A presentation made as a case study during the training course on Livelihoods systems dynamics in rural development course,´ at the Centre for Development Research, BOKU, Austria on 11 March 2015.
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate Variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during a Doctoral Thesis defense at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences on 23 April 2015 at 4 Pm in Seminar room 09 (SCHW-SR-09),
Schwakhöferhaus, EG, Peter Jordanstr. 82, 1190 Wien, Austria.
Climate Change Impacts on the Livelihoods of Vulnerable Groups Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during the International Training Course on climate change adaptation in agriculture and natural resource management organized by Wageningen University and Makerere University. The training course was conducted in February 2015 and it benefited participants from Asia, East, West and Southern Africa.
National Stakeholders sharing sharing workshop on PID and Climate Change Adap...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during the National stakeholders dialogue on Participatory Innovation Development and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Kampala.
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate Variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during a Doctoral Thesis defense at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences on 23 April 2015 at 4 Pm in Seminar room 09 (SCHW-SR-09),
Schwakhöferhaus, EG, Peter Jordanstr. 82, 1190 Wien, Austria.
Climate Change Impacts on the Livelihoods of Vulnerable Groups Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during the International Training Course on climate change adaptation in agriculture and natural resource management organized by Wageningen University and Makerere University. The training course was conducted in February 2015 and it benefited participants from Asia, East, West and Southern Africa.
National Stakeholders sharing sharing workshop on PID and Climate Change Adap...Dr. Joshua Zake
A presentation made during the National stakeholders dialogue on Participatory Innovation Development and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, Kampala.
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation gives highlights from a doctoral research study contributing to sustainable management of smallholder banana farming systems for food security in central Uganda under the prevailing climatic conditions.
Climate change has been reported as a major challenge to livestock production in the pastoral system through their impacts on forage production, water availability, disease risks and thermal stresses. Consequently, causing declining in livestock production. Among the factors that amplify the effects of climate change droughts are perhaps as the most crucial as they adversely affect pastoral livestock production. Droughts have frequently affected Guji- Borana pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, causing substantial livestock losses, declining agricultural production, and food insecurity.
A range of climate prediction models by have shown that Ethiopia expects a 2°C to 4°C increase in temperature and 10% to 30% increase in precipitation by the end of the century. Use of a large-scale climate trends do not necessarily shows local conditions and has failed to address the local impacts, as well as capability of local communities’ adaption to climate change. Hence, understanding the perception of pastoralists’ on climate change and adaptation response at local level is vital. Furthermore, the adaptive mechanisms suggested by the policy makers based on model output may not often favorable to the local communities’ as it lacks the local and/or traditional human and ecological knowledge. This basic information of the pastoralist’ that has been acquired through extensive observation and practices may easily match with time, location and cultural diversity of the people. This in turn helps the pastoralists better understand the climate change implications and respond to adverse effects strategically.
HOW CAN AFRICAN
AGRICULTURE ADAPT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE?
INSIGHTS FROM ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
Edited by Claudia Ringler, Elizabeth Bryan, Rashid M. Hassan,
Tekie Alemu, and Marya Hillesland
Vulnerabilityin the Face of Climate Change and Variability: Perceptions and O...inventionjournals
Rural population in West Africa represents one of the largest vulnerable groups in the world and this vulnerability emanates from the change and variability of the climate over the years. Agriculture in Northern Ghana is rain-fed and the rural population lack adequate resources to adapt to the changing climate. This paper focuses on farm households’ perception of their vulnerability to climate change and copping strategies. Four farming communities in the Wa-West District were purposively selected for the study. The study was basically qualitative which employed Participatory Rural Appraisal methods including interview and Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) in the data collection. A total of 20 farmers were interviewed and 8 FGDs were conducted. The data was analyzed through transcription, detailed description and paraphrasing. Results of the study indicates that farmers generally agreed that there is a change in climate marked by increasing temperatures, shortened rainy season, prolonged dry season, erratic rainfall pattern and high incidence of drought. Farmers attribute the occurrence of these climatic conditions to illicit activities such as incessant armed robbery, killing of innocent people, adultery and people having sex in the bush which made the gods and ancestors of the land angry and therefore changes in climatic elements are punishment from the gods and ancestors. Farm households adopted varied copping strategies to reduce their vulnerability to climate change including sale of their casual labour, charcoal making, petty trading, pito brewing, shea nut collection, shea butter extraction and temporary out-migration to seek for “greener pastures”. It is recommended that the Ghana Meteorological Service Department should collaborate with the local radio stations to broadcast weather forecast in the local languages targeted at rural farmers so that they could properly plan their farming activities during the rainy season. Keywords: Vulnerability, Climate C
30.Farmers field school ( ffs agro ecosystem analysis (AESA) A Series of Lect...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Director IPM ( Master Trainer ) KPK Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) Islamabad Pakistan
Determinants of Soil Conservation: An Insight of Tea SmallholdersBRNSS Publication Hub
Soil erosion is one of the most devastating problems in Sri Lanka, which threatens the sustainability of Agriculture. To design future policy and effective outreach, this study examines the factors behind farmers’ decision making attitude of soil conservation. The study was conducted in Ratnapura District. Hundred tea smallholder farmers were selected by following multistage random sampling, and primary data were collected through administrating a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient was employed between soil conservation attitude which was measured on a scale that consisted of 15 soil conservation measures, and farmers’ socio-economic and other factors considered in the study. Results obtained that age, level of education, income, property size, and, awareness on soil erosion, and associated problems with it were influencing on decision-making attitude of soil conservation while gender was not a significant factor. The study suggested obtaining farmers’ decision-making in soil conservation practices will require the use of various implementation tools such as subsidy, technical assistance, teaching, and extension efforts as well as it should facilitate regional social capital formulation to enable and thrive in the collective decision of soil conservation.
Climate Change and Vulnerability in Ghana by Justice Ampofo AgyeiJustice Ampofo
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats to the livelihood of forest dependent communities in developing countries. The impacts of climate change on ecosystem services and the livelihood of communities surrounding the SRFR have been identified in this paper. These communities are very vulnerable due to their high dependence on ecosystem services and their low capacity to climate change impacts. Sectors that are adversely affected by climate change include agriculture, biodiversity, and water resources. These impacts are most likely to deepen poverty, food insecurity and the poor livelihoods of the communities. To address these negative impacts, the communities have adapted various adaptation strategies in agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and water resources management to minimize climate change impacts. To improve ecosystem services, adaptation to climate change impacts, the resilience and capacity of the local communities, it is important to put in place appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Suitability mapping to support development of resilient communities and livel...Innspub Net
The inevitable effects of climate change in the agriculture sector are easily underestimated by agencies and stakeholders, having no means of quantifying them. For these effects to be accurately estimated, a system or method for calculation of the effects is needed. This paper addresses the problem through suitability modeling using GIS to evaluate the suitability of four primary crops like banana, coffee, pineapple and peanut using the relevant variables of slope, elevation, soil, land cover, rainfall, and temperature under RCP 4.5 scenario in municipalities of Amulung, Camalaniugan and Gonzaga, Cagayan, Philippines. It further investigated the suitability of the areas when hazards like flooding and landslide were considered. Results of suitability modeling revealed that pineapple is the most suitable followed by peanut, coffee, then banana. The final suitability maps generated showed that the suitable areas for production of the four different commodities changed greatly when the hazard component is included. Mitigation activities can be applied to increase the suitable areas for crop production. Adaptation through growing crops more resilient to climate change effects can also be undertaken.
Role of watershed management in reducing soil erosion zewde azewde alemayehu
Soil is one of the most important and essential natural resources. Soils offer plants physical support, air, water, temperature moderation, nutrients, and protection from toxins. Soils provide readily available nutrients to plants and animals by converting dead organic matter into various nutrient forms.
