Learning Event No 6, Session 1, From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011
Learning Event 6, Session 1, From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011
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AGRA Responds to Climate Change Bashir Jama Director soil Health Program AGRA Opening Remarks Learning Event 6: What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa? Agriculture and Rural Development Day Durban, South Africa 3 December 2011
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What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa? Presentation from Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011. Presentation by Bashir Jama, on AGRA Responds to Climate Change
Transcript of Learning Event 6, Session 1, From Agriculture and Rural Development Day (ARDD) 2011
AGRA Responds to Climate Change!
Bashir Jama!Director soil Health Program!
AGRA!!!
Opening Remarks!Learning Event 6: What role can the private sector play in climate smart smallholder agriculture in Africa?!
Agriculture and Rural Development Day!Durban, South Africa!
3 December 2011!!
The problem: Low and declining smallholder productivity!
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Vision, mission, goals!Vision!• A food secure and prosperous Africa achieved through rapid
sustainable agricultural growth based on smallholder farmers who produce staple food crops!
Mission!• To trigger a uniquely African green revolution that transforms
agriculture into a highly productive, efficient, competitive and sustainable system to assure food security and lift millions out of poverty!
Goals by 2020!• Reduce food insecurity by 50% in at least 20 countries!• Double incomes of 20 million smallholder families!• Put at least 30 countries on track of attaining and sustaining a
uniquely African Green Revolution !
A unique green revolution for Africa!A value chain and breadbasket approach in support of:!!
• Better seed development systems for improved access to seed technologies for smallholder farmers!
• Efficient, sustainable use of fertilizers and integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and greater use efficiency of agricultural water!
• Improved market access for African staple food crops, reducing post-harvest losses, enhancing value adding processing, alternative markets!
• Enhanced capacities for evidence-based policies on seed, soil health, markets, land tenure, and climate change!
• Strengthened partnerships and linkages between donors, governments, commercial banks and insurers to increase agricultural finance!
A value chain and breadbasket approach in support of:!
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• Better seed development systems for improved access to seed technologies for smallholder farmers!
• Efficient, sustainable use of fertilizers and integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) and greater use efficiency of agricultural water!
• Improved market access for African staple food crops, reducing post-harvest losses, enhancing value adding processing, alternative markets!
• Enhanced capacities for evidence-based policies on seed, soil health, markets, land tenure, and climate change!
• Strengthened partnerships and linkages between donors, governments, commercial banks and insurers to increase agricultural finance!
A unique green revolution for Africa!
Climate change affects African Agriculture!What we know (next 100 years):!!
• Drier subtropics to warm more than moister tropics!
• Northern/southern Africa to become hotter and drier!
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• Wheat production (North Africa) and Maize production (south) to be negatively affected!
• Rainfall to increase for Eastern/horn of- and Central Africa!
• More occurrence and severity of vector-borne diseases!
• Seal level rise –Nile Delta and West Africa!
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What we are uncertain about:!!
• Will the Sahel get wetter or remain dry?!
• Will the flow of the Nile increase/decrease?!
• By how much will the flow of Zambezi and Limpopo decrease?!
• By how much will agricultural production fall?!
Farmers ̓needs to adapt to climate change!
Inputs l What do I physically need to survive and thrive?
Enablers l How will I acquire the things I need?
Extension l What can / should I do to adapt?
Informa3on l What changes are coming my way?
Agra responds to climate change!New initiatives!!
• Water management function!• Extension services!• Climate change policy expertise!
Enhanced initiatives!!
• Seeds: incorporate weather information into seed related initiatives for breeders, seed companies, agro-dealers, farmers!
• Soils: monitor climate data/forecasts and seek meteorological expertise to better incorporate climate change impacts!
• Markets: enhanced efforts to reduce post-harvest losses as pests and diseases threaten harvests; warehouse receipt systems!
• Policies: enhanced emphasis on land rights and recruitment of a climate change policy expert!
• Weather risk insurance: increased innovation to provide affordable weather risk insurance packages for farmers in the context of financing interventions!
Thank you!
