Eco-efficient agriculture for the Poor A Regional Perspective

With contributions from regional staff What is new or different? Will it help us do better research? Will future research look different? What opportunities are there?

What is new or different?

Will it help us do better research?

Will future research look different?

What opportunities are there?

Eco-efficient agriculture for the Poor - implications Economic productive, efficient, competitive, profitable Environment sustainable, resilient Social Fair, equitable Research that is: Integrated, inter- and multi-disciplinary, holistic, system-oriented

Economic

productive, efficient, competitive, profitable

Environment

sustainable, resilient

Social

Fair, equitable

Research that is:

Integrated, inter- and multi-disciplinary, holistic, system-oriented

Regional projects Applied research, participatory, impact-oriented Working closely with NARS and NGO partners Integrated smallholder crop-livestock systems Livelihood-focus Income, increasing market-orientation Social dimension Poverty, gender, ethnicity Sustainable production Value chain (production – markets) Well-integrated project in the regions are not so different from the eco-efficiency concept But – primarily focussed on improving livelihoods rather than on the environment

Applied research, participatory, impact-oriented

Working closely with NARS and NGO partners

Integrated smallholder crop-livestock systems

Livelihood-focus

Income, increasing market-orientation

Social dimension

Poverty, gender, ethnicity

Sustainable production

Value chain (production – markets)

Well-integrated project in the regions are not so different from the eco-efficiency concept

But – primarily focussed on improving livelihoods rather than on the environment

Environmental focus Forage hedgerows for erosion control Not easily ‘adoptable’ There is a cost to farmers need labour; make land preparation and harvesting more difficult Unless There are clearly recognisable benefits to farmers Linked to improved production and income and/or reduced labour requirements High value placed on the environment Land care movements building awareness of the importance of environmental protection – education! Farmers are the decision-makers

Forage hedgerows for erosion control

Not easily ‘adoptable’

There is a cost to farmers

need labour; make land preparation and harvesting more difficult

Unless

There are clearly recognisable benefits to farmers

Linked to improved production and income and/or reduced labour requirements

High value placed on the environment

Land care movements building awareness of the importance of environmental protection – education!

Farmers are the decision-makers

Do we have the tools / methods needed? Farmer participatory research Farmers decide what to adopt Integration, system-orientation, harmonisation of different aspects of the eco-efficiency concept Linking farmers to markets – value chains Product-orientation Holistic, multi-disciplinary Partnerships with development partners for scaling out NARS, NGOs, development organisations Learning alliances

Farmer participatory research

Farmers decide what to adopt

Integration, system-orientation, harmonisation of different aspects of the eco-efficiency concept

Linking farmers to markets – value chains

Product-orientation

Holistic, multi-disciplinary

Partnerships with development partners for scaling out

NARS, NGOs, development organisations

Learning alliances

Summary and opportunities A good description of our mission a ‘good practice’ guide for CIAT research? but equally applicable to other CGIAR centres A very useful checklist for project development, implementation and evaluation Greater integration Enabling environment within CIAT Partnerships Education / building capacity

A good description of our mission

a ‘good practice’ guide for CIAT research?

but equally applicable to other CGIAR centres

A very useful checklist

for project development, implementation and evaluation

Greater integration

Enabling environment within CIAT

Partnerships

Education / building capacity

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