WG-II Sustainable Intensification for High Potential Areas Component-II: Fawzi Karajeh Atef Swelam
Sustainable Intensification for High Potential Areas
Donors National /Int’l Research Institutions Demo Farms Policy Makers Extension Venues/Agencies Target Community Impact/Communication Pathway Key Findings 1 Recom. 2
Approach Site Characterization/ identification Research Problems Hypotheses Priorities of research outputs
Site Characterization Page 98: 2.2 More facts on the targeted sub-sites will be incorporated such as description of the main agricultural systems in the ND Two files of more details about the site will be attached in the Annex New Land Old Land Salt-affected Land
The target of each sub-site Improvement of drainage and crop systems management Development of pressurized irrigation systems and soil fertility management regime Old land Salt affected land New land Improvement of irrigation, drainage, and cropping systems
Site Characterization Page 105: Table 9 Section 1.4 (Climate Change projection Scenarios) will be filled in through review the available literatures Add paragraph about different expected Scenarios on the Nile River inflow
Site Characterization Page 106: Section 4/4.1 (Water resources/irrigation Water Availability). Allocated water for ND have to be mentioned Page 110: Section 8/8.2.4 (Sources of water supply for crop production). Conventional and non-conventional resources have to be added
Site Characterization Page : Section 10/10.1 (Opportunities for agricultural research). This section is revised BeforeAfter Main problems and challenges facing farmers in Nile Delta (researchable Topics) Lack of farmers training on water management in participatory approach (what are needed policy options/incentives). Lack of policies needed to encourage efficient water use in irrigated areas. Pos-harvesting. Land tenure policies Land consolidation Main problems and challenges facing farmers in Nile Delta (researchable Topics) Lack of adequate farmers training on water management in participatory approach (what are needed policy options/incentives). Lack of adequate policies needed to encourage efficient water use in irrigated areas. Harvest and Pos-harvesting. Land tenure policies/Land consolidation High Yielding Varieties Access to information/extension services
Constrains and Opportunities Priorities of the Main Problems & Challenges Water supply system Inequity of water distribution Salinity build-up Water quality deterioration Soil compaction Absence of extra income-generating activities Marketing problems Poor irrigation and drainage management/practices Lack of inputs i.e. (fertilizers, new varieties,....) Lack of financing/Credit services. Opportunities Constrains
Promising measures, solutions & techniques Introduce potential income-generating activities. Introduce contract farming. Introduce promising water management technologies. Introduce promising land management practices. Introduce options for rural livelihood improvement activities. Opportunities Constrains
Hypotheses H4: Use of innovation systems perspective will enhance the adoption and utilization of improved technologies, markets and policies Rephrased to be: Use of innovation systems approach will enhance generating the stakeholder’s demanded technologies, promoting adoption and utilizing of improved technologies including efficient markets and supportive policies. H1, H2, H3, H5 and H6 Look find with no modifications made Pages
Level and Kind of Interventions
Priorities of Research Outputs Page 155 Output 2.5. Policy and institutional options related to farmers’ aggregation addressing market and value chain integration, land fragmentation, water valuation and allocation evaluated in the 3 target sites Output 2.6. Gender responsive mechanisms for rural communities empowerment developed and tested in the 3 sites, to equitably share benefits and responsibilities of aggregation and intensification Output 2.9: Impact of the R4D monitored and future scenarios developed for the target main action and satellites sites