It is now essential that a structure within MAF is able to present to the decision-making authorities documented results from analyses of the impact and diagnosis of the CA programme. This would encourage redirection of funding towards development activities which best integrate environmental management in improving family incomes and the quality of life. The most urgent measures to be adopted are:

• Introducing a taxation system for agro-industrial and mining projects to compensate for environmental damage. Funds raised through this would be reinjected into development activities through the PES scheme;
• Support to the conversion of conventional systems to systems based on conservation agriculture by:
• Creating specific lines of credit which can be accessed by farmers (cropping and equipment credit), by private entrepreneurs and farmer groups through short-term loans for supply and collection, and through medium-term loans for produce storage and processing facilities;
• The establishment, according to the resources of the provinces and of the state, of PES schemes to encourage production systems which use conservation agriculture at household level.

The CA programme could, through such credit schemes, guarantee its part in farming plans from the identification of needs through to the justifying results, and it will accompany private operators and farmer groups in these actions.

 Read more: Example of implementation Plan for the Nam Ngum River Basin; Action plan of PROSA