Presentation by Sara Scherr, EcoAgriculture Partners, at the 2012 Agriculture and Rural Development Day in Rio de Janiero, Learning Event No. 1, Session 2: The “land sharing or land sparing” conundrum: Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)
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Learning Event No. 1, Session 2: Scherr - The “land sharing or land sparing” conundrum. ARDD2012 Rio
1. The “land sharing or land sparing”
conundrum:
Southern Agricultural Growth
Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)
ARDD Learning Event 1
Rio + 20
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 18, 2012
2. SAGCOT strategy
● Implementing Kilimo
Kwanza in the southern
corridor
● 350,000 hectares of new
agriculture
● $3.4 billion of investment
● 1.3M tons/year of new
grain production
● 3,500 tons/year of new red
meat production
5. Key issues for agricultural productivity,
sustainability, land, and water in SAGCOT
Forests, Wildlife, and Protected Areas
6. Land-sharing, land-sparing options in
SAGCOT
● Land-sparing:
Sustainable crop intensification to reduce village land-clearing
Sust. livestock intensification with rotational grazing (not pastoralists)
Increased irrigation efficiency
Protection of water sources for irrigation
● Land-sharing
● Re-open permeable wildlife corridors through farmlands through by
modifying production practices and adding habitat features
● REDD+ forest buffer zone management with farming communities
● Agroforestry-- vegetative cover for hydrological and habitat benefits
● Irrigation infrastructure designed for multi-use (social, econ, environ.)
● Co-management of pastoral herds and wildlife
7. Conclusions
1) Real life strategies to ensure full range of products and
services from landscapes will require both land-sparing
and land-sharing
2) Major agricultural investment programs need to design
land-sparing and land-sharing as part of collaborative
spatial planning
3) Agricultural Green Growth (AGG) framework must
incorporate eco-friendly practices/business,
coordination to achieve ecosystem goals, stakeholder
forums, and market and policy incentives