Evergreen agriculture and land restoration

EverGreenAgricultureandLandRestora,on

DennisGarrity

DrylandsAmbassador,UNCCDSeniorFellow,WorldAgroforestryCentre&WorldResourcesInsCtute

Chair,PartnershiptoCreateanEverGreenAgriculture

TheroleofevergreenagricultureinachievingfourmajoriniCaCves

•  TheAfricaRestoraConIniCaCve’s100millionhectaretarget

•  Thegoalofscaling-upfarmer-managednaturalregeneraConinthedrylandsthroughanAU-coordinatedprogram,

•  Thescaling-upofferClizertreetechnologieswithinna:onalinputsubsidiesprogramsthroughtheCOMESA-ledEverGreenFer:lizerSubsidiesIni:a:ve,and

•  TheAfricanClimateSmartAgricultureAlliancetargetofreaching25millionfarmerswithclimatesmartagriculture

TrendinbiomassproducCvitybyfarmingsystem

Image: Flickr/CIFOR; Source: WRI

150m hectares under restoration by 2020

AMBITIOUS GLOBAL TARGETS EXIST

The Bonn Challenge

350m hectares under restoration by 2030

New York Declaration

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An African movement to restore 100 million hectares of degraded landscapes by 2030

November 2015

Image: Flickr/USAID Kenya

Africa has the world’s largest restoration opportunity

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CommitmentshavebeenmadetotheBonnChallengebyfourAfricancountriestodate:

•  Ethiopia:15millionhectares•  DRC:8millionhectares•  Uganda:2millionhectares•  Rwanda:2millionhectares

With 10+ addiConal commitments in the processofbeingformulatedbycountriesinWest,Central,EastandSouthernAfrica

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Politicalcommitmenttoscaleuprestorationsuccessesismounting

1–TheBonnChallengeisaglobalefforttorestore150millionhectaresofdegradedanddeforestedlandscapesby2020.TheAFR100isadirectcontributiontotheBonnChallengeandtheNewYorkDeclarationonForeststhatextendstheBonnChallengetorestore350millionhectaresby2030.

- 100,000200,000300,000400,000500,000600,000700,000800,000900,0001,000,000

Kigali

East

North

South

West

ClosedForest Woodland/TreeCrops Cropland

Savanna/Prairie/Shrubland Grassland UrbanArea

Waterbodies

Landuse(ha)–RwandaLandthatis:-agricultural- non-forested- sloping(5-55%).

Rwanda’s plan for restoration interventions

TheParklandRenaissanceonNigerFarmlands

Farmer-ManagedRegeneraConoftreeshasbeenmassivelyupscaledonthecroplandsinNiger

LandscapeDynamicsSouthwestofZinder

1955

20051975

The albida effect•  Microclimate buffering

•  Soil fertility improvement

NIGER

Bringing back the Sahel’s ‘underground forest’

Ø  5 million ha of land restored, over 200 million trees re-established

•  Additional half a million tonnes of grain per year

•  Reduces drought impacts

•  Sequestration of carbon in soil and trees

Learningfromfarmers:Farmermanagednatural

regeneraCon

TheexpansionofFarmer-ManagedNaturalRegeneraConintheSahel

Ethiopia:FMNRinTigrayvillages

MalawiMaizeLandsFarmerManagedNaturalRegeneraConExpanding

Widely

17AfricancountriesarenowengagedinEverGreenAgriculture

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration

Conservation Agriculture with trees

Trees interplanted in conventional tilled cropland

Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration +

Trees interplanted in conventional tilled cropland

VisionfortheDrylands2ndAfricaDrylandsDeclara,on

WERECOMMENDANDPROPOSEthatthedrylandsdevelopmentcommunitycommitseriouslytoachievingthegoalof

EnablingEVERYfarmfamilyandEVERYvillageacrossthedrylandsofAfrica

tobepracCcingFarmer-ManagedNaturalRegeneraConbytheyear2025.

WhatisEvergreenAgriculture?

Aformofmoreagroecologicallyintensivefarmingthatintegratestreesintocropandlivestockproduc:onsystems.

Evergreenfarmingsystemsare‘double-story’systemsthatfeaturebothperennialandannualspecies(foodcropsandtrees),maintainingagreencoveronthelandthroughouttheyear.

TypesofEvergreenAgriculture

1.Farmer-ManagedNaturalRegeneraCon(FMNR)oncropland

2.ConservaConagriculturewithtrees(CAWT)3.ConvenConalagricultureinterplantedwithtrees

(includingalleycroppingsystems)

ConservaConagriculturewithreducedCllageandtreesincreasesproduc,vitywhilerestoringlandqualityandreducinglabor.

FaidherbiaGliricidia

Maize stubble

Faidherbia

Gliricidia

Maize

DRY SEASON

WET SEASON

Fertilizer-Fodder-Fuelwood Trees in Food Crop Production Systems

EverGreenFerClizerSubsidies

LinkinginputsubsidiestotheupscalingofagroforestryforintegratedsoilferClitymanagementNewCOMESAFacilityAssis:ngcountriestodevelopthecapabilitytoscale-upfer:lizertreetechnologieswithintheirinputsubsidyprograms.

Copingcapacityisaffectedbytherangeofop:onsthathouseholdscantapintoa_erashockhits.

Copingcapacityisaffectedbytherangeofop:onsthathouseholdscantapintoa_erashockhits.

IncreasingcopingcapacitythroughEverGreenAgriculture

1.   EnterpriseriskdiversificaCon2.   Enhancedassetbaseavailabletoliquidateforcashsales2.Enhancedruminantlivestockfodderresourcesduringdroughts3.ReducedhealthshocksensiCvity:Fruitandvegetablefoodsfromtrees

TheEverGreenAgriculturePartnership

SteeringCommicee

Farmersandfarmergroups InternaConal

andregionalresearch

CivilSociety

YouthandEducaCon

GovernmentsandPolicy

InternaConalandregionaldevelopment

Donors

PrivateSector

MovingtoAcCon

1.WiththeAfricanRestoraConIniCaCve:Contributetothetargetofrestoring100mhaby2030.Restoredfarmland,forests,andgrazingland.2.AchievetheAfricaUnionTarget:ReacheverydrylandfarminAfricawithFarmer-ManagedNaturalRegenera,on.

MovingtoAcCon(cont’d)

3.WithCOMESA:Linkna,onalinputsubsidyprogramswiththemassiveupscalingoffer,lizer-fodder-fuelwoodtreessupportedbyICRAF.4.WithNEPAD:Createna,onalprogramstoscale-upClimateSmartAgricultureprac,cetoreach25mfarmsby2025.4.

OurPanelistsToday• MarCnBwalya(NEPAD)•  ChikakulaMiC(COMESA)•  RandallPurcell(WorldFoodProgram)•  RaviPrabhu(ICRAF)•  LoriPearson(CRS)•  MarkShepard(Restora,onAgriculture)•  ChekhMbow(ICRAF)•  MachewReddy(WorldBusinessCouncilfor

SustainableDevelopment)