Is Climate Smart Agriculture Evergreen? Presentation by Dennis Garrity, Constance Neely and Henry Neufeldt.

1. Is Climate Smart Agriculture
Evergreen?
Dennis Garrity, Constance Neely, Henry
Neufeldt

2. Evidence of impact
1. Eight countries and 8 M hectares of Evergreen
Agriculture are already in place in West,
Eastern and Southern Africa
2. Yield has improved by 30-150 % through
Evergreen Agriculture compared to
conventional management.
3. The impact of Evergreen Agriculture can be
partially attributed to improving farmers
resilience to climate shocks (e.g. more stable
yields of crops and diversification of
enterprises)

3. Going to scale
1. More consistent, rigorous, and long-term research
frameworks are required to improve the evidence base
for Evergreen Agriculture
2. Promote sectoral harmonization and get policy maker
buy-in for Evergreen Agriculture as a low-cost high-
return development option.
3. Climate finance has to be redesigned to make it work
for small holder farmers and diversion of subsidies can
better support integrated systems
4. Successful campaigns for upscaling Evergreen
Agriculture include: great branding, organizations
working in concert, active engagement of mass media,
and an appropriate time frame for action.