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Globally Important
Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
The status of GIAHS and way forward
For a long period of time, communities of farmers
and herders have developed locally adapted
ingenious agricultural systems that have led to
food and livelihood security as well as the
maintenance of natural and cultural diversity.
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• Food and livelihood security
• Agro-biodiversity
• Resilient ecosystem
• Resource management
• Landscape
• Cultural heritage
Increase food
production by
60% until 2050
in a sustainable
way
Poverty
reduction
Climate Change
Adaptation
Resilience of
society
Well-being of
people
Managed by 1.4 billion people, mostly family farmers and indigenous communities, and produce between 30-50% of the domestic food consumed in the developing world
Conserve/shared thousands of cultivated species
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However these systems are threatened by
Population pressure and cultural change
Neglect of diversified systems and local
knowledge under modernization
Low community involvement in decision-making
Inappropriate policy, legal and incentive
frameworks
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GIAHS Partnership Initiative
Was conceptualized and launched by FAO
in 2002 at the occasion of World Summit
on Sustainable Development in
Johannesburg South Africa
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In order to provide systematic support to the conservation and
adaptive management of agricultural heritage systems, the GIAHS
Initiative promotes intervention strategies at three distinct levels: Global level
Facilitating international recognition of the concept of GIAHS
National level
Mainstreaming of the GIAHS concept in national sectoral and
inter-sectoral plans and policies (regulatory and incentive
mechanisms) and using them as sustainability benchmark
systems Local level
Empowerment of local communities and technical assistance
for sustainable resource management, promoting traditional
knowledge and enhancing viability of these systems through
economic incentives
Strategy and Approach
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Designated sites
1 Chiloé Agriculture (Chile) 12 Sado’s Satoyama in harmony with Crested Ibis
(Japan)
20 Managing Aso Grasslands for Sustainable Agriculture(Japan)
2 Andean Agriculture (Peru) 13 Dong’s Rice Fish Duck System (China) 21 Chagusaba System (Japan)
3 Ifugao Rice Terraces (Philippines) 14 Hani Rice Terraces(China) 22 Kunisaki Integrated Forestry, Agriculture and Fisheries System
(Japan)
4 Rice-fish Culture (China) 15 Wannian Traditional Rice Culture (China) 23 Kuaijishan Ancient Chinese Torreya (China)
5,6,7 Oases of the Maghreb Region (Tunisia, Algeria,
Morocco)
16 Aohan Dryland Farming System (China) 24 Xuanhua Traditional Vineyard System (China)
8.9 Maasai Pastoral Heritage (Kenya, Tanzania) 17 Pu’er Traditional Tea Agrosystem (China) 25 Kuttanad Below Sea Level Farming System (India)
10 Upland Agro-Forestry Syste(Tanzania) 18 Saffron Heritage of Kashmir (India)
11 Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi (Japan) 19 Traditional Agricultural Systems, Koraput (India) 6
Projects and implementing countries Project/Fund Implementing countries
GEF Algeria, China, Chile, Peru, Philippines, Tunisia
Germany Kenya, Tanzania
IFAD Bangladesh, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia
Turkey Azerbaijan, Turkey
TCP Ecuador etc.
Self-fund India, Japan, Korea etc.
Pipeline projects, Regional
Rice Initiative, etc.
Morocco, Philippines etc.
Japan Oman, UAE etc.
Others (China South-South
cooperation, JICA)
South-South cooperation, Twinning
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Success story 1: Rice-fish culture in China
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Ministry of Agriculture have adopted and
implemented the National Important
Agricultural Heritage Systems (NIAHS).
(Overwhelming NIAHS applications were
received from 43 prefectures/counties.)
After the designation in 2005,
• rice with GIAHS label sells 60% higher than
similar rice with no label
• the number of tourists increased by 100% in
2008.
Model calculation by Liu et al in 2010 shows
that rice-fish agriculture
• increases net income per ha by 30%
• reduces the fertilizer application per ha by
60%
• increases the ecological service value per ha
by 100%
compared with rice mono-cropping agriculture.
