1. Sustainable Land Management for enhanced agricultural production in RwandaByJoy Tukahirwa, Miyuki I., Shepherd K., Masuki K., and Mukuralinda A.16th February, 2011,

2. Key Statistics on Rwanda Rate of population growth is among the world’s highest (above 3.0 % annually). Average rural population density of 574 inhabitants per km2 highest in Africa Most arable land is under cultivation. Per capita food production is declining, having dropped by 25 %post genocide. Most farmers experiencing declining productivity. Most farmland suffers from moderate to severe erosion

4. Runoff and nutrient losses upstream –mid slope

7. Radical Terraces

8. Crop intensification

9. One cow one family

11. Cost benefit Analysis to target wide adoptionAssessing soil health Designing and implementing an interactive knowledge management database

13. Negative attitudes SLM practices introduced thru coercive approach

15. Sustainable Land Management Information System (SLAMIS-RWANDA)

16. Brief report on preliminary results of financial CBA

17. Preliminary results Initial investment cost were found not prohibitive While provision costs: especially opp. costs of family labour tend to keep SLM less/marginally profitable or even not viable There is need to minimize costs of production while maximizing yields/returns to farmers

19. Quantify major risks to land health

20. Target land management interventions

22. AfricaSoils Sentinel Site based on the Land Degradation Surveillance Frameworka spatially stratified, hierarchical, randomized sampling framework Sentinel site (100 km2) 16 Clusters (1 km2) 10 Plots (1000 m2) 4 Sub-Plots (100 m2)

23. Sampling plot (1000 m2) sub-plots (100 m2)

25. Reproducible

26. Low cost

28. Training of SLM team 20 field agronomists (SLM) trained in AFSIS methods on land degradation surveillence and monitoring land change due to management over time Among them 18 men and two female Field survey involved; Soil sampling, infiltration measuring, soil texture, site and cover characteracterization

29. Trainees in the field

30. Field Cont..

31. LONG TERM OPPORTUNITIES Catalyzing collective action in SLM through land care approaches Capitalising on land scape niches for agroforestry on terrace Maximizing agroforestrybenefits

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