ICRAF

Joseph TanuiEmail:j.tanui@cgiar.org

CHALLENGE

Enabling landscape level ecosystem integrity for improved productivity, livelihoods and conservation

Scale perspectives

Landscapes

Farm

Plot

Tree Tree tenure, Niche compatibility and multipurpose use

Crop productivity, nutrient cycling, soil (fertility, depth, slope)

Watershed

Systems

Agricultural productivity, land tenure , income and expenditure flows

Local governance, biodiversity , common property regimes

Vertical and horizontal integration of the biophysical and social economic

International treaties, food security and climate change perspectives

SO WHAT DO WE NEED

• A clearly articulated framework that provides information about:– The landscape issues at hand– Policy support [Existing and Required]– Multi-functionality of landscapes– Landscape actors across levels– Enabling environment & existing mechanisms

HOW AND WHY

•Scenario analysis – setting the scene

• Identification of emerging themes

•Stakeholder identification and mapping

•Policy and project initiatives that are already in place–

knowledge sharing/ brokering

•Work plan development – Supportive policy initiatives/ way

forward

HOW AND WHY

HOW AND WHY

APPLICATION AREAS

• This approach has been successfully applied to two initiatives including : – Integrated Landscapes management initiatives across five

landscapes in Kenya– Scaling up the adoption of trees on farm for food security

in four landscapes in Ethiopia and Rwanda of varying AEZ characteristics