Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

DSAP EXPERIENCES Farmer-Led Participatory Project Characteristics EU funded It is in 16 countries Partnership between stakeholders – govt, NGOs, Farmers • RSC • Regional •NSC •National staff Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific Project Context Increased intensity of landuse results in: • Other problems include increased pests and diseases, poor • deforestation, soil erosion, declining yields, and food insecurity agricultural information, and extension deliveries PRAP the predecessor project addressed these issues and DSAP became the Extension phase of PRAP Overall Objective: Increased Sustainable Agricultural Production Purpose: Capacity of the NARES, NGOs and farmer groups for identification and promotion of sustainable agricultural technologies with farm families improved Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific (45 attended by 1424) RA training or facilitators 16 attended by 219) Farmer Consultation Identified problems and solutions On-farm demonstration Training in technical Skills (51 attended by 796) stainable Agriculture in the Pacific Far from school Poor market structure Poor sanitation Unavailability of lands Poor soils Poor transportation Pests & diseases health tre Low Animal productivity Poor planting Droughts materials Poor farming Skills Weeds Poor farm roads Farmer and Field Staff Needs Assessment Farmer Training Poor Farming Skills Farmer Field School On-farm Demonstration Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific Role of ICT Soil Infertility P Deficiency Fe Deficiency Zn Deficiency Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific Roots restricted Land clearance - erosion Toafa Profile Cover crops Agroforestry Contour Barrier Solutions Compost Other Solutions •Certified organic fertilizers •Training in diagnosis of nutritional disorders •Use of inorganic fertilizers Sustainable A Incidence of Pests and Diseases Taro leaf blight Caterpillar damages Pele shoot borer Taro beetle Solutions Training in diagnosis of PP problems Organic Production stainable Ag Drought and Poor Availability of Water Bucket Irrigation Systems Scaling up Solutions Other solutions: Use of mulching Use of composts Use of appropriate agroforestry ystems Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific lthy Planting Materials Genebank Poor and Unavailab ility Planting Materials and Genetic Erosion Other Solutions •Introduction of new crops/varieti •Cultivation of wild varieties •Reviving pulaka/babai pits inable Agriculture in the Pacific Animal Production oultry Production in High School Breeding Stock Development of Sustainable Ag Commodity Pathway Analysis Setting up Organic Farming Systems Poor Market Structures Market Development Support Development Of Standards Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific Major lesson learnt: Involving the people in diagnosing their problems, identifying solutions to their problems, in the planning of interventions to heir livelihoods, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the interventions is a first step towards sustainable ivelihood he challenge is how can we instutionalize the approach – that is hy we have this summit Impacts Institutional – at project level it is working well - how about after the project Farmer level – real needs are identified Socioeconomics – some households now have betterpurchasing power scaling up, outhealth?? and down? - nutrition and - Gender – women are involved Biophysical – improved soil fertility Improved productivity -soil and biodiversity conservation -reintroduction of traditional varieties (broaden genetic base) Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific [...]... •Introduction of new crops/varieti •Cultivation of wild varieties •Reviving pulaka/babai pits inable Agriculture in the Pacific Animal Production oultry Production in High School Breeding Stock Development of Sustainable Ag Commodity Pathway Analysis Setting up Organic Farming Systems Poor Market Structures Market Development Support Development Of Standards Development of Sustainable Agriculture in. ..Solutions Training in diagnosis of PP problems Organic Production stainable Ag Drought and Poor Availability of Water Bucket Irrigation Systems Scaling up Solutions Other solutions: Use of mulching Use of composts Use of appropriate agroforestry ystems Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific lthy Planting Materials Genebank Poor and Unavailab ility Planting Materials and Genetic Erosion Other... Agriculture in the Pacific Major lesson learnt: Involving the people in diagnosing their problems, identifying solutions to their problems, in the planning of interventions to heir livelihoods, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of the interventions is a first step towards sustainable ivelihood he challenge is how can we instutionalize the approach – that is hy we have this summit Impacts Institutional... working well - how about after the project Farmer level – real needs are identified Socioeconomics – some households now have betterpurchasing power scaling up, outhealth?? and down? - nutrition and - Gender – women are involved Biophysical – improved soil fertility Improved productivity -soil and biodiversity conservation -reintroduction of traditional varieties (broaden genetic base) Development of Sustainable. .. involved Biophysical – improved soil fertility Improved productivity -soil and biodiversity conservation -reintroduction of traditional varieties (broaden genetic base) Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific