1. Integrating Climate Smartness
into
Sustainable Land Management
The EU/MOA/GIZ Project of the
Global Climate Change Alliance in
Ethiopia

2. Effects of Climate Change
→ Droughts and floods
→ Accelerated Land Degradation
→ Poorer crops and livestock productivity
→ Less food
→ Lower incomes

3. Managing Climate Risks in Agriculture
The new perspective of an integrated threefold
approach
Carbon
Mitigation sequestration
Behavior and
Adaptation
practice
Livelihood Food security
and income

4. Greenhouse Gas Emission
Soil Eroison Contributes
one third of
Agriculture global
greenhouse
Livestock gas
emmissions
Deforestation
[Source: IPCC (2007)

5. Mitigation Actions in Agriculture
Increasing soil carbon Increasing forest cover
Increasing vegetation cover Reducing livestock emissions

6. No‐regret Actions for Adaptation
Improve water use efficiency Conserve soil moisture
Manage evapo‐transpiration Improve institutions

7. Climate Resilient Development
Design standards and regulations Investment priorities
New crop varieties Infrastructure

8. GCCA‐E Project objectives of the
EU/MOA/GIZ Project
Adaptation
Development
Triple
Win
Mitigation
This can be achieved by practicing climate smart agrigulture

9. Climate Smart Agriculture
Synergies

10. Sustainable participatory forest
management
• Afforestation/reforestation of degraded lands
 Nursery Development and planting
 Physical and biological conservation measures;
 Area Enclosure
• Reduced Deforestation and Forests Degradation
 Use of energy saving technologies
 Sustainable Forest management

11. Climate Smart crop production
• Improving moisture use efficiency, soil and water
conservation
• Promotion of agronomic practices to improve soil
fertility and health (increased carbon sink)
• Promote improved field and horticultural crop
varieties
• Promote integrated disease and pest management
techniques

12. Climate smart livestock production
• Promote eco‐system adapted
livestock systems with stall feeding
• Promote destocking through use of
improved breeds
• Improve productivity, value chain
development
• Use of lower emitting sources of
protein
• Promote bee keeping activities

13. Resilient and ample water supplies
• Promote water harvesting technologies
• Construct and upgrade small scale
irrigation schemes
• Improve irrigation water use efficiency
• Spring Development in rehabilitated
Watersheds

14. Sustainability and ‘lock in’ mechanisms
• Create an enabling environment at community level to
enhance Carbon Smart Agriculture
• Develop farmer‐friendly incentive mechanisms and
guidelines for implementation
• Support the establishment of appropriate institutions
and GCCA innovations
• Buffer risks of farmers for adaptation of new
technologies and approaches
• Preparedness for carbon trade

15. Policy framework and innovative
institutions
• Development conducive Policy framework
conditions for the agricultural sector in line
with the Ethiopian CRGE initiative
• Support the establishment of appropriate
institutions and GCCA innovations

16. Climate Smart Agriculture
a part of the
Climate Change Solution