Smallholder Banana Farming Systems and Climate variability: Understanding the...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation gives highlights from a doctoral research study contributing to sustainable management of smallholder banana farming systems for food security in central Uganda under the prevailing climatic conditions.
Climate change has been reported as a major challenge to livestock production in the pastoral system through their impacts on forage production, water availability, disease risks and thermal stresses. Consequently, causing declining in livestock production. Among the factors that amplify the effects of climate change droughts are perhaps as the most crucial as they adversely affect pastoral livestock production. Droughts have frequently affected Guji- Borana pastoralists of southern Ethiopia, causing substantial livestock losses, declining agricultural production, and food insecurity.
A range of climate prediction models by have shown that Ethiopia expects a 2°C to 4°C increase in temperature and 10% to 30% increase in precipitation by the end of the century. Use of a large-scale climate trends do not necessarily shows local conditions and has failed to address the local impacts, as well as capability of local communities’ adaption to climate change. Hence, understanding the perception of pastoralists’ on climate change and adaptation response at local level is vital. Furthermore, the adaptive mechanisms suggested by the policy makers based on model output may not often favorable to the local communities’ as it lacks the local and/or traditional human and ecological knowledge. This basic information of the pastoralist’ that has been acquired through extensive observation and practices may easily match with time, location and cultural diversity of the people. This in turn helps the pastoralists better understand the climate change implications and respond to adverse effects strategically.
HOW CAN AFRICAN
AGRICULTURE ADAPT TO
CLIMATE CHANGE?
INSIGHTS FROM ETHIOPIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
Edited by Claudia Ringler, Elizabeth Bryan, Rashid M. Hassan,
Tekie Alemu, and Marya Hillesland
Vulnerabilityin the Face of Climate Change and Variability: Perceptions and O...inventionjournals
Rural population in West Africa represents one of the largest vulnerable groups in the world and this vulnerability emanates from the change and variability of the climate over the years. Agriculture in Northern Ghana is rain-fed and the rural population lack adequate resources to adapt to the changing climate. This paper focuses on farm households’ perception of their vulnerability to climate change and copping strategies. Four farming communities in the Wa-West District were purposively selected for the study. The study was basically qualitative which employed Participatory Rural Appraisal methods including interview and Focused Group Discussions (FGDs) in the data collection. A total of 20 farmers were interviewed and 8 FGDs were conducted. The data was analyzed through transcription, detailed description and paraphrasing. Results of the study indicates that farmers generally agreed that there is a change in climate marked by increasing temperatures, shortened rainy season, prolonged dry season, erratic rainfall pattern and high incidence of drought. Farmers attribute the occurrence of these climatic conditions to illicit activities such as incessant armed robbery, killing of innocent people, adultery and people having sex in the bush which made the gods and ancestors of the land angry and therefore changes in climatic elements are punishment from the gods and ancestors. Farm households adopted varied copping strategies to reduce their vulnerability to climate change including sale of their casual labour, charcoal making, petty trading, pito brewing, shea nut collection, shea butter extraction and temporary out-migration to seek for “greener pastures”. It is recommended that the Ghana Meteorological Service Department should collaborate with the local radio stations to broadcast weather forecast in the local languages targeted at rural farmers so that they could properly plan their farming activities during the rainy season. Keywords: Vulnerability, Climate C
30.Farmers field school ( ffs agro ecosystem analysis (AESA) A Series of Lect...Mr.Allah Dad Khan
A Series of Lectures By Mr. Allah Dad Khan Provincial Director IPM ( Master Trainer ) KPK Ministry of Food Agriculture and Livestock (MINFAL) Islamabad Pakistan
Determinants of Soil Conservation: An Insight of Tea SmallholdersBRNSS Publication Hub
Soil erosion is one of the most devastating problems in Sri Lanka, which threatens the sustainability of Agriculture. To design future policy and effective outreach, this study examines the factors behind farmers’ decision making attitude of soil conservation. The study was conducted in Ratnapura District. Hundred tea smallholder farmers were selected by following multistage random sampling, and primary data were collected through administrating a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Pearson correlation coefficient was employed between soil conservation attitude which was measured on a scale that consisted of 15 soil conservation measures, and farmers’ socio-economic and other factors considered in the study. Results obtained that age, level of education, income, property size, and, awareness on soil erosion, and associated problems with it were influencing on decision-making attitude of soil conservation while gender was not a significant factor. The study suggested obtaining farmers’ decision-making in soil conservation practices will require the use of various implementation tools such as subsidy, technical assistance, teaching, and extension efforts as well as it should facilitate regional social capital formulation to enable and thrive in the collective decision of soil conservation.
