GCARD Roadmap identifies 6 key areas to focus on for better agricultural innovation and livelihoods: collective priorities, partnerships, investments, capacities, linkages, and impacts. GCARD 2 will focus on foresight, partnerships, and capacity development for impact. The session aims to identify gaps, expected outcomes, and commitments over the next two years. Smallholder farmers remain key, as they farm most of the land and food in developing areas. Sustainable agricultural intensification and a focus on the non-farm rural economy are important for improving livelihoods. Conditions like investment, institutions, and knowledge are needed for smallholder development.
Cimigo on vietnam residential energy use 2013Cimigo
A report on energy use and associated CO2 emissions in residential households in Vietnam. Based on a Cimigo nationwide online survey in March 2013 of 1,400 households. The report exploring residential dwellings and energy use by household and the impact of household composition, appliances and building materials. The report addresses the prevalence of conservation and attitudes to renewable energy.
The Energy Department's 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report highlights strong growth in the U.S. wind energy market in 2011 and underscoring the importance of continued policy support and clean energy tax credits to ensure that America remains a leading producer and manufacturer in this booming global industry.
Cimigo on vietnam residential energy use 2013Cimigo
A report on energy use and associated CO2 emissions in residential households in Vietnam. Based on a Cimigo nationwide online survey in March 2013 of 1,400 households. The report exploring residential dwellings and energy use by household and the impact of household composition, appliances and building materials. The report addresses the prevalence of conservation and attitudes to renewable energy.
The Energy Department's 2011 Wind Technologies Market Report highlights strong growth in the U.S. wind energy market in 2011 and underscoring the importance of continued policy support and clean energy tax credits to ensure that America remains a leading producer and manufacturer in this booming global industry.
The agenda of GCARD2 (.docx). Updated version of 26 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.docx). La version actuelisee du 26 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
GCARD2: Briefing paper North-South and South-South Collaborative ActionsGCARD Conferences
The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) through The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (AGRINATURA), joined forces in the implementation of the Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Development (PAEPARD), established with funding from the European Union. Among the problems addressed by PAEPARD are: insufficient capacities of African agricultural knowledge organisations, at regional and national levels, on multi-stakeholder partnership for innovation systems; lack of effective linkages between research, extension and rural development.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
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Visitez le site web de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The agenda of GCARD2 (.pdf). Up dated version of 25 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.pdf). Version actualisee du 25 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
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Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
The agenda of GCARD2 (.docx). Updated version of 26 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.docx). La version actuelisee du 26 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
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The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) through The European Alliance on Agricultural Knowledge for Development (AGRINATURA), joined forces in the implementation of the Platform for African-European Partnership on Agricultural Development (PAEPARD), established with funding from the European Union. Among the problems addressed by PAEPARD are: insufficient capacities of African agricultural knowledge organisations, at regional and national levels, on multi-stakeholder partnership for innovation systems; lack of effective linkages between research, extension and rural development.
Visit the conference site for more information: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Le Forum pour le Recherche Agricole en Afrique (FARA) et le Forum Européen sur le Recherche Agricole pour le Développement (EFARD) à travers l’Alliance Européenne sur la Connaissance Agricole pour le Développement (AGRINATURA) ont joint leurs efforts dans la mise en place de la Plate forme pour le partenariat Afrique-Europe sur le Développement Agricole (PAEPARD), élaborée avec le financement de l’Union Européenne. Parmi les problèmes abordés par la PAERPARD on peut citer : la faible capacité des Organisations Africaines de Connaissance Agricole, aux niveaux régional et national, et sur le partenariat multi-acteurs pour les systèmes d’innovation ; le manque de relations effective entre la recherche, la vulgarisation et le développement rural.
Visitez le site web de la GCARD2 pour plus d'informations: http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
The agenda of GCARD2 (.pdf). Up dated version of 25 october 2012.
