Presentation by JM Marques, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil, at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

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National Plan for Low
Carbon Emissions in
Agriculture
-ABC Plan
By: Jaqueline Matos Marques
Federal Inspector/Agronomist
Department of Agricultural Production and Sustainability

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BRAZIL: GRAINS PRODUCTION AND CULTIVATED AREA
Grains
185,0
+170%
(millions of tons)
144,1
166,1
162,8
149,2
122,5
119,1
96,8
Area
68,4 76,0
3 8 ,5
92
93
3 9 ,1
94
3 7,0
95
96
83,0
76,6
73,6
3 7,8
3 5,0
97
98
99
00
+35%
(millions of
hectare)
4 0 ,2
01 02
4 7,9
4 7,4
03
04
05
2013: 2nd Brazil’s harvest approximation (CONAB-FEBRUARY/13)
06
4 7,4 4 9 ,9
4 7,4
07
08
09
10
11
52 ,2
12
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National Plan for Low Carbon Emissions
in Agriculture

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Low Carbon Emissions in Agriculture (ABC Plan)
Main Objective
•To stimulate sustainable practices in agriculture that reduce
GHG emissions and increase carbon sequestration
Specific objectives
•Implement Brazilian commitments signed at COP 15
•Promote strong efforts to achieve zero illegal deforestation
throughout the country
•Adopt sustainable practices in agriculture
•Encourage new research on crop adaptation to climate change

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COP-15 ONU
National Climate
Change Policy
Climate Change Forum
(FBMC)
InterMinisterial
Committee
Sectoral Plans for Mitigation & Adaptation
Amazon
Deforest.
Control
Cerrado
Deforest.
Control
PPCDAm
PPCerrado
Agriculture
Energy
Eficiency
Carbon &
Siderurgy
Energy
Planted
Forests
Other
Sectors
Industry
Paper
Transportation
Fisheries
Health

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ABC Plan – Tools and Processes to implement the Plan
√ Construction of State and Municipal Plans – Local
committees – process ownership;
√ Information
√Training
ABC
Programme
√Credit and other financial tools
√ R&D
√ Technology Transfer
√ Technical Assistance
√ Land titling and compliance with environmental
requirements
√ Monitoring, Report and Validation
√ Synergy with other National Programs

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ABC implementation strategy
COP 15 - PNMC
National Plan
State Plan
Process
Ownership
GGE
ABC Plan

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Areas of emphasis and 2010-2020 commitment
Commitment
Potential for mitigation
(increase of area)
(mil. t CO2 eq)
Renovation of Degraded Pastures
15,0 millions ha
83 a 104
Integrated Agricultural Systems
(Crop-Livestock-Forest)
4,0 millions ha
18 a 22
No-till System
8,0 millions ha
16 a 20
Biological Nitrogen Fixation
5,5 millions ha
10
Planted Forest
3,0 millions ha
-
Treatment of Animal Waste
4,4 millions m3
6,9
Mitigation
Total
133,9 a 162,9
Adaptation
Program for Climatic Intelligence in Agriculture (vulnerabilities, scenarios and early warning)
proposals to increase resilience fo production systems and rural communities
R&D (new resistent crop varieties, Pest Risk Analysis protocols, production systems etc)

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ABC Program loans
US$ 1.3
billion
US$653
million
16.500 projets
US$182
million
2010/2011
2011/2012
2012/2013

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Kichel, A.N. – EMBRAPA Gado de Corte, 2011

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Thank you
Jaqueline M. Marques
Federal Inspector/Agronomist;
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and FoodSupply
Department of Agricultural Production and Sustainability;
Phone number.: +55 (61) 3218.2448
E-mail: jaqueline.matos@agricultura.gov.br