercial techniques;

• producers and other players in value chains improve their economic and social performance. This specific objective will be achieved through (a) integration of producers into value chains, (b) development of products processing, (c) better partnership between the players and the Financial Institutions / Microfinance Institutions, (d) Women's Empowerment, (e) improvement of the health and nutritional quality of households.