Le programme de la GCARD2 (.pdf). Version actualisee du 25 octobre 2012
http://www.egfar.org/gcard-2012
Introduction of short duration pulses into rice-based cropping systems in wes...ACIAR
Rice-based Systems Research: Regional Technical Workshop June 2012 Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)
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Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture
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GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #2 "Key data for farmers" - Stephen Kalyesubula - ...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/taHHp3UbRZI, 28/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #2
Data becomes significant if it can be linked to information, knowledge and wisdom. Once processed it can be used to generate detailed insights into farm operations and the environment. It assists big and small holder farmers in making data-based operational decisions to optimize yield and boost revenue while minimizing expenses, the chances of crop failure, and environmental impact.
For data driven agriculture to happen we have to distinguish the data streams in the food chain from pre-planting to consumption, for example: data collected and managed from the farm by farmers which can be either static or dynamic; data coming from external sources like market prices and data that is exported for aggregation by other farm service providers. However, farmers may not be in a position to realize those streams and possibly what data and information is required to answer the food chain questions, for example: What produce can I grow where I live? When should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? How should I sow/plant/harvest/market it? All these questions can be answered if the factual data or information is used or made available to the farmers.
Webinar Goals
Make the participants understand the different key data streams, flow and sources that are vital to agricultural value chains. Participants will be in position to identify the data they own or collect on their farms and its usefulness, understand the difference between human and machine farm data, identify the part in the agricultural value chain where data, and which data, is needed most.
About the presenter
Stephen Kalyesubula is a Computer Engineering and an agri-preneur from Makerere University. He is a graduate researcher at iLabs@Mak Project – Makerere University and his key technological interests include: Data science, robotics, Internet of things, AI and design thinking. He is among the directors of Youths In Technology and Development Uganda whose mission is to create tech communities of practice where appropriate use of technology promotes sustainable development in agriculture, health and education.
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/DMg9UI7Ur0M, 26/3/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #3
This webinar is a continuation of exploring digital agriculture for smallholder farmers. The first webinar provided an overview of digital agriculture, the trends impacting it, and it advantages and challenges for smallholder farmers. The second identified specific data needed by farmers, as well as potential sources.
“Crossing the Donga” will provide smallholder farmers, and those who support them, specific methods for ensuring farmer-centric solutions. The webinar will examine some of the key challenges that are blocking adoption of digital architecture by smallholder farmers. Attendees will learn a process for mapping their data needs, based on their goals and key tasks. Attendees will learn the foundational market model, and how to create value for success.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
GFAR / GODAN / CTA webinar #1 "Data-driven agriculture. An overview" - Dan Be...GCARD Conferences
[Webinar recording in last slide or at https://youtu.be/bsicKqHZIz4, 22/2/2018]
As part of its work on farmers’ data rights and following up on the face-to-face course on Farmers’ Access to Data organized in Centurion in November 2017, GFAR collaborates with the Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition initiative (GODAN) and the Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperarion (CTA) on a series of webinars on data-driven agriculture, its opportunities and its challenges.
Overview of webinar #1
Precision agriculture is a promising set of technologies that is data intensive, but which has limited adoption by small holder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa. Concurrently, current trends in sustainability, traceability, and compliance reporting demand that an ever-increasing amount of data be gathered as part of everyday operations in modern production agriculture.
The use of farm management information systems (FMIS) for decision support has shown great promise for improving farm yields and profitability. However, growers are often unsure of the value of the data that they are providing and/or receiving. How does this data help them make the right decisions to improve their yield and profitability? How do growers and service providers work together to simplify the design and use of farm data? How can smallholder farmers take advantage of data in a mutually valuable relationship with data providers?
Webinar Goals
Provide attendees a foundation for understanding the use of data for farming and across the agricultural value chain. Attendees should be able to apply the core concepts of using data for field operations, as well as how data is used across the value chain. Attendees will be introduced to the opportunities and challenges of using data, especially for smallholder farmers.
About the presenter
Dan Berne is a highly regarded professional business growth strategist with over 30 years’ experience. Dan led the effort to create an Ag Irrigation market strategy for the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA). He also conducted grower experience studies to help identify barriers to grower adoption of energy saving practices. Dan wrote or co-wrote many of the NEEA Ag Irrigation reports. Dan serves as the Project Manager on AgGateway’s Precision Ag Irrigation Language data standards project. He is an affiliate of the Chasm Institute, and a certified practitioner of Innovation Games.
