PhD research presentation at the workshop of the Climate Food and Farming Network, Dec. 2-4 at Aarhus University, Foulum. The Climate Food and Farming Network is an initiative of Copenhagen U., Aarhus U., and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.

1. InsBtute
of
Landscape
Ecology
Potentials of native plant species in Agroforestry
systems for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
and improvement of local environmental and
communities‘ life conditions
Ana
Lucia
Cadena
Gonzalez-­‐Thiele
Wes5älische
Wilhelms-­‐Universität
Münster
(Germany)

2. Location
MunicipaliBes
of
Campo
Hermoso
and
Zetaquira,
Boyacá,
Colombia
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3. Scenery
• Lack
of
local
plans
and
strategies
–
only
isolated
efforts
• Lack
of
informaBon
on
dimensions
of
losses
because
of
depleBon
of
resources
and
global
warming
at
local
level
(long
heavy
rains)
• Lack
of
research
on
potenBals
of
Agroforestry
systems
• DepleBon
of
tradiBonal
knowledge
and
naBve
plants
resources,
lack
of
strategies
to
maintain
these
species.
•
Lack
of
moBvaBon
of
local
community

4. Some effects of heavy rains
Zea
mays
subsp.
mays

5. Preliminary results
Campo
Hermoso
Zetaquira
• 15
endangered
medicinal
species
9
naBve
species
• 20
dissapeared
medicinal
species
7
naBve
species
• Ur#ca
dioica
L.
popularity
(IUV)
• 7
endangered
medicinal
species
3
naBve
species
• 13
dissapeared
medicinal
species
6
naBve
species
• Ruta
graveolens
L.
popularity

6. Main Objectives
• To
collect
quanBtaBve
informaBon
on
greenhouse
gas
(GHG)
emissions
in
tropical
small
scale
farming
systems
of
Boyacá,
Colombia.
• To
analyse
the
potenBal
of
agroforestry
systems
with
naBve
mulB-­‐purpose
and
medicinal
plants
to
reduce
GHG
emissions.
• To
promote
the
culBvaBon
and
conservaBon
of
naBve
plant
species,
especially
endangered
species.
• To
add
benefits
to
local
producBon
of
food,
medicine
and
to
improve
economy.

7. Hypotheses
• The
potenBal
of
Agroforestry
systems
with
culBvaBon
of
introduced
medicinal
plant
species
is
equal
to
Agroforestry
systems
with
culBvaBon
of
naBve
species
in
terms
of
miBgaBon
of
Green
House
Gas
emissions.
• NaBve
mulBpurpose
and
medicinal
plant
species
are
o_en
not
culBvated
in
Agroforestry
systems
due
to
the
lack
of
producBvity.
• Lack
of
knowledge
of
the
producBvity
that
naBve
and
mulBpurpose
medicinal
plant
species
can
offer
to
the
local
economy
has
limited
investments
in
projects
related
to
the
culBvaBon
of
these
species.

8. Methods
Introduc&on
and
diagnos&cs
-­‐IntroducBon
of
the
project
-­‐Survey
-­‐Semi-­‐structured
Interviews
-­‐Data
analyses
-­‐SelecBon
of
species
-­‐local
interest
and
necessiBes-­‐
-­‐Previous
results
Sampling
and
collec&on
of
data
Design
of
homegarden
model
Evalua&on
of
impact
on
livelihoods
-­‐SelecBon
of
plots
with
agroforestry
systems
and
selected
species
-­‐Design
of
local
homegarden
model
with
selected
species/
based
on
local
necessiBes
(community
and
environment)
ProducBvity
projecBons
-­‐Food
producBon?
-­‐Medicinals
producBon?
-­‐Influence
on
local
economy?
-­‐PotenBals
off
GHG
miBgaBon?
-­‐Structured
interviews
-­‐Analysis
of
fluxes
of
gases
-­‐Sampling
of
gasses
-­‐StaBsBcal
analyses
-­‐PromoBon
of
culBvaBon
of
the
homegarden
model
in
comunal
plots
and
within
local
schools

9. Some species to take into account
Municipality
Campo
Hermoso
Zetaquira
Endangered
species
Smilax
aspera
L.,
Cattleya
schroederae
Rchb.F.,
Nicotiana
tabacum
L.,
Ocimum
campechianum
Mill.,
Psidium
guineense
Sw.,
Sapindus
saponaria
L.,
Crescentia
cujete
L.,
Inga
edulis
Mart.
Ceiba
pentandra
(L.)
Gaertn,
Tabebuia
sp.,
Phaseolus
sp.
Disappeared
species
Carica
pentagona
Heilborn,
Platymiscium
ulei
Harms
ex
Harms,
Persea
mutisii
Kunth
,
Drymis
granadensis L.
f.,
Brownea
ariza
Benth,
Ananas
comosus
(L.)
Merr.
Juglans
neotropica
Diels,
Crescentia
cujete
L.,
Gossypium
sp.,
Solanum
betaceum
Cav.,
Schizolobium
excelsum
Vegel.,
Persea
mutisii
Kunth.

10. Additional species
• Melissa
officinalis
• Verbena
li7oralis
• Ur#ca
dioica
(popular
in
Campo
Hermoso)
• Ruta
graveolens
(popular
in
Zetaquira)

11. Expectations
Juglans
neotropica
Diels
Ca7leya
schroederae
Rchb.
F

12. References
• Russell
Nathan,
2012.
Eco-­‐Efficiency:
From
Vision
to
Reality.
CIAT-­‐CGIAR,
Cali,
Colombia
• Nair
P.K.R.,1993.
An
IntroducBon
to
Agroforestry,
Kluwer
Academic
Publishers.
Dordrecht,
The
Netherlands.
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P.K.R.
et
al.
Agroforestry
as
a
strategy
for
carbon
sequestraBon,
Journal
of
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Nutri#on
and
Soil
Science.
2009.
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:
1,
10-­‐23
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F.,
et
al.
2012.
Enhancing
the
effecBveness
of
agroforestry
research
in
Colombia.
World
Agroforestry
Centre
ICRAF
[online].
Available
from:
hnp://
worldagroforestry.org/our_products/publicaBons/details?
node=54130
[Accessed
Nov
20,
2013]
• Annual
Report
2011-­‐2012:
trees,
livelihoods,
landscapes.
World
Agroforestry
Centre
ICRAF
[online].
Available
from:
hnp://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/our_products/
publicaBons/details?node=53879
[Accessed
Nov
20,
2013]

13. Thanks