Perspectives on agriculture as a mitigation option Community action & leadership R Gopichandran & Kirit Shelat

 Altieri A A & Koohafkan P 2008 Third World Network  Small farms & traditional agricultural systems can help mitigate through ▪ carbon conservation ▪ sequestration & ▪ substitution ▪ high bio-diversity more adaptable to weather events

FAO  Promote agricultural biodiversity  ustain year round yields with less dependence on agrochemicals  Chinampas: Islands of productivity Mexico  Waru-Warus : platforms of soil surrounded by water pools - South America  Traditional water harvesting systems : India  Floodwater farming (also called floodwater harvesting) to manage sporadic flashfloods for crop production.

 RiPPLE : Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region: Link water and livelihood

 Stanford University study: Less-productive agricultural systems would  Destroy larger areas of waste / uncultivated land,  Enhance greenhouse-gas emissions &  Reduce biodiversity. J. A. Burney et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi: /pnas ; 2010J. A. Burney et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi: /pnas ; 2010) J. A. Burney et al. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA doi: /pnas ; 2010 Zerocarbonplatform: Zerocarbonplatform: Jeff Tolefson  Increasing crop yields preserve forests and other native lands: Borlaug hypothesis.

1. WWF Scientific Advisory Panels : M A TEAPs & M A TOCs 2. Empower people; be inclusive – identify impacts rather than telling what the impacts are. 3. Communities to engage – rather than just listen 4. Make it real – Connects issues with real experiences 5. Bring it home – Show climate change is here, not future, 6. Build a network - Engage people who are interested NCCSD – Bottom up approach.

 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment  Five major categories 1. Provisioning: production of food and water 2. Regulating: control of climate and disease 3. Supporting: nutrient cycles and crop pollination 4. Cultural: spiritual and recreational benefits & 5. Preserving: maintenance of diversity.

 January 2011  Encourage biological farming methods  Reduce chemical inputs, fuel use, water consumption  Enhance ▪ soil productivity & ▪ diverse cropping systems.  Reduce GHG from manure management through regional biogas plants

COMMUNITY BASED  Inventory of best practices  Scout  Validate  Information gaps  Technical assistance  Upscale  Information on indicators  Pilots to differentiate natural & induced variations POLICY INTERVENTIONS  Access to alternatives  Cross cutting impacts  Use local technical resources  Knowledge and technology transfer

PLANTS  Age correlated biochemical profiles  Allelochemicals  Chemotypes  Allelopathic compounds  Natural & induced resistance  Yields  Transmission of tolerance characteristics TRI TROPHIC INTERACTIONS  Landscape vis – a vis alternative hosts  Allelochemicals  Cross resistance  Ecological conditioning  Landscape vis – a vis alternative hosts  Allelochemicals  Cross resistance  Ecological conditioning