Climate Change and Vulnerability in Ghana by Justice Ampofo AgyeiJustice Ampofo
Climate change is one of the greatest environmental, social and economic threats to the livelihood of forest dependent communities in developing countries. The impacts of climate change on ecosystem services and the livelihood of communities surrounding the SRFR have been identified in this paper. These communities are very vulnerable due to their high dependence on ecosystem services and their low capacity to climate change impacts. Sectors that are adversely affected by climate change include agriculture, biodiversity, and water resources. These impacts are most likely to deepen poverty, food insecurity and the poor livelihoods of the communities. To address these negative impacts, the communities have adapted various adaptation strategies in agriculture, biodiversity conservation, and water resources management to minimize climate change impacts. To improve ecosystem services, adaptation to climate change impacts, the resilience and capacity of the local communities, it is important to put in place appropriate mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Suitability mapping to support development of resilient communities and livel...Innspub Net
The inevitable effects of climate change in the agriculture sector are easily underestimated by agencies and stakeholders, having no means of quantifying them. For these effects to be accurately estimated, a system or method for calculation of the effects is needed. This paper addresses the problem through suitability modeling using GIS to evaluate the suitability of four primary crops like banana, coffee, pineapple and peanut using the relevant variables of slope, elevation, soil, land cover, rainfall, and temperature under RCP 4.5 scenario in municipalities of Amulung, Camalaniugan and Gonzaga, Cagayan, Philippines. It further investigated the suitability of the areas when hazards like flooding and landslide were considered. Results of suitability modeling revealed that pineapple is the most suitable followed by peanut, coffee, then banana. The final suitability maps generated showed that the suitable areas for production of the four different commodities changed greatly when the hazard component is included. Mitigation activities can be applied to increase the suitable areas for crop production. Adaptation through growing crops more resilient to climate change effects can also be undertaken.
Role of watershed management in reducing soil erosion zewde azewde alemayehu
Soil is one of the most important and essential natural resources. Soils offer plants physical support, air, water, temperature moderation, nutrients, and protection from toxins. Soils provide readily available nutrients to plants and animals by converting dead organic matter into various nutrient forms.
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Mission: Appalachian School of Technologies and Arts (ASTA)
The Appalachian School of Technologies and Arts (ASTA) bridges folk, proven, and emerging technologies and arts. ASTA engages folk arts and folk technologies not as unchangeable relics, but as living and changing expressions and practices that enrich our collective capabilities, especially community-based and community-serving innovation. ASTA serves as an incubator and educational center for folk, proven, and emerging technologies and arts as modes of expression for traditional and new technological and artistic identities. With Appalachia as its locus, ASTA teaches and engages with folk, proven, and emerging technologies and arts from around the world. With traditional, proven, emerging arts and technologies as its focus, ASTA teaches and engages with the best and most innovative global and emerging arts and technologies from around the world.
Proposed Features, based on the best practices in community education and innovation incubation for technology to solve local issues first:
The Appalachian School of Technologies and Arts builds on the Barefoot College model of community education. It is:
No tuition or sliding scale
All ages
Focused on current community residents, especially local underemployed or unemployed women or men
Non-academic (no state-certified or other accredited certificates, degrees, etc.)
