1. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILEAN POLICIES ON WATER AND SOIL MANAGEMENT AUGUST 2012

2. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILE: World Class Food and Beverage Supplier Geography and climate Economic and productive factors Leader industries Ministry of Agriculture Policies

3. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 5,1 millon ha. arable surface over a total country area of 75 million ha. Population: 17.248.450 (21% rural) Exceptional geographical conditions: Phystosanitary island Climatic diversity: diversity of production Southern hemisphere: Counterseason agricultural production Geography and Climates North: Desert West: Pacific OceanEast: Andes MountainsSouth: Southern ice

4. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Climatic Diversity and Production DESERT

5. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Climatic Diversity and Production SEMI ARID

6. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Climatic Diversity and Production MEDITERRANEAN

7. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Climatic Diversity and Production MILDY COLD AND RAINY

8. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Climatic Diversity and Production RAINY AND TUNDRA

9. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILE: World Class Food and Beverage Supplier Geography and climate Economic and productive factors Leader industries Ministry of Agriculture Policies

10. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Political and economic stability Business experience and skilled labor Globally connected Wide Network of Trade Agreements Unilateral import tariff reduction Export-oriented institutions Economy and Institutions

11. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Canada Mexico European Union South Korea Central America El Salvador Costa Rica Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua New Zealand Singapore Malaysia China Japan Brunei Australia Turkey Peru Panamá Mercosur Argentina Brazil Paraguay Uruguay India Cuba Colombia EFTA Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland Open Economy: Trade Agreements United States Ecuador Venezuela Bolivia 22 trade agreements with 59 countries, 86% world’s GDP and 63% population. P4

12. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Agriculture and forestry export products (2011: US$14.191 million)

13. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl International Trade Forestry and agricultural exports and trade balance

14. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Agriculture and forestry import products (2010: US$ 3.886 millios)

15. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Agriculture exports and imports for each Economic Zone

16. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl BLUEBERRY FRESH GRAPE World Ranking PLUMS Chile provides 33% of the exportations of blueberry in the world. Chile provides 22% of the exportations of fresh grapes in the world. Chile provides 18% of the exportations of fresh plums in the world.

17. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILE Important exportation produce

18. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILE: World Class Food and Beverage Supplier Geography and climate Economic and productive factors Leader industries Ministry of Agriculture Policies

19. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 1.Wine industry 2.Fresh fruit 3.Dried fruit 4.Meat and dairy industry 5.Process products 6.Forest industry Leader Industries

20. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl CHILE: World Class Food and Beverage Supplier Geography and climate Economic and productive factors Leader industries Ministry of Agriculture Policies

21. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl

22. CHILE: World Class Food and Beverage Supplier Geography and climate Economic and productive factors Leader industries Ministry of Agriculture Policies

23. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Chile has plenty of hydric resources. Infrastructure and technology are the main challenges. 84% of the river waters end up in the sea. 22% of our agricultural surface is irrigated. Water Management Policies

24. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 29 dams with a maximum capacity of 11,593 hm³ 17 new dams = 1.520 hm³ Infrastructure

25. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Technology Irrigation typeNumber of ha. (Chile)Porcentaje % Sprinkler30.0722.8 Travelling sprinkler and Pivot26.4272.4 Drip209.34919.1 Microsprinkler and Microjet38.1253.5 Gravitational789.84072.2 Total1.093.813100 In the Regions of Valparaiso and Coquimbo more than 50% of the irrigated lands, have efficient irrigation systems.

26. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl National Irrigation Commission (CNR) Irrigation policy. Promoting modern irrigation implementation. Watershed management. 18.450 Law.

27. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Chilean Results 1990 - 19992000 - 20092010 - 2011Total N° of Projects4.6828.2231.71114.616 Technified ha.48.670126.65739.427214.427 New irrigated ha.51.00558.53720.114129.656 Thanks to our irrigation policy, we have incorporated 129.656 ha., and technified 214.427 ha. more. During 2012 our goal is to incorporated 8.000 ha., and technified 20.000 ha.

28. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl Soil Management Policies Focused in the erosion prevention and the recovery of eroded agriculture land. From the 5.1 million ha. of agriculture land the 23%, present some type of erosion. Type of erosionSurface ha.% of the total agriculture surface Low492.5809.7 Moderate481.4209.4 Severe162.8903.2 Very Severe37.8800.7 Total1.174.77023

29. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 2. POLICIES MANAGEMENT Soil Recovery Programme (SRP), is one of the main policies of the Ministry of Agriculture. Recover the productive potential of the eroded and degraded lands. Implemented by SAG and INDAP, and consists mostly of aid for the recovery of eroded and degraded soils.

30. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 3. SRP The programme supports the following activities: a)Incorporation of phosphorus fertilizers. b)Incorporation of essential chemical elements. c)Vegetative cover establishment. d)Elimination and cleaning. e)Conservation methods.

31. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl 4. CHILEAN RESULTS From 1996 to 2008, this program has benefited over 413.000 farmers. Totalizing 2.679.000 ha. During 2011, 171.429 ha. were intervened. This benefited over 18.200 farmers. 18.000 farmers and 170.000 ha. annually.

32. Oficina de Estudios y Políticas Agrarias www.odepa.cl THANKS MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Max Cooper Larrain mcooper@odepa.gob.cl