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PROGRAMA RIO RURALPROGRAMA RIO RURAL

GOVERNO DO ESTADO DO RIO DE JANEIROSECRETARIA DE AGRICULTURA E PECUÁRIA

SUPERINTENDÊNCIA DE DESENVOLVIMENTO SUSTENTÁVEL

MARCELO MONTEIRO DA COSTACoordinador en Gestión de Información y MonitoreoDec, 2012

Rio de Janeiro - Brasil

MISSION: PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF MISSION: PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIROJANEIRO

Micro-watershed as a PLANNING, INTERVETION, MONITORING AND EVALUATION UNIT.

Objective: Promote sustainable development of the agricultural sector of the state of Rio de Janeiro, using the micro-watersheds methodology to identify and support local initiatives and arrangements that enable construction of a continuous and evolutionary process of income generation, environmental respectability and social equity, thus providing improved life quality of the whole society and especially of those who live of family farming.

Total Population: 15,989,929

Urban Population: 96,7%

Rural Population Population: 3,3%

GDP: US$704 billion

Agricultural GDP: 1,2%

92 municipalities

Second Consumer Market of the Country

RIO DE JANEIRO STATE – BRIEF OVERVIEW

Total Area: 43.864,3 Km2Fonts: IBGE, 2010 / INEA

exchange R$/US$ = 1 p/ 1,99

8 watersheds Committees

20,33% of the original Atlantic Forest

RIO DE JANEIRO STATELAND USE

Font: IBGE - Agricultural Census 2006

FAMILY FARMING NON FAMILY FARMING

Establishments: 44,145 Area: 470,221 ha

Establishments: 14,335Area: 1,575,646 ha

MAIN RJ AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS: - VEGETABLES & FRUITS - MILK- SUGAR & BIOFUEL/ALCOHOL- COFFEE

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICAL

A WAY TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT

MICRO-WATERSHEDS’ APPROACH

MICROWATERSHED APPROACH – RESULTS AND LESSONS LEARNED

GATHERING EXPERIENCE FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS

- more than 500.000 farmers - 5.500 micro-watersheds - 14,000,000 ha under conservation- 5,000,000 ha under no-tillage system- 300,000 ha under green manure- 50.000 Km of rural roads improved- Improve water quality by: reduction of 50% of water turbidity level reduction of 50% of water treatment costs

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CONSERVATON OF NATURAL RESOURCES

TERRITORIAL APPROACH

FOOD SECURITY AND SOLIDARITY ECONOMY

GOVERNANCE IMPROVEMENT

PHISICAL INTERVENTION UNITY

EASY MONITORING

SYSTEMIC VISIONINTEGRATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATED FUNDS

PARTICIPATORY DIAGNOSIS & PLANNING

PRODUCTIVITY OF FAMILY FARMING

PAYMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AL SERVICES

CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION

COMMUNITY SELF MANAGEMENT

Inclusion of biodiversity

Microwatersheds’ simulator

Bees pollinating crops Muriqui

Integration of multisectoral public

policies

FECAM

Community management of natural resources

Community Code of Conduct

STRATEGIES FOR SMALL FARMER’S INCLUSION IN KEY ISSUES

Microwatersheds’ methodology as an environmental project

Integration Local planning – Watersheds’ Planning

CDM of family farmingFinancial Sustainability System

STRATEGIES FOR SMALL FARMER’S INCLUSION IN KEY ISSUES

Governance improvement

Institutional Sustainability Plan

Incentive of productive chains’ sustainability

Rural Network for Social Inclusion

Intersectoral Articulation

Sectoral Articulation

Fragmented aActions

IMPROVING MICRO-WATERSHEDS’ METHODOLOGY

SOCIAL INCLUSION PROJECTS

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REGIONAL MICROWATERSHED

COMITEE

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

SRD STATE COUNCIL

REGIONAL EXECUTIVE SECRETARIES

SRD MUNICIPAL COUNCILS

EXTENSON AGENCY AND CITY HALL

MICRO-WATERSHED COMITEE TECHNICAL AGENTS

COORDINATION EXECUTION

CENTRAL

REGIONAL

MUNICIPAL

LOCAL WATERSHED

PARTICIPATORY MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL CONTROL

Fase 1 (GEF)

Fase 2 (BIRD)

1st STEP - GEF(2006-2011)

US$14 million

24 municipalities

48 micro-watersheds

386.000 ha (8,8%)

4.000 families

2nd. STEP - BIRD (2010-2016)

US$79 million

59 municipalities

270 micro-watersheds

1.200.000 ha(26,7%)

37.000 families

EMERGENCY (2011)

US$18,7 million

10 municipalities

62 micro-watersheds

25.000 families

BIRD - RESTRUCTURED (2011)

US$79 million

59 municipalities

138 + 62 = 200 micro-watersheds

ADITIONAL FUND (2012-2018)

US$140 million

72 municipalities

366 micro-watersheds

1.580.000 ha (36%)

78.000 families

UPSCALLING RIO RURAL PROGRAM

INVESTMENTS, COVERAGE, BENEFICIARIESFROM PILOT TO POLICY

Usuario

awareness no lugar de sensitization

Participatory Rural DiagnosisInvolves all interest groups, organized in the local micro-watersheds committees, discussing social, economical, environmental issues and prioritiesConsolidate the local development issues – priority problems and potentials are negotiated amongst the several groups

MICRO-WATERSHEDS METHODOLOGY - RIO RURAL

Executive Plans of Micro-watershedsLocal participatory development action plan based on a previous rural diagnosisContent: Strategies related to actions’ implementation, financing arrangements, targets, time table and potential beneficiaries are negotiated among members of the micro-watershed committee and validated with the community

Farm Development PlansContent: Adequate on farm production systems, based on a long term development visionNegotiated with the farmer (incentive + counterpart)Must contribute to the community development plan of each micro-watershed

Local Planning

Microwatersheds simulator PEM fundraising folder

AFTERBEFORE

Local PlanningAleatory Selection

- Local participation- Transparency- Democratic - No political interference- Commitment among executors,

beneficiaries and stakeholders with project implementation

SELECTION OF BENEFICIARIES AND INVESTMENTS PRIORIZATION

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• Increase income and farm sustainabilityIncrease income and farm sustainability• Introduce animals and crops in adequate areas, in order to increase efficiency Introduce animals and crops in adequate areas, in order to increase efficiency

(sustainable agriculture and livestock)(sustainable agriculture and livestock)• Integrate practices, in order to optimize results and productivityIntegrate practices, in order to optimize results and productivity• Protect forest fragments to biodiversity conservationProtect forest fragments to biodiversity conservation

FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES