Knowledge Management in Central Asian Countries Initiative for Land Management phase II

Annual Consultation Meeting IFAD/ICARDAAmman, 21-22 October 2014

KM – CACILM II

Achievements and gaps to fill

Knowledge Management in CACILM-II

◦ Developed into 3-years ICARDA project supported by IFAD starting February 2013

◦ US$1.4 million with co-funding from CRP-DS and Russian Fund

◦ Logical continuation of earlier SLM-research and other projects conducted within CACILM I

Challenges

I. Enhance the CACILM knowledge management component for facilitating widespread dissemination of SLM

II.Improve agricultural systems for enhanced productivity and sustainability, and promote climate change adaptation approaches and technologies

Project objectives

Multidisciplinary approach to disseminate SLM at different levels through components on:

◦ Synthesis of knowledge

◦ Packaging and dissemination

◦ Knowledge and Policy (socio-economic)

Approach and Components

i. Key decision and policy making units responsible for SLM in each participating country

ii. NGOs and rural development agencies working in each country and at the regional level

iii.Extension agencies, farmers and farmers’ organizations

iv.International donor community and development programs active in Central Asia

Target groups

Involvement of and support from NARS◦ Kazakhstan: Soil Research Institute◦ Kyrgyzstan: Ministry of Agriculture and

Melioration◦ Tajikistan: Academy of Agricultural Sciences◦ Turkmenistan:Ministry of Water Resources◦ Uzbekistan: Soil Research Institute

Steering Committee consisting of representatives of 5 countries, ICARDA, IFAD, GIZ, FAO

Partners

Ready technologies to tap for up-scaling:

◦ CACILM I and other projects

◦ World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Technologies www.WOCAT.net

◦ Partner initiatives (i.e. NARS, ELD)

◦ Indigenous knowledge (need good documentation)

Compiled by Alona Reichsmuth, GIZ

Sources of information

Collected SLMCountries Approaches Technologies TOTAL

Kazakhstan 1 34 35

Kyrgyzstan 9 25 34

Tajikistan 5 31 36

Turkmenistan 0 20 20

Uzbekistan 14 40 54

SLM descriptionShort template

based on WOCAT form

Contains short definition and info about technology, reference to author, environment, impact etc.

To be compiled and published

Prioritization and selection of SLM (packages)Targeted agro-ecosystems

1st – national level (January – February 2014) 2nd – regional level (Almaty, February 2014)

Core technology Technology options to integrateIrrigated agro-ecosystem

Raised bed technology Soil/seed treatment/additives, manure, irrigation methods, mulching

Mountain agro-ecosystem

Agroforestry and afforestation

Pistachio plantation, sainfoin, gardening, fodder crops, irrigation, community based agroforestry

Rainfed agro-ecosystem

Conservation agriculture

Crop diversification, oil and legume crops, minimum tillage

Rangeland agro-ecosystem

Pasture improvement Perennial grass seed plots, pasture rotation, early-spring irrigation

Agroeco- system

Technology package KAZ KRG TJK TKM UZB

Irrigated Raised bed

1. Almaty;2. South Kazakhstan

Chuy valley

Central Tajikistan

Ahal province

Yakkabog and Bayavut districts

Mountain AgroforestryOsh province

Rasht valley Planned

RainfedConservation agriculture

South Kazakhstan

Chuy province

Central Tajikistan

Lebap province

Kashkadarya province

RangelandPasture improvement

Almaty province

Osh province

Sogd province

Ahal province

Farish district

Demonstration (learning) sites

Calibration of downscaled climate models

Collaboration with Texas A&M University on procedures for calibration of downscaling Global Circulation Models to the regional or country level

Tools to potentially assess climate change impact to NARS partners during training-consultation in June 16-20, 2014

Identifying target areas for out-scalingSimilarity maps for each agro-ecosystem

Knowledge dissemination platform

Knowledge platform website is evolving

Contains entries in English and Russian

Address – www.cacilm.org

Demonstration sites ‘Field-days’

Review and survey of extension services in Central Asia

Identification of existing extension services system in countries completed

Conducting survey of service providers

Connection with development programs

Collaboration with current and future development programs (e.g. new IFAD livestock/pasture project in Kyrgyzstan)

Collaboration with GIZ in a rangeland management site

Working with GIZ FLERMONECA to be part of knowledge platform (K-LINK) for wider dissemination of knowledge

Adopting knowledge from previous IFAD projects in WANA to CA (Benchmark: raised-bed and water harvesting)

Opportunities for resources mobilization with key donors in CA for large-scale implementation