The document summarizes the Knowledge Management in Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management phase II (KM-CACILM II) project. The project aims to enhance knowledge management and dissemination of sustainable land management practices in Central Asia. It involves collecting, describing, prioritizing, and demonstrating sustainable land management technologies across various agro-ecosystems in five Central Asian countries. The project also seeks to connect with other development programs and extension services to more widely disseminate project findings.

1. Knowledge Management in
Central Asian Countries Initiative
for Land Management phase II
KM – CACILM II
Achievements and gaps to fill
Annual Consultation Meeting
IFAD/ICARDA
Amman, 21-22 October 2014

2. Knowledge Management in
CACILM-II
◦ Developed into 3-years ICARDA
project supported by IFAD
starting February 2013
◦ US$1.4 million with co-funding
from CRP-DS and Russian
Fund
◦ Logical continuation of earlier
SLM-research and other
projects conducted within
CACILM I
Challenges

3. Project objectives
I. Enhance the CACILM knowledge management
component for facilitating widespread
dissemination of SLM
II. Improve agricultural systems for enhanced
productivity and sustainability, and promote
climate change adaptation approaches and
technologies

4. Approach and Components
 Multidisciplinary approach to
disseminate SLM at different levels
through components on:
◦ Synthesis of knowledge
◦ Packaging and dissemination
◦ Knowledge and Policy (socio-economic)

5. Target groups
i. Key decision and policy making units responsible for
SLM in each participating country
ii. NGOs and rural development agencies working in
each country and at the regional level
iii. Extension agencies, farmers and farmers’
organizations
iv. International donor community and development
programs active in Central Asia

6. Partners
 Involvement of and support from NARS
◦ Kazakhstan: Soil Research Institute
◦ Kyrgyzstan: Ministry of Agriculture and
Melioration
◦ Tajikistan: Academy of Agricultural Sciences
◦ Turkmenistan: Ministry of Water Resources
◦ Uzbekistan: Soil Research Institute
 Steering Committee consisting of representatives of 5 countries,
ICARDA, IFAD, GIZ, FAO

7. Sources of information
 Ready technologies to tap for up-scaling:
◦ CACILM I and other projects
◦ World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies
www.WOCAT.net
◦ Partner initiatives (i.e. NARS, ELD)
◦ Indigenous knowledge (need good documentation)
Compiled by Alona Reichsmuth, GIZ

8. Collected SLM
Countries Approaches Technologies TOTAL
Kazakhstan 1 34 35
Kyrgyzstan 9 25 34
Tajikistan 5 31 36
Turkmenistan 0 20 20
Uzbekistan 14 40 54

9. SLM description
 Short template
based on WOCAT
form
 Contains short
definition and info
about technology,
reference to
author,
environment,
impact etc.
 To be compiled
and published

10. Prioritization and selection of SLM (packages)
Targeted agro-ecosystems
 1st – national level (January – February 2014)
 2nd – regional level (Almaty, February 2014)
Core technology Technology options to integrate
Irrigated agro-ecosystem
Raised bed technology  Soil/seed treatment/additives, manure,
irrigation methods, mulching
Mountain agro-ecosystem
Agroforestry and
afforestation
 Pistachio plantation, sainfoin, gardening,
fodder crops, irrigation, community based
agroforestry
Rainfed agro-ecosystem
Conservation
agriculture
 Crop diversification, oil and legume crops,
minimum tillage
Rangeland agro-ecosystem
Pasture improvement  Perennial grass seed plots, pasture
rotation, early-spring irrigation

11. Demonstration (learning) sites
Agroeco-system
Technology
package KAZ KRG TJK TKM UZB
Irrigated Raised bed
1. Almaty;
2. South
Kazakhstan
Chuy
valley
Central
Tajikistan
Ahal
province
Yakkabog
and Bayavut
districts
Mountain Agroforestry
Osh
province
Rasht
valley Planned
Rainfed
Conservation
agriculture
South
Kazakhstan
Chuy
province
Central
Tajikistan
Lebap
province
Kashkadarya
province
Rangeland
Pasture
improvement
Almaty
province
Osh
province
Sogd
province
Ahal
province
Farish
district

12. Calibration of downscaled climate
models
 Collaboration with Texas A&M
University on procedures for
calibration of downscaling
Global Circulation Models to the
regional or country level
 Tools to potentially assess
climate change impact to NARS
partners during training-consultation
in June 16-20, 2014

13. Identifying target areas for out-scaling
Similarity maps for each agro-ecosystem

14. Knowledge dissemination
platform
 Knowledge
platform
website is
evolving
 Contains
entries in
English and
Russian
 Address –
www.cacilm.or
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15. Demonstration sites ‘Field-days’

16. Review and survey of extension services in
Central Asia
 Identification of existing extension services
system in countries completed
 Conducting survey of service providers

17. Connection with development
programs
 Collaboration with current and future development
programs (e.g. new IFAD livestock/pasture project
in Kyrgyzstan)
 Collaboration with GIZ in a rangeland management
site
 Working with GIZ FLERMONECA to be part of
knowledge platform (K-LINK) for wider dissemination
of knowledge
 Adopting knowledge from previous IFAD projects in
WANA to CA (Benchmark: raised-bed and water
harvesting)
 Opportunities for resources mobilization with key
donors in CA for large-scale implementation