Session 4:“Uruguay´s experience"

Here we are!!!

• Uruguay: country with the economy stronglybased on agriculture (70% of exports).

On the path of growthUruguayan “Smart Agriculture”

can

feed 50 million people

• Soils conservation: from traditional plowing to no-till systems, that embrace over 90% of area

Intensification of agricultural production must be sustainable

Context: need to consider several goals

at the same time

1. Produce more food and raw matters.

2. Minimize negative impacts to environment .

3. Build resilience to CC.

Challenges of adaptation

Adaptation in the livestock sector is a priority for Uruguay

Institutional framework for climate change coordination: institutional set up and mechanism,

regulatory/policy/strategic framework

• National System of Response to Climate Change (SNRCC)

• Climate, Water and Environment Cabinet and Secretary.

• Ministry of Environment (MVOTMA): CC Division, focal point.

• Ministry of Agriculture (MGAP): Agriculture & CC Unit (UACC, created in 2000), part of Agricultural Planning and PoliciesOffice + networking

• Local governments actions.

Institutional structure

First national document: 2010(year that Cancun Adaptation Framework was established)

With FAO support: progress to answer keyquestions

¿Adatp to what/where/who

, how?

¿How to reduce vulnerability and build resilience?

Initiatives related to Uruguay NAP and agriculture/climate policy

• Diagnosis and general strategy (2010)

• National Policy for CC (2016)

• TNA (2015)

• National Communications (3rd in 2010, 4th to be presented in June 2016)

• Battery of initiatives on.going: • Adaptation Fund project,

• DACC project,

• EWS

• Index insurances

• Soil Conservation policy,

• Water policy (water harvest, suplementary irrigation),

• NAP GSP for non-LCD (UNEP-UNDP)

Best practice of climate financing/fiscal framework as a means to leverage domestic and international

financial support

• COMAP: National system that promotes investments: projectswith adaptation and mitigations proposals recieve extra pointsin the evaluation process.

• Subsidies to index insurances

• Adaptation Fund and DACC projects (subsidies to investmentand technical assistance) with farmers´counterpart and revolving funds

From 2008 to 2014 werepromoted investmentsin irrigation projects of

US$ 140 million,

through a tax waiver

that surpassed US$ 76 million

Investment Promotion Policy (COMAP)

Adaptation to climate change

TOTAL INVESTMENT

(US$)

FISCAL EXEMPTION

(US$)% of

exemption2010 10.072.221 5.465.841 54%2011 8.801.298 4.507.704 51%2012 19.936.328 10.931.598 55%2013 27.177.041 14.206.371 52%

2014* 73.807.461 41.026.796 56%TOTAL 139.794.683 76.138.311 55%

* Hasta junio

PronósticoClimatico del IRI

(3 meses)

Monitoreo y Pronóstico Balance Agua

Monitoreo y Pronóstico Pasturas

MonitoreoExistencias

(SNIG)

EWS

Productores familiares

DGDR

Mapas de Riesgo

Serie histórica de 30 años de NDVI

Datos satelitales MODIS/LTDRVacas de cría por sección policialMapa de uso del suelo

Herramienta de tarificación

Suma asegurada por SP

Risk characterization and index insurances

Mapping stakeholders

Promotion of associative projects

Application of new criteria to guide investment promotion - COMAP

Water for livestock and irrigation

Adaptation to climate change

Q1: Is climate vulnerability a function of climate change?

• A: Partially.

V = ʃ ( E, S. AC)

Entry points for sectoral integration in NAP process and NAP Ag project

• Actors map

• Mainstreaming adaptation in sustainable developmentpolicies. Co-benefits approach.

• Climate resilient livelihoods in rural areas.

• Capacity building.

• Financial support to vulnerable stakeholders

• Assessing vulnerabilities and impacts for rural sector and society as a whole

• Align National and local govermnents plans and actions.

We see two integration challenges and paths

NAPs

Rural developmentpolicies and

plans

Agriculturaladaptation

plans

Some partial lessons so far…

• We know past better than future and we are notwell adapted to present. We haveunderestimated the lessons from the past.

• Agriculture is the most heterogeneous sector

• Policies based on science

• Farmers´ centered & ecosystem based adaptation

• Start from pesent needs by farmers

• Knowledge management (including impactsassessment) is key

Adaptation is a long and winding road!

Thank you very much!