Our community is largely dependent on agriculture and natural resources.
These form the basis of existence for about 90% of its population, which is
mainly rural.
The average Burundian household consists of seven people and the growth in agricultural productivity cannot keep pace with the high population growth. This density causes a shortage of land and in turn leads to overexploitation of forests and soil degradation, the destruction of ecosystems accelerated by overgrazing.
These environmental problems are further compounded by the effects of
climate change, such as increased temperatures and rainfall and extreme weather
events, such as floods and droughts. All this increases the vulnerability of
the population and undermines socio-economic development.
This is why better risk prevention and disaster management is important
to increase the resilience of communities to climate change.
Through its mission to contribute to the implementation of the SDGs and the strengthening of climate resilience, world future active aims to encourage ecological management of ecosystems and the use of new cropping methods and nutrient pathways that improve or stabilise soil fertility.
World future active wants to promote the implementation of actions that
promote better adaptation to extreme events due to climate change.
We also want to support the rural population to better stabilise or
increase their agricultural production by applying integrated soil and water
conservation solutions. This will increase economic benefits and also generate
income for women and young people.
It plans to encourage women's participation in household decisions,
agricultural crops adapted to the current climatic contexts.