Adap%ng agriculture to change in Africa the path to agroecology

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1 Adap%ng agriculture to change in Africa the path to agroecology Million Belay (PhD) Researcher Stockholm Resilience Centre Coordinator AFSA Panel member - IPES FOOD October, 201 7

2 Outline What is AFSA? What are we doing to make the case for agroecology? What do the results show? What does that mean for the SDGs?

3 Purpose is crea%ng single African voice 36 networks of networks the biggest in the Con%nent Represen%ng food producers, women, youth, faith based organiza%ons, consumer groups and indigenous groups. Poten%ally reaching 200,000 Africans

4 AFSA believes in: Championing small African family farming/ producpon systems through agro-ecology and Farmers Managed Seed System ResisPng the corporate industrializapon of African agriculture seed and land grabs.

5 AFSA MEMBERS

6 Countries where members of AFSA are ac%ve

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8 he Goal of making a case for agroecology To make an evidence-based and coherent case for agroecology as the sustainable long-term solupon for farming in Africa

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12 w study on policies in Africa on agroecology

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17 hallenge Water stress Bad farming pracpce Soil quality tervenpon Farmer mobilizapon SWC PlanPng with space esult Weeding reduced, Easier harvespng Easier to apply inputs compost Efficient water usage Increase in producpvity calability More farmers: million InsPtuPonalizaPon System of Crop Intensifica%on

18 Tigray, Ethiopia Degraded Land High over-grazing and burning = Deep, wide and long erosion gullies Low soil organic maver = Low soil fer%lity Serious food insecurity in dry years Thousands died in famines

19 Tigray, Ethiopia - Regenerating Soils, Landscapes and Communities Pond Rehabilitated gullies Faba bean

20 Tigray harvests - compost and fer%lizer 01/11/17 20

21 KEY findings SubstanPal income increases Higher yields and producpvity Improved soil ferplity Drought resistant variepes increase yield Organic markets increase incomes Increased crop diversity lowers risk, increases resilience Photo courtesy of Never Ending Food

22 science PesPcidal plants work, are cost effecpve, sustainable and safe Using SCI, tef yields of over 6 tons/ha have been observed under research condipons

23 prac%ce Use of diverse local variepes of food crops improves nutripon, health and food security Intercropping, and rotapon improve soil ferplity, and reduce dependence on external inputs Organic ferplizers and compospng improves soil ferplity Photo courtesy of TRAX

24 Social movement armer groups play important role spreading agroecological acpces farmer-to-farmer nhanced social capacity and adership is cripcal for success. ocusing on rural women and uth brings results ediators (CSOs and other actors ay a huge role in mobilizing rmers Photo courtesy of TRAX

25 Do the cases prove that agroecology address SDGs?

26 SDGs Sustainable development goals

27 Measuring impact against SDGs A meta-analysis of the 50 case studies from 22 African countries shows the contribupon of Agroecology to the a^ainment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

28 Sustainable Development Goals No. of cases (Out of 50 total) Posi%ve Impact Recorded % of cases 1. No Poverty 27 54% 2. Zero Hunger % 3. Good Health & Well Being 11 22% 4. Quality Educa%on 31 62% 5. Gender Equality 17 34% 6. Clean Water & Sanita%on 14 28% 8. Decent Work & Economic Growth 27 54% 12. Responsible Consump%on & Produc%on 33 66% 13. Climate Ac%on 21 42% 15. Life on Land 33 66%

29 Key findings 1 EVERY ONE of the 50 case studies showed a positive impact towards SDG Goal 2 End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture 2 NONE of the 50 case studies showed any negative impact on ANY of the SDGs. 3 The case studies showed multiple positive impacts on 10 of the 17 SDGs.

30 "Today a window was opened in what for 50 years has been the Cathedral of the Green RevoluCon José Graziano da Silva, Director General of FAO, 2014 International Agroecology Symposium, Rome