http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/429132/
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http://www.fao.org/europe/events/detail-events/en/c/429132/
Presentation of Caterina Batello, from FAO, on Agroecology in FAO. The presentation was prepared and delivered in occasion of the Regional Symposium on Agroecology in Europe and Central Asia, held in Budapest, Hungary on 23-25 November 2016.
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http://www.fao.org/agroecology/en/ | Presentation by Parviz Koohafkan of the World Agricultural Heritage Foundation regarding the development of sustainable food systems. The presentation was delivered on January 31, 2017 at the CGRFA Side Event Biodiversity and Agroecology: The Agroecology Knowledge Hub.
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Market-oriented livestock production and sustainable watershed management in ...ILRI
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A short booklet that describes how and why Bioversity International carries out research for development in agricultural and tree biodiversity. The booklet gives information about why agricultural and tree biodiversity matters for sustainable development, our strategic initiatives, where we work and our areas of scientific expertise. Find out more on www.bioversityinternational.org
Farming First is a coalition of global organisations looking to enhance sustainable development through agriculture. More can be found on the website: www.farmingfirst.org
Presented by Jimmy Smith to Juergen Voegele, Director of Agriculture and Environment at the World Bank, on his visit to ILRI Nairobi, 20 February 2013.
The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is a non-profit, scientific research organization focusing on the sustainable use of water and land resources in developing countries. IWMI works in partnership with governments, civil society and the private sector to develop scalable agricultural water management solutions that have a real impact on poverty reduction, food security and ecosystem health. Headquartered in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with regional offices across Asia and Africa, IWMI is a CGIAR Research Center and leads the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
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Find out more about the India Agrobiodiversity Congress:
http://www.bioversityinternational.org/iac2016/
IAC 2016 gathered 850 delegates from over 40 countries across the world who presented the results and stories of progress of agrobiodiversity research they are involved in.
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Research approaches on Agroecology and agroecological systems in Asian contexts
1. FAO conference
Multistakeholders consultation on Agroecology
Bangkok 25-26 November 2015
RESEARCH on AGROECOLOGY and
AGROECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
for SOUTH EAST ASIA
FAO consultation Nov 2015
1
Frank Enjalric et Etienne Hainzelin
2. • Agrarian transition
FAO consultation Nov 2015 2
1) Context (1/2)
Progressive replacement of upland rice-based
shifting cultivation by … by maize or cassava
monocropping with detrimental impacts on natural
resources, ecosystem biodiversity, soil fertility, weeds
control, crop yields, etc.
Forest cover
Land degradation
Poverty
Inequalities
3. • Soil erosion and deforestation
FAO consultation Nov 2015
3
Context (2/2)
The limits of the agro-business model:
Positive results on production, but unequally distributed,
More and more dependant on inputs and fossil energy with major negative
impacts on environment, economical and social aspects
Even if it is still the reference, this model is not any more
sustainable (according to the 3 pillars)
There are needs for alternative approaches and
cropping systems
4. • Agroecology
AE represents a rupture with the way agriculture
has been seen and analyzed by mainstream
science for over a century, with essentially
artificializing views
• Ecological intensification
• Agroecology and innovative cropping systems
with CANSEA, Conservation Agriculture Network
for South East Asia
FAO consultation Nov 2015 4
2) Research involvement from Cirad and
its partners on:
5. Designing of CA farming systems through
systemic and holistic approach, accordingly to
local, socio-economical, agropedological
contexts.
Agroecological approach
Scientific
approach
Social
Movement
Agricultural
practices
Ecology science applied to the study,
design and management of
sustainable agroecosystems
Support to smallholder farming
aimed to food sovereignty as
opposed to industrial agriculture
Practices mimicking natural processes
and harnessing biological interactions
in agroecosystems …
FAO consultation Nov 2015
6. FAO consultation Nov 2015
6
What do we mean by ecological intensification ?
Diversification
Complex systems
Simplification
Degradation
Driven process
Natural processes
Natural
Ecosystems
Traditional
Systems
without input
Agroecological
systems
& Ecological
processes
High inputs
conventional
systems
Adapted from
M. Griffon 2013
7. From a large choice of alternatives practices:
Research institutions in partnership with Cirad
decide to agree on common objectives, on common
principles, and on common practices
CANSEA : Conservation Agriculture Network for
South East Asia
Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles: minimal soil
disturbance, crop associations and rotations, and
adequate organic soil cover.
These farming system aims at increasing agricultural
production and productivity while conserving the
natural resources and enhancing biological interactions
in agroecosystems
FAO consultation Nov 2015
8. CANSEA
• A research network for the development of Conservation
Agriculture (CA) and Agroecology
• 9 members of the network:
Cambodia: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
China: Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS)
Indonesia: Indonesian Agency for Agriculture Research & Devlpt (IAARD)
Lao PDR: Department of Agricultural Land management (DALaM)
Thailand: Kasetsart University
Vietnam: Northern Mountainous Agriculture and Forestry Science Institute
(NOMAFSI) and Soils and Fertilizers Research Institute (SFRI)
+ Australia: University of Queensland
Regional coordination by CIRAD.
