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- 1. Research for Development: Lessons from the field IITA KALAMBO, BUKAVU, DR CONGO 5th June 2014 Emilie Smith Dumont World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
- 2. DRC (Uvira) – TANZANIA (Kigoma) – ZAMBIA (Mpulungu) ICRAF: SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BACKSTOPPING Support agroforestry interventions in the catchment to reduce sedimentation and improve local livelihoods Lake Tanganyika Regional Integrated Management Program
- 3. ICRAF worked closely with local stakeholders to bring science into negotiations about improving landscape management. We also used participatory approaches to identify causes of degradation and link these to action through capacity building and increasing technical knowledge of rural advisory agents and farmers. Lake Tanganyika program: Scientific support LOCAL KNOWLEDGE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE CUSTOMIZED OPTIONS FOR SELECTING AND MANAGING TREES TO FIT FARM AND LANDSCAPE NICHES Participatory research tools Interdisciplinary systems approach
- 4. Lake Tanganyika program: Scientific support Agroecological knowledge toolkit AKT5 • Analysis of degradation hotspots and site targeting from processing satellite imagery • Knowledge based systems tools • Tree screening from natural vegetation maps and agroforestry tree databases • Information on propagation and management
- 5. Lake Tanganyika program: Scientific support LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ACQUSITION • Local understanding of erosion and land degradation hotspots at different altitudes • Local knowledge of trees and their utilities • Preferences for tree species and planting practices in different landscape niches • Knowledge gaps (e.g. propagation of native species)
- 6. LES ARBRES UTILES POUR LE BASSIN DU LAC TANGANYIKA Customised extension material (Manuals, Best practices guidelines, Tree selection and management toolkit) Training for capacity building and learning Lake Tanganyika program: Technical support
- 7. • 27 community based nurseries (12 in remote parts of the catchment • Between 2011 and 2013 over two million trees were planted in fields, erosion prone areas, along riverbanks and headwaters and around homesteads • 18 exotic tree species provided by the project, local farmers collected and raised propagules of 16 native tree species themselves from cuttings, wildlings and seeds • Numerical dominance of exotic species but also 25.000 fruit trees and over 85.000 native trees) • Almost a thousand individual households (970) and 31 community groups collected tree seedlings from nurseries Project results: Tree diversity Combining local and scientific knowledge to explore options for sustainable catchment management led to widespread adoption of a suite of agroforestry interventions to control erosion, improve soil fertility and meet a range of household needs. Map and data: Pacifique Mugaruka Ntabaza (WWF, 2013)
- 8. Project results: Tree diversity By working closely with farmers and integrating local knowledge in the tree selection process, the project managed to promote species diversity in locally run nurseries that led to the rediscovery of the value of many native tree species
- 9. Lessons learnt • Conventional approaches to promoting agroforestry have tended to focus on a few, largely exotic tree species. • The more sophisticated methods employed here, were not only successful in promoting diversity but were also effective at grassroots level because they were easy to use in the field and provided farmers with customized advice relevant to their needs and context. • The program came to an end in 2013 but we are working to consolidate further research for impact evaluation through new funding • Transfer of experience to WWF Goma
- 10. In 2014, ICRAF started a new collaboration with WWF Goma in the development and management of agroforestry plantations in the Eco-makala program. The aim is to look at tree species diversification for ecosystem services provision DIRECTIVES ET FORMULAIRE DE DEMANDE Thierry Lusenge 26 février 2014 Transfer of experience to the Forests and Climate Change in the Congo Project
- 11. MERCI / THANK YOU / ASANTE