CONTEXT

• Population Growth

• Food Production Challenges

• Land Degradation

• Proven approaches to Boost Productivity

• Opportunities to Scale up Landscape

Restoration in Southern Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest total fertility ratesTotal fertility rate (2005–2010)

Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (UNDESA).

2013. World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision. New York: United Nations.

LOW CEREAL YIELDS IN SUB-

SAHARAN AFRICA

PRODUCTION CHALLENGES IN

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

• MORE THAN 200 MILLION PEOPLE—OR 27

PERCENT OF THE POPULATION—IN SUB-

SAHARAN AFRICA ARE UNDERNOURISHED.

• LAND DEGRADATION AFFECTS 65 PERCENT

OF AFRICA’S LAND; SOME 6 MILLION

HECTARES OF PRODUCTIVE LAND ARE LOST

EACH YEAR.Source: World Resources Institute. 2013. Installment 4 of “Creating a Sustainable

Food Future:” Improving Land and Water Management.

APPROACHES FOR BOOSTING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY

RAINWATER

HARVESTINGAGROFORESTRY

CONSERVATION

AGRICULTURE

INTEGRATED

SOIL FERTILITY

MANAGEMENT

INTEGRATED LANDSCAPE

APPROACHES

Photo credit: IFDC

AGROFORESTRY AND WATER HARVESTING COULD BE SCALED UP ON 300 MILLION HECTARES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

PRESENTATIONS ON

LANDSCAPE RESTORATION IN

SOUTHERN AFRICA• Landscape restoration: insights from

successful experiences in Ethiopia

• Scaling up landscape restoration: insights

from the Sahel

• Benefits and drivers of increased tree

cover on farms in Malawi

• Assessing changes in the density of trees

on farms in Malawi

FORMAT OF THE SESSION

• Series of four presentations followed by a

few questions and answers (15 minutes

each)

• General discussion (20- 30 minutes)

– Highlights of findings from the presentations

– Key recommendations for national action

plans