1. Group 3 Presentation Italy, 2018
IPROMO Bio-economy in mountain areas: an opportunity for local development
Group 3 Presentation
Italy, 2018

2. Working group 3 members: Alexandra, Barsha, Debasish, Jerome, Kyial, Moselantja, Pratistha and Veronica

3. CONTENT: Country context Project Details Challenges
Objectives
Scale
Expected Outcomes
Challenges
Application of sustainable bio-economy principles

5. Country Context: Kyrgyzstan
LOCATION: Landlocked country in Central Asia
Population : 6 million , 65% resides in rural areas
Human Development Index: 120th/188 with 25.4% poverty level.
Major issues: Chronic poverty ; food insecurity & malnutrition, disparities in regional economic development , reliance on remittances , gender inequalities, climatic and environmental risks
Situation:
Only 7 % of the national land area is arable
Agricultural farms operated by 400,000 smallholder farmers.
Poorest people spend 74 % of their budgets on food

6. Project Objectives
Enhance livelihoods and increase resilience to shocks, to support food security and nutrition needs all year round for vulnerable and food-insecure communities in the Kyrgyz Republic.

7. Project scale Budget: USD 59 million.
Locations: In 5 provinces (Osh, Jalal-Abad, Batken, Naryn and Talas)
Duration: January 2018 – December 2022
Project participants: over 100,000 persons
Project beneficiaries: over 500,000 persons

8. Expected Outcomes/Results:
Food-insecure communities in targeted areas benefit from rehabilitated productive assets that help increase their productivity and income
Improved awareness on nutrition
Enhanced knowledge and skills : agricultural production & productivity, sustainable management & use of natural resources, reduction of post-harvest losses, processing & marketing, capacities for risk profiling & risk-informed planning.
Rehabilitated & newly constructed climate-resilient assets.
Increased evidence available to national decision-making bodies
(enabling greater coherence in national policies and strategies for food security, nutrition, social protection, disaster risk management and climate change)

9. Challenges: Knowledge, Research and Technology
Lack of knowledge and skills
Lack of primary data and research
Water scarcity challenges
Low productivity
Poor waste management
Technology

10. Challenges continued…..
Policy and governance
Lack of coordination / partnership/ collaboration among the stakeholders and governance
Government policy conflicts/ guidelines, etc.
Environmental politics
Access to resources and poor services (lack of financial resources)
Access to market for mountain products
Poor waste management
Water scarcity
Incentives and subsidies (positive and negative)
Poor forest management

11. Challenges continued…..
Geographical limitations
Barriers – geographical, social, structural
Access to resources and poor services
Low productivity

12. Challenges continued
Lack of Opportunities/ Alternatives for livelihood
Lack of alternatives for livelihood/ economy
Social inclusiveness and gender
Migration

13. Challenges continued….
Anthropogenic pressure
Drying of wetlands/water sources
Land degradation, including increased soil salinity
Natural and man-made hazards like water contamination
Change in land use patterns and demography

14. Challenges continued…
Climate change issues
Climate change induced hazards – drought...
Low productivity
Deforestation

15. ACTIONS Application of sustainable bio-economy principles to address challenges:
1. To develop an Integrated Resource Management Plan for agricultural lands, forests, pastures and water resources of targeted geographical locations with the participation of
local communities.
Pastures:
Develop and implement grazing plans for cows, sheep and horses
Pasture land rehabilitation including use of livestock manure for rehabilitating and revitalizing grass lands (soils and organic fertilizer)
Capacity building, awareness raising, knowledge sharing
Monitoring of physical and productivity conditions of pastures

16. Agricultural land:
Improvement of soil condition: use of cattle manure, composting, mulching and organic fertilizer, crop rotation, reduce tillage, minimize the use of chemical products
Improve water delivery systems
Revitalize indigenous knowledge and practice jointly with modern technologies to revive agricultural productivity: planting native crops & improving crop diversification, gene bank.
Creating Cooperatives & Farmers association: unite fragmented small holder farmers, develop value chains and enable effective production, processing and marketing of agricultural products.

17. Forestry:
Optimization of forest products (timber and non timber) by multi-stakeholders involvement (local communities, forestry division) through joint forest management agreements
Conducting research on product diversification from forests (medicinal and pharmaceutical potential), development of new technologies to convert wastes to resources.
Reforestation activities in targeted areas in accordance with the Integrated Resource Management Plan
Explore opportunities for carbon trade
Facilitate coordination of existing associations: Water users, Pasture Management, Forest and Land Users

18. 2. Waste management
Promote an effective waste management programme (reduce, reuse, recycle)
Awareness raising and capacity building: training on the importance of waste management through implementation of pilot projects in specific areas.

19. 3. Managing hazards: adaptation to climate change
Coordination with the Ministry of Emergency to promote disaster mitigation practices: non-erosive flood recovery methods (bamboo plantation, green cover etc.)
Introducing drought resistant crops.

20. 4. Creating alternative opportunities for income generation
Exploring more community based tourism (horse riding, tour guiding for trekking, hiking, bird watching, experiencing local culture, gastronomy and activities with staying with village communities)
Promoting traditional festivals: organizing local food fests, music festivals etc.
Training for vulnerable people: wool extraction and production, dairy production, wood crafting, traditional garment production, artisanal production
Optimization of products from bio-products (oils from nuts, dried fruits)
Creating Women Cooperatives: promoting & marketing local products by rural women

21. THANK YOU!