Um programa financiado pelo Forest Investment Program pagou às famílias do Burkina Faso até 238 dólares por grupo pela sobrevivência de árvores em florestas classificadas degradadas; uma avaliação randomizada constatou que os pagamentos em dinheiro na época de escassez reduziram a insegurança alimentar em 35%, sem evidência de deslocamento de mão de obra.
Women among direct household beneficiaries (2013-2019)
850000 people
Indirect beneficiaries (2013-2019)
0.62 USD per tree surviving
Linear contract payment rate (August 2017)
62-238 USD per five-person group
Threshold contract payment range (August 2017)
35 %
Reduction in household food insecurity from lean-season payment timing (2017 study period)
60 %
Reduction in severe household food insecurity from lean-season payment timing (2017 study period)
Detalhes
Maturidade
Consolidada
Promotor
African Development Bank / Government of Burkina Faso (Forestry Administration), evaluated by Tilburg University & World Bank researchers
Período
2013-2019 (contract pilot fielded August 2017)
Palavras-chave
reforestation, dryland restoration, PES contract design, food security, REDD+ readiness
Contexto
Burkina Faso's Gazetted Forests Participatory Management Project targeted restoration of approximately 284,000 hectares across 12 gazetted forests, funded with $11.5-12.5 million from the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program (FIP) and implemented by the African Development Bank together with Burkina Faso's Forestry Administration. It benefited an estimated 5,400 direct households (2,700 women) and around 850,000 people indirectly.
Objetivos
To test and implement household-level payment-for-environmental-services (PES) contracts that incentivise tree-planting and survival while addressing the food-insecurity risks associated with unpaid or delayed reforestation labour, particularly during the agricultural lean season.
Atividades
In August 2017, researchers from Tilburg University and the World Bank fielded a trial of two PES contract models among programme households: a linear per-tree-surviving payment of $0.62 per tree, and a threshold contract paying $62-238 per five-person group depending on the tier of tree survival achieved.
Resultados
Timing cash payments during the lean season reduced household food insecurity by 35% and severe food insecurity by 60%, with no measurable displacement of labour from farming. Results were published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (Adjognon, van Soest & Guthoff, 2021).
Conclusões
Lean-season timed PES payments can materially improve household food security among reforestation participants without drawing labour away from farming activities, suggesting payment timing design is as important as payment amount or structure for PES programmes targeting poor rural households.
Implementação
Custo indicativo
Elevado (500 mil €–5 M€) — $11.5-12.5 million total from the Climate Investment Funds' Forest Investment Program; individual contract payments ranged from $0.62 per surviving tree (linear) to $62-238 per five-person group (threshold).
Tempo até resultados
Longo (> 3 anos) — Overall programme ran 2013-2019; the PES contract-design trial was fielded in August 2017.
Equipa e competências
African Development Bank (implementer), Burkina Faso Forestry Administration, Tilburg University researchers, World Bank researchers
Condições de sucesso
Aligning cash payment timing with the agricultural lean season to avoid food-insecurity trade-offs
Group-based (five-person) threshold contracts alongside individual linear per-tree payments
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