Sonja Esche (GIZ) and Diana Mawoko (NEPAD / GIZ)

1. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
With the support ofWith the support of
Report Back: Group 3
Climate Change Adaptation

2. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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Introduction – Opinions and voices
• Data:
• outdated sources, reliability (where is the truth),
• What are the assumptions that some models are based on?
• Indigenous Knowledge: it should not just acknowledged
but taken into consideration by science
• Missing policy link: between science and the
farmers/community
• Coherence: Among all related initiatives
at the country level

3. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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Key Messages: Adaptation to Climate Change
• Successful approaches:
• Context specific applications of the different measures
o Eg. Conservation agriculture, agroforestry, FMNR, etc.
• Famer driven, not top-down, holistic approach,
stakeholder involvement
• Awareness of soils:
o S.O.C awareness is low and soil erosion is high
o Increase education, skilled extension services on soil health
o Dissemination: documentation of successful, radio, field
demos, ICT (cell phone), famer-to-farmer

4. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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• The role of science:
o Scientific sound-evidence that is shown is a simplistic way to
practitioners
o Complement indigenous knowledge
o Diversify indicators
• What are there needs for a knowledge platform of
good practices:
o sharing information, experiences, best practices and diversify
knowledge sources
o Networks: seed and food fairs eg.AFROCAT
• Role of Climate finance:
o Seed-money for start-ups, Difficult to access,
favour international agencies

5. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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• Successes to the related programs and initiatives
(AFR100, CAADP, AAA, GGWI):
o Related to soil, it is not clearly visible
o Support soil erosion, policy guidelines and awareness
o Soil should be clearly visible in existing initiatives
• Contribution of 4 per 1000 Initiative:
o Develop a unified framework under the African Soil
Partnership
o Awareness, outreach and technical assistance
o Knowledge sharing and mobilize funds
o Partnership facilitation
o Influence policy

6. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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Actions points
• Scientists:
oGenerate evidences of performance by means of
indicators, cost effective, reliable
oNew policies and practices with a cost/benefit analysis
oBridge the gap between innovation and application
• Policies:
oIdentify and encourage existing land use policies, have
local agreements that will stimulate policies, develop
policies where gaps have been identified from the
implementation

7. « 4 per 1000 » Africa Symposium
Johannesburg, 24-26th October 2018
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• Development projects:
oNew projects to address soil more explicitly
oClimate adaptation to be main-streamed
oFocus on livestock (not only crops)
oFocus on up-scaling and not island solutions
oCreate and enabling environment
• Civil society
oFocus on advocacy and develop an advocacy strategy
that will make sure that carbon sequestration and soil
health is priority in policy
oAwareness raising
oMobilization