combining soil organic carbon sequestration and food security in african soils

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Combining Soil Organic Carbon sequestra4on and food security in African soils MINISTÈRE DE L’AGRICULTURE ET DE L’ÉQUIPEMENT RURAL INSTITUT SÉNÉGALAIS DE RECHERCHE AGRICOLES 1 Maintaining and/or increasing SOC stocks (fostering SOC sequestra8on) for climate change mi8ga8on and adapta8on, and land degrada8on neutrality Rome, 21 -23 March 2017 Ndèye Yacine. Badiane. Ndour; Razafimbelo T; J.L. ChoRe; M Bernoux;

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CombiningSoilOrganicCarbonsequestra4onandfoodsecurityinAfricansoils

MINISTÈREDEL’AGRICULTUREETDEL’ÉQUIPEMENTRURALINSTITUTSÉNÉGALAISDERECHERCHEAGRICOLES

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Maintainingand/orincreasingSOCstocks(fosteringSOCsequestra8on)forclimatechangemi8ga8onandadapta8on,andlanddegrada8onneutrality

Rome,21-23March2017

NdèyeYacine.Badiane.Ndour;RazafimbeloT;J.L.ChoRe;MBernoux;

q Aprojec8onoftwobillionpeoplein2050

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Astateofrapidtransi4onintermofdemography

Astateofrapidtransi4onintermofdemography

q Animportantchangesinmigra8onpaGernsandurbangrowth.

3Source: UN Urban projections, 2010

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ChallengestoAfricanfoodsecurity

q Domes8cfooddemandpredictedtotripleby2050inSubSaharanAfrica

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q Domes8cfooddemandpredictedtotripleby2050inSubSaharanAfrica

q WhatarethekeyroleofSOILCARBONSEQUESTRATIONforfoodsecurityinAfrica?

ChallengestoAfricanfoodsecurity

HowtoproducesufficientfoodinAfricancontext?

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q Africahas33millionsfarmsoflessthan2hectares,accoun8ngfor80%ofallfarms

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Organiccarbonsequestra4ontoenhanceAfricansoilquality

q MostofAfricanSoilarecoarsewithlowac8vityclays;deficientinmostnutrients,especiallyNandPandhavingaverylowCa8onExchangeCapacity(CEC).

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SoilOrganicmaRerboostsWaterHoldingCapacity

B.D.Hudson,ina1994

EffectofwasterecyclingtoaccessPavailabilityonSSAsoils

Soumare,M.,etal.,G.(2003 9

EffectoforganicmaRerontropicalsoilproduc4vity

Organicfer4lizers

Effectoforganicmanureandlocalizedfer4liza4ononahole(Zaï)ontheproduc4vityofsorghumintheSahelianzone,Bayenetal.

Grennmanure

Localmanureapplica4on

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Organicfer4lizers

Effectoforganicmanureandlocalizedfer4liza4ononahole(Zaï)ontheproduc4vityofsorghumintheSahelianzone,Bayenetal.

Grennmanure

Localmanureapplica4on

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EffectoforganicmaReronsoilproduc4vity

Effectoforganicmanureandlocalizedfer4liza4ononahole(Zaï)ontheproduc4vityofsorghumintheSahelianzone,Bayenetal.EffectofGreenmanureinmaïsyield

Organicfer4lizers

Grennmanure

Localmanureapplica4on

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EffectoforganicmaReronsoilproduc4vity

q ScaleuplocallyrelevantSoilorganiccarbonprac8ces;

q Overcomesocialconstraintsandreformingeconomicincen8ves

q Improvemethodsandindicatorsformonitoring,evalua8onandcommunica8on

q NeedtocombineSoilandWatermanagement,especiallyindryregion

SOCcanreducelanddegradaConandenhancefoodsecurityinAfrica,howeverit’sremainvarious

challenges,including?

Challengeforscalinguporganiccarbonsequestra4oninAfricanfarmingsystems

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Scalinguporganiccarbonsequestra4oninAfricanfarmingsystems

q Theadop8onofRMPsbysmalltropicsfarmersisnecessaryq MostoftheproposalscomeclosetotheCFSandagroecologyq Theseprac8cesneedtoincreasebiomasscollec8onandreducenutrientlosses

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Proposedsustainableprac4ces

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ScalingupSOCsequestra4oninAfricanfarmingsystems

q Theadop8onofRMPsbysmalltropicsfarmersisnecessaryq MostoftheproposalscomeclosetotheCFSandagroecologyq Theseprac8cesneedtoincreasebiomasscollec8onand

reducenutrientlosses

ButincreasingbiomassinSSAsoilalsorequiresotherelements:waterandnutrients.Sowecannottotally

refrainfrommineralfer4lizing.Butrequireefficientuse 15

?2.3

Proposedsustainableprac4ces

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q Smallsizeoffarms(onaverage1.5to4ha)q Familycharacteroffarmq andthelowlevelofcapital

.NoShort-termbenefits(exemptReturn>50%)

.Non-availabilityofinputs:Labor

.LackofCompa8bilitywithSocialFactors

-Gapbetweentheobjec8vesofinnova8onandthoseofproducers:Sequestra8onC?

-Costs/Benefitsvs.Prac8ces

-Extension/LackofAwareness

Cond

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sofn

on-ado

p4on

Causesandreasonsslowing

downadop4onn

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Overcomesocialconstraintsandreformingeconomicincen4ves

q Therulesofaccess,useandmanagementofnaturalresources:Themodeofaccessandmanagementofresourcescanentailacompe88onbetweentheuseofresourcesq Therearestrongtrade-offsforeitheralloca8ngcropresiduesforlivestockfeedorusingthecropresiduesdirectlyformulchtherebyreducingtheamountandqualityofmanureavailableandcompromisingthecondi8onoflivestock

.

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Overcomesocialconstraintsandreformingeconomicincen4ves

ParksàFaidherbiaalbida:WestAfricaSenegal

Mul8pleUsageTree:ReversePhenologyPodsusedorsoldasfodderLegume:contributestothefer8lityoftheland

Ø  Markets for agroforestry tree products are critical to the adoption of FA to have significant economic, social and environmental impacts

Thedenseshadeofsheatrees(Vitellariaparadoxa)reducestheyieldofmilletby50%,butthesetreesareneverthelessusedbecauseofthehigheconomicyieldsoftheirmarketableproducts.

ParksàSchea:WestAfrica:BurkinaFaso

ParcàVitellaria

BeurredeKarité

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Reformsinlandrightsandpaymentsystemsforecosystemservicescanencourageands4mulatethedevelopmentofplanta4ons(Forestandagroforestryparks).

Semi-intensive

breeding

ORGANICMANURE

DOMESTICBIOGAS

•  Reducespressureonbiomassuse

•  ReducedGHGemissions

Feedforlivestock

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Needstohavesynergiesbetweenini4a4vesForsustainabilityoffarms

Acarbonmanagementpolicyinvolvingasoilcarbontradingmarketisnecessary

MethodologyforCalcula8onofEcosystemServices(Sequestra8onC)

Howtoorganizesmallproducers?

Requirementtohaveabaseline/reference:beGerknowledgeofAfricansoilsEstablishmentofanevalua8onmethodologyandeffec8vemeansofverifica8on

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Someimportantpointstotakeintoaccount...

Ini4a4ve4PM

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