The International Fertiliser Center for Development (IFDC) is starting a new project called PAGRIS. This four-year project (March 2020 – February 2024) is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Burundi PAGRIS seeks to achieve ecologically sustainable land management in Burundi at three levels: plot, slope and institutional level. PAGRIS aims to reach 100,000 family farms and sustainably manage 14,000 ha of land by further upscaling the PIP approach from IFDCs PAPAB project .
At the plot level, PAGRIS will co-create, test and implement integrated land stewardship strategies and practices to improve yield, income and soil fertility, using Participatory Learning and Action in close collaboration with farming households.
At the slope level, PAGRIS will improve landscape management of slopes/watersheds through collective community action, in which all farmers on a slope design a land use management plan to tackle soil erosion, reach stewardship agreements, and implement integrated practices.
At the institutional level, PAGRIS will contribute to a favorable institutional environment that improves the availability, access, and utilization of context-specific fertilizer products and techniques. It will do so by building capacity at agricultural knowledge institutes, identifying and assisting in cost-effective organo-mineral fertilizer blends, and supporting the national fertilizer subsidy program