Land Use Planning and Climate Resilient Agriculture

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1 Land Use Planning and Climate Resilient Agriculture Capacity Building Workshop: Building Climate Resilient Agriculture in Pacific SIDS Tanoa International Hotel: August 2016

2 Introduction SPC-LRD supporting member countries to implement SRM: policy, legislative framework, technical and capacity building Strategies to achieve resilient agriculture Promoting landscape management approach Diversity of land use across the landscape to provide resilience Promoting participatory land use planning process Promoting Agroforestry Capacity building Making farming activities less vulnerable to climate change- SLM and SFM practices Improving land use practices outside forest margins Outcomes: sustainable production in the long term with minimum environmental impacts Selection of farming and cropping systems that are productive and resilient to climate change

3 Participatory land use planning Land use assessment (land use, soils, land capability/land classification, forest inventory, land tenure, topography, hydrology, soil-crop suitability) biophysical, socio-economic factors Mapping- Use of spatial/gis information Multi-stakeholder (negotiate priorities, share knowledge and resources) Potential land use Resource potential Involvement of communities, landowners policies Balancing development with conservation

4 Land Use Planning-Resilience Initiatives Supporting adaptation of farming practices on forest margins (Fiji) TC PAM recovery (Vanuatu, Kiribati, Tuvalu, SI) and TC Winston Recovery (Fij) Farming practices; soil, water and nutrient management along with Agroforestry (AF), livestock, forest and landscape management techniques AF and tree crops increase the resilience of local communities by providing diversity of fruits, nuts, medicines, fuel and timber. Reduce soil erosion and helps store more carbon Diversity of land use across the landscape- reduce risk associated with eg pest and disease Establishment of forest plantations or woodlots improve ecological resilience in terms of watershed functions

5 SLM in Fiji s Forest Margins Protecting forest reserves and protected areas (Taveuni, Delaikoro, Mt Tomaniivi)

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8 Beyond the farm scale: landscape approach ensuring inter sectoral coordination and collaboration- integrated land use planning of land fro agriculture

9 Agroforestry practices crops and trees Integration of native trees, fruit trees, coconuts, N fixing trees with taro, yaqona and vegetables Organic fertilizer- soil amendments (Fish meal and rock P) Mulching, minimum tillage and contour farming Good quality seeds Improved fallow: use of mucuna

10 Training/Awareness Sustainable resource management (Importance of forest reserve, SLM, SFM, sustainable agriculture) Effect of soil degradation on taro yield Sustainable taro production Taro production trend Current problem facing taro production Taro production (planting time, spacing, fertilizers, pest and disease, harvesting time) Sustainable taro production system (fallow periods, soil amendments such as lime, rock phosphate and fish meal) Taro export requirements Crop selection for commercial farming (GM analysis - coconuts, virgin coconut oil, copra, husked nut, yaqona, taro, tomatoes and beehive-honey

11 Soil potting mix Quartering - Pineapple Marcotting- Breadfruit Grafting - Citrus

12 Raising seedlings in nurseries fruit trees, vegetables, yaqona, sandalwood and native tree species Establishing sandalwood and pine woodlots

13 Demonstration farm Intercropping taro with trees Pineapple and vegetables Four soil treatments (lessons learnt from ACIAR Taveuni soil health project Fishmeal + Rock P Teitei Blend NPK+Urea Control Plant propagation methods Rapid multiplication of planting materials Quality seeds Pine and sandalwood woodlots Early observations Growth affected by drought Chemical crop (using NPK) taller compared to organic P control shortest Taro + trees tallest and bigger leaves

14 Research Needs 1. Determine the nutrient and other deficiencies of various AF systems and identify corrective measures 2. Identify and promote trees that suits our traditional systems as well as meeting production and ecological aims 3. Cost benefit analysis of AF systems vs mono cropping 4. Identify value adding products for seasonal crops eg breadfruit 5. Role of AF in climate change mitigation and adaptation

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