{"id":13966,"date":"2020-04-28T11:53:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T11:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highatlasfoundation.org\/?p=13966"},"modified":"2021-02-08T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T11:33:18","slug":"rural-women-in-the-high-atlas-contribute-to-climate-change-reduction-by-planting-fruits-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/rural-women-in-the-high-atlas-contribute-to-climate-change-reduction-by-planting-fruits-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Women in the High Atlas Contribute to Climate Change Reduction by Planting Fruits Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Director of Projects<\/em><\/p>\n

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Climate change is one of the major issues that humans face in this day and age. It is a phenomenon that has social, economic, and political impacts. As the progress of a community is directly correlated with the advancement of women and their capability to participate in economic, social and environmental development, women around the world are contributing to\u00a0 the reduction of climate change and its effects.<\/p>\n

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Moroccan women play a crucial role in the development of the community on a local and professional level. They support the reduction of climate change, for example, by working in agriculture. The High Atlas Foundation works with two groups of women in Toubkal National Park in the High Atlas Mountains who are engaged in planting organic fruit trees–almond, walnut, olive, and cherry trees– in two separate nurseries.<\/p>\n

Working with women in the High Atlas Mountains<\/u><\/h2>\n

Thanks to a project financed by the United Nations Development Program, the High Atlas Foundation facilitated the creation of an organic tree nursery, the implementation of a new well, and the organization of a participatory meeting and training concerning environmental protections with the farmers and the men\u2019s association in the village of Tassa Ouirgane in Al Haouz Province. The project incorporated a crucial gender approach that is both encouraged and supported by the National Coordinator Microfinance Program UNDP-FEM Morocco.<\/p>\n

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After the project was completed in October 2019, HAF and Ecosia committed to the vision to plant 40,000 almond, walnut, and olive seeds and cuttings in 2020. The nursery is managed by the High Atlas Foundation and five members of the women\u2019s cooperative in Tassa Ouirgane. The women have also benefited from a participatory approach meeting as well as empowerment workshops. They have established cooperative policies and procedures, and participated in democratic voting for decision-making in the cooperative. They also learned more about cooperative management, how to plant seeds and irrigate fruit trees, and how to create and implement a strategic plan. In addition, they received visits and workshops about the needs of the nursery by\u00a0 an American expert that is part of USAID\u2019s Farmer-to-Farmer Program.<\/p>\n

In January 2020, the High Atlas Foundation, with Ecosia, helped 27 women in Aguerzrane village in the Toubkal commune of the Taroudant province to create a nursery of 30,000 organic almond, walnut, and cherry trees. The women in this village benefited from participatory approach meetings, empowerment workshops, and training about creating cooperatives and how to plant seeds and cuttings.<\/p>\n

This project, in which women plant organic fruit trees,\u00a0 aims to:<\/p>\n