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Introduction to the CGIAR- Dryland Agriculture & Livelihood
System Research Program in South Asia
Amare Haileslassie /Platform/Jodhpur/14/06/13)
Photo : Amare Haileslassie ICRISAT/ILRI
Outline
What is new?
Dryland System Research: A new approach
Global and regional focus areas
>3 billion ha; 41% of land surface, 2.5 billion peopleLGP: <90; 90_180 days
Major systems are:—Mixed rain fed —Mixed dryland and Irrigated areas—Pastoral, Agro-pastoral
Global importance
Global and regional focus areas
Regional CGIAR_PROGRAM focus areas
Global and regional focus areas
CGIAR_PROGRAM focus areas in South Asia
Challenges and opportunities
Structure of agricultural systems in vulnerable areas
Feed
Food , services, +
Grasslands
HouseholdsLivestock
Crop land
External inputs
Feed
Manure Food
, +
Challenges and opportunities
Biomass demand supply relations
Challenges and opportunities
Change in demand side and its consequences
Challenges and opportunities
The supply side is constrained by resources scarcity
Examples of trend in number of operational land holding ( Jodhpur, Barmer)
Challenges and opportunities
Yield instability as indicated by CV
Examples of trend in yield ( Jodhpur)
Challenges and opportunities
Nutrient and water mining
Water and nutrient stock mining are major environmental problems;
Micro nutrient become issues of concern;
The impact in mixed crop livestock system is beyond grain yield;This may feedback to the enabling resources and limits options for intensification.
Challenges and opportunities
Good news!
Huge yield gap in many parts [milk and grain (e.g. ICRISAT work)]
Drylands are mainly under mixed crop livestock: future major supply of grain and livestock products
How can we reap these sustainably and where should our focus ?
Impacts, outcome, outputs and activities
Dryland System Program want to impact on food security and sustainable agro-ecosystems
1) More resilient livelihoods for vulnerable households in marginal areas.
2) More stable and higher per capita income for intensifiable households.
3) Women and children in vulnerable households have year round access to greater quantity and diversity of food sources.
4) More sustainable and equitable management of land and water resources in pastoral, agro-pastoral and agricultural areas.
5) Better functioning markets underpinning intensification of rural livelihoods.
6) More integrated, effective and connected service delivery institutions underpinning resilience and system intensification.
7) Policy reform removing constraints and creating incentives for rural households
Impacts, outcome, outputs and activities
Examples of from IDO-2
Impacts, outcome, outputs and activities
Examples of from IDO-4
Impacts, outcome, outputs and activities
Examples of from IDO-7
Impacts, outcome, outputs and activities
How we want to do it?
Initial matrix of intensification and
resilience options and the context in which
they work
Influence development projects so that sufficient
intensification options are offered
Participatory monitoring and evaluation of
systems for performances of options
Interpretation of performances to refine matrixes of option and
characterization
Characterize variation in context
across scale
Simple to use tools to match options to sites
and circumstances across scale of domain
Thanks for your attention