Learning from the past to guide the future: a SWOT-AHP analysis of tree-based land restoration endeavours in the Northern Sahel region of Cameroon

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This paper analyses restoration efforts in the Northern Sahel region of Cameroon using a combination of SWOT analysis and the Analytical Hierarchical Process approach. Based on the perception of key informants from three stakeholder groups – representatives of the administration, representatives of communities, representatives of local NGOs, the results show that the positive attributes of restoration efforts overshadow the negative aspects. Moreover, source of additional income for families from restoration received the overall highest factor score ranking for strength. Tenure insecurity is the weakness with the highest score and the overall priority score for weaknesses was highest for key informants from local NGOs. On the other hand, improving livelihoods and natural resource base of communities received the highest overall factor for opportunities, while inadequate supply of quality inputs for restoration was perceived as the most critical threat to land restoration efforts in the northern Sahel region of Cameroon.

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