Presentation by Caroline Mwongera at "How to design value chains programmes that address climate risks: an IFAD-CGIAR learning event", 25 February 2016, Rome.

1. Assessing and responding to
vulnerability in value chains:
rapid methods
Prioritizing locally appropriate CSA options
Caroline Mwongera
Farming Systems & Climate Change Scientist
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
February 2016

2. Prioritizing options: The CSA-RA Tool
Bioclimatic vars (worldclim)
Constraints, priorities
and needs differ
according to the context
and among different
groups…

3. CSA-RA MethodologyCSA-RA Methodology
 Farming systems
 Community resources
 Land & Soil health
 Key organizations
 Historical trends
 Agricultural challenges
 Current options
 Barriers & constraints to
adoption of new
interventions
 Existing Extension models
(e.g. demo plots, Farmer
groups)
 HH size, farm size
 HH food sufficiency
 Labor (HH & hired)
 Production (crop/livestock)
 Yield
 HH consumption
 Sales
 Off farm income
 Remittances, donations,
savings
 HH expenses
 Agricultural inputs
The CSA-RA Methodology
o Crop & Livestock gender
association
o Opportunities for:
 Women
 Men
 Youth
o Institutions
targeting/working with
different groups

4. Context analysis: Integrating
participatory and systematic methods
Climate vulnerability & Impacts
Erosion prevalence across Nwoya
district, Uganda

5. The CSA-RA: Context analysis
Understanding gendered perceptions & priorities Mapping partnerships for outscaling
Crop Association (%) to Men and Women
in Gulu, Uganda

6. Famer perception
of soil fertility
Kilolo, Tanzania
Nwoya, Uganda
Land & Soil Health Assessment
• Land
Degradation
Surveillance
Framework
(LDSF)
• Developed at
ICRAF by Tor
Vågen et al.,
(2005)

7. Identify Gaps in Awareness & Use of
agriculture technologies
Awareness & Use of
agriculture
technologies is still
low!

8. Prioritize locally appropriate CSA
options by Gender & Agro-Ecology
Prioritization of agricultural practices in Lushoto,
Tanzania
• Indicators used by farmers to
prioritize agriculture technologies
in lowland zone
• Scale of 1 to 5, where 5 is most
important
Indicator Score
Yield 5
Income 4
Food security 5
Weed control 5
Soil fertility 1
Technical knowledge 3
Climate change 3
Labor availability 5
Capital/cost 4
Pest and disease control 5
Availability of equipment 3

9. Predicted Adoption rates & Impacts in maize Cropping Systems
in Lushoto, Tanzania
Manure
48%
51%
Fertilizer
Analyze Trade-offs & Impacts of
Prioritized options
Mean net farm income increases by a minimum 47%
(fertilizer) per farm per year
% of Vulnerable farms decreases by up to 50%

10. Policy/Research forums (AEDD)Policy/Research forums (AEDD)
Tracking & Outscaling Adoption
Participatory Monitoring - CSA Implementer &
5Q approach
National & District
Learning alliances
CSA Implementer
•Register farmer in a
database
•Take mobile KAS
surveys
(Knowledge/Attitude/
Skills)
•Deliver CSA
Information to
facilitators and
farmers
•Collect map
information
Farmer give
feedback by
responding to
automated
phone-surveys
votomobile
•Collect farmers voice
through feedback
surveys
•Deliver CSA
knowledge to farmers
(text/voice)
Project managers
create structured
feedback for
agricultural
development
projects
5Q platform

11. Uganda
• 2014: CSA-RA in 4 Districts in IFAD grant PRELNOR
project site 2014 - 2016
• 2014-2016: 5 CSA Demonstration plots & trainings
• National and District Learning Alliances & Policy
dialogue Platforms
Kenya
• 2016: CSA-RA to be used for prioritizing adaptation
options in 15 counties
Tanzania
CSA-RA Prioritization in Action
Practices prioritized
with experts &
farmers by gender
and by AEZ
Practices prioritized
with experts &
farmers by gender
and by AEZ
Trade-off analysis of
prioritized options
Trade-off analysis of
prioritized options
Cost-benefit analysis
of options
Cost-benefit analysis
of options
Create
implementation and
business plans
Create
implementation and
business plans
• 2014: CSA-RA in 4 Districts in the Southern
Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT)
• 2014-2016: CSA Demonstration trainings
• National and District Learning Alliances & Policy
dialogue Platforms

12. THANK YOU!
http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/28703