Mapping Parcel, Plot Boundaries and Crop Type - Ghana
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The Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems (SI-MFS) Initiative targets the sustainable intensification of farming on approximately 2.5 billion hectares globally, focusing on diverse agro-ecological zones. Mixed farming systems (MFS) play a crucial role, providing 75% of milk, 60% of meat, and 41–86% of cereals consumed in the developing world. Livestock in MFS serves multiple purposes, from draft power and manure for crop cultivation to providing additional income during unfavorable crop years. MFS offer advantages such as risk diversification, efficient labor use, and cash access, allowing farmers to add value to products. However, these systems face challenges from various sources, including population growth, urbanization, water scarcity, soil degradation, climate change, shifting food consumption patterns, and price volatility. These challenges deepen resource access inequalities, leading to conflicts and migration, particularly affecting women, youth, and marginalized actors. While local knowledge aids adaptation to challenges, the speed of changes often surpasses farmers' capacity. Sustainable intensification (SI) emerges as a solution, balancing the need to feed growing populations with environmental conservation. SI requires integrated systems research to establish resilient and scalable MFS, preserving natural capital and providing equitable benefits. Existing research focuses on individual components but lacks a holistic understanding of the biophysical and socio-economic interactions within MFS. This knowledge gap undermines development interventions aimed at sustainable intensification. The Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems (SI-MFS) Initiative seeks to bridge these gaps and create gender-transformative pathways for 1.5 million male and female actors in seven prioritized MFS by 2024. This initiative aims to achieve measurable impacts on livelihoods, food security, and environmental health, especially for women, youth, and marginalized farmers. Over a three-year period, the initiative outlines specific outcomes and targets, including the transition of key actors towards SI, the adoption of a systems approach by partners, the development and validation of SI options through participatory processes, and the widespread adoption of gender-transformative innovation packages. The initiative also envisions the establishment of a global virtual institute for SI of MFS and regional scaling hubs to promote capacity building and mainstream MFS thinking and gender-transformative approaches. The ultimate goal is to address the complex challenges facing MFS, ensuring sustainable intensification at a global scale.
混合农业系统可持续强化（Sustainable Intensification of Mixed Farming Systems, SI-MFS）倡议面向全球约25亿公顷的耕地，聚焦多样农业生态区，致力于推进农业可持续强化。混合农业系统（Mixed Farming Systems, MFS）发挥着至关重要的作用，为发展中地区提供了75%的牛奶、60%的肉类以及41%至86%的谷物消费量。混合农业系统中的畜禽兼具多重功能：既可作为耕地的役力来源、为作物种植提供有机肥，还能在作物歉收年份为农户提供额外收入。混合农业系统具备风险分散、劳动力高效利用以及现金获取渠道等优势，能够帮助农户实现产品增值。然而，这类系统面临多方面挑战：包括人口增长、城市化进程、水资源短缺、土壤退化、气候变化、食品消费模式转变以及价格波动。这些挑战加剧了资源获取的不平等，进而引发冲突与人口迁移，对女性、青年及边缘群体造成尤为严重的影响。尽管本土知识有助于农户应对各类挑战，但变革的速度往往超出农户的应对能力。可持续强化（Sustainable Intensification, SI）作为一种解决方案应运而生，能够在满足日益增长的人口粮食需求与环境保护之间实现平衡。可持续强化需要开展集成系统研究，以构建具备韧性且可推广的混合农业系统，保护自然资本并实现收益的公平分配。现有研究多聚焦于单个组成部分，却未能全面理解混合农业系统内部的生物物理与社会经济交互关系。这一知识缺口削弱了旨在推进可持续强化的发展干预措施的效果。本混合农业系统可持续强化（SI-MFS）倡议旨在填补这些缺口，计划到2024年，在7个优先选定的混合农业系统区域内，为150万男性与女性参与者构建性别变革型发展路径。本倡议旨在对生计、粮食安全以及环境健康产生可量化的影响，尤其惠及女性、青年及边缘农户群体。在三年实施周期内，本倡议明确了多项具体成果与目标：包括推动核心参与者向可持续强化模式转型、促使合作方采用系统研究方法、通过参与式流程开发并验证可持续强化实践方案，以及推广性别变革型创新包的广泛应用。此外，本倡议还计划设立全球混合农业系统可持续强化虚拟研究院，以及区域推广中心，以推动能力建设，并将混合农业系统理念与性别变革型方法纳入主流实践。其最终目标是应对混合农业系统面临的各类复杂挑战，在全球范围内实现农业的可持续强化。