Non term limit (you can attend for as long as you like)
Smallholder Farmers’ Adaptation Strategies to Climate Change: The Case of Ank...Premier Publishers
Climate change is posing serious environmental, economic, and social impacts in the study area where people’s livelihoods depend on agriculture. This study was initiated to identify the existing adaptation strategies persuaded by smallholder farmers, and factors affecting the choices of adaptation strategies against climate change in Ankesha Guagusa district. Primary data were collected from a randomly selected 156 sample households in the district through interview method and focus group discussion whereas secondary data were collected from different organizations and published sources. Descriptive statistics, and econometric model were employed to achieve the stated objectives. The result of multivariate probit model showed that the likelihood of households to adopt irrigation, improved crop varieties, adjusting planting date, use crop diversification, and soil and water conservation practices were 46.79%, 52.26%, 45.51%, 69.68% and 78.20%, respectively. The result also shows that the joint probability of using all adaptation strategies was 11.53% and the joint probability of failure to adopt all of the adaptation strategies was 7.7%. The model result also confirms that sex, educational level, family size, livestock holding, land holding, off/non-farm income, farm income, extension contact, credit used, access to climate information, distance to market, and agro-ecological zone had significant effect on climate change adaptation strategies. Therefore, future policies shall focus on the smallholder farmers’ technical capacity through adult education system, and on updated extension services, improving credit facilities, irrigation facilities, farm and off-farm income earning opportunities, and use of new crop varieties that are more suited to the local environment.
Climate change effects and their implications on agriculture in uganda 12 oct...Dr. Joshua Zake
This paper was presented at National Climate Change Dialogue organized by PELUM-Uganda, 19th October 2012, Hotel Africana, Kampala Uganda. The theme of the dialogue was, 'National Climate Change Policy and its responsiveness to Small Holder Farmers.'
This is a presentation for CCAFS East Africa by Philip Kimeli at the Symposium on Climate Change Adaptation in Africa 2016 "Fostering African Resilience and Capacity to Adapt" in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 21st-23rd February 2016
The International Journal of Engineering and Science (The IJES)theijes
The International Journal of Engineering & Science is aimed at providing a platform for researchers, engineers, scientists, or educators to publish their original research results, to exchange new ideas, to disseminate information in innovative designs, engineering experiences and technological skills. It is also the Journal's objective to promote engineering and technology education. All papers submitted to the Journal will be blind peer-reviewed. Only original articles will be published.
Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar - Uncertainty from withinSTEPS Centre
Workshop on climate change and uncertainty from below and above, Delhi. http://steps-centre.org/2016/blog/climate-change-and-uncertainty-from-above-and-below/
Decadal climate information, decision-making and risk management in sub-Saharan African agricultural and food systems: Lessons from southern and eastern Africa
Presentation: Farmer-led climate adaptation - Project launch and overview by ...AICCRA
The Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) in collaboration with Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA), is implementing a project to showcase best practice examples of farmer-led adaptation in managing the negative impacts of climate change on agriculture.
This presentation was given at the project launch on 30 April 2024, by Romy Chevallier, AICCRA Policy and Engagement Specialist.
Journal of The Earth Science and Climate Change is a peer reviewed academic journal that cater to the needs of Earth Scientists, farmers, extensive agents, researchers and students. This Open access journal publishes high quality articles following rigorous and standard review procedure.
Rights, rewards and responsibilities: the future of Land Stewardship. Land re...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during a 2-days preparatory workshop to inform and raise awareness of stakeholders and to review country position paper on key priority negotiation issues at Conference of Parties (CoP) 15, that is due in in Abidjan, Ivory Cost from 9 - 20 May 2022. This was organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization.
The presentation highlight some key issues and recommendations for reflection ahead of the CoP 15.
Key outcomes of the Technology Needs Assessment for the Forestry Sub-sector.Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered at the launch event for the Climate Technology Needs Assessment Report for Uganda. The event was organized by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology at the Hilton Garden Inn, Kampala on 21st March 2021. It presents the key outcomes of the Technology Needs Assessment for the Forestry sub sector in Uganda.