Success story 2: Ifugao rice terrace in the Philippines
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Hectares of land managed are maintained
(68,416ha)
Formulation of a national system for the
recognition of agricultural heritage sites and
support for their dynamic conservation.
Crop diversification through the integrated
rice farming system in the site
Hazard mitigation (Manage/Control of
earthworm damage, repair/rehabilitation of
damaged terraces and irrigation channels,
etc.)
Success story 3: Ghout system Algeria
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Upscale of the system: 50ha are newly
reclaimed
Five new farmer associations were
established, with 19 percent of its members
being women
Young farmers’ engagement have increased
from 2 percent in 2010 to 23 percent shown
by the most recent statistics.
Success story 4: Massai Pastral system
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Levels of biodiversity and wildlife have been
maintained through implementing action
plans.
Development of a Community Based
Organization for land management.
- The introduction of animal health
technologies (vaccination)
- Restocking of cattle which was lost in the
face of frequent draughts
- Cleaning of invasive bush species
- Rehabilitation and construction of dams
Development of jewelry and handcraft for
women
Construction of a “cultural boma / Museum”
to share lessons learned
Success story 5: Shimbwe Juu Kihamba Agro-
forestry Heritage Site
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Levels of biodiversity and wildlife have been
maintained through implementing action
plans.
Abandoned farms have been reclaimed
under farm management that encourages
biodiversity (15 acres).
Transition to organic coffee and introduction
of vanilla in order to explore new market and
to improve farmers’ income
Rehabilitation of furrow system for irrigation
Use the lessons learned and achievements
in the GEF pilot countries (best practices,
success stories, barriers, gaps) for further
development of the GIAHS Initiative,
Explore commitment from partners
Objectives of this meeting
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Developments since 2013 (1/4)
The GIAHS International Forum 2013, held in Noto
Peninsula, Japan
Adoption of the GIAHS Noto Communique
GIAHS Noto Communique
The recommendations:
1. the progressive designation of further GIAHS sites to promote the
conservation of agricultural heritage and its contributions towards global
food security and economic development
2. promotion of on-the-ground projects and activities, particularly in
developing countries
3. the existing GIAHS to support the recognition of candidatures of GIAHS
areas in less developed countries
4. promote the twinning of GIAHS sites between developed and developing
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Developments since 2013 (2/4) GIAHS is up-scaling…. And outscaling….
- Two Korean sites were designated.
- Three Chinese sites and one Iranian site will be screened at this
meeting. Other candidate sites will also make presentations.
- National orientation workshop was held in such countries as UAE,
Oman, Indonesia, Ethiopia.
Regional Orientation Workshop for Asia and the Pacific was
held by FAORAP in November 2013
- More than 50 delegates from 18 countries participated.
- A set of recommendations was identified and discussed.
- After the workshop, Thailand and Mongolia are starting to identify
GIAHS.
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The recommendations on future development of GIAHS in Asia and the Pacific:
1. Institutional System of GIAHS and Sceretatiat
2. Consultation/Advisory Service Mechanism 3. National GIAHS mechanism
4. South-South Cooperation – Twinnig
5. Resources (formulation & implementation) 6. Regional Networking
Developments since 2013 (3/4) FAORLC has constitutes a GIAHS Regional Steering
Committee and will hold International Expert Seminar “Culture
Diversity, Food Sovereignty and Traditional Livelihoods”
Twinning, South-South cooperation are on-going
1st Conference of East Asia Research Association for
Agricultural Heritage Systems (ERAHS) April 2014
- 200 political leaders, national/local governmental officials,
researchers from China, Korea and Japan attended the meeting
to promote research cooperation of agricultural heritage systems.
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Developments since 2013 (4/4) Strengthening collaboration with CBD and UNESCO
- GIAHS contribution to regional capacity building workshop for
Africa held by CBD (Nairobi, Kenya in March 2014)
- GIAHS contribution to 1st European Conference for the
Implementation of the UNESCO-SCBD Joint Programme on
Biological and Cultural Diversity (Florence, Italy in April 2014)
- COP 12 (Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, October 2014)
- Man and the Biosphere Programme
Strengthening collaboration with Treaty (ITPGRFA)
- Collaboration through Benefit Sharing Fund in Tunisia and in
Third Call of BSF and promoting plant in-situ conservation
Strengthening collaboration with ISESCO, ICCROM, IUFRO
etc.
