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This presentation was prepared to provide a general overview of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and the EPIC programme. After providing a definition of CSA, the presentation focuses on Sustainable Land Management and the role of climate finance to support CSA. It concludes with a description of the FAO-EC project on CSA.
4. • The agricultural sector* of
developing countries is expected
to produce food and income to
support food and nutrition
security, and poverty reduction for
a growing world population.
• At the same time, climate change
(CC) is posing new threats to
world food systems.
• To achieve global development
and food security objectives we
need to transform agricultural
systems, aiming for higher and
more stable returns to agricultural
production and more sustainable
food systems.
* agricultural sector includes crop, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture.
6. • Prioritizing the multiple
objectives of CSA
depends on the role of
agriculture in economy
and society.
• In low income, highly
agriculture-dependent
economies, where CC
impacts are estimated to
be significant and
negative, CSA involves
agricultural growth for
food security that
incorporates necessary
adaptation, and captures
potential mitigation
7. HOW DOES CSA DIFFER FROM CONVENTIONAL
AGRICULTURE?
Key features of conventional
agriculture intensification
Key features of Climate-Smart
Agriculture
• Conversion of energy sources from
human to animal and fossil fuel
dependent machinery.
•
• Increased use of fertilizer, pesticides
and herbicides (highly dependent on
fossil fuels) generally very
inefficiently applied.
• Increased efficiency of fertilizer and
wider use of organic fertilizer.
Use of energy efficient technologies
for agricultural power (irrigation or
tillage).
• Expansion of agricultural land area
through deforestation and conversion
from grasslands to cropland.
• Intensification on existing land
areas as main source of production
increase rather than expansion to
new areas.
• Increased specialization in
agricultural production and marketing
systems.
• Greater diversification in
production, input and output
marketing systems.
•Emphasizing improved and hybrid
crop varieties
• Valuing the resilience of traditional
varieties
9. Sustainable Land Management (SLM):
key component of CSA
•
Poor soil fertility is a key constraint to agricultural productivity growth
and thus food security/poverty reduction
•
Increasing soil fertility is an important component of many developing
country ag. development strategies
•
Increasing soil fertility has potential adaptation and mitigation benefits
•
Years of attempts to promote adoption of SLM have shown there are
considerable barriers that have generally not yet been overcome
Question: If SLM is so good for farmers as well as the
environment, why is the adoption rate so low?
10. Classic barriers to technology adoption
• Tenure Security: lack of tenure security and limited
property rights (limits on transfer), may hinder
adoption of SLM
• Limited Access to Information, e.g. very low levels
of investment/support for agriculture research and
extension. CC adds uncertainty.
• Up-front financing costs can be high, whilst on-farm
benefits not realized until medium-long term
– Local credit markets very thin
– Local insurance options very limited
11. Adoption Barriers:
Short run trade-offs & long run win-win
B. Investment Barrier to Adoption
•New management practices introduced
•Temporary net loss to farmer
Baseline net income
Current net income
Time ==>
Source:
FAO 2007
12. Short-run tradeoffs stronger for
poorer farmers
Size of herd Baseline net
income
($/ha/yr)
Small
14.42
Medium
25.21
Large
25.45
Source: Wilkes 2011
NPV/HA over 20
years
No years to positive
cash flow
No of years to positive
incremental net income
compared to baseline
net income
($/ha)
118
191
215
(number of years)
5
1
1
(number of years)
10
4
1
14. What is climate finance?
• Finance to support adaptation or mitigation
activities
• Includes public (GEF) and private (carbon
markets) sectors
• Green Climate Fund (GCF) $100
billion/year by 2020
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15. The role of climate finance for CSA
• Can bring a small, but significant share of new finance
to agricultural sector of developing countries.
• Financing mechanisms and institutions are only now
being developed – so there is opportunity to shape
them to support CSA
• Needs to support specific features of CSA:
– Financing for long term transitions
– Focus on resilience vs. average productivity gains
– Attention to efficiency of input/resource use
– Focus on adaptive capacity/flexibility
16. Climate finance can represent a significant,
but small share of overall investment
requirements for agricultural growth
Additional
Funding for
Mitigation
•US$ billions per year (gross)
300
250
200
Public
150
50
Private
209
100
142
30
0
Current
investment
Meeting demand
in 2050
•Source: FAO (preliminary estimates)
17. Climate-Smart Agriculture: main points
• CSA involves multiple objectives; food security and
poverty reduction are priorities for LDCs
• Need to improve institutions to support the adoption of
CSA activities (e.g. SLM, diversification, SRI)
• Important to design emerging climate finance
mechanisms to support specific needs of agricultural
sector in developing countries
18. IV. FAO-EC Project
Climate Smart Agriculture:
Capturing synergies between
food security, adaptation and mitigation
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19. Background on the project
•2009 FAO initiates program of work on FS and CC for
Copenhagen
•Indicating considerable potential to capture synergies
and link CC finance to agriculture
•2010 Initiation of discussion between EC, FAO &
potential natl. partners
• Driven by need for action at country level
•2011 Project development; background technical
studies
•2012 Project initiated in Malawi, Zambia and
Vietnam
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20. Project Framework
RESEARCH
COMPONENT
NEEDS
•1
Core Need
Develop a policy environment &
an agricultural investment
strategy to attain increased food
security and provide resilience
under climate uncertainty
•2
Climate data: Climate variability and
uncertainty in predictions
Statistical analysis: climate shocks,
producer behavior, adoption and
institutions
•3
OUTCOMES
Climate smart agricultural
solutions for different contexts
Appropriate instruments for
prioritization, financing, and
adoption
Development of an investment
proposal.
Policy simulations: using cost/benefit
surveys of CSA “entry points”
Capacity to implement a CSA
strategy
Legal & Institutional appraisal:
mapping institutional relationships.
Outputs
•4
Potential entry points:
• Conservation agriculture
• Livestock/crop mix
• Agriculture/Forest interface
POLICY SUPPORT
COMPONENT
• SLM in uplands
• Role of climate risk and
uncertainty
• Role of legal and institutional
environmental
•1
Horizontal coordination across
relevant national ministries
•2
Vertical coordination between
national and international
•3
Capacity building for more evidencebased and integrated policy-making
• Input support efficiency
•An evidence base for
implementation for climate
smart agriculture.
•A strategic framework to
guide
action
and
investment on CSA.
•Climate smart agriculture
•
investment proposals and
possible financing sources,
including climate finance.
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