Cgiar unpacking green growth

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Green growth: the need for unpacking the concept Alain Vidal, CPWF Director International High Level Dialogue: Bridging Land- and Water Management for enabling agribusiness development and Green Economic Growth 24 April 2012 – Wageningen – the Netherlands

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Keynote presentation at the International High Level Dialogue on Bridging Land- and Water Management for enabling agribusiness development and Green Economic Growth24 April 2012 – Wageningen – the Netherlands

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Green growth: the need for unpacking the concept

Alain Vidal, CPWF DirectorInternational High Level Dialogue:

Bridging Land- and Water Management for enabling agribusiness development and Green Economic Growth24 April 2012 – Wageningen – the Netherlands

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Unpacking…

From river basin management to river basin developmentBasis – the key role of ecosystem servicesBoost – the potential for local innovation platformsBalance – the need for sharing the benefits

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Niger

Water, food and poverty analyzed in 10 basins

1.5 billion people50% of the poorest < 1€/j

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0.00E+00 2.00E-05 4.00E-05 6.00E-05 8.00E-05 1.00E-040

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BangladeshBoliviaBrazilBurkina FasoChinaColombiaEgypt, Arab Rep.EthiopiaIndiaThailandVietnamWorld

Water availability (km3/cap)

GNI (

$US/

cap)

Poverty: Is it the resources scarcity?

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-1.00E-06 2.12E-22 1.00E-06 2.00E-06 3.00E-06 4.00E-06 5.00E-060

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BangladeshBoliviaBrazilBurkina FasoChinaColombiaEgypt, Arab Rep.EthiopiaIndiaThailandVietnamWorld

Water availability (km3/cap)

GNI (

$US/

cap)

…even in very dry areas ?

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But water productivity remains very low over most areas

WP (estimated potential)

VoltaLimpopo

Nile

Niger

IGB

YR

Mekong

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0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,5000

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Burkina Faso

Bangladesh

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Brazil

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Ethiopia and Burkina Faso in agricul-tural phase of development

India and Bangladesh transitioning to higher value activi-ties

Bolivia emerging slowly after decades of low growth

Brazil strong growth in the 60’s and in recent years to emerge as an industrial economy

General di-rection

From river basin management to river basin development

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Gross National Income

Agriculture contribution to GDP (%)

Most African basins here

Changing economies

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Gross National Income

Agriculture contribution to GDP (%) ....Problems...

Vulnerability

Population

pressure

Industrial &

Urban

demands

Power

differences

Threats to

sustainability

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Gross National Income

Agriculture contribution to GDP (%) ... Solutions

Basic support

& Protection

Productivity

increaseBuilding

resilience

Basics need

Meeting urgent demand growth Emerging need

for sustainability

Increasing Role forInstitutions

Providing basicsProtecting existing

supportInvest in agricultural

basics

Big invest in agric.Resource-sharing &

protectionDeveloping pathways out

of farming

Benefit-sharing (trading)

Demand managementSupply-chain management

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Basis The key role of ecosystem services

River basins provide a diversity of ecosystem services Provisioning, cultural, regulatory, supporting

Most of these are understood individually, to a degreeAs they develop, societies exploit these ES Appropriate, invest, exchange, ruin…

…development is influenced by ESs …development modifies ESs

This represents opportunities and risks

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Mekong: Hydropower and livelihoods40 million people in the Mekong depend on fisheries for at least part of the year Yet the entire region is looking to hydropower as Laos

Techniques, land and water uses exist that can increase benefits available to riparian communities and to dam builders

Fish-rice systemsArtificial wetlands

From Stone, 2011

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Boost The potential for local innovation platforms

Established around local specific production and marketing systems, ideally merged into larger commercialization networksPromote technologies improving production at household level, making products more marketable Implement strategies improving market efficiency and reduce transaction costs along the value chain Allow more money to flow to the producer an incentive for improved farming practices

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Limpopo: Rainwater management, innovation platforms and value chains

Strengthen agricultural value chains where market-related failures contribute to povertyGreater alignment of production with market requirementsAppropriate technologies must fit existing livelihood systems and include socially acceptable incentives

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Balance : The need for sharing the benefits

Move beyond sharing waters Consider socially and economically most beneficial land and water usesSuccessful experiences in the Andes(trust funds), financing ecosystems restoration and livelihoodsimprovement

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Unpacking green growth?A few guiding messages

Basis: Despite challenges in many river basins, overall the planet has enough water (and land?) to meet the full range of people’s and ecosystems’ needs for the foreseeable future, but equity will only be achieved through judicious and creative managementBoost and Balance: Wise use of our L&W resources for strengthening (rural) livelihoods and ecosystem services requires simultaneously using them more productively and sharing L&W and their benefits more equitablyInstitutions: Higher L&W productivity and greater social equity can be obtained only through a radical in change of policies and institutional arrangements in both developed and developing nations

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Thank you

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