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FAO launched the new Strategic Objectives in order
to address the most pressing issues in the world,
eradication of hunger, poverty reduction and
realization of sustainable agriculture. GIAHS
Initiative contributes to the achievement of these
objectives and perfectly fit to our work in FAO.
Strategic Objective 2 (SO2)
“Increase and improve provision of goods and services from
agriculture, forestry and fisheries in a sustainable manner”.
It also contributes to other Strategic Objectives such as eradication
of hunger (SO1), reduction of rural poverty (SO3) and so on.
FAO mandate
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Conference Resolution on GIAHS
FAO started discussion in order to formally endorse the
operational framework of GIAHS through a resolution of
the FAO Conference.
This will provide GIAHS with formal status within FAO
framework.
The 97th CCLM (Committee on Constitutional and Legal
Matters) endorsed the initiation of the process. Followed by the 148th Council Session.
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Sequence of Review
- September 2014
- November 2014
- February 2015
- March 2015
- June 2015
Session of the Committee on Agriculture
Session of the Joint Meeting of the Programme
and Finance Committees
Session of the CCLM
Session of the Council
Session of the Conference
Inter-departmental task force
1st Inter-departmental task force meeting in February - Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department (AG), Forestry
Department (FO), Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FI), Economic
and Social Development Department (ES), FAORLC, FAORAP and
Natural Resources Department (NR) etc.
Objectives
- Input/contribution from different technical units
- Knowledge sharing (social, economic, environmental
analysis etc.)
- Bottom-up approach from Regions/Countries
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Enhance the GIAHS programme through
-interaction with multiple sectors
-collaboration with regions
Objectives of this meeting
Broaden the GIAHS programme with new
approaches such as twinning, South-South
cooperation,
Strengthen the base of the GIAHS
programme through
Monitoring/Evaluation modalities
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• Provide GIAHS with a formal status in FAO through a
Conference Resolution • Increase the number of sites through umbrella programme - New global project, national project, South-South corporation, twining of
sites and assistance to self-finance sites
• Strengthen coordination capacity - Multidisciplinary approach, Socio-economic analysis of GIAHS,
communication
• Collaboration with Forestry, Fisheries, other technical units and
regions - Establishment of Inter-departmental task force • Active collaboration among sites
- Promoting the twinning of GIAHS sites between developed and
developing countries declared in ‘Noto Communique’ • Innovative partnership: Collaboration with donors, other
international instruments and programme - New participating countries, UNESCO, CBD, ICCROM, ITPGRFA, Slow
Food, International Year of Family Farming etc.
Future development
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Future development (GIAHS Umbrella Programme)
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Participating countries Algeria, Chile, China, India, Japan, Kenya, Korea,
Morocco, Peru, Philippines, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey,
Oman, UAE, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Azerbaijan,
Colombia, Thailand, Mongolia, Iran, Bangladesh, Bolivia,
Guatemala, Uruguay, Cuba, etc.
UN and other International Partners GEF, BMLEV, IFAD, ITPGRFA, UNESCO, CBD, CGIAR,
ICCROM, IUCN, UNCCD, UNEP, UNU, ISESCO, IAM,
University of California at Berkeley, University of Kent,
University of Tuscia, Wageningen International, Roman
Forum, Via Campensina, The Christensen Fund,
Agrobiodiversity Platform, etc.
Strengthened Partnerships
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Enhance the collaboration
Bottom-up approach
Multi-disciplinary
approach
•Regional office
coordination
•CPF
(Multi-technical unit)
* The Country Programming Framework (CPF) is a tool used by FAO to define assistance needs of member countries. In China, Peru, Kenya etc., GIAHS is described in their CPF.
Enhance FAO Comparative Advantage
Formal status
Expand joining area
Strengthen connectivity
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Objectives of this meeting
Based on the experience of the current
projects, an increase of GIAHS sites, and
FAO Initiative to strengthen the GIAHS
programme, how to create innovative
partnerships and expand collaborations to
enhance the GIAHS Initiative in the future
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Thank You!