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:
• Other problems include increased pests and diseases, poor
• deforestation, soil erosion, declining yields, and food insecurity.
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

(45 attended by 1424)

RA training
or facilitators
16 attended by
219)

Farmer Consultation

Identified problems
and solutions

On-farm demonstration

Training in technical
Skills
(51 attended by 796)

stainable Agriculture in the Pacific


Far from
school

Poor market
structure
Poor sanitation

Unavailability

of lands

Poor soils

Poor
transportation

Pests & diseases

health
tre
Low Animal
productivity
Poor planting
Droughts
materials Poor farming
Skills

Weeds

Poor farm
roads


Farmer and Field Staff
Needs Assessment

Farmer Training

Poor Farming

Skills

Farmer Field
School

On-farm Demonstration

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific

Role of ICT


Soil Infertility
P Deficiency

Fe Deficiency
Zn Deficiency

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific


Roots restricted
Land clearance - erosion

Toafa Profile


Cover crops

Agroforestry

Contour Barrier

Solutions
Compost
Other Solutions
•Certified organic fertilizers
•Training in diagnosis of nutritional
disorders
•Use of inorganic fertilizers

Sustainable A


Incidence of Pests and Diseases
Taro leaf blight

Caterpillar damages

Pele shoot borer

Taro beetle


Solutions
Training in diagnosis
of PP problems

Organic Production

stainable Ag


Drought and Poor Availability of Water
Bucket
Irrigation
Systems

Scaling up

Solutions

Other solutions:
Use of mulching
Use of composts
Use of appropriate agroforestry
ystems.

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific


lthy Planting Materials

Genebank

Poor and
Unavailab
ility
Planting
Materials

and
Genetic
Erosion

Other Solutions
•Introduction of new crops/varieti
•Cultivation of wild varieties.
•Reviving pulaka/babai pits.

inable Agriculture 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

Market Development

Support Development
Of Standards

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


Impacts
Institutional – at project level it is working
well
- how about after the project

Farmer level – real needs are
identified
Socioeconomics
– some households now have betterpurchasing power
scaling up,
outhealth??

and down?
- nutrition
and
- Gender – women are
involved
Biophysical – improved soil fertility
Improved productivity
-soil and biodiversity conservation
-reintroduction of traditional varieties (broaden genetic
base)

Development of Sustainable Agriculture in the Pacific