Dan started the “Lagom Ag Initiative” within his company to help accelerate the adoption of precision farming practices and improve the use of digital agricultural methodologies. Lagom is a Swedish word that means “just enough.” It is also used to mean “simply perfect.” It fits our philosophy of helping farmers use just enough water, just enough fertilizers, just enough energy to be profitable while increasing or maintaining yield.
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This presentation was used during our GFAR webinar on "The future of online media", announced here: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/10/09/upcoming-webinar-predicting-future-online-media/
Check out the live webinar recording here: https://youtu.be/N8UkwOoI9hQ
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These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Building a bridge between scientists and communicators"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/01/03/webinar-scientists-and-communicators-friends-or-foes/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/HK8Q0JgAaGQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Email newsletters"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/02/05/upcoming-comms-webinar-email-based-newsletters-not-a-thing-of-the-past/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/2NPpCxcJJUc
GFAR Webinar "Finding and using pictures for your website or blog"GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Website Revamps"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/06/13/webinar-alert-is-a-picture-worth-a-thousand-words/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/mJ-q1CxK_rQ
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Basic SEO"
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It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/08/30/gfar-webinars-on-search-engine-optimization-and-website-revamps/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/kcty662Hcss
GFAR webinar on "Measuring social media performance"GCARD Conferences
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It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2016/01/18/flash-two-more-gfar-social-media-webinars/
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
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It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2015/11/30/free-induction-webinar-social-media-for-professionals/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/WO1zUOOy1nA
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Innovative Annual Reports"
This webinar was organised by GFAR
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/11/26/webinar-innovating-annual-reports/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/BAsPhl0H4Ec
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This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and TAP.
It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/24/gfartap-webinar-sharing-knowledge-on-capacity-development-for-agricultural-innovation-through-tapipedia/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/_cHK5QK2rPk
GFAR COSA GLF webinar on "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Acc...GCARD Conferences
These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Effective Tools for Understanding, Managing and Accelerating Impact"
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It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/13/join-cosa-gfar-impact-webinar/
The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: Effective https://youtu.be/RtYlWo_Ok5o
With thanks to our co-hosts in this webinar: (COSA) Global Landscapes forum (GLF) and Committee on Sustainability Assessment (COSA) -
https://thecosa.org/
http://landscapes.org
GFAR webinar: "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "The art and science of webcasting and webstreaming"
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/05/gfar-webinar-web-casting/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs7IsZQi5zg
GFAR webinar: "Farmers’ Rights: Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers"GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: How Complementarity between Researchers and Farmers Impact the Conservation of Genetic Diversity, Food Security and Livelihoods of the Poor”
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/31/gfar-webinar-communications-success-stories/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/N16hHmL8xNM
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The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/08/25/join-our-gfar-webinar-farmers-rights/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/RxuLR2FWYYI
Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Beyond decision making: Foresight as a process for improving attitude towards change" --
The announcement blogpost was published here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/06/07/gfar-webinar-beyond-decision-making-foresight-as-a-process-for-improving-attitude-towards-change/
You can find the full recording of this webinar here: https://youtu.be/8tzz5vNEhZ4
Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Se...GCARD Conferences
This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "Farmers’ Rights: Achieving Complementarity Between the Informal and Formal Seed Systems". -- Announcement blogpost was here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/10/gfar-webinar-farmers-rights-achieving-complementarity-between-the-informal-and-formal-seed-systems/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ9c2_nbtBc
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This presentation was used in the GFAR webinar on "farm radio, community radio and participatory radio" . -- Announcement here: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/05/31/join-gfar-webinar-on-farm-radio/
...and the actual webinar recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/TEiC1Zo3KQ0
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...and the actual webinar recording can be found here:
1. Session P 3.1 Innovations for Better Livelihoods
30 October 2012
Chair: Rodney D. Cooke
Facilitator: Patrick Dugan
2. GCARD Roadmap identifies 6 key areas:
• Collective focus on key priorities as determined & shaped by science and
society
• True and effective partnership between research and those it serves
• Increasing investments to meet the huge challenges ahead
• Enhancing capacities to generate, share and use agricultural knowledge for
development
• Effective linkages that embed research in wider development processes and
commitments
• Better demonstration of impacts and returns from agricultural innovation
3. GCARD 2
• Foresight for impact - matching research priorities to future
development needs
• Partnerships for impact
This theme concerns the roles and actions needed by all partners along
intended agricultural innovation pathways – as projected for the CGIAR CRPs
and other national, regional and international partnership actions
• Capacity development for impact
4. Aim of the GCARD 2 Parallel Sessions
• describe the outcomes expected with the programs reviewed;
• identify key gaps which need to be addressed through new partnerships;
• indicate what would be required to achieve large scale impacts
The focus of all sessions is on the practical actions to which interested
parties are prepared to commit, and the Outcomes that can be achieved
over the next two years and reported back in 2014
GCARD is intended as a process bringing to a head key issues identified by
GFAR stakeholders as advances and or limitations to AR4D.
