Aquatic Agricultural Systems

Aquatic Agricultural Systems

IFAD 12 July 2013

AAS

• Rationale• Approach• Innovation• IFAD & AAS

AASRationale

Aquatic Agricultural Systems

Systems and livelihoods – not commodities

Integrated Agricultural Systems

Rural poverty

Number of rural poor (millions) (<US$1.25 per day)

Moving beyond the Green Revolution• “… there are serious and growing threats to the

productivity and resilience of the Green Revolution lands. Equitability has also been low. The larger landowners have reaped most of the benefits, while the poor and landless have missed out.” (Conway 2012)

CGIAR - STRATEGY AND RESULTS FRAMEWORK

• “Agricultural production system research should increase and progressively become the focal point for the integration of commodity and natural resources research.” (CGIAR SRF 2011)

AAS Southern

Polder Zone

WHEAT; GRiSP

CPWF - WLE

CCAFS

A4NH

PIM

CGIAR Alignment

L&F

Haor basin

AAS Approach

Rural poverty and AAS

Ca. 80m people dependent on AAS

66% living in poverty

Source: Bené & Teoh, in prep.

Mekong The Coral TriangleGBM*

Zambezi

Population living on <$1.25/day, per grid cell (resolution : 9 km at the equator)

Niger Lakes Victoria-Kyoga

Source of poverty map: CGIAR SRF Domain Analysis Spatial Team (2009)

*GBM: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Megna delta

(where learning from Coral Triangle will be scaled out)

South Pacific Community

African InlandAsia mega deltas

• High numbers of poor and/or High % of total population dependent on AAS• High vulnerability to change (climate/sea level/water)• Potential to scale out

Geographical Focus

African Coastal

System Area (km²) People <US$1.25/dayAfrica – freshwater 800,000 70m 43m

Africa – coastal 300,000 12m 7mAsian Deltas 50,000 100m 40mIslands SEA + Pacific 650,000 54m 22m

Intermediate Development Outcomes

Income

Productivity Control of assets

Capacity to innovate

Greater resilience

Capacity to adapt Policies

Minimized effects

Carbon sequestratio

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Material Outcomes

Instrumental Outcomes

Environmental Outcomes

Access to food Nutrition

Innovating for impact

“… there are serious and growing threats to the productivity and resilience of the Green Revolution lands. Equitability has also been low. The larger landowners have reaped most of the benefits, while the poor and landless have missed out.” (Conway 2012)

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”Albert Einstein

Areas of innovation

• RinD• Gender• Nutrition• ME&IA• Scaling• Partnerships• Capacity dep’t

Nutrition sensitive AAS landscapes• Vegetable (orange flesh sweet potato (OFSP)) on

pond dykes and in homestead gardens

• Promotion of nutrient-rich fish consumption and increased dietary diversity

The RinD Approach: Programmatic Theory of Change

Countries and hubs

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Bangladesh Cambodia Myanmar As-Pac (x?) ???Solomons Philippines Africa (x2) Africa (x?) ???Zambia

Integrated themes:Gender

Health & NutritionLearning/Sharing/Communication

Engagement & EmpowermentEffective Partnerships

High potential NRM value chainsFishAquatic Plants

Farm productivity & diversificationDiversified farming systemsDietary diversification

Baseline studiesEcosystem servicesAgrobiodiversityAgric. Knowledge + info systemsGovernance

High potential agric. value chainsCattleRice

HUB strategic initiativesFlood risk managementGender transformative approachAwareness + communication in schoolsCanal management

Program operationsGovernanceManagement

CommunicationsCapacity building for

implementation

Community level initiatives

Barotse Hub, Zambia

AAS – Partners and pathways to scale

• National and local Governments• NARS• NGOs (national and international)• Other research partners• Private sector• Local Government• NARS• Community Organizations + NGOs• Other research partners• Private sector

IFAD + AAS

Mutual learning• Nutrition sensitive

production technology• Nutrition sensitive

landscapes• Gender• M&EIAScaling out and up

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