Presented by Dr Abdoulaye Saley Moussa, Science Officer, CCAFS West Africa. Africa Agriculture Science Week 6, 15 July 2013, Accra, Ghana http://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/15/jul/2013/africa-agriculture-science-week-2013

1. Farms-of-the-Future: an innovative
approach to strengthening adaptive capacity
Abdoulaye Saley Moussa1, Maren Radeny2 and Osana Bonilla-Findji3
1ICRISAT/CCAFS West Africa Regional Program
2ILRI/CCAFS East Africa Regional Program
3CIAT/CCAFS

2. Outline
o Farming
systems
in
East
and
West
Africa
o Farms
of
the
future
approach
o Analogue
tool
o Exchange
visits
o Lessons
learned

3. Farming
systems
in
EA
and
WA
o Small-­‐scale
subsistence
agriculture
o Limited
use
of
inputs
/
fer?lizer
o Highly
vulnerability
to
climate
variability
and
change
o reduced
crop
yields,
o food
insecurity
o Coping
strategies
o Challenges
of
adapta?on:
o Access
to
informa4on,
knowledge,
technologies
o Planning
for
an
unknown
future

4. Farming
systems
in
East
and
West
Africa
Past
experiences,
impacts
to
define
adapta?on
strategies
What
if
tomorrow?
How
to
plan
knowing
tomorrow
(climate
area/region/
technologies/
informa?on,
etc.)
Farms
of
the
Future
Past
Future

5. • 70% of expected future climates already exist somewhere else
• Facilitates exchange of knowledge, technology, and practices
between analogue sites
The 2030 climate of a maize-
growing area near Durban will
correspond to the current climate
of a major maize-growing area in
Argentina. Growers in Durban
can learn from these analogous
climates how to adapt as their
climate shifts.
http://gismap.ciat.cgiar.org/analogues/
Climate
Analogues:
finding
future
climates
for
poten;al
adapta;on
to
connect
farmers
to
their
possible
climate
futures
via
farm
visits
which
would
enable
them
to
build
a
mental
picture
of
what
their
climate
and
farming
systems
might
look
like
in
the
future
Farms
of
the
Future

6.
Farms
of
the
Future
o Devise,
test
and
validate
the
"Farms
of
the
Future"
approach
built
on
farmer-­‐
to-­‐farmer
exchanges
to
analogue
sites
as
a
valuable
op?on
to
improve
adap?ve
capacity
and
support
knowledge
transfer
o Improve
understanding
of
local
prac?ces
and
available
tools
for
enabling
change,
as
well
as
cultural,
economic,
or
ins?tu?onal
obstacles
to
such
adap?ve
change

7. • 15 farmers and 5 policy-
makers from Lushoto in
the northern highlands,
travelled to Mbinga in the
southern highlands.
• Climatic analogues –
locations where the
current climate is very
similar to Lushoto’s
projected future climate
(20 – 30 years )
• Ongoing adaptation
strategies and
management practices
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Farms
of
the
Future:
Farmer
to
farmer
exchange
visits
to
enhance
adapta6on
learning
using
the
Analogues
tool
in
Lushoto

8. Other
Strategies:
• Tree
nurseries
in
Mwi?kilwa
• Improved
stoves
in
Sepukila
• Beekeeping
enterprise
in
Mtama
• Avocado,
banana,
and
maize
trials
in
Nyombo
village
Weather
sta6on
in
Mwi6kilwa
Women
preparing
“matengo”
pits
in
Sepukila
Ø Par;cipatory
video
recording
by
the
farmers
for
the
farmers
Other
learning
experiences
from
the
Farmer-­‐to-­‐Farmer
exchange
visit
in
Tanzania

9. Farms-­‐of-­‐The-­‐Future
:
A
Journey
to
plausible
futures
of
Doggoh
(Ghana)

10. Learning
experiences
from
the
Farmer-­‐to-­‐Farmer
exchange
visit
in
Burkina
Faso
• 20
farmers
(men
and
women)
and
AIS
• Agricultural
diversifica?on
and
intensifica?on
Agri-­‐business
• Food
processing
(cassava)
• Soil
and
water
conserva?on
• Integrated
system
(agro-­‐forestry+SWC)
• Farmers
organiza?on
• Land
issues

11. LESSONS
LEARNED
1. Give
priority
to
farmers'
voice,
foster
farmer-­‐to-­‐farmer
learning
• Support
the
farmers
to
share
their
findings
from
their
study
tour
with
their
own
communi?es
• Par?cipatory
video:
important
tool
for
suppor?ng
farmers
to
document
their
own
learning
2. Communica?ng
climate
science
is
challenging:
need
to
find
appropriate
ins?tu?onal
frameworks
• E.g.
The
GTP

12. LESSONS
LEARNED
1. Building
adap?ve
capacity
requires
ins?tu?onal,
structural
and
policy
change
2. Strong
engagement
of
actors
across
the
agricultural
innova?on
system
as
adap?ve
capacity
strengthening
cannot
be
achieved
by
farmers
alone.
⇒ Climate-­‐smart
villages
Model

13. THANK
YOU
I’m
very
glad
that
I’m
one
of
the
par?cipant.
In
fact,
we’re
joking
in
Ghana.
See
how
Burkinabe
are
figh?ng
the
nega?ve
impact
of
climate
change.
Growing
trees
using
the
technique
by
Mr
Aziz
with
OM
produc?on
using
crop
residue
and
household
waste
is
what
I’ll
start
first.
Really,
the
tour
is
useful
to
me.
Many
thanks
to
Burkinabe
farmers!!!
I
ask
us
too
of
Yamba
village
we
should
conserve
our
environment
by
plan?ng
trees.
“I
was
very
happy
with
this
trip
and
I
have
learnt
a
lot…
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