5.
6. The state of rural poverty today
• Developing world remains more Rural population trends
rural than urban: 55% of 1600
Millions of people
population is rural – 3.1 billion 1400
1200
people 1000
800
• Around 2020-2025 two major 600
changes expected: 400
200
oThe total rural population will 0
1950
1955
1960
1965
1970
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
2025
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peak, and then start to Seri es 11 Rura l Sub-Sa ha ra n Afri ca
decline Rura l South a nd Centra l As i a
Rura l Mi ddl e Ea s t a nd North Afri ca
Rura l La ti n Ameri ca a nd the Ca ri bbea n
Rura l Ea s t a nd South Ea s t As i a
Seri es 17 Pea k Rura l Popul a ti on SSA
oThe total urban population Pea k Rura l Popul a ti on SCA Pea k Rura l Popul a ti on LAC
Pea k Rura l Popul a ti on ESEA Pea k Rura l Popul a ti on MENA
will overtake rural population
7. The state of rural poverty today
Rural share of total poverty Rural share of total poverty
(Rural people as percentage of those living on less than
Of 1.4 billion people living on US$ 1.25 /day)
<$1.25 a day, 70% – 1.0 billion Eastern Asia
people – live in rural areas 100
South Asia
90
South Eastern
• So despite urbanization, in much 80
Asia
70
of the developing world, poverty 60
Sub-Saharan
Africa
remains largely rural – 50 Latin America
particularly in Asia and SSA 40
Middle East and
30 North Africa
20 Developing
World
Closest 1988 Closest 1998 Closest 2008
8. Smallholders are key
500 million smallholder farms
worldwide supporting around 2
billion people. They:
Farm 80% of the farmland in Asia
and Africa.
Produce 80% of the food
consumed in the developing world
Feed 1/3 of the global population.
Women are increasingly the
farmers of the developing world,
9. Relevance of addressing gender in ARD: Yields gap between men- and women-
run farms of 20-30%
Role of rural women Challenges facing rural women
•Account for 43% of agricultural •Limited access to inputs, services
labour force in developing and rural infrastructure
countries; 50% in Eastern Asia and (technology, education, extension,
SSA health, finance, markets, water,
•Typically work 16 hours per day energy)
•Multi-tasking with mix of •Represent fewer than 5% of all
productive and household agricultural land holders in NENA;
responsibilities SSA average of 15%
•Limited contribution to decision-
making in home, organizations and
community
10. Farmers do agriculture: people–focus - and women are usually the farmers
• 500 million smallholder farms worldwide
The challenge:
to transform smallholder agriculture into successful
agribusinesses
11. Sustainable agricultural intensification
• Growing and wide interest in agric. approaches that are more sustainable and resilient as well as
productive (e.g. IAASTD 2008).
