Making agriculture growth happen - CP meeting 2011 - Day 2 - Workshop 3

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Alterra is an international organization with expertise in land and water management. Their mission is to anticipate water stress problems through effective science combined with practical implementation. Their vision is to increase agricultural production at catchment scales without exceeding sustainable production thresholds. Some of their key programs include Aqualidad Mediterranea, Greening the Desert, Harvest4food, and Delta Alliance. They use remote sensing to characterize water stress and manage land and water resources through tools like WIBIS to understand the impacts of land use changes. There is a need to better integrate land and water resource development by bringing together the perspectives of farmers and water managers.

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Alterra - International expertise in Land AND Water management Jochen Froebrich Making agricultural growth happen <number>

Contribution of the Alterra IWRM team (follow up institution of the International Institute for Land Reclamation and Improvement (ILRI) The Mission to anticipate water stress problems by an effective combinationof leading science AND wider implementation in practice The Vision to deliver approaches for increasing agricultural production at catchment scale without violating Sustainable Production Thresholds (SPT) SPT: upper limits - beyond which an increase in agricultural production may lead to environmental and socio-economic damages <number>

Our Key Programmes Aqualidad Mediterranea - Greening the Desert Harvest4food Delta Alliance <number>

Water stress characterization using Remote SensingCase study Morocco ETp Greening the desert <number> <number>

Adapting WFD application to Southern European catchments MIRAGE Spatio-temporalvariability August October Aqualidad Mediterranea <number>

Managing water by managing land WIBIS: Discussion Support Tool ,[object Object]

spatial planning and land managementevapotranspiration after sugar cane introduction Harvest 4 Food <number>

“Water without producing something from it, is just wet” An exaggeration? Farmers often have good experience where to earn money but are limited in predicting water risks (Water availability is often taken for granted) Water managers have a good understanding of floods and droughts but limited experience with selling products (Often used to get salaries from governmental organizations) => Strong need to integrate the development of land and water resources <number>

Paradigm change in water management <number>

Outlook for cooperation with GWP Contributing to strategic orientation of GWP Joint promotion of concepts for a true integration of land, water and energy management Develop and test approaches to enable paradigm changes in water management Unpacking the concept of Green Growth in selected pilot studies (Zambezi, Nile, Incomati, Limpopo) and supporting the Rio +20 process Extending concepts for transboundary water management to a transboundary management of resources, products and energy Modernize capacity building distant learning and locally based (integrating experience of 50 years ICLD course) <number>

1) Regional cooperation across water, energy, and food is essential to maximize economic benefits from resources in the Eastern Nile basin, but ongoing cooperation is viewed as inadequate. 2) Sectoral and cross-country analyses show total economic benefits are lower without cooperation between sectors and countries. 3) Hydropower-first strategies reduce total benefits; agricultural investment proportional to hydropower could make other renewables more advantageous.

Soil and water managements and landscapes: Africa RISING science, innovations...

africa-rising

1) Complementary soil and water management technologies implemented across agricultural landscapes in Ethiopia enhanced synergies and reduced trade-offs between crop production and the environment. 2) Soil and water conservation interventions like terraces and trenches reduced soil loss by over 50% and increased dry season water flows, providing more sustainable crop intensification options. 3) Providing farmers with irrigation scheduling advice, like information on wetting front detectors, increased crop yields by 20-50% and water productivity during the dry season.

Eco-Efficiency and Natural Resources

CIAT

The document discusses approaches for balancing ecological, social, and economic factors in sustainable land management. It summarizes findings from the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment that agriculture has degraded most ecosystem services and biodiversity is threatened. However, many services could be reversed by 2050 through education, investment in public goods, technology, and proactive policies. Achieving balance requires technical solutions at various scales, social organization, economic incentives, and general modeling of links between ecological, economic, and institutional factors.

The Nexus as a fad or entry point for change?

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

This document discusses the water-energy-food nexus and its importance in achieving sustainable development goals. It presents conceptual frameworks showing the relationships and tradeoffs between these sectors. While bringing other sectors together is key, there is no single solution. Future research questions include how to get other sectors engaged, identifying opportunities to improve interactions across sectors, determining appropriate tools for different challenges, understanding costs and benefits of different nexus focuses, finding important allies, and improving nexus education. The water-energy-food nexus must be considered to achieve sustainability goals.

