The reason why the renaissance movement is though and characterized in those terms is because the movement itself created a cultural shift in the mindset of people. Having increased the values that people later in the renaissance period cherished more, people from the renaissance movement itself were at the forefront of what was later known as the renaissance period.
"Planting trees throughout Sahel" is the one action among the following actions given in the question that would be the most effective long-term solution to fighting desertification in the Sahel.