• SAI focuses on: improved soil / water management; harnessing of agro-ecological processes for
enhancing soil fertility; selective/frugal use of external inputs; human capital for adapting/
innovating, and social capital to resolve landscape-scale problems
• Includes practices such as: conservation agric. ; water and soil conservation techniques; micro-
irrigation, rainwater management, drainage; integrated pest management (IPM); integrated plant
nutrient management; crop rotation; integrated crop and livestock/fish systems; agro-forestry
• None of the SAI practices represent an alternative to conventional approaches to intensification;
rather, intended to be complementary
• SAI means different things in different places: a systemic approach, context adaptation, and linking
farmers’ own and scientific knowledge. Premium on knowledge and innovation makes it well-suited
for young farmers
12. Sustainable agricultural intensification
• How to move the SAI agenda forward? Six elements of a policy and institutional framework:
1. Land tenure: security of tenure; easing up of land rental markets
2. Pricing, incentives and regulation: consistent with policy direction; environmental regulation;
food product and process standards
3. Payment for environmental services: importance of soil carbon market for smallholder agric., to
provide incentive to adopt SAI practices
4. Agricultural education: to develop capacity for SAI, need for improved agric. education and
training for farmers and agric. specialists
5. Agricultural research: need for increased research expenditure / focus on SAI agenda, multi-
stakeholder innovation, client orientation – TAR4D
6. Agricultural advisory services: need for joint-problem solving and farmer capacitation – key
challenge one of upscaling
13. The advent (almost) of agriculture in the climate change debates – CC
CoPs and Rio: 4 key messages
• Food security, poverty reduction and climate change are closely linked
– must not be considered separately
• Without strong CC adaptation measures, poverty and food security
goals will not be met
• Adaptation enhances FS and can reduce GHGs from agriculture
• Climate smart agriculture offers triple wins for FS, adaptation and
mitigation
14. Creating opportunities in the non-farm rural economy
•The RNFE is important for risk The share of non-agricultural income in total rural income, by
management and for escaping country per capita GDP
poverty. Large number of rural 80
people, rich and poor, are involved Indonesia '00
Bulgaria '01
in it. 60
Bangladesh '00
Pakistan '01 Albania '05 Panama '03
Guatemala '00
•As economies grow, so the RNFE Nepal '96
Ecuador '98
Nicaragua '01
40
Ghana '98
expands; its importance is growing Malawi '04
Viet Nam '98
Madagascar '93
•In some countries in Asia and L. 20
Nigeria '04
America, non-farm income sources
0
already make up a higher % of rural 0 2000 4000 6000 8000
incomes than agriculture GDP per capita (US$ PPP, constant 2000)
15. RPR - What needs to be done ?
Attention and investment needed around four cross-cutting issues:
• Investing in the rural areas – making them a better place to live and do business
(infrastructure, services, governance)
• Making the rural environment less risky, and helping poor rural people to better manage
risk
• Strengthening individual capacities – expand access to education, TVSD in particular,
adapted to rural needs, and with specific focus on agriculture
• Continuing to strengthen collective capacities of rural people – to give them confidence,
power and security; help them reduce risk, manage assets, market produce; represent
and negotiate their interests
16. Conditions for smallholder development: New directions for smallholder
agriculture - IFAD 2011
( and after S. Wiggins, 2009)
• Favourable investment climate for farming- no distorting tax/ import
subsidies
• Investment in rural public goods - agric R& D, rural roads, education
and health - care
• Strengthened rural institutions- market support, rural finance, NR
rights, access to technologies, collective action
• Access to K for Sustainable farm intensification
17. RPR - What needs to be done, and how?
1. Smallholder agriculture continues to play a key role in the economic development of many countries
and remains a major source of economic opportunity for rural people – a step up, if not a route out of
poverty.
o What sort of agriculture? In all regions, it must be: commercially oriented and linked to markets;
increasingly productive; sustainable in its use of natural resources; and resilient to shocks and
effects of climate change
2. At the same time, there remains need to harness the drivers of RNFE to create alternative
opportunities for rural men and women to move out of poverty
o A successful agriculture will create possibilities for growth in the RNFE; and will create need for
employment creation in RNFE
o In addition, other new drivers of growth in the RNFE are emerging in some countries