ABSTRACT
Stimulating Community Initiatives in Sustainable Land Management (SCI-SLM) is a project that focuses on identifying innovative forms of land management amongst communities in four countries in Africa: Ghana, Morocco, South Africa and Uganda. The GEF's land degradation focal area (LDFA) came into being around the time of project formulation and, with SCI-SLM's emphasis on up scaling, this made a perfect match with GEF-LDFA. The rationale for modifying the methodology is set out: the basic difference being that, while the earlier project worked with individual farmers, SCI-SLM works with communities. Beginning with a description of the situation regarding land degradation in Uganda, the stage is set to highlight the importance and relevance of the SCI-SLM project for the country. The project is coordinated and executed by the Centre for Environment and Development (CEAD) at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, which also manages the South African country programme.
