Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Project CharacteristicsEU funded It is in 16 countries Partnership between stakeholders – govt, NGOs, Farmers • RSC • Regional •NSC •National staff Development of Sustainable Agriculture

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:

• deforestation, soil erosion, declining yields, and food insecurity.

• Other problems include increased pests and diseases, poor

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

Development of Su

(45 attended by 1424)

Farmer Consultation

RA training

or facilitators

16 attended by

Identified problems and solutions

Training in technical Skills

(51 attended by 796)

stainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Far from school

Unavailability

of lands

Poor

structure

health

tre

Weeds Low Animal

productivity

Poor farm Poor planting Droughts

materials Poor

Skills

Farmer and Field Staff

Poor Farming

On-farm Demonstration

Farmer Field

School

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Soil Infertility

P Deficiency

Fe Deficiency

Zn Deficiency

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Roots restricted

Land clearance - erosion

Toafa Profile

Development of griculture in the Pacific

Contour Barrier

Solutions

Compost

Other Solutions

•Certified organic fertilizers

•Training in diagnosis of nutritional

disorders

•Use of inorganic fertilizers

Sustainable A

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Incidence of Pests and Diseases

Taro beetle Caterpillar damages

riculture in the Pacific Development of Su

Solutions

Training in diagnosis

stainable Ag

Bucket Irrigation Systems

and Poor Availability of Water

Scaling up

Solutions

Other solutions:

Use of mulching

Use of composts

Use of appropriate agroforestry

ystems.

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Development of Susta

lthy Planting Materials

Poor and Unavailab ility Planting Materials and Genetic

Genebank

•Introduction of new crops/varieti

•Cultivation of wild varieties.

•Reviving pulaka/babai pits.

inable Agriculture in the Pacific

riculture 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

Support Development

Of Standards Market Development

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

Institutional – at project level it is working

well

- how about after the project Farmer level – real needs are identified

- scaling up, out and down?

Socioeconomics – some households now have betterpurchasing power

- nutrition and health??

- Gender – women are

involved Biophysical – improved soil fertility

- Improved productivity

-soil and biodiversity conservation -reintroduction of traditional varieties

base)

(broaden genetic

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific