Addressing Deforestation at the Country Level - Mr. Nicolás Lucas, Environmental Management and Natural Capital, Ministry of Agroindustry, Argentina, from the 2016 Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), October 5 - 6, 2016, Banff, Alberta, Canada. More presentations at http://trufflemedia.com/agmedia/conference/2016-global-roundtable-sustainable-beef

1. Addressing Deforestation at the Country
Level
Global Conference on Sustainable Beef
October 4-7, 2016
Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada
Nicolás J. Lucas
Ministry of Agroindustry
Argentina
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2. Challenge
Region % households % population
Patagonia 17,6 24,7
Buenos Aires 22,2 30,9
Pampas 22,7 32,6
Cuyo 25,8 35,6
NW 26,5 35,8
NE 29,9 40,1
Households and population below
poverty line, Q1 2016
Poverty line, family of 5 ~ US$852/mo -
~US$10,240/yr

3. Native forest law, 2007
Green = land use change
Yellow = sustainable forest management
Red = conservation
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, 2015.

4. U. Harvard, Atlas of Economic Complexity
Context 1: Agriculture at the heart of Argentina’s economy
and public finances

5. M. Regúnaga y A. Tejeda Rodriguez – La Política de Comercio Agrícola de Argentina y el Desarrollo Sustentable. ICTSD 2015.
Producer support estimate in selected countries, 2011. Estimate of transfers from
consumers and government to producers, as % of gross sectoral income.
Context 1: Agriculture at the heart of Argentina’s economy
and public finances

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NE:
 60.000 producers (82%)
840.000 cows (18%).
 12.000 producers (16%);
1.500.000 cows (34%).
 1.500 producers (2%);
2.000.000 cows (47%).
NW:
 40.000 producers(91%);
440.000 cows (32%).
 3.000 producers (8%);
420.000 cows (31%).
 455 producers (1%);
500.000 cows (37%).
55%
48%
79%81%
59%
65% of farmers in Argentina (252.000 farms) are smallholders or ‘family agriculture’.
They produce 20% of national agricultural output.
Context 2: Productive characterization

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1888
1896
1904
1912
1920
1928
1936
1944
1952
1960
1968
1976
1984
1992
2000
2008
Millonheads
P > 0,01
1978
Context 2: Productive characterization
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0.9
1.0
1946
1951
1956
1961
1966
1971
1976
1981
1986
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016
T/Vc
NW = 0,54
NE = 0,49
NW = 4MM
NE = 9MM

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Context 3: Agricultural institutions and networks

9. General policy
General goals for the Ministry of Agroindustry:
 Achieve, sustainably, the maximum productive capacity in each territory.
 Export agro-industrial goods and services to increasingly diversified markets.
 Differentiate and add value in origin, especially in regional economies
 Make agro-industrial value chains more competitive and transparent.
In addition, for Greater Chaco:
 Strong infrastructure development (Plan Belgrano)
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10. Sectoral policy
Goals 2025:
 Achieve 75% weaning
 Increase stock 10%
 Transparent markets
 Added value
Policies:
 Fiscal incentives for productivity and improved financing
 Technology uptake (nutrition, sanitation, management)
 Climate risk management
 Local auctions and “SIO carnes”
 Animal i.d. and improved traceability
 Strenghtened sanitation
 More secure land tenure where still weak
 Bioeconomy
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11.  Native forest law is well established and determines available surface:
 Available land for cattle ranching, NW & NE: Green forest areas + non-
forest lands with productivity 20 < IP < 40 + Yellow forest areas with IP >
20 = between 27 MM and 34MM has, depending on silvopastoral
system implemented (NE = 13 MM – 15 MM; NW = 14 MM – 19 MM).
 Productivity and stock will increase
 Competitivity will improve
 Incomes will rise
Back to the forest…
Improvements in context facilitate
conservation

12. Forest plans under law
 Implementation: by law, producers in native forests must submit a management
plan. Can we provide guidance on how to combine
• extensive cattle ranching,
• forage intensification,
• natural pastures,
• healthy forest and
• Biodiversity…
in a silvo-pastoral system?
Back to the forest…
Secretaría de Ambiente y Desarrollo Sustentable, 2015.

13. National Plan
Agreement between
National
Environmental and
Agriculture
Authorities
Goals:
Harmonize public policies
Joint implementation strategy
Coordinate instruments
Commercial strategies
Capacity suilding
Pilot sites
Agreements with Provinces:
Santiago del Estero – Chaco – Salta – Formosa
Training
Santiago del Estero - Chaco - Salta - Chubut - Santa Fe - San
Juan – Córdoba – Cartillas de Divulgación
Pilots
Santiago del Estero - Chaco - Salta
Indicator development
Workshops and consultation with 65 experts. 17 indicators
agreed.
Forest Management with Integrated Cattle Ranching

14. Principles: sustain or enhance…
Biodiversity
Shrub
Forage reserve
Forest Management Plan
Ranching Management Plan
Risk management
Water management
Guidelines
Connectivity - Heterogeneity - Habitat
Reserve – Structure – Equipment
Cattle management – Feed - Receptivity
Regeneration – Structure – Mimimal Stock
Grazing system – Animal load – Efficiency
Fire prevention and control
Provision – Distribution - Design
… productive capacity and productivity of ecosystems
… integrity of ecosystem and their services
… producer and community welfare
Forest Management with Integrated Cattle Ranching

15. Prevailing silvopastoral systems

16. Integrated management at farm level
Water
Forage
Biodiversity
Managed forest
+ Grass
Water

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Biological corridors

18. Thank you
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