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This document discusses the challenges of climate change and food security, and proposes climate-smart agriculture and diversity as keys to adaptation. It notes that climate change is likely to exceed 1.5°C by 2100, negatively impacting agriculture yields. To meet rising global food demand while reducing emissions will require innovative solutions. Climate-smart agriculture promotes greater climate risk management, technologies to cope with extremes, and integrated solutions at landscape and village levels. Diversity of crops, fields, and food systems can improve resilience to changing conditions. Conserving crop wild relatives and participatory testing of diverse varieties can help adapt to future climates.Further analysis on Organic agriculture and organic farming in case of Thaila...
The objective of this paper is to present Further analysis on Organic agriculture and organic farming in case of Thailand agriculture and enhancing farmer productivity. In view of the demand for organic fertilizers, efforts should also be made to enhance and to develop more effective of compost, bio-fertilizer, and bio-pesticides currently used by farmers. Likewise, emphasis should also be laid on the cultivation of legumes and other crops that can enhance the fertility of the soil, as practiced by farmers in many developing countries to fertilize their lands. On the other hand, most of the farmers who practice this farm system found that they are adopting a number of SLMs and interested in joining the meeting or training to gain more and more knowledge.
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The DryDev programme aimed to transform lives and landscapes in dryland areas through sustainable rural development. Over six years, it worked with over 164,000 smallholder farmers across five countries in Africa. Key achievements included rehabilitating over 163,000 hectares of land through watershed management and planting over 4.6 million trees. It also increased food security and incomes by expanding irrigation to over 16,000 hectares, utilizing over 950 water harvesting structures, and promoting climate-smart agricultural practices on over 60,000 hectares.
Addressing land degradation and desertification
This document discusses the potential for large-scale land restoration in Africa through agroforestry practices. It provides evidence of successful regreening initiatives in countries like Niger, Mali, and Ethiopia that have restored millions of hectares of land. Agroforestry approaches like farmer-managed natural regeneration have been shown to improve soil fertility, buffer water cycles, protect from drought, and increase yields while having costs as low as $14-20 per hectare. The document argues that investing in evergreen agriculture could reverse land degradation across Africa and proposes a project to scale practices to 500,000 farmers across 8 countries, restoring over 1 million hectares of land.
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Basuti Bolo Gerty Mathangwane completed her Master's degree in Information Systems at BIUST, becoming the first post-graduate student to do so. Her research developed a geospatial information model to evaluate land quality for rain-fed farming in Botswana. The model identified land parcels suitable for growing sorghum, a staple crop, and found that only 18% of suitable land was currently being used for sorghum farming. This suggests that improved land evaluation could increase agricultural production and help reduce poverty and food imports in Botswana. Mathangwane hopes to continue her research with a PhD focusing on precision farming using drones.
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This document summarizes the potential, trends, challenges and way forward for potato and sweet potato production in Ethiopia. It finds that while these crops have high potential for food security, adoption of improved varieties remains low due to weaknesses in seed production, storage, and extension. Overall production and yields of potato and sweet potato have increased in recent years, but grains remain the policy and strategy focus. The document calls for a clear strategy promoting roots and tubers, strengthened research collaborations, private sector involvement, and capacity building to better realize the crops' potential to ensure nutrition security.
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Forest Landscape Restoration Experiences of Ethiopia
1) Ethiopia has successfully restored over 12 million hectares of degraded land between 2010-2015 through large-scale restoration programs and community participation.
2) Key factors contributing to Ethiopia's success include supportive policies and strategies, awareness creation and training at the local level, effective public mobilization and organization, and formulating and scaling up of best practices.
3) Impacts of restoration efforts include increased farming land and incomes, job creation, improved biodiversity, water access, and reduced flood risks. Ongoing initiatives aim to restore an additional 15 million hectares by 2030.
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- 1. The Solution for Land Degradation in Ethiopia Name: Bisrat Erstu ID: M80009127
- 2. Background Information about Ethiopia Regarding Soil Resource • Ethiopia is rich in natural resources. • It finds its most essential resource in its fertile soil. • Most of its people rely on soil for their livelihood. • Agriculture is the backbone of the country’s economy.
- 3. 85% 15% The Percentage of Farmers in Ethiopia (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2024) Farmers Other Occupants
- 4. 37.64% 25.8% 36.56% The Contribution of the Three Sectors to the Ethiopian GDP (World Bank Open Data, 2022) Agriculture Industry Service
- 5. The Problem • Land degradation is a problem in Ethiopia but can potentially be avoided by integrating traditional methods with modern technologies. • What are the traditional and the modern techniques? • How are they implemented? • What is the need to integrate them?
- 6. The Traditional Methods • Ethiopia is home to a wide range of conventional soil conservation techniques that have been shown to be quite successful in preserving soil fertility and reducing erosion. • The Konso people are recognized by UNESCO for “Irken Sra,” terracing lands to reduce erosion by running water and heavy rainfall (Megerssa & Bekere, 2019).
- 7. Modern Technological Innovations • The government can use RS and GIS to identify areas at high risk of land degradation and implement targeted interventions. • GIS and RS science are crucial for promoting adaptive management in semi-arid environments by monitoring site- specific indicators (Gabriele et al., 2022). • RS provides precise, up-to-date data for monitoring land degradation processes, while GIS combines multiple data layers for spatial analysis and decision-making (Annappa et al., 2023).
- 8. Take Away • Land degradation in Ethiopia can be prevented by combining traditional soil conservation techniques such as terracing with modern technologies like RS and GIS. • If all levels of the government commit to combining the indigenous methods with recent technological developments, land degradation can be prevented.
- 9. References Annappa, N.N., Bhavya, N., Govinda, K., Kumar, U., & Krishna, M. R., (2023). Eco- Rehabilitation through Satellite Eyes: Mapping Degraded Land with Remote Sensing and GIS. ResearchGate, 8(6), 73-93.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376228425 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024). Ethiopia at a glance. FAO in Ethiopia. https://www.fao.org/ethiopia/fao-in-ethiopia/ethiopia-at-a-glance/en/ Gabriele, M., Brumana, R., Previtali, M., & Cazzani, A. (2022). A combined GIS and remote sensing approach for monitoring climate change-related land degradation to support landscape preservation and planning tools: the Basilicata case study. Applied Geomatics, 15(3), 497–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12518-022-00437-z Megerssa, G. R., & Bekere, Y. B. (2019). Causes, consequences and coping strategies of land degradation: evidence from Ethiopia. Journal of Degraded and Mining Lands Management, 7(1), 1953–1957. https://doi.org/10.15243/jdmlm.2019.071.1953 World Bank Open Data. (2022). World Bank Open Data. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NV.AGR.TOTL.ZS?locations=ET
- 10. Thank You!