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ROLE OF FARMER
ORGANISATIONS IN
CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION
Kyle Stice - Manager
What is a farmer organisation?
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
PIFON Definition
A group of farmers
A group working for the
benefit of farmers
Who is PIFON?
Pacific Island Farmer Organisation Network
A membership based network of farmer organisations across 8 countries in the Pacific Region
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Where are we???
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
PIFON’s Reach
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Active in 7 countries – Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon
Islands, Tonga, Samoa, PNG and Timor Leste
Membership of 24 national farmer organisations
Linkages with approximately 350 local farmer
organisations with a total membership of 25,000
farmers
The role of PIFON for 2014-2016 will be to serve as an umbrella organisation for national FOs to:
coordinate capacity building
share success stories and the lessons learnt
support regional exchanges of expertise between FOs and their associated private sector and donor agency partners.
PIFON Strategic Plan (2014-2016)
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Ongoing PIFON Projects
2014-2018
USD – 922,000
2014-2016
FJD – 400,000
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
What do we know
about the likely impacts
of climate change on
agriculture in the
Pacific?
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
The first comprehensive study on the impact of
climate change on agriculture in the Pacific
Topics covered:
Observed and projected changes in the climate of the Pacific Islands
Vulnerability of Pacific island agriculture and forestry to climate change
Traditional food staples
Export commodities
Horticultural crops and spices
Livestock
Implications of climate change on contributions by agriculture to Pacific economies and communities
Adapting Pacific agriculture and forestry to climate change - recommendations
KEY OVERALL MESSAGES FROM BOOK
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Severity of impact from CC will increase over time
Extreme weather events will have most impact
Significant threat posed by CC impact on global staples
(grains) -therefore reliance on imported food threatens
food security
PI staple food crops are likely to be more resilient
Strengthening production and processing of these
staples will be a key element of adaptation efforts
KEY OVERALL MESSAGES FROM BOOK
Agriculture has to be climate, environmentally
and economically ‘smart’ now and for the
future – there is no other option for sustainable
livelihoods in the Pacific
Conclusions for farmer organisations…
Climate change will likely impact agriculture by amplifying pressure of existing threats, particularly climate extremes in undefinable ways.
The problem with current approaches is they tend to ignore current threats and focus on ill-defined climate change issues per se.
By enabling farmers to adapt to climate extremes in the short and medium term, future generations of farmers will be better placed to adapt to climate change
The pragmatic approach is to improve our capacity to address existing threats while continuing to address knowledge gaps and identify future threats.
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
What is the comparative
advantage of farmer
organisations of farmer
organisations in agricultural
research and extension?
FOs and Agricultural Research
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Related to agricultural research, the policy
brief concludes that “a partnership
between agriculture ministries, relevant
public sector organisations and farmer
organisations will increase the depth and
quality of agricultural research as well as
see more comprehensive and widespread
adoptions of the results”.
FOs and Agricultural Extension
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Related to agricultural extension, the
policy brief stresses that “farmer
organisations can effectively and
efficiently complement the work of
government and aid agencies by
extending the outreach of support to
farmers”.
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Examples of farmer
organisation
involvement in
successful climate
change adaptation
Case study – Nature’s Way Cooperative
The effects of climate extremes on
NWC fruit exports
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
NWC response to climate extremes
How and Who?
Industry led approach (Natures Way
Cooperative) bringing together
stakeholders (MoA, exporters, farmers,
SPC etc.)
Meet on a quarterly basis to discuss and
prioritise work activities and identify who
will do what. The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Industry response to climate extremes
What we can do now – immediate response to the situation
1. Spreading the production area outside the Sigatoka Valley.
2. The calculation of natural disasters into papaya crop
budgets (better planning).
3. Reducing the scale of planting (smaller blocks) and
increasing the frequency of planting (plant more often).
4. Fiji Papaya Seed production scheme
Selection of ‘seed trees’ based on performance under
local conditions
Bulking of seed stocks to quickly recover from natural
disasters
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Industry response to climate extremes
Exploring the knowledge gap
5. Research into pre and post-cyclone farm activities.
Defoliation
Ratooning
Sunburn protection
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Case Study – PIFON PBSP
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Pacific Breadfruit and Seeds Programme
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
PIFON identifies enhancing domestic food production utilising FOs as a key policy response to addressing the dual challenges of CC and Food Security
The PBSP is a farmer led initiative to operationalise this policy response
Pacific Breadfruit and Seeds Programme
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Currently working in 4 countries
supporting national activities
and regional exchanges.
Seeking resources to scale up
the PBSP
Improving access to seed for Pacific
Island Farmers
Pacific Briefing to MTCP II RSC - 2016
Regional scoping study and project
design related to: “Utilizing farmer
organisations to improve the access to
high quality seed for Pacific island
farmers ”
Improving access to seed for Pacific
Island Farmers
Learning exchange in Taiwan with FOs,
NGOs, universities and commercial
seed producers on open-pollinated
and hybrid seed production.
Improving access to seed for Pacific
Island Farmers
Technical assistance in upgrading of seed production,
processing and storage
Improving access to seed for Pacific
Island Farmers
New seed packaging sourced from China supplied to
NWC (Fiji), FSA (Vanuatu) and KGA (Solomons) to
extend viability.
Improving access to seed for Pacific
Island Farmers
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
PIFON Open Pollinated Seed Production
Learning Exchange (October 2016)
Part 1: Solomon Islands Open Pollinated
Seed Learning Event
Part 2: Australia learning exchange on
Open Pollinated Seed Production
The development of breadfruit as an orchard
crop for processing and fresh export
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
The development of breadfruit as an orchard
crop for processing and fresh export
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
The development of breadfruit as an orchard
crop for processing and fresh export
Tonga - Fiji Breadfruit
Learning Exchange August 3rd – August 5th 2016
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
http://globalbreadfruitsummit.com
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Conclusion
The Role of Farmer Organisations in Climate Change Adaptation
Farmer organisations are critical
partners to help extend the reach
of government and aid agencies
to support Pacific Island farmers
to adapt to climate change.
www.pacificfarmers.com
Pacific Briefing to MTCP II RSC - 2016
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