Sustainable agriculture and how can it halt deforestation?
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ADRA Mozambique
3TH -4TH Dec 2015 Hotel MercuryParis, France
Brief Background of Grantee
ADRA (Adventist and Relief Development Agency) is a non profit organization established in Mozambique since 1987 in response to the war crisis. With the end of the civil war ADRA focused interventions in development programs in areas of food security, income generation, health and nutrition, water, sanitation & hygiene and education with the Goal to improve the livelihoods of rural populations in targeted areas.
Brief Summary of project theory of change and objectives
Sustainable guarante of food security for 1500 beneficiaries throught agricultural practices wich contributes to reduce the degradation and deforestation rates
Specific Objective
Reduction of practices and human actions that increase the pressure for deforestation and degradation
Increasing of production and productivity of sellected crops introduced within the benefited communities
High level results at the outcome and objective level
Maize Ground nuts
Pegeon pea
Sesame0
200400600800
10001200140016001800
before projectTargetAchieved
1800 kg
1300 kg
480 kg300 kg
1000 kg
1200 kg
800 kg
160 kg300 kg
217 kg
1100 kg
Activities and achievements
Activity Target Achievement % of Achievement
# of farmer trained in shifting cultivation 1500 1096 74 %
# of farmer trained in conservation farming 1500 1096 74 %
# of farmer trained in good agriculture pratices
1500 855 57 %
Activities and achievements
0600
1,2001,800
TargetAchieved
120 %
91%66%
Result on carbon stocks in areas with and without conservation agricultura including native forest
FN_30 AC_16 AC_4 AC_3 Ancov_1505
1015202530 a
a
b b
c
Crop System
EST(
MgC
/ha)
Can working with small scale farmers in smallholdings actually make any difference?
Maize Ground nuts0
50010001500200025003000350040004500
before projectTargetAchieved
4200kg
3500 kg
1200g
160 kg 300 kg
800 kg
What does it cost and how to scale up?
Low labor Land requirement Low in-puts
Marketing component VSL Integrations of different approaches
Emerging challenges and lessons……
Coverage area of the implementation Needs outcomes in very short time
Self Organized Farmer Organizations tend to be more active and willing to participate in project interventions.
Thank you for your attention