Concepts, impacts & benefits of eco-efficiency

CIAT

Eco-efficiency is a management approach endorsed at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit that aims to deliver goods and services that satisfy human needs while reducing environmental impacts throughout a product's lifecycle. The document discusses eco-efficiency in agriculture, noting that while initially seen as a buzzword, it can be substantiated with evidence of economic, social, and environmental impacts from leading organizations. Specific examples are given of how CIAT commodities like rice, cassava, beans, and forages can improve productivity and reduce environmental impacts. The challenges of comprehensively measuring the benefits and impacts of eco-efficiency across physical scales are also addressed.

R&I cooperation for Global Food Security - Nicola Yates, Rothamsted Reseach

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) / Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke)

Rothamsted Research is a large agricultural research institution in the UK with an annual budget of £30-35 million. It has over 300 scientific publications per year and focuses its research on 6 global challenges related to improving global food security. Some of its key capabilities include long-term agricultural experiments and insect monitoring programs, as well as specialized facilities. It conducts research both nationally and through international partnerships aimed at developing sustainable agriculture practices and crop varieties.

Groundwater availability for irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

This document summarizes a presentation on building resilience to climate change through improved watershed management. The key points are: 1) The presentation discusses developing a participatory tool to facilitate community dialogue and create locally-owned watershed action plans to build climate resilience through sustainable water, land, and ecosystem management. This aims to strengthen resilience in social-ecological systems and explicitly consider ecosystem services. 2) A review of existing resilience assessment tools found that while numerous frameworks have been developed, many do not explicitly address smallholder farming or require complex data that is often unavailable. The project will draw from 13 relevant tools. 3) Feedback is sought on indicators to incorporate community aspirations and assess capacities for transformation, not

CK2017: Urban Climate Resilience: Water

WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

The document discusses the growing global water crisis, with 2.5 billion people dependent on groundwater for daily needs and 33 countries facing extreme water stress by 2040. It proposes an approach to address this that involves informing people about risks, enabling solutions, and mobilizing action. Specific initiatives discussed include the PREP platform for sharing climate risk data and insights, natural infrastructure for water to enhance security and resilience through green-gray solutions, and opportunities in Rio de Janeiro around its Guandu and Paraiba do Sul watersheds.

Rwanda's Green Fund (FONERWA): an engine for 50 years of green growth

CCAFS | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Scaling Up the Ambition around Sustainable Development & Climate Action in Ur...

ipcc-media

This document discusses the importance of scaling up sustainable development and climate action in urban areas. It notes that while cities and fossil fuels powered industrial revolutions and economic growth, they also caused unintended consequences like pollution. To limit global warming to 1.5°C, the world must undertake four simultaneous global systems transitions in energy, industry, land/ocean use, and urban infrastructure while leaving no one and no place behind. This requires implementing climate actions and sustainable development goals across sectors and scales from local to global involving many stakeholders. Upscaled ambition, accelerated implementation, and new partnership models are needed among countries, cities, and companies to achieve this.

IHA Congress 2011 - Session 5 - Albert de Melo

International Hydropower Association

1) The document discusses sustainable development of hydropower and the need to balance social, environmental, and economic impacts through decision making processes that consider options assessment, site selection, project design and implementation, and operation. 2) It describes CEPEL's models for optimizing energy generation and operational planning of Brazil's hydrothermal system, allowing 20% more energy production through capturing synergies between planning and operation. 3) A new concept of "Platform Hydropower Plants" is introduced that aims to reduce environmental impacts through locating plants near waterfalls with less deforestation and restoring affected areas.

Day3_SideEvent_WFO

CCAFS | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Climate-smart agriculture aims to increase productivity and farmers' incomes, enhance livelihood resilience and ecosystems, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through three pillars. However, trade-offs may exist among these pillars, and monitoring and evaluation is key to analyzing practices and enabling farmers to share experiences in scaling up climate-smart approaches with support from other stakeholders like researchers and governments. New Zealand was presented as a case study of multi-stakeholder collaboration implementing and monitoring climate-smart livestock practices that reduce emissions.

