This is a combination of presentations that were shared during a webinar on bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing platform by the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA)

2. James Kinyangi, Regional Program Leader
CCAFS East Africa
Bridging the science-policy gap
through CANA

3. About CCAFS
CCAFS is a research collaboration
between the CGIAR and the global
climate change community.

4. UNIQUE NAMA MRV
(ICRAF)
Science-policy-practice interface
(ILRI)
CSAP in CSVs
(CIMMYT)
Climate-smart tree sourcing
(ICRAF)
Citizen Science
(FP1, Bioversity)
Innovations, institutions &
business models for scaling
up
Mitigation in Livestock
sector, LED & SAMPLES
(ILRI)
Socioeconomic
Scenarios
Capacity Strengthening Strategies
Gender and Social Differentiation
Engagement and Communication
Climate-Smart
AGRICULTURE
Climate
INFORMATION
Services and Safety Nets
Low
EMISSIONS
Agriculture
Policies and
INSTITUTIONS
Portfolio in East Africa
CC Impacts on ag & food
security using AgMIP (ICRISAT)
P4S-CSA (ICRAF)
Household modeling for
improved CSA tech targeting
(ILRI)
Enhancing CSA: improved fodder
shrubs & extension (ICRAF)
Targeted dissemination of
adapted maize (CIMMYT)
Production and food
security forecasting
(CIMMYT)
Index Insurance (CIMMYT)
Climate Services for Africa
– GFCS ,USAID (IRI)
Bioversity Global
Policy Work
Multi-disciplinary species
distribution modeling (ICRAF)
SPDSM and Crop Models (CIP)
Climate Science tools and
engagement
Influencing and listening national
and local policies/institutions
(IITA)
National and regional
partnerships to support
integration of climate change
in ag & food systems

5. Where do we work?

6. Partnerships for policy outcomes e.g.
African countries in the UNFCCC
Using scientific evidence to effectively articulate the
African position on agriculture and climate change
issues reflecting also in current and emerging global
agreements..

7. Need for knowledge sharing and
networking
All the efforts above have yielded and continue to yield new knowledge
and experiences creating new avenues for collaboration. This
necessitated the need to create a platform for sharing knowledge.
 In 2011, CCAFS East Africa launched a Regional Learning Partnership
(RLP) (16 African based organizations) to help mainstream research
into national policies, development plans and targeted local action.
 In 2012, RLP meeting saw the need for an online knowledge platform.
Upon learning about earlier efforts regarding RLP, Rockefeller and
Pamoja Media approached CCAFS to collaborate and develop an
online platform.
 A survey was done in 2014 to give feedback on the design and
content of the platform, to share and access information on Africa’s
agriculture in the context of a changing climate

8. Science to policy dialogue, e.g. Climate
Agriculture Network for Africa
Collaborating to make evidence-informed
policies for increased investments in
climate resilient food systems.

9. CANA was officially launched in 2014 at COP 20 in Lima, Peru
at the CCAFS official side event titled - Climate-smart
agriculture innovations to increase food security and rural
incomes under climate change

10. CANA Partners
The successful development of the online
knowledge sharing platform is a result of the
collaboration between:
• CCAFS
• Rockefeller Foundation
• Pamoja Media
• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
(COMESA).
We currently have 26 partners engaged in the
platform: research institutions, NGOS, regional
economic communities, universities, government
ministries

11. Conclusion
• The objective of this workshop is to build regional
capacity on the use of the platform for sharing emerging
knowledge and experiences on climate change and
agriculture in Africa
• This training event is a great opportunity to share our
research and field work experiences, identify existing
gaps and opportunities for synergies.
• We greatly value your inputs and feedback and we look
forward to your active contribution and participation on
the platform.

12. Visit our website … http://ccafs.cgiar.org/regions/east-africa
Cana website……www.canafrica.com
Thank you

14. Victor A. Orindi
National Drought Management Authority

15. • Policy makers often need to justify their
decisions
• Many challenges against limited resources
–Trans-disciplinary nature
–Research to inform policy choices
–Value for Money
–Sustainability

16. • Policy making is a process
– Consistency, reliability and trust
– What are the entry points?
• Relevant information
– Issue to be addressed
– Context –political-economy
– Provide options
– Best achieved by involving research users from the
beginning

17. • Packaging and sharing of information
– Concise/succinct information
– Relevant examples with facts and figures
– Face to face interactions
• Feedback mechanism
– How useful was the material – referencing/cited
– Do you listen to what policy makers are
saying/asking?

18. • Published work
• Think-tanks and leading experts
• On-line sources – eg CANA

20. Vivian Atakos, Communication Specialist
CCAFS East Africa
Webinar: Bridging the science-
policy gap through an online
knowledge sharing platform
12 August 2015

21. Introduction to CANA
Web based interactive knowledge sharing platform by
a network of partners drawn from the region.
Why CANA:
• Linking science/ policy processes
• Need for timely sharing and access to information
by all the partners involved.
• Need for collaboration on common themes

22. CANA Founding Partners
• Ministry of Environment and Forestry - Ethiopia
• VI Agroforestry
• Ruforum
• KALRO
• CARE - ALP
• Tegemeo Institute and Egerton University
• East African Farmer Federation – EAFF
• Sokoine University
• Min Agriculture Food and Cooperatives - Tanzania
• ECOTRUST
• NARO
• National Fisheries Resources Research Institute-
Uganda

23. What are the
opportunities?

24. CANA Themes

25. CANA Resources
• Publications – reports, working papers,
newsletters, fliers among others

26. Key program documents
available
Country CSA Program Docs – Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana

27. Resources – Videos/ Images/ Events

28. Blogs section

29. Blogs – How to
Writing guidelines - CCAFS (2014)
• - Keep the story to 600-800 words: Sometimes shorter goes a long
way. Online readers, in general, only spend just a few minutes on
each story.
• - Writing style: Engaging, approachable, concepts correctly
represented. Keep the style simple conversational and descriptive.
Use illustrative examples from your work or meetings with people,
quotes from researchers or partners, and include photos to get your
point across.
• - The opening paragraphs Make it captivating. Ask yourself: Would
you read this story based on the introduction?
• - Put emphasis on headlines: A good headline will ’make or break’
your story. Here we say: the shorter the better. We try to keep
headlines under 10 words.
• - Use short paragraphs and sentences
• Share on cana@cgiar.org – we will help you refine

30. Lets Collaborate!
Forum pages

31. Stay in touch
• Facebook – Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa
• Twitter - @cana_africa
• Slideshare - CANAAFRICA
• Subscribe to our feeds

32. Thank you
http://canafrica.com/

34. Bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge
sharing platform
How to Use the CANA Forum Page | By Grace Katiku

35. 1. Go to the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa
(CANA) website www.canafrica.com
2. Click on Join our network today at the top right side
of the window or Sign Up Now at the bottom of the
page to register.

37. 3. Enter your User name and Email address as indicated
above.
4. Confirm your password from your email and use it
together with your User name to login to the
website.
5.To participate in the forum discussions, click on
Forum at the main menu bar.

38. 6. This gives you a list of the forum topics as shown
below. Click on the topic of your choice to
participate.

40. 7.Create a new topic by putting in the “Topic title”and
a small description in the editor as shown below.
8. Put tags and click on submit.