【COP30 Side Event】SAFTA Seminar: A Vector of innovation for Agroforestry Systems in the 21th Century Amazon- Part 2
Day：2025.12.22
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Person in charge
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Shohei Kashiwagi | JICA Brazil | Senior Representative |
Overview
Date：2025/11/15
Host：JICA Brazil
Location (Name of Pavilion)： Outside of venue
Moderators and panelists
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Shohei Kashiwagi | JICA Brazil | Senior Representative |
| Osvaldo Ryohei Kato | Embrapa Eastern Amazon | Researcher |
| Alberto Keiti Oppata | Mixed Agricultural Cooperative of Tomé-Açu | President |
| Mauro Correa da Costa | Natura | Senior Supply Chain Manager |
| Juliana Oler | Oakberry | Sustainability Manager |
Primary objectives and outcomes
The Government of Japan has established the 'Japan Pavilion', with the theme 'Solutions to the World', to showcase Japan's advanced technologies and initiatives at COP30.
In line with this theme, JICA Brazil held a seminar and tour of the Tomé-Açu System of Agroforestry (SAFTA), which is the outcome of long-term collaboration within the Japanese immigrant community in Tomé-Açu, close to the host city of COP30, Belém. Japanese immigration to Tomé-Açu began in 1929, Japanese immigration to Tomé-Açu began in 1929 and the area's agriculture initially developed around pepper cultivation. However, after pepper crops were affected by disease in the 1970s, agroforestry combining pepper and fruit trees (SAF) was introduced and it was considered as a sustainable agricultural model. JICA supported this 'transitional agroforestry' by helping to set up an agricultural research station and processing facilities. SAFTA (Sistema Agroflorestal de Tomé-Açu) is widely recognized as a successful example of family farming integrated with the restoration of degraded land and forest conservation, both within Brazil and internationally. Its technology has also been transferred to other South American countries through the Japan-Brazil Partnership Program (JBPP). Presenting this locally driven, practical knowledge (SAFTA) at COP30 was intended to showcase Japan's contribution to the response to climate change and to raise awareness of SAFTA as a harmonized agricultural value chain with forests.
Content of the discussions
The discussions emphasized the vital role played by the Tomé-Açu agroforestry system in sustainable agriculture, climate change mitigation, regional economic revitalization, youth engagement and science-technology-business collaboration, which was developed in partnership with the private sector, research institutions and producers. The system was recognized as a potential key to innovation for the future of agriculture in the Amazon region.
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