5. CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
in the AGRICULTURE SECTOR
This means that it is time the
agriculture (and forestry)
sectors learnt to adapt to
increasing emissions of
carbon dioxide globally
6. Integrating Climate Change Risks into
the Agriculture and Health Sectors in
Samoa Project - $USD2M
(2009-2013)
• MNRE (Met Division &
Forestry)
• MAF, NHS & MOH
• Rural Communities
7. Outcome 2:
Capacity of Samoa’s agricultural sector improved to design
adaptive policies and perform short-term (seasonal) and long-
term (decadal) agricultural planning and crop management
models
Output 2.1
Agricultural management plans and strategies are revised
to incorporate climate risk forecasting and adaptive planning
Output 2.2
National soil and crop maps updated and enhanced with
functionalities for climate risk and productivity modeling under
different climate conditions
Output 2.3
Adaptive agricultural crop management piloted in
vulnerable agricultural areas
MAF’s Component
12. Forestry Sector
Forest resource management skills are variable
across the Pacific Region
Continuation of widespread deforestation in
PICs is alarming (logging & agricultural
expansion)
Samoa: soon to be model for sustainable
forestry which includes adaptive strategies
More people demanding more things from our
forests (e.g. biomass production)
13. Forestry Sector (cont.)
Samoa’s proposed climate change adaptation
strategy in the forest sector designed to reduce
the impacts of climate change
Introduction of climate change mitigation
technologies within the agricultural and
forestry sectors (e.g. biomass gasifiers) are a
key component of any modern forestry and
agricultural management policy and strategy
15. Ideal Samoan Village 2010
• Diesel displaced and biofuels produced
• Free electricity and free heat
• Agricultural value-adding/manufacturing
• Imports replaced & exports expanded
• Locally produced nitrogenous fertilizers
• Organic farming & improved nutrition
• Immediately improved socio-economic status
16. •Biomass gasification technology uses any material
of biological origin, such as wood waste, agricultural
residues etc
• Highly Efficient
• Compact
• Low Emissions
• Sustainable Renewable Energy
• The ideal project location would be a process plant with
a combination of high fuel costs and access to low cost
biomass
• This technology represents one of the lowest-cost renewable
energy sources we have evaluated to date
17. HEAT EXTRACTION
(dry cocoa, coffee, flours, copra)
POWER OUTPUT
(export to the grid)
DUAL FUEL CAPABILITY
(generators can run on syn-gas, coconut bio-diesel & diesel)
BIO-DIESEL PRODUCTION
(bio fuel for buses, tractors, trucks, etc.)
AGRICULTURAL FERTILISERS
(plantation re-growth, fruit trees, etc.)
HARVESTING OF INVASIVE SPECIES
(economic benefit to utilize as fuel for gasifiers)
18. • SENILE COCONUT TREES
• COCONUT SHELL
• COCOA BEAN SHELL
• METROPOLITAN SOLID WASTE
• BAMBOO
• EUCALYPTUS
• LEAD TREE (Tamaligi)
• BIO FUEL CROPS
• INVASIVE SPECIES
19. OUR IMMEDIATE PLAN
SHOULD BE TO GET MORE …
• Adaptation strategies within agriculture sector
• Adaptation strategies within forestry sector
• Mitigation technologies within agroforestry
sector
20. But some immediate
reforms are needed
• Adaptation to climate change impacts
• Mitigation technologies producing bio-diesel
• Energy/biomass cropping
• EIAs completed
(e.g. agric, forestry, livestock)
• Improved food & energy security
• Improved rural socio-economic status
21. Last Thought
“We cannot solve food security and water &
biodiversity conservation issues
unless we first address energy security
issues”
22. PROBLEM?
• Not one pilot village
• Samoa needs a model sustainable village
• Could be good tourist attraction
• Exemplifying health issues
• Exemplifying agricultural issues
• Exemplifying climate change issues
