Download - Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Aquatic Agricultural Systems
IFAD 12 July 2013
AAS
• Rationale• Approach• Innovation• IFAD & AAS
AASRationale
Aquatic Agricultural Systems
Systems and livelihoods – not commodities
Integrated Agricultural Systems
Rural poverty
Number of rural poor (millions) (<US$1.25 per day)
Moving beyond the Green Revolution• “… there are serious and growing threats to the
productivity and resilience of the Green Revolution lands. Equitability has also been low. The larger landowners have reaped most of the benefits, while the poor and landless have missed out.” (Conway 2012)
CGIAR - STRATEGY AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK
• “Agricultural production system research should increase and progressively become the focal point for the integration of commodity and natural resources research.” (CGIAR SRF 2011)
AAS Southern
Polder Zone
WHEAT; GRiSP
CPWF - WLE
CCAFS
A4NH
PIM
CGIAR Alignment
L&F
Haor basin
AAS Approach
Rural poverty and AAS
Ca. 80m people dependent on AAS
66% living in poverty
Source: Bené & Teoh, in prep.
Mekong The Coral TriangleGBM*
Zambezi
Population living on <$1.25/day, per grid cell (resolution : 9 km at the equator)
Niger Lakes Victoria-Kyoga
Source of poverty map: CGIAR SRF Domain Analysis Spatial Team (2009)
*GBM: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Megna delta
(where learning from Coral Triangle will be scaled out)
South Pacific Community
African InlandAsia mega deltas
• High numbers of poor and/or High % of total population dependent on AAS• High vulnerability to change (climate/sea level/water)• Potential to scale out
Geographical Focus
African Coastal
System Area (km²) People <US$1.25/dayAfrica – freshwater 800,000 70m 43m
Africa – coastal 300,000 12m 7mAsian Deltas 50,000 100m 40mIslands SEA + Pacific 650,000 54m 22m
Intermediate Development Outcomes
Income
Productivity Control of assets
Capacity to innovate
Greater resilience
Capacity to adapt Policies
Minimized effects
Carbon sequestratio
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Material Outcomes
Instrumental Outcomes
Environmental Outcomes
Access to food Nutrition
Innovating for impact
“… there are serious and growing threats to the productivity and resilience of the Green Revolution lands. Equitability has also been low. The larger landowners have reaped most of the benefits, while the poor and landless have missed out.” (Conway 2012)
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”Albert Einstein
Areas of innovation
• RinD• Gender• Nutrition• ME&IA• Scaling• Partnerships• Capacity dep’t
Nutrition sensitive AAS landscapes• Vegetable (orange flesh sweet potato (OFSP)) on
pond dykes and in homestead gardens
• Promotion of nutrient-rich fish consumption and increased dietary diversity
The RinD Approach: Programmatic Theory of Change
Countries and hubs
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Bangladesh Cambodia Myanmar As-Pac (x?) ???Solomons Philippines Africa (x2) Africa (x?) ???Zambia
Integrated themes:Gender
Health & NutritionLearning/Sharing/Communication
Engagement & EmpowermentEffective Partnerships
High potential NRM value chainsFishAquatic Plants
Farm productivity & diversificationDiversified farming systemsDietary diversification
Baseline studiesEcosystem servicesAgrobiodiversityAgric. Knowledge + info systemsGovernance
High potential agric. value chainsCattleRice
HUB strategic initiativesFlood risk managementGender transformative approachAwareness + communication in schoolsCanal management
Program operationsGovernanceManagement
CommunicationsCapacity building for
implementation
Community level initiatives
Barotse Hub, Zambia
AAS – Partners and pathways to scale
• National and local Governments• NARS• NGOs (national and international)• Other research partners• Private sector• Local Government• NARS• Community Organizations + NGOs• Other research partners• Private sector
IFAD + AAS
Mutual learning• Nutrition sensitive
production technology• Nutrition sensitive
landscapes• Gender• M&EIAScaling out and up
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