Sustainable Livestock Integration-Colombia

The objective of the Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching Project is to promote the adoption of environment-friendly Silvopastoral Production Systems (SPS) for cattle ranching in Colombia's project areas, to improve natural resource management, enhance the provision of environmental services (biodiversity, land, carbon, and water), and raise the productivity in participating farms. There are four components to the project, the first component being improving productivity in participating cattle ranching farms in project areas, through SPS. The aim of this component is to sustainably increase productivity in cattle production farms through the adoption of environment-friendly SPS. The second component is the increasing connectivity and reducing land degradation in participating cattle ranching farms, through differentiated Payments for Environmental Services (PES) schemes. The aim of this component is to increase connectivity between natural ecosystems in cattle ranching landscapes through the establishment of riparian and terrestrial corridors. The third component is the strengthening subsector institutions and dissemination and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) efforts contributing to the broader adoption of environment-friendly SPS in Colombian cattle ranching. The aim of this component is to establish key alliances with project partners and stakeholders through a communications strategy that ensures project instruments and results are disseminated early. Finally, the fourth component is the project management. The aim of this component is to improve institutional capacity to develop the project and enable the project's financial, technical, legal, and administrative execution.