“Climate Smart Agriculture: enhancing

partnerships in the Pacific”

The Pacific Community (SPC)

• International Organization established by treaty in 1947 owned and governed by 26 members including 22 PICTs•One of 9 member agencies of the Council of Regional

Organizations of the Pacific (CROP); •Principal scientific and technical organization supporting

development in the Pacific Region;•Three Goals: (1) sustainable economic development; (2)

empowered and resilient communities and (3) communities that live long and healthy.

Land Resources Division(LRD)

• LRD is one of the 10 Divisions and/or Programs;• Our Vision is to contribute to a resilient and food

and nutritional secure Pacific community with well-managed natural resources and thriving markets;

• Our Mission is to provide effective and innovative expert advice and coordinate services for sustainable food and nutrition security and enhance adaptation to Climate Change and build resilient communities.

Applying an Integrated Approach

• The Centre for Pacific Crops and Trees;

• Conservation and Improving access to and sharing of genetic resources.

• CePaCTs: Getting it right

• Seeds for Life

• QMS

Seeds for

Conservation and Use

Policy options to guide REDD+

Regional Forest Inventory Support Facility;

The Asia Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNET);

Promoting the “Whole Island” concept of Participatory Land-use Planning.

Sustainable Land Management Approaches

Sustainable Forest and

Land Management

Integrated climate Smart Agriculture for SIDS

Multi-location trials of ‘climate smart crops’

Integrated home garden models;

Integrated crop-livestock production systems;

Modelling soil fertility for Atoll food production systems;

Participatory Breeding for improved adaptation to CSA;

Responding to Pests and Diseases;

Demand-pull - Market driven approaches to CSA

Agricultural Policy Banks;

Statistics for evidence based policy analysis;

Organics policy toolkit;

PAFPNET enabling member countries (1072 members) through learning and adoption;

Agricultural Policy Compendium.

Pacific Islands Extension Strategy (PIRAS)

Pacific Agriculture and Forestry Policy Network (PAFPNET)

Pacific Agriculture Information System (PAIS)

Scaling up and scaling out

• LRD as part of and steering an umbrella alliance with FAO, APCC, IFAD)• Partnerships that strengthen LRDs operational /

management capacities (ACIAR, DFAT, Crop Trust).

• Specialized Partnerships that foster Innovation, learning and Impact

• Partnerships that deepen our Research for Purpose capacity Landcare (International Plant Treaty)• Partnerships with existing Communities of Practice (EU,

GIZ). • Partnerships with the French Overseas Territories (New

Caledonia, French Polynesia, W&F).

Strategic Partnerships

GACSA as a potential facilitator to CSA by:

1) Building stakeholders’ capacities to ensure they are in the drivers’ seat

2) Providing the tools to SPC-LR to create robust CSA impact pathways

3) Strengthening SPC-LRD in developing economies of scale and of scope

4) Developing capacity of stakeholders in applying more effectively ICKM

5) Supporting SPC-LRD to deepen and innovate strategic partnerships

6) Working with SPC-LRD in increasing its effectiveness in its response to emerging threats

THANK YOU