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Markets, Food Security and Conservation: A Model for Rural Development in Zambia

Markets, Food Security and Conservation: A Model for Rural Development in Zambia. Markets. Food Security. “Conservation”. Markets. Food Security. “Conservation”. COMMUNITY MARKETS FOR CONSERVATION (COMACO).

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Markets, Food Security and Conservation: A Model for Rural Development in Zambia

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  1. Markets, Food Security and Conservation: A Model for Rural Development in Zambia

  2. Markets Food Security “Conservation”

  3. Markets Food Security “Conservation” COMMUNITY MARKETS FOR CONSERVATION (COMACO)

  4. Major farm-based markets supported by multi-national interests: cotton and tobacco through out-grower schemes Majority of farmers grow their own food, maize or sorghum, and many experience chronic food shortages before next harvest One of Africa’s last remaining wild areas, supporting over 20 species of large mammals, tourism revenues > $5,000,000

  5. Demographic scenario: income & food security & available coping strategies

  6. Organization Business model

  7. Offers a “Social Contract” and a more even playing-field of collaboration and trust with rural poor Company offers trade benefits and logistic services to producers as well as increased access to inputs and technical extension support In exchange, producers adopt certain crops and comply with basic land use practices that promote biodiversity conservation

  8. Process COMACO Impact

  9. Biodiversity Focus: Watersheds, soils

  10. Biodiversity Focus: Wildlife (& Fisheries)

  11. Community Trading depot Regional Trading centre Product processing

  12. COMACO Products Rice Soybean Groundnuts Poultry Honey Wax Tourism, community-owned bushcamps

  13. Summary of key model points • Regards food security as a fundamental pre-requisite for the model to work • Reduces land use threats on high-valued renewable resources through trade incentives that influence land use behavior • Targets settled land systems that are degraded or potentially degraded in close proximity to a PA • Requires large-scale production for economic sustainability and scale of conservation impact • Requires profit margins necessary that can pay producers for ecosystem services • Requires a credible, trusted partner / broker • It takes time

  14. COMACO Trade benefits/ services Improved production technologies Producer group compliance - results Interventions and continued optimization • Conservation farming • Composting, agro-forestry • Crop rotation, diversification • Organic vegetable production • Fish farming • Bee-keeping • Rain-water management with selected crops • Electric-fencing enclosures • Product processing and testing • Increased food security • Reduced need for commercial fertilizer • Increased seed availability • Increased income • Increased diversity of income • Reduced dependency on wildlife or exploitative reliance on natural resources

  15. COMACO Trade benefits/ services Improved production technologies Producer group compliance - results Interventions and continued optimization Over 30,000 families taught CF, composting and new crop varieties WFP supported maize incentives to undergo training and adoption of skills Field day exercises to promote peer review of skills and results

  16. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  17. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  18. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  19. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  20. Soybean vs Cotton & downriver effects on alluvial farmers Results, Research, Model Optimization

  21. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  22. Results, Research, Model Optimization

  23. Thank you www.itswild.org

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