SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION –
SMALLHOLDERS AND MACHINERY
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
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Background and Trends
The role of smallholder farmers in agriculture
Sustainable Production Intensification
Machinery innovations - part of the solution
Conclusions
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Trends
World population 9 billion in 2050
Changing food habits
Undernourished people over 900 million
75% in rural areas in developing
countries
Declining yield growth
rates
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1960: 3.2% a year
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Current: 1.5%
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2050: 0.8%
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Urbanization
Today:
50%
2050:
70%
Time
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THE ROLE OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
 Globally the majority of farmers are smallholders
 They produce 80% of the food in developing countries
 Most of these farmers struggle with little access to
farm power and rudimentary hand tools
 Application of inputs such as seeds and rarely available
fertilizer is often imprecise and untimely
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SMALLHOLDER FARMERS’ REALITY IN 2013
 The majority of smallholder farmers are women
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SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
INTENSIFICATION
 The world needs more sustainable agricultural
production and food whilst at the same time
conserving natural resources
 The new FAO concept of “Save and Grow”
– producing more with less inputs –
describes the pathway to such “sustainable
crop production intensification”
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SUSTAINABLE CROP PRODUCTION
INTENSIFICATION
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Highest possible production
Efficient and save use of energy and inputs
Enhancing soil health and water and nutrient availability
Environmental footprint < recovery capacity
Sustainable Crop
Production Intensification
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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
 Following the ‘Save and Grow’ concept, Conservation
Agriculture (CA) describes the practical production
components for it
 Continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance by
using innovative equipment and implements
 Permanent organic soil cover to protect soils and
enhance soil health using green manure cover crops
 Diversification of crops grown in rotations
and associations.
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CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE
Action of Soil Biota
Soil Organic Matter = Healthy Soil
High Soil
Organic
Matter
No Tillage
Tillage based Agriculture
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low soil
organic matter
Mechanical Tillage
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MACHINERY INNOVATIONS - PART OF THE
SOLUTION FOR ‘SAVE AND GROW’
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MACHINERY INNOVATIONS - PART OF THE
SOLUTION FOR ‘SAVE AND GROW’
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MACHINERY INNOVATIONS - PART OF THE
SOLUTION FOR ‘SAVE AND GROW’
The suppression of tillage / ploughing reduces power requirements by 50%
allowing the use of smaller machines
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CONCLUSIONS
 Global trends are obliging all stakeholders to combine
forces to find efficient, lean, sustainable solutions to
global challenges of food production and food security
 Smallholder farmers are an integral part of the
challenge and the solution
 Agricultural machinery innovations are the driving
force towards achieving more sustainable, energyefficient, lean, affordable and cost-effective solutions
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THANK YOU
Josef.kienzle@fao.org
http://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/en/
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