Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is Transforming Landscapes: A case study of Somaliland

World Vision continues to champion its pioneering, low-cost land restoration techniques, known as Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). With FMNR, we are equipping community members with knowledge on how to restore their own degraded land and manage their natural resources. These practices include how to cut and harvest grass sustainably, improve soil fertility, beekeeping, groundwater recharging, and re-greening of landscapes through tree-planting. Armed with these invaluable techniques, FMNR helps protect communities from the severest effects of drought.

Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) is a low-cost land restoration technique used to combat poverty and hunger amongst subsistence farmers. It can reverse desertification, increase food, water and commodity production, and build resilience to climate extremes. It almost sounds too good to be true, but it is very real. The special ingredients are passing the knowledge to local communities, mobilising the message and transferring the skills in language they can understand, by people they can trust.