WG3 release Giovanna Valverde 16 apr 2014
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Meeting global food needs with lower emissions: Costa Rica’s Zero Emission Policy and Agricultural NAMAs for Coffee and Livestock Giovanna Valverde Director of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Costa Rica April 16, 2014 World Bank, Washington, DC
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Presentation at: Meeting global food needs with lower emissions: IPCC report findings on climate change mitigation in agriculture A dialog among scientists, practitioners and financiers April 16, 2014 World Bank, Washington, DC Following the April 13th release of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Mitigation, including Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU), this event will provided an opportunity to listen to IPCC authors summarize their findings and for all participants to join in a dialog with practitioners and financiers to discuss actionable steps for mitigation in the agricultural sector. The event was a joint effort of the World Bank, the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases, and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
Transcript of WG3 release Giovanna Valverde 16 apr 2014
Meeting global food needs with lower emissions:Costa Rica’s Zero Emission Policy and Agricultural NAMAs for Coffee and Livestock
Giovanna ValverdeDirector of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Agriculture and LivestockCosta Rica
April 16, 2014World Bank, Washington, DC
ZERO EMISSIONS PUBLIC POLICY
• Last month creation of the Carbon National Committee• Development of domestic voluntary Carbon Market (UCCs)
State Policy for the Agricultural sector and Rural Development of Costa Rica 2010-2021
Competitivity
Innovation and
Technological
Development
Rural Territory
Management and Family Agriculture
Climate Change and
Agro Environment
al Management
Pillars
IV Pillar of Agricultura
l Public Policy
focuses on Climate Change
Adaptation: Global Adaptation Forum, Irrigation Agenda, Water/SENARA.
Mitigation: CN, Low Emissions National Livestock Strategy, NAMAs.
Vulnerability and risk management.
Livestock NAMA
Costa Rica Livestock Sector.
Fuente: Mapa de cobertura de la Tierra, 1992, convenio IMN, MAG, DGF, IGN
There are 45,780 livestock farms, that occupy 1,863,657 ha, which represents 35.5% of national territory. Forested areas within livestock farms: •grown significantly in the last 30 years•450,000 ha (24.2% of livestock dedicated areas)•Livestock contributes approx. to 1.5% of GDP •14% of the Costa Rican labor force
• January, 2014: communication of the organization chart for the LELS and its implementation.
Support to theNational Low
Emissions Livestock Strategy(LELS)
CNG
PITTAScientific group
LELS
Round Table
Regional Committees
Technical /Management
Politics
Technical/scientific
Operative
Coffee NAMA and value chainProducers
Coffee Mills
Exports
Large commercial coffee mills
International Market
National Market
50,608 approx. producers
1,9 Ha/producer91% delivers less than 100 fanegas
(46k )
203 coffee mills68% small
(<3000 fanegas)40% of
production from the
cooperatives
Coffee Nama Specific objectives
• Agroforestry systems (PSA) are promoted to coffee farmers. (Indicator: 7.500 coffee ha with shadow trees)
• Coffee processers have implemented new low carbon technologies reducing GHG emissions, i.e. energy efficiency, biomass aerobic treatment of residues (pulp) and wastewater.
• New efficient practices of fertilizer use and low-emission fertilizers such as Niproxen in farms. Use of coffee husk as organic fertilizer.
• Use of eolic energy in some of the Cooperatives for administrative buildings.
Technologies that are currently under development or consideration
• Gasification or bio-energy using coffee husks and coffee pulp to create heat to dry the coffee beans and a later stage to create electricity.
• Organic residues from water washing process of from coffee is sprayed into the fields versus using oxidation pools. This is being tested both in the dairy and coffee sector, in order to measure soil/pasture absorption levels.
