1. Conservation Agriculture, Innovations Platforms and Community Capitals Presentation to the Impact Assessment and Targeting Unit CIMMYT, El Batan, Mexico February 25, 2008 Cornelia Butler Flora cflora@iastate.edu

2. adapt CA adapted & managed Science: first and second generation Germ Plasm GP x Agro ecosystem Seed multiplication & adaption International Regional hubs National Local Farmers fields Machinery Prototypes Identified Herbicide Use Pesticide use CA principles Community outreach strategies Resource conserving technologies IPGs adapted at each level adapt Short arrows indicate adaptation

3. Market State Civil Society Innovation Platform: Actors from each sector at various levels

4. Political Capital Cultural Capital Natural Capital Human Capital Financial Capital Social Capital Built Capital Poverty alleviation Resource conservation

5. Immutable Mobiles for CA Individual IPGs for each capital Natural: germ plasm, climate knowledge Cultural: scientific method, valuing poverty reduction and natural resource conservation Human: people who understand the basic principles of CA Social: networks of researchers, practitioners, and input suppliers, Political: standards and rules to protect the environment and provide ways of earning a living with dignity and their enforcement Financial: funding to support the other capitals over time Built: herbicides, machinery, fertilizers, These can be created and maintained at the international level

6. Political Capital Cultural Capital Natural Capital Human Capital Financial Capital Social Capital Built Capital Vital Economy Social Inclusion Healthy Ecosystem

7. Immutable Mobiles for CA IPGs become more complex as the capitals overlap Created and maintained at the regional and national levels NCHSPFB Nx Cxx Hxxx Sxxxx Pxxxxx Fxxxxxx Bxxxxxxx

8. Political Capital Cultural Capital Natural Capital Human Capital Financial Capital Social Capital Built Capital Vital Economy Social Inclusion Healthy Ecosystem

9. Local level CA Mutable Immobiles The are public goods but only have IPG implications when tied into the larger networks There needs to be selective two way flows of information to constantly improve the IPGs.