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Conservation Agriculture Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers Case Study of Madagascar

CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar. Conservation Agriculture Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers Case Study of Madagascar. RAKOTONDRAMANANA Directeur exécutif du GSDM (Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar). Mars 2011. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar. Plan

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Conservation Agriculture Adoption Among Smallholder Farmers Case Study of Madagascar

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  1. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Conservation Agriculture Adoption Among Smallholder FarmersCase Study of Madagascar RAKOTONDRAMANANA Directeur exécutif du GSDM (Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar) Mars 2011 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  2. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Plan Introduction (who and where) Objective of the action (what) Implementationprocess(how) Key points of success Conclusions and lessonslearned 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  3. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Introduction • Agricultural economy, ricebased • Livestockisdominated by extensive cattlebreeding • Environment problems : erosion, soil fertility, drastic effects of climate • Many agro-ecologic zones • Four major agro ecological zones represent the whole situations: •  Tropical climate areas with altitudes higher than 1,200 m • Mid altitude areas (600 to 1100 m) with a long dry season • Humid tropical areas of the East coast, lower than 500 m altitude; • Semi arid areas of the South West and the Androy (300 to 600 mm rainfall). 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  4. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Introduction • . AFD: French Agency for Rural Development: Watershedprojects • MAE (Ministry of ForeignAffairs, France) : (Across countries programmes PAMPA, PTA) • . WB + AFD (as part of Environnent I Programme ) • Malagasy Government • Donors for CA developmentat an early stage 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  5. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Introduction • .German Bank KfW (PLAE project: watershed and erosionproject) • . GEF • . EU Food Security Projects (PACA, FASARA/PSASA…) • . IFAD (AD2M, IRACC….) • USAID (SALOHI) • Malagasy Government • Donorsatat a later stage 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  6. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Objectives of CA diffusion • Increasing and securing farmer’s income; • Conserving natural resources in watersheds and securing the investment downstream, and; • Supporting farmer’s organizations with a view to providing their autonomy in managing their development. 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  7. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Implementation : Groupement Semis Direct de Madagascar (e.g. No till Club): GSDM, a non profit association established in 2000, a national coordination structure which groups all the stakeholders in conservation agriculture with, in total, 15 organizations involved in research and diffusion of conservation agriculture GSDM GSDM, a privateorganization, is acting on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture in coodinating CA development 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  8. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar • CIRAD • Involved in developmentprojects and in Research, • Backstopping GSDM FOFIFA (National ResearchIntitute) Partnership University ESSA GSDM Agroecologyat national level (Coordination, Capitalization, training, data base…) Stakeholders in diffusion TAFA (NGO) CA systemsCreation/ Training / Diffusion Stratégies in 3 axes Diffusion Research and system creation FOFIFA-SCRID Training and sharing informations 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  9. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Implementation • NCATF: National CA Task Force : established in 2009, focal organization GSDM, supported by FAO • CARWG: CA Regional Working Group is a grouping of NCATF of contries of SADC and COMESA • RADOI: Network of Islands in the IndianOcean (still to beimplemented) Networks 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  10. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Key points of success • CA providesopportunity to growuplandrice; • CA allowsrestoration of lowfertilitysoils (which have been abandonned by farmers); • Striga asiaticaisdecreasingwithwellmanaged CA systemsallowing to growrice and maize on soilspreviouslyinfested; • Yield and profitabilityisincreasingwith the number of yearunder CA ; • CA usingfoddercrops are wellacceptedwherelivestockis important 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  11. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Key points of success • Farmapproach to meetfarmer’sneeds • Farmer’s training, a learnig by doing, is a key point 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  12. Key points of success Porte Ouverte sur le CC 24 et 25 mars 2011 Chambre de Commerce ANTANANARIVO

  13. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar CA Pilot diffusion: distribution and stakeholders 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  14. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Yield and Gross Margin return on labor as a function of the number of yearunder CA Source: BRL data base 2009 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  15. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Main constraints • Lack of trained fields extensionists to assist farmers • High prices of inputs at farm gate (especially the last 2 years), therefore farmers unable to use fertilizers and therefore • Low biomass and weed problem • CA needs 3 to 4 years to show significant advantage over conventional tillage and therefore high rate of abandons are observed at an early stage of adoption 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  16. UplandRice, one of CA drivers 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  17. UplandRice on High Biomass of Stylosanthes guianensis 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  18. Mid West of Madagascar : Striga Prone Areas, nowunderUplandRicethanks to CA 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  19. Striga asiatica 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  20. Wind Erosion in the dry Areas of the South 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  21. Agroécologie et Agriculture de conservation à Madagascar Pigeon Pea in LowRainfall Areas (Androy) 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011 Secrétariat Multi-bailleurs 06/05/2010

  22. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Conclusions and Lessonslearned • Minimum timeframe of 5 years for CA project • Training is essential: priority for farmers and technicians, thenat all levels • CA shouldbestreamlined in national Policy and Policy makerssensitized on CA • High price of inputs and lowprice of productatfarmgatemakeitdifficult to implement CA withlowincomesmallscalefarmers. 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  23. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Conclusions and Lessonslearned • CA is one of mitigation of climate change and shouldbenefitfromEnvironmentPayments. • CA play essential role by providing good practices for smallscalefarmersaround national parks. 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

  24. CA Adoption, Case Study Madagascar Thank you for your attention 3rd European Forum on Rural Development 29 March - 1 April 2011

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