SHIAM

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Period: 2015 - 2021


Domaines d’intervention
Promotion of sustainable production systems Water management Improvement in the efficicency of inputs' useValorization of local varieties and breeds (seeds, cattle...)
Pays d'intervention
Réunion
Elément(s) de l’agroécologie selon la FAO
Objectifs développement durable
SDG 1 No povertySDG 2 Zero hunger
Key words

  • Agricultural production systems must respond to new challenges of sustainable development in socio-economic, health, food, environmental and land-use planning terms. In this context of global changes, they must adapt in order to meet the challenge of ecological intensification, increase yields by minimizing the use of inputs, while consolidating the Reunion agricultural development model, and a mode of specific interprofessional organization. All the actors involved must make decisions and implement innovations to adapt to biophysical or socio-economic dynamics, while assessing the impacts on production, the environment, sustainability, economic viability, etc.

  • SIAAM is organized into 3 distinct projects :

    • SIAAM 1 is interested in the biophysical processes at the plot and herd scales that underlie the recycling of biomass (in particular fertilizing materials of residual origin) in agro-ecosystems. The aim is to close the cycles of carbon and nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) while controlling the flow of contaminants.
    • SIAAM 2 focuses on the production and agronomic and energy use of biomass in agricultural production systems. The purpose is to assess the multi-criteria performance of the sustainability of farms and agricultural sectors.
    • SIAAM 3 focuses on the analysis and processing of spatial information, and the understanding of spatial dynamics. The purpose is to provide stakeholders with tools capable of promoting adequate territorial management of services and the impacts of agricultural activities.

  • Expected changes

    SIAAM 1

    • Actors in the agricultural sectors make better use of their residues (organic and inorganic, ie ash), in particular by controlling their fertilization practices based on the use of fertilizing materials of residual origin available on the territory.

    SIAAM 2

    • The sectors manage to improve the level of performance of agricultural holdings, in a logic of economic, social and environmental sustainability.

    SIAAM 3

    • The actors use the tools of representation and study of spatial dynamics to collectively define territorialized strategies for the management of agricultural activities.

    Expected impacts

    The expected impacts of the projects are:

    • A greater contribution of woody biomass produced locally, and in particular by invasive shrub species, to Reunion's energy mix;
    • A sharp reduction in fertilizers (fertilizers and amendments) imported through technical mastery and collective organization of the agronomic recovery of residual fertilizing materials produced locally;
    • Stronger resilience of farms and sectors vis-à-vis the many changes (regulatory, societal demand, climate change) that impact their activities.

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    Center for International Cooperation in Agricultural Research for Development

    CIRAD is the French agricultural research and international cooperation organization for the sustainable development of tropical and Mediterranean regions.

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    European Commission

    The European Commission is one of the main institutions of the European Union, together with the Council of the European Union, the European Parliament and the European Council,

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    European Union

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