challenges and opportunities for africa: connecting systems approaches, sustainable intensification...
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Presentation at a side event at FARA-AASW6, Accra, 16 June 2013ing systems, Sustainable intensification of agriculture, Africa, AASW6TRANSCRIPT
Challenges and opportunities for Africa: Connecting systems approaches, sustainable
intensification and scaling out
Accelerating Sustainable Intensification in Africa: A farming systems framework for targeting investment
FARA AASW Side eventAccra, 16 July 2014
John Dixon Principal Regional Coordinator
South Asia & Africa, ACIAR
Contents
Challenges
The opportunity:Sustainable Intensification Systems
Identifying ways forward ..
Challenge 1: future food demand“feeding 9 billion”
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
Glo
bal F
ood
Dem
and
(Pet
acal
/day
)
Year
71% increase 2010 to 2050
129% increase 1970 to 2010
Source: Keating et al 2012
Challenge 2: current hunger & poverty“improved food & income for 1 billion”
The opportunity (imperative?)
Sustainable intensification systems Increased productivity without resource degradation
Requiring added attention to ...
Systems and farming systems
Innovation systems and information sharing
Policies and institutions (incl markets)
Metric and monitoring
African extensification cf Asian intensification
Source:World Bank, 2008
How much productive agricultural land in Africa is under-utilized?
?
Some African small farm constraints …
Low productivity
Scarce biomassLand degradation
Poor markets & institutions
Climate variability Limited resouces
Pathways out of smallholder poverty: (target “intensification” before “diversification”?)e.g., maize mixed farming system
Intensification20%
Diversification30%
Exit
10%
Off-Farm Income20%
Farm Size 20%
Connecting initiatives
Systems R&D adding ‘cross-disciplinary’ value to commodity/NRM programs for sust intensification
African farming systems framework for efficient targeting of agricultural investments in country and across countries
Integration of research and scaling out pathways to impact on farm households
Identifying ways forward ...
Sustainable Intensification Systems Workshop 10-13 July 2013 40-60 persons from FARA, ASARECA, CORAF,
CCARDESA, SSA CP, SIMLESA, SIMLEZA, Africa Rising, SARD SC, Systems CRPs, ICRAF, ACIAR, USAID, BMGF and 25 others orgs
Institutionalizing Farming Systems Frameworks in Science, Education, Policy and Investment Planning in Africa
14 July 201320 persons from FARA, NEPAD/CAADP, SROs,
NARS, World Bank, ICRAF, ACIAR/AIFSC
ACIAR
Now:
Farming systems framework
Workshop outcomes