Transforming Dryland Agriculture Using an Integrated Ecosystems Approach

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• Transforming Dryland Agriculture Using an
  Integrated Ecosystems Approach
  Crop-Tree-Livestock systems

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• Rehabilitation of degraded lands at landscape
  scale will involve re-establishment of vegetation
  that
• - Enhances C sequestration,
• - Restores ecosystem functions such as the
  regulation of water supplies soil fertility,
• Provides alternative income generation,
• thus creates synergies between environmental
  protection goals and income generation and the
  goals of the 3 UN conventions

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Science based - People focused
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Six themes to build livelihoods and save lands

• Understanding and assessing land degradation and
  drought
• Managing and restoring ecosystem functions
• Policy and institutional analysis
• Harnessing genetic resources
• Diversifying systems and livelihoods
• Knowledge and technology sharing

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Strength in diversityIntegrated
crop-tree-livestock Systems
Sahelian Apple
Half-moon basin with bunds harvest rainwater to
nourish trees
Leguminous trees rebuild soil and feed livestock
Millet
Roselle for export
Sahelian Apple
Cowpea
High-value, drought-tolerant trees, shrubs, crops
complement each other
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More livestock on less dryland in WANA
Rebuild degraded rangelands with edible plants
Recycled feedstuffs from other zones
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Relief Society of Tigray (REST)
Rebuilding forests by rewarding people
Trees restore grazing services of hillsides,
freeing lowland watersheds for crop cultivation
USAID food-for-work program 50,000 hectares
terraced so far
Micro-catchments hold soil, water for tree
establishment
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Central Asia - Mountain Agriculture Options
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Western Kenya Integrated Ecosystem Management
Project (WKIEM)

• GoalTo link research with development to
  rehabilitate degraded lands by creating synergies
  between rural development goals and regional and
  global environmental objectives.
• Specifically the project will promote
  income-generating activities for farmers,
  increase soil carbon sequestration and vegetation
  in agricultural landscapes, contribute to
  reducing pollutant loads in Lake Victoria and
  reduce the loss of biodiversity.

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Western Kenya Integrated Ecosystem Management
Project (WKIEM)

• Partners
• ICRAF, KARI, KEFRI, Maseno University, Climate
  Change Office of the Ministry of Environment,
  Natural Resources Wildlife, Kenya, regional and
  local NGOs and CBOs.
• Funded by GEF through World Bank Japans Policy
  and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD).

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Whats missing?

• 1. Most CGIAR projects are not linked to NAPs or
  TPNs but are closely aligned with goals of
  PRSPs and MDGs. Can be achieved through the
  DDPA, CPP, TerrAfrica, CACILM, etc.
• 2. Just a few links missing e.g., closer
  involvement of UNCCD focal points, and mechanisms
  such as inter-departmental committees that
  include wide range of stakeholders.

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Whats missing?

• 3. Closer linkages between the CGIARs applied
  research and CST is desirable to strengthen the
  scientific base of the UNCCD.

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Rangelands
50 OF THE WORLDS POOR LIVE IN DRYLANDS AND THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DESERTIFICATION IS
LARGER THAN ANY OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL
PROBLEM. WHEN LAND IS RAVAGED LIKE THIS, SO
ARE PEOPLES LIVES AND IT IS THEIR MISERY THAT
AFFECTS US ALL IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
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Thank You
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