FAO consultation Nov 2015 8
9. Research
and
knowledge
ExchangesTraining
• To restore degraded soils
• To intensify and diversify
conventional cropping
systems
• Academic and
vocational
training
• To enhance internal
and external
communication
• To spread CA and AE
knowledge
FAO consultation Nov 2015
9
10. FAO consultation Nov 2015 10
3) Research activities and orientations
for CANSEA
Research platform in partnership
Conservation Agriculture and Agroecology to
support a regional agroecology transition based
on ecological intensification in South-East Asia
Overall objective:
Co-design and co-assessment of sustainable
management for smallholders’ farming systems
based on agroecology
11. DP CANSEA Agroecology and ecological intensification
in South East Asia
FAO consultation Nov 2015
11
Intervention methods:
o Diagnosis with systemic and holistic approach,
o Multiscale and multidisciplinary approaches
o High diversity of knowledge, with association of
traditional and up to date knowledge
o Participatory cropping systems designing based on
biomass production and recycling
13. Engaging village communities in landscape level management of agricultural innovations
LANDSCAPE APPROACH (Eficas-NUDP-CA project)
14. FAO consultation Nov 2015
14
For SEA, there were mainly maize based CA cropping
systems in relation with maize boom
15. Upland environment § 4, Vietnam (NOMAFSI)
FAO consultation Nov 2015
15
Many cropping systems based on rotation and succession
with Maize, Stylosanthes, Brachiaria, rainfed rice, vigna,
cassava, … have been tested.
Among them, the most efficient widely adopted by
farmers was:
• Maize + Vigna / Vigna // Maize + Vigna / Vigna
Maize upto 8 t/ha,
and rice bean (vigna)
2t/ha
16. § 1, 2 & 4 environments: in Cambodia (CASC –GDA)
16
Various cropping systems have been evaluated:
• Two years rotation :
maize + Stylosanthes guianensis // soybean + sorghum + S. guianensis,
maize + S. guianensis // upland rice + S. guianensis,
• Three-year rotation: early maize + E. coracana + C. juncea / dry season
cassava // Cassava // maize + S. guianensis
maize + S. guianensis 7.35 ± 0.62 6.71 ± 1.19
soybean + sorghum + S. guianensis 5.02 ± 0.95
maize + S. guianensis 6.88 ± 1.32 8.26 ± 0.44
7.48 ± 0.98 8.00 ± 0.44
upland rice + S. guianensis 4.58 ± 0.51
maize + S. guianensis 3.97 ± 1.15 6.95 ± 0.81
upland rice + S. guianensis 9.58 ± 0.71
Control monocropping maize 5.70 ± 0.79
Cropping system
Dry biomass
before sowing
(Mg ha
-1
) n = 5
Yields
(Mg ha-1) n= 5
17. FAO consultation Nov 2015 17
Some illustrations of cropping
systems on Cambodia uplands
maize direct seeded on
mulch of Stylosanthes
guianensis
maize after soybean + sorghum +
stylosanthes
Soybean on mulch of sorghum
18. Upland environment § 4, Laos
18
Maize based CA systems
Maize residues management
Intercropping with pigeon pea
Intercropping
with rice bean
19. What is expected for the next future:
To aggregate scientific approaches and thematics on
designing and assessment of farming systems able to
tackle rural sustainable development involving different
approaches of Agroecology and Ecological intensification.
Key words are:
Agroecology, Ecological Intensification, Agroecological crops
protection, smallholder farmers, Participatory designing,
Conservation Agriculture, Landscape approach, Natural
resources, Climate change, Out- and up-scaling, Agrarian
transition, ecosystemic services…
FAO consultation Nov 2015
19
DP CANSEA Agroecology and ecological intensification
in South East Asia
20. Thank you for your attention
20
FAO consultation Nov 2015
21. • Reproduction of the forest ecosystem which is balanced
• Re-introduction of soil biology via plant biomass production and
recycling
• Enhance mineralisation and humification of Soil Organic Matter
Conservation agriculture as defined by FAO
This refers to Direct seeding Mulch based Cropping
systems (DMC) or SCV in French (CIRAD)
1. Permanent soil cover all year around
2. No tillage or minimum soil disturbance
3. Crops rotations and associations to improve soil
fertility (SOM)
22. CANSEA / Different projects
• Laos:
• Pronae and PROSA projects
from 2003 to 2011 on CA
• Eficas-NUDP/CA from 2014
on AE dissemination
methods
• Cambodia
• PADAC 2004-2013 on CA
technics and soil
conservation
• Vietnam
• ADAM project until 2014 on
AE based CS designing
evaluation and dissemination
• China
• NR management, acid soils
fertility management
• ACTAE regional project
FAO consultation Nov 2015
22
Human Resources
2014-2015
More than 70 researchers
from CIRAD and partners
On:
- Soil sciences
- CA based cropping systems
- Social sciences
- Participatory approach
- Landscape approach
- Water quality and
management
- Soil biology
- Soil conservation
- …
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