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In Search of Common Ground

Mbororo Social & Cultural Development Association (MBOSCUDA) is the largest membership-based association of the ethnic Mbororo pastoralists of Cameroon. Its mission is to contribute to the human, economic, social and cultural empowerment of the ethnic Mbororo pastoralists of Cameroon. In 2006 MBOSCUDA organized a series of consultation meetings with a range of stakeholders to explore more lasting solutions to the endemic farmer-grazer conflicts in the region. The lessons from a pilot project undertaken in 2007 for a few conflict hot spots were used to upscale and extend the initiative to 14 other conflict hot spots within the framework of our ‘In Search of Common Ground’ (ISCG) Project, which is being implemented since 2013 in collaboration with Village Aid UK, and United Purpose UK (formerly Concern Universal). The ISCG project seeks to address the farmers-grazers conflicts in the North West Region of Cameroon by promoting dialogue and negotiation as well as the collaborative management of the natural resources, including land and water, that are at the centre of conflicts between the two communities. While the project will end in June 2018, a midterm evaluation carried out in 2016 indicates that the approach has effectively reduced the incidence as well as the severity of farmer-grazer conflicts in the target communities. The most important finding is that people say that conflict has reduced (73% compared with 32% at baseline) and that conflict is less severe than it was before (79% compared with 37% at baseline).

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Éditeur: The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
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Auteur: Hamadu Bawuro
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Organisation: The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa
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Année: 2020
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Couverture géographique: Afrique
Type: Étude de cas
Langue: English
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