EverGreenAgricultureandLandRestora,on
DennisGarrity
DrylandsAmbassador,UNCCDSeniorFellow,WorldAgroforestryCentre&WorldResourcesInsCtute
Chair,PartnershiptoCreateanEverGreenAgriculture
TheroleofevergreenagricultureinachievingfourmajoriniCaCves
• TheAfricaRestoraConIniCaCve’s100millionhectaretarget
• Thegoalofscaling-upfarmer-managednaturalregeneraConinthedrylandsthroughanAU-coordinatedprogram,
• Thescaling-upofferClizertreetechnologieswithinna:onalinputsubsidiesprogramsthroughtheCOMESA-ledEverGreenFer:lizerSubsidiesIni:a:ve,and
• TheAfricanClimateSmartAgricultureAlliancetargetofreaching25millionfarmerswithclimatesmartagriculture
Image: Flickr/CIFOR; Source: WRI
150m hectares under restoration by 2020
AMBITIOUS GLOBAL TARGETS EXIST
The Bonn Challenge
350m hectares under restoration by 2030
New York Declaration
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An African movement to restore 100 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030
November 2015
Image: Flickr/USAID Kenya
CommitmentshavebeenmadetotheBonnChallengebyfourAfricancountriestodate:
• Ethiopia:15millionhectares• DRC:8millionhectares• Uganda:2millionhectares• Rwanda:2millionhectares
With 10+ addiConal commitments in the processofbeingformulatedbycountriesinWest,Central,EastandSouthernAfrica
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Politicalcommitmenttoscaleuprestorationsuccessesismounting
1–TheBonnChallengeisaglobalefforttorestore150millionhectaresofdegradedanddeforestedlandscapesby2020.TheAFR100isadirectcontributiontotheBonnChallengeandtheNewYorkDeclarationonForeststhatextendstheBonnChallengetorestore350millionhectaresby2030.
- 100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000900,0001,000,000
Kigali
East
North
South
West
ClosedForest Woodland/TreeCrops Cropland
Savanna/Prairie/Shrubland Grassland UrbanArea
Waterbodies
Landuse(ha)–RwandaLandthatis:-agricultural- non-forested- sloping(5-55%).
Rwanda’s plan for restoration interventions
NIGER
Bringing back the Sahel’s ‘underground forest’
Ø 5 million ha of land restored, over 200 million trees re-established
• Additional half a million tonnes of grain per year
• Reduces drought impacts
• Sequestration of carbon in soil and trees
Learningfromfarmers:Farmermanagednatural
regeneraCon
17AfricancountriesarenowengagedinEverGreenAgriculture
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
Conservation Agriculture with trees
Trees interplanted in conventional tilled cropland
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration +
Trees interplanted in conventional tilled cropland
VisionfortheDrylands2ndAfricaDrylandsDeclara,on
WERECOMMENDANDPROPOSEthatthedrylandsdevelopmentcommunitycommitseriouslytoachievingthegoalof
EnablingEVERYfarmfamilyandEVERYvillageacrossthedrylandsofAfrica
tobepracCcingFarmer-ManagedNaturalRegeneraConbytheyear2025.
WhatisEvergreenAgriculture?
Aformofmoreagroecologicallyintensivefarmingthatintegratestreesintocropandlivestockproduc:onsystems.
Evergreenfarmingsystemsare‘double-story’systemsthatfeaturebothperennialandannualspecies(foodcropsandtrees),maintainingagreencoveronthelandthroughouttheyear.
TypesofEvergreenAgriculture
1.Farmer-ManagedNaturalRegeneraCon(FMNR)oncropland
2.ConservaConagriculturewithtrees(CAWT)3.ConvenConalagricultureinterplantedwithtrees
(includingalleycroppingsystems)
ConservaConagriculturewithreducedCllageandtreesincreasesproduc,vitywhilerestoringlandqualityandreducinglabor.
FaidherbiaGliricidia
Maize stubble
Faidherbia
Gliricidia
Maize
DRY SEASON
WET SEASON
Fertilizer-Fodder-Fuelwood Trees in Food Crop Production Systems
EverGreenFerClizerSubsidies
LinkinginputsubsidiestotheupscalingofagroforestryforintegratedsoilferClitymanagementNewCOMESAFacilityAssis:ngcountriestodevelopthecapabilitytoscale-upfer:lizertreetechnologieswithintheirinputsubsidyprograms.
Copingcapacityisaffectedbytherangeofop:onsthathouseholdscantapintoa_erashockhits.
Copingcapacityisaffectedbytherangeofop:onsthathouseholdscantapintoa_erashockhits.
IncreasingcopingcapacitythroughEverGreenAgriculture
1. EnterpriseriskdiversificaCon2. Enhancedassetbaseavailabletoliquidateforcashsales2.Enhancedruminantlivestockfodderresourcesduringdroughts3.ReducedhealthshocksensiCvity:Fruitandvegetablefoodsfromtrees
TheEverGreenAgriculturePartnership
SteeringCommicee
Farmersandfarmergroups InternaConal
andregionalresearch
CivilSociety
YouthandEducaCon
GovernmentsandPolicy
InternaConalandregionaldevelopment
Donors
PrivateSector
MovingtoAcCon
1.WiththeAfricanRestoraConIniCaCve:Contributetothetargetofrestoring100mhaby2030.Restoredfarmland,forests,andgrazingland.2.AchievetheAfricaUnionTarget:ReacheverydrylandfarminAfricawithFarmer-ManagedNaturalRegenera,on.
MovingtoAcCon(cont’d)
3.WithCOMESA:Linkna,onalinputsubsidyprogramswiththemassiveupscalingoffer,lizer-fodder-fuelwoodtreessupportedbyICRAF.4.WithNEPAD:Createna,onalprogramstoscale-upClimateSmartAgricultureprac,cetoreach25mfarmsby2025.4.