Desert Margin Programme, Phase 1

(a) review and analysis of the extent and nature of land degradation and its socio-economic and biophysical causes; (b) identification and testing of available solutions (indigenous, new technologies, and policy and institutional changes) together with farmers, NGOs, and NARS; (c) development of improved solutions (technologies, policies, institutions) through participatory research; (d) assessment of the likely impact of solutions in solving degradation problems and designing monitoring systems for measuring impact; and (e) collaboration with researchers, farmers, communities, NGOs, policymakers, and donors in implementing and monitoring the findings and recommendations of the DMP.