Opportunities (and imperatives) for

scaling-up proven practices

Dennis Garrity

UN Drylands Ambassador

Senior Research Fellow World Agroforestry Centre

Chair, Partnership to Create an EverGreen Agriculture

Total Global Emissions are accelerating …but land-based emissions are declining

Land-use change black line: Includes management-climate interactions

Source: Le Quéré et al. 2012; Global Carbon Project 2012

Climate Smart Agriculture

Triple Win

• Raise productivity growth,

• Enhanced resilience to hotter temperatures

and to drought and flooding pressures, and

• Make agriculture a strong carbon sink, rather

than being an major emitter.

Terrorism & Political Violence

Trend in non-climate related net primary productivity

1981–2006. Conjin et al 2013.

New post-2015 Sustainable Development Goal:

Zero Net Land Degradation by 2030

What is Evergreen Agriculture?

A form of more intensive farming that

integrates trees into crop and livestock

production systems.

Evergreen farming systems are ‘double- story’

systems that feature both perennial and annual

species (food crops and trees), maintaining a

green cover on the land throughout the year.

Types of Evergreen Agriculture

1. Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR)

on cropland

2. Conservation agriculture with trees (CAWT)

3. Conventional agriculture interplanted with trees

Aerial view of a parkland dominated by Faidherbia in Niger

Mobilizing for scaling-up: Major agroforestry regions in

West Africa and directions of expansion

Faidherbia albida is commonly found in cereal crop

systems in Ethiopia Ethiopian Prime Minister announces national programme

to establish 100 million Faidherbia trees in farmers’ fields

December 2011

Kenyan Farmlands: Bold policy to achieve

>10% tree cover on farms through a

National Evergreen Agriculture Programme

National recommendations for maize in Malawi & Zambia:

Faidherbia fertilizer trees at 100 trees per ha

17 Countries are engaged in EverGreen Agriculture

Farmer Managed Natural

Regeneration

Conservation Agriculture with trees

Trees interplanted in conventional

tilled cropland

Farmer Managed Natural

Regeneration +

Trees interplanted in conventional

tilled cropland

EverGreen Agriculture Partnership Communities

Steering Committee

Farmers and farmer groups International

and regional research

Civil Society

Youth and Education

Governments and Policy

International and regional development

Donors

Private Sector

The Founding Partners

• World Agroforestry Centre (host)

• World Resources Institute

• World Vision Australia and World Vision

International

• African Forest Forum

• African Regreening Initiative

Scaling up an Integrated

Evergreen Agriculture

Exploiting the synergies

Integrating Biofertilizer and Fodder Trees into croplands to

restore and build more productive and drought resilient farming

and livestock systems

Rainwater Harvesting with an accent on simple techniques for

enhanced crop production, water recharge and water retention

integrated with agroforestry.

Integrated Soil Fertility Management with fertilizer microdosing

with enhanced organic nutrient sources combined with

agroforestry.

Fitting evergreen agriculture in the diverse the

farming systems of Africa

The Next Phase

Accelerate the ongoing national scaling-up programmes in Malawi, Zambia, Burkina Faso and Niger

National Agroforestry Food Security Programmes being developed for India, Senegal, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Kenya

Preparatory work for new programmes under way in Tanzania, Mali, and 12 other countries

EverGreen Agriculture wins UK Climate Award!

Donors are mobilizing to support scaling-

up of an integrated evergreen agriculture

• Australia

• EU AGIR

• IGAD horn of Africa

• Netherlands

• UK

• USAID

• Germany

• Gates Foundation

Conclusions

• The drylands crises are serious and multi-

dimensional

• A fresh low-cost approach to land regeneration and

food security has taken root in Africa, and is spreading

widely.

• Millions of smallholders are adopting effective low cost

land regeneration methods

• Poorest households should be targeted over large

areas to end hunger in Africa

• Many nations are implementing or launching national

scaling-up programmes

• The EverGreen Agriculture Partnership is accelerating

the process of widespread adoption

For More Information

World Agroforestry Centre www.worldagroforestry.org

Evergreen Agriculture web site www.evergreenagriculture.net

d.garrity@cgiar.org