Livestock NAMA

Ivannia Quesada VillalobosVice-Minister

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

- competitiveness

CCAP Climate Finance Forum 2016 Bonn, Germany

Background

NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR LOW CARBON LIVESTOCK

LIVESTOCK NAMA

Economic Efficiency Mitigation and Adaptation

The current proposal for Costa Rica´s Livestock NAMA aims at generating 834 thousand tCO2eq of reduced emissions annually by 2021; and the full implementation of the NAMA could produce an estimated 13 million tCO2eq of reduced emissions by 2030.

Sustainable IntensificationCompliance with national targets for livestock productivityMeat: 189.6kg/Ha/yearMilk: 36.3Kg/Ha/Day

The livestock sector represents the 28.6% of total GHG emission's of the country

20.4% of the country land is under permanent pastures from which 53.3% are classified as improved pastures.

90 percent of farmers in the country are small scale producers.

18,6% of the country total forest area are located in cattle farms.

Knowledge Financial Institutional Cultural

Barriers to mitigation

BARRIERS TO CHANGEBarrier Description

Barrier 1 Low administrative

and management capacity

of farmers

Currently most producer´s chamber do not have full capacity to take over the

NAMA implementation process. On stages 2 and 3 of the NAMA it is required

total participation and empowering from the private sector (Camaras). These

includes financial resources management, technical support and MRV.

Barrier 2 Low administrative

and management capacity

of producer organizations

Many universities and institutions in Costa Rica have technical knowledge that

is not getting to the producers and their organizations due to lack of

articulation between the Government, private sector and academia. In

addition, available technical services are not enough to overtake institutional

and technical knowledge limitations.

Barrier 3 Limited access to

credit/ financing by farmers

Credit supply does not respond to the needs and reality of the livestock sector.

Cultural barriers, previous experiences, and low knowledge of bank clerks to

work with smallholders also limit access to credit.

Barrier 4 Difficult access to

local institutional and

technical support services.

Producers need support to have a business vision needed to make the activity

more profitable. This is partially explained by low education levels and cultural

variables.

Barrier 5 Low capacity for

knowledge transfer

Limited extension services available and need of upgrading knowledge transfer

methods. This includes producer to producer knowledge sharing.

Pilot Sub-National Scale

National Scale

2017 20212014 2030

THE THEORY OF CHANGE

Dialogue Platform is a key element on NAMA implementation.

GOVERNANCE: PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLABORATION

IMPLEMENTATION MECHANISM

By 2030 al least 70% of the herd and 60% of the area used for livestock production, thus achieving a potential mitigation target of 6 million tCO2e. Through adopted practices, a total of 4 Million tCO2e are expected to be off set.

A target of 600,000 Ha of restored landscapes for livestock production The reduction of the vulnerability of livestock producers to extreme climate events in a total of 7000 farms.

Increase in forest cover up to a total of 4% of national land.

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

PROJECT/PROGRAM FINANCING: stage two

Support activities National Co-financing(USD Million)

International Cooperation (USD Million)

Costs of support activities (USD Million)

Financial MechanismPayment for results (PSA)National credit lines

22.5010.00

9.0 41.5

Capacity Development 0.20 1.00 1.20

Research and TechnologyTransfer

0.53 2.00 2.53

MRV system design and operation

0.15 3.00 3.15

Total 33.38 15.00 48.38

Impact:

The second stage, approaches and tools developed during the first pilotphase will be scaled up through: increased participation of the privatesector, technical assistance from MAG and CORFOGA will evolve fromdirect technical interventions at the farm level, and will rely more oncoaching/mentoring of groups of livestock producers to help them adoptNAMA technologies.

Transformational outcome:Promotion of sustainable intensification practices with private sector participation

CONCLUSIONS

Innovative financial mechanisms:

The second stage will allow the use of specific financial mechanismsfor the livestock sector. It relates the technology, and forest cover in farms with access to a system Climate Finance with productiveapproach .

These mechanisms require external support in its validation phase and are an opportunity for the livestock world.

Contribution to INDC´s:As the second source of GHG emissions in the country and the largestland use sector, the livestock sector has a significant potential tocontribute to Costa Rica’s INDC, as it has established, since 2014, apublic policy aimed at achieving a low emissions pathway, thus givingthe process sustainability.

CONCLUSIONS

Thank You!Ivannia Quesada

Villalobos Vice Minister

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

www.mag.go.cr