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Sustainable agriculture and how can it halt deforestation?

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A presentation by Farai Muchiguel, from the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), at a workshop held in Paris from Thursday, 3 December to Friday, 4 December during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21).

The event organised by the International Institute for Environment and Development aimed to share the findings of its research to inform a wider debate on how REDD+ is contributing to addressing the drivers of land use and land use change.

The presentation focused on sustainable agriculture and whether it can halt deforestation.

More details: http://www.iied.org/redd-paris-what-could-be-it-for-people-forests

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Sustainable agriculture and how can it halt deforestation?

  1. 1. ADRA Mozambique 3TH -4TH Dec 2015 Hotel Mercury Paris, France
  2. 2. Brief Background of Grantee  ADRA (Adventist and Relief Development Agency) is a non profit organization established in Mozambique since 1987 in response to the war crisis. With the end of the civil war ADRA focused interventions in development programs in areas of food security, income generation, health and nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene and education with the Goal to improve the livelihoods of rural populations in targeted areas.
  3. 3. Brief Summary of project theory of change and objectives  Sustainable guarante of food security for 1500 beneficiaries throught agricultural practices wich contributes to reduce the degradation and deforestation rates
  4. 4. Specific Objective Reduction of practices and human actions that increase the pressure for deforestation and degradation Increasing of production and productivity of sellected crops introduced within the benefited communities
  5. 5. High level results at the outcome and objective level 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 Maize Ground nuts Pegeon pea Sesame before project Target Achieved 1800 kg 1300 kg 480 kg 300 kg 1000 kg 1200 kg 800 kg 160 kg 300 kg 217 kg 1100 kg
  6. 6. Activities and achievements Activity Target Achievement % of Achievement # of farmer trained in shifting cultivation 1500 1096 74 % # of farmer trained in conservation farming 1500 1096 74 % # of farmer trained in good agriculture pratices 1500 855 57 %
  7. 7. Activities and achievements 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 # of farmers trained in establishement of bacias permanentes # of farmers trained in production and use of compost # of farmers trained in horticulture production Target Achieved 120 % 91% 66%
  8. 8. Result on carbon stocks in areas with and without conservation agricultura including native forest a a b b c 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 FN_30 AC_16 AC_4 AC_3 Ancov_15 EST(MgC/ha) Crop System
  9. 9. Can working with small scale farmers in smallholdings actually make any difference? 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000 4500 Maize Ground nuts before project Target Achieved 4200kg 3500 kg 1200g 160 kg 300 kg 800 kg
  10. 10. What does it cost and how to scale up?  Low labor  Land requirement  Low in-puts  Marketing component  VSL  Integrations of different approaches
  11. 11. Emerging challenges and lessons……  Coverage area of the implementation  Needs outcomes in very short time  Self Organized Farmer Organizations tend to be more active and willing to participate in project interventions.
  12. 12. Thank you for your attention

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