Breaking the trap: CGIAR experiences in resilience research
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Presentation by Alain Vidal, CGIAR Consortium at the Resilience 2014 conference in Montpellier, France.
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Breaking the trap: CGIAR experiences in resilience research
- 1. Breaking the trap: CGIAR experiences in resilience research Alain Vidal Resilience 2014, Montpellier
- 2. Resilience, cattle and termites S SWater depletion, grazing pressure, loss of soil organic matter Manure applied through night corralling provides a preferred diet for the termites Wet Season: Dry matter 4.5 T/ha 9 species / mÂČ Wet Season: Dry matter 0 T/ha 0 species / mÂČ
- 3. CPWFâs resilience lens âą Facing situations where social-ecological systems trapped on undesirable low-productive pathways âą Research cannot halt the factors contributing to agricultural land degradation (climate change, population growth, and migration) âą CPWF refocused on increasing the resilience of social and ecological systems through better water management for food production
- 4. Regime shifts - moving upwards while preventing falling over the edge
- 5. BSMs in the Andes trigger change between alternate resilient states S Annual net income: US$ 2,183/ha Annual net income: US$ 1,870/ha Conservation agriculture and paramo restoration supported by revolving fund Farmersâ insufficient gain and risk aversion: only 11% converted Revolving fund credit: +180 farmers /year Potato cropping, grazing pressure, degradation of paramo
- 6. Goats markets in Zimbabwe improve farmersâ resilience S SRecurrent droughts, increasing climate variability, poor connection to markets Improved livestock: US$ 50 per goat Goat mortality down to 10% Rainfed maize cropping: US$16/ha Livestock: US$10 per goat Local markets Producers self-esteem Improved rangeland production replacing US$15 / goat of stock feed value
- 7. Fair enough but⊠How about traps ?
- 8. Resilience traps identified by CPWF âą Risk traps ï High risk situations (eg drought, health risk, financial collapse) reduce internal incentives to invest in the system âą Consumption/production traps ï Rate of bio-resources consumption too close to the production rate ï Resource mining
- 9. Resilience traps identified by CPWF âą Variability traps ï Small investments do take place but variability (eg climate) and resulting losses of capital limit development changes âą Resource access traps ï Despite high productivity farmers have too small land lots which results in a cap of revenues
- 10. Resilience traps identified by CPWF âą Policy traps ï Disenabling policies and lack of transparency prevents markets and resources being used effectively âą Cultural traps ï Mindsets prevent change, eg âfood security means production not incomeâ
- 11. Concluding questions âą Are we ready to test how resilience thinking could help stop digging and identify pathways to sustainable intensification? âą Has anyone been successful using a âresilience lensâ to get an ecosystem and/or a poor community out of any of these traps?