July 30-330-CIG-Michael Marshall

Soil and Water Conservation Society

This document summarizes a study on using cover crops to improve water quality and reduce soil compaction in coastal plain soils. The project established demonstration sites to evaluate the impacts of cover crops on soil moisture, water infiltration and runoff. Sensors were installed to automatically monitor soil moisture, and flumes were set up to measure surface water runoff. Preliminary results found that rye cover crops helped maintain soil moisture for cash crops and reduced water runoff compared to areas without cover crops. The project aims to demonstrate these benefits to farmers and develop tools for monitoring soil moisture with Internet of Things technology.

July 30-1030-CIG-Caroline Sherony

Soil and Water Conservation Society

This document summarizes information about the USDA's Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. It discusses the two components of CIG - the CIG Classic pilot program and the new On-Farm Trials program established in the 2018 Farm Bill. Key details are provided about eligible projects and entities under each program, as well as funding amounts. Updates are also given on the 2019 application process and priorities for funding under CIG Classic and the new On-Farm Trials competition.

July 30-330-CIG-Chris RebergHorton

Soil and Water Conservation Society

1) The document describes a decision support tool being developed to increase farmer adoption of cover crops by demonstrating their short-term benefits for soil water and nitrogen conservation. 2) An on-farm network trial across 6 states is measuring factors like nitrate loss, infiltration rates, biomass production, and nitrogen content in cover crop and no-cover crop treatments. 3) Real-time data and modeling tools will provide farmers comparisons to help quantify cover crops' water retention and nitrogen contributions to subsequent cash crops. The goal is to overcome perceptions that cover crops reduce water and increase fertilizer needs.

What is the IPCC and How Does the IPCC Communicate Its Findings

ipcc-media

The document provides an overview of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). It summarizes that the IPCC was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and United Nations Environment Programme to assess scientific information on climate change. It produces major assessment reports and special reports to inform policymakers about climate change. Key points include that IPCC reports involve authors and reviewers from around the world and aim to be policy-relevant but not policy-prescriptive. Major reports have helped inform international agreements like the UNFCCC and Paris Agreement. The current assessment cycle is producing several special reports to feed into the 2023 global stocktake.

The Chiquibul Presentation, Dec. 2015

Adele Ramos

SOC MRV Finance Hackathon Day 1 Deep Dives: Soil Organic Carbon - Finance Com...

CCAFS | CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

Cornell Landscapes Research Forum (Dr. Louise Buck)

EcoAgriculture Partners

Integrated landscape management through 'ecoagriculture' is a presentation given by Louise E. Buck on October 10, 2013 to the Landscapes Research Forum. The presentation discusses the history of ecoagriculture, Cornell's involvement through the Cornell Ecosystems Working Group, and key elements of a landscape approach including agreement on objectives, managing synergies and trade-offs, practices contributing to multiple objectives, supportive policies, and collaborative governance.

July 30-1100-CIG-Shefali Mehta

Soil and Water Conservation Society

The document summarizes the Carbon Insetting Framework developed by the NRCS CIG partnership. The framework provides guidelines for carbon offset and insetting projects related to agriculture supply chains. It establishes protocols for quantifying greenhouse gas reductions from conservation practices like cover crops and no-till using models. The framework is being validated using on-farm trials through the Soil Health Partnership network across the Midwest. Verification of practice implementation and carbon reductions will utilize the OpTIS system for mapping tillage, crops and residues over time across wide areas.

The Dry arc in brief

ICARDA

The DryArc Initiative aims to develop innovative and resilient agri-food systems in dryland regions through a global partnership. It will pursue two pathways: 1) combining existing technologies into systemic innovations tailored to each context, and 2) accelerating the scaling up of impact-targeted innovations. Over four phases from 2019-2030, DryArc will co-design solutions with stakeholders, strengthen capacities, and establish an enabling environment through decision support, monitoring and evaluation, and attracting investment. The goal is to transform agri-food systems and support food/nutrition security and employment in dryland regions vulnerable to problems like land degradation, water scarcity, and climate change impacts.

Integrated Basin tools to enhance efficiency, productivity, and resilience

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

FEW Three in One Food Energy and Water

ICARDA

The document discusses the concepts of Food, Energy, and Water (FEW) and their interlinkages. It describes the Solar Universities Network (SUN) which has 72 registered universities working towards sustainability goals. The network is establishing guidelines around campus water, energy, and plastics use to help universities become carbon neutral. It also presents various perspectives on FEW such as production for food versus fodder, large versus small systems, and using FEW for multiple purposes.

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