Climate Smart Agriculture Options for up scaling, fuel for discussion

Alexandre Meybeck, Vincent Gitz, FAO

What tools and policies are required to bring Food Security, adaptation and mitigation together? Agriculture and Rural Development Day Durban 3rd December 2011

Urea Deep Placement

Production of briquettes

Urea Deep Placement

•  Bangladesh 2009: – half a million ha – A million farmers – 2500 machines for briquettes

•  Bangladesh Department of Agricultural extension + IFDC

•  National Food security plan of Nigeria South/South cooperation with China

Specific machines for CA

Specific machines for CA

Transfert of technologies

•  International cooperation between manufacturers in Brazil and in East African countries

PESA: Agroforestry systems

PESA: Agroforestry systems

PESA Central America

•  Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, San Salvador

•  Economically profitable •  More resilient •  Exchange of practices and

experiences •  SubRegional cooperation

Corn resistant to drought

“Seed systems”

Seed enterprises in North Cameroon

•  Earlier maturing varieties millet, sorghum, maize

•  Source seed from national research agency

•  FAO project •  Now 68 community seed enterprises •  1000 members •  Federation

Some factors of success

•  Proven economic performance

•  Critical threshold of adoption

•  Development of local supply enterprises

•  Integration in national policies

•  Public/private partnerships

Some factors of success

•  Transfert of technologies

•  Regional cooperation

•  International cooperation (South/South)