Presentation by Sara Scherr, EcoAgriculture Partners, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 1, Session 2: The “land sharing or land sparing” conundrum: Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)

1. The “land sharing or land sparing”
conundrum:
Southern Agricultural Growth
Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)
ARDD Learning Event 1
Rio + 20
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 18, 2012

2. SAGCOT strategy
● Implementing Kilimo
Kwanza in the southern
corridor
● 350,000 hectares of new
agriculture
● $3.4 billion of investment
● 1.3M tons/year of new
grain production
● 3,500 tons/year of new red
meat production

3. SAGCOT geography

4. SAGCOT cluster concept

5. Key issues for agricultural productivity,
sustainability, land, and water in SAGCOT
Forests, Wildlife, and Protected Areas

6. Land-sharing, land-sparing options in
SAGCOT
● Land-sparing:
 Sustainable crop intensification to reduce village land-clearing
 Sust. livestock intensification with rotational grazing (not pastoralists)
 Increased irrigation efficiency
 Protection of water sources for irrigation
● Land-sharing
● Re-open permeable wildlife corridors through farmlands through by
modifying production practices and adding habitat features
● REDD+ forest buffer zone management with farming communities
● Agroforestry-- vegetative cover for hydrological and habitat benefits
● Irrigation infrastructure designed for multi-use (social, econ, environ.)
● Co-management of pastoral herds and wildlife

7. Conclusions
1) Real life strategies to ensure full range of products and
services from landscapes will require both land-sparing
and land-sharing
2) Major agricultural investment programs need to design
land-sparing and land-sharing as part of collaborative
spatial planning
3) Agricultural Green Growth (AGG) framework must
incorporate eco-friendly practices/business,
coordination to achieve ecosystem goals, stakeholder
forums, and market and policy incentives

8. Questions or comments?
THANKS!