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A proposal for governance of sustainability in agriculture
Brisabne, Wordl Congress of Conservation Agriculture, Sept 2011
APAD, Gérard Rass
Farmers need and want to progress towards sustainability
1. Obtain the best possible results of their farms, improving their operations on :
1. Economics
2. Social responsibility
3. Environmental responsibility
2. Maintain their freedom to operate and innovate
This can be obtained with an effective stakeholder dialog with citizens (and thus policy makers) :
1. shared and agreed objectives : production, prices, trade-offs with other dossiers (space, biodiversity, resources, energy…)
2. common relevant criteria : indicators of sustainability, assessing situation and progresses
IAD indicators : how they have been made and what they bring
The indicators were selected in 2008, internationally and locally, based on criteria of relevance, neutrality, occurrence and result measurement.
Ultimately, after 2 years testing on 160 farms, we settled a scorecard and dashboard made of 26 indicators grouped into 7 themes.
In IAD report : « Agriculture 2050 starts here and now », are explained :
The model of sustainable farming production
The criteria for Sustainable Production
The ecosystem services
A mechanisms of PES (Payment for Ecological Services)
The model : based on the 3 fundamental functions of the ecosystem
26 indicators assessing the key relevant parameters of farming activity
Theme 1: economic viability
EBITDA per ha and/or per livestock unit
EBITDA/labour unit
Production costs per ha or livestockunit
Theme 2: social viability
Full‐time equivalent working hours
(1,800 hours/year)
SI ‐ Satisfaction Index
Theme 3: efficiency of input use
IFT ‐ Pesticide treatment frequency index
NPK balance (nitrogen ‐ phosphorous ‐ potassium)
Energy balance
Energy independence rate
Water consumption (irrigation)
Food autonomy rate
Yield ha, livestock farm
IAD Indicators (continued)
Topic 4: Greenhouse gas
GHG level
Theme 5: soil quality
Yield/ha UAA
Yield/ha main fodder area
Soil tillage index
Annual soil cover rate
Organic matter level
Soil biological activity
Theme 6: water quality
NO3 level ‐ boreholes and wells
NO3 level – rivers
Theme 7: biodiversity
Soil utilisation
Biodiversity surface area
Crop diversity
STOC "birds" (common bird mapping)
STERC "insects" (common insect mapping)
19 of these indicators are able to measure directly or indirectly the ecological services in accordance with the scientific references available in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Scorecards for sustainable agricultureindicators
Mechanism of Payment for Ecological Services (PES) example on APAD farms with 12 indicators
Results after 3 years :
160 farms assessed,
Several partners from supply or food industry involved to use IAD indicators,
3 high level international conferences on Sustainable Agriculture in Senate in Paris, with high level official sponsors, and international speakers of CA community (thanks to them !).
Report Agriculture 2050 circulated among french experts and Government, in EU Parliament and Commission.
Some recognition in France for IAD indicators of Sustainable Agriculture, and thus CA
Engagement of more stakeholders into IAD
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No-Till Farmers Food industry
Food
Feed industry
Soil management
Fertilizers
Genetics
Machinery
Plant protection
Stakehlders : everyone is involved in designing sustainable agriculture, but with different functions
Citizens / Policy makers
Farmers have engaged some supply companies
IAD
To improve results on farms
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No-Till Farmers Food industry
Food
Feed industry
Soil management
Fertilizers
Genetics
Machinery
Plant protection
Citizens / Policy makers
WEST cluster (*)
IAD has engaged food / feed industry into supoort to sustainable agriculture
To serve consumers demandWEST : Well Eating Sustainable Territory
This project is partaken with some Members of European Parliament
To enable good policies, & give the signal from the top
ECAF
We need to reinforce our capacity to influence for SA and CA at European level
A European Council for Sustainable Agriculture in Brussels,
with 3 pilars (IAD model) :
Farmers : ECAF farmers from key EU countries,
• to drive, and advocate with the legitimacy of their results and practical experience,
CA Scientists : • to support scientific debates, and fight objections of local scientists,
ECAF experts
international CA community (=> you ),
supported by high reputation international agencies (United Nation)
Private companies :
input industries, machinery, fertilizer, crop protection, genetics…, supporting CA.
Include IAD and WEST cluster (food and feed industries)
Missions of the European Council for Sustainable Agriculture
Monitor EU and national policies : • Audit their performances vs sustainability criteria• Publish reports and recommendations to policy makers
Advocate for CA to EU Parliament and Commission
Make local missions and audits, on demand :
ex : water quality in France,
Provide data and studies when needed (ex : C credits…)
Participate in studies (tender bids from EU : ex : indicators)
Provide to local operators :
• strategic advices,
• speakers for conferences,
• communication with media
But we need also a global governance of agriculture, environment, social, economics…
A global approach of sustainability across geographies,
Ex : social responsibility, C sequestration assessment, fair trade, anti-dumping, trade-offs food, energy, biodiversity, water use…
A base of common set of principles and criteria :
a global set of indicators ? Cf Millenium Ecosystem Assessment
A common platform for dialog between geographies and operators :
a global council for SA ?
The challenge for sustainability is global. It needs a global governance.
We shall loose or win together.
Thank you
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