Implementing organisations: Coordinator: Felcos-Umbria

Co-beneficiaries: Republican association of cooperatives “AgroSoyuz”, Farmer of Kazakhstan Foundation, Ilsleda

Associates: IsMed-CNR, Enbeshki-Kazakh district Akimat

Duration: 1 March 2022 ‒ 28 February 2024

Total budget: € 274,981

EU contribution: € 247,483

Project partners: Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Research Institute of Livestock and Forage, Sogetinskiy municipal Akimat

Location: Enbekshi-Kazakh District of Almaty region, Kazakhstan

Keywords: Sustainable grazing, pasture management, participatory territorial governance

Contract number: 429-490

Project Description

Restoration of degraded land and better access to pasture are critical issues for the survival of the ecosystem and the resilience of the rural communities.

The JAILYM Project aims to improve sustainability and governance of the pasture lands and the grazing activities.

The Project will provide training and technical assistance on livestock management, climate change risks and adaptation, and also establish

innovative mechanisms of participatory territorial governance and public-private cooperation. 

Main target groups: 250 smallholder farmers and breeders, 100 representatives of NGOs, grassroots producer associations and Business Support Organisations, 50 Local Authorities’ delegates, 40 professors and students of 6 Kazakh universities and research institutes, 10 vulnerable young women and men (job seekers).

Expected results:

• 5 Unions of pasture users (UPUs) and 1 District Pasture Coordinating Council (DPCC) set-up and participating in local decision making;

• Sustainable pasture management plans developed and implemented;

• A computerized system for monitoring land degradation and managing access to pastures realised;

• Project pilot experience spread and upscaled at the national level.