The role of Environmental Alert (EA), Networks and CSO partners and how they ...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation underpins the roles of the Environment and Natural Resources Civil Society Organizations (ENR-CSOs) in Uganda regarding effective implementation of the The role of Environmental Alert (EA), Networks and CSO partners and how they will contribute to successful implementation of the, ´Investing in Forests and Protected Areas for Climate Smart Development (IFPA-CD)’ Project.´ Thus, it also presents possible communication and coordination mechanisms mechanisms and strategies to advance meaningful poarticipation of the ENR-CSOs in project implementation.
National Forestry Policy Review; key emerging issues for Reflection and consi...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during a workshop that involved Members of Parliament on the Natural Resources and Climate Change Committee of Parliament. The workshop was organized by the Ecological Christian Organization. The objective of the workshop was to create awareness among the Honorable members of Parliament about the ongoing review of the National Forestry Policy, (a process coordinated by the Forest Sector Support Department in the Ministry of Water and Environment). Furthermore, to get their general feedback and specific inputs into the review process with due consideration of the various emerging issues in the Forestry sector over the last 18 years since the forestry policy and legal framework came into force in 2001 and 2003, respectively. Thus, the presentation raised various emerging issues in this respect for consideration during the review process and also suggested recommendation on how the Honorable Members of Parliament should proactively engage in the process to ensure that resultant policy framework adequately addresses the emerging issues and also stands the taste of time.
Addressing the Challenge of Climate Change and Environmental Degradation; A C...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation underscores the challenge of climate change and environmental degradation in respect to sustainable livelihoods, economic development and transformation. It underpins some actions and initiatives taken at the global and national levels to address the issues and suggests practical actions and recommendations for reflection for implementation going forward to advance climate change adaptation, environmental restoration & sustainable management.
Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change Adaptation in the Forestry Sec...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during the 3rd Water and Environment Week, 2020 - organized by the Water Resources Institute - Ministry of Water and Environment and Partners in the period 16-18th September 2020. This events involved key stakeholders in the Water and Environment Sector for purposes of networking, information exchange and policy dialogue of key issues in the sector. Further information about UWEWK is available at: http://envalert.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Call-for-Abstracts-UWEWK-2020.pdf
The presentation gives the highlights of the Uganda Technology Needs Assessment Process, with a focus on the Forestry sector. Thus, it the prioritized technologies for advancing climate change adaptation in the forestry sub-sector in Uganda.
ENR-CSOs annual performance Report, 2019/20, Septemeber 2020.Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was delivered to key Water and Environment Sector stakeholders during the Ministry of Water and Environment Sector Performance Review/Validation Meeting
2020. The presentation provides highlights of the consolidated annual performance and contribution of the Environment and Natural Resources Civil Society Organizations contributions to the Water and Environment sector in Uganda. It also presents some of the key recommendations for consideration by the duty bearers and stakeholders towards addressing the Water and Environment sector challenges.
Certification in Uganda: Opportunities for forestry policy and law review pro...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during an interactive session in a training workshop on, ‘Forest Certification Module,‘ organized by the Ecological Christian Organization at Esella Country Resort Hotel, 17th July 2020. The presentation focus on, ‘Certification in Uganda: Opportunities for forestry policy and law review process.’ Thus, it highlights the emerging issues in respect to forest certification in Uganda and suggests recommendation of how these should be addressed in the ongoing review of the national forestry policy and legal framework in Uganda. This process is currently spearheaded and coordinated by the Forestry Sector Support Department (FSSD) of the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE).
Barrier Analyses and Enabling Framework Report for the Prioritized technologi...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered during the national stakeholder’s workshop on barrier analyses and enabling framework for prioritized technologies for advancing climate change adaptation in the Agriculture, Forestry & Water sectors and mitigation in the Energy sector in Uganda.
The meeting was organized by the Uganda National Council of Science and Technology (UNCST) in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovations (MoSTI). It was held on 16-17th March 2020 1t UNCST offices in Ntinda, Kampala, Uganda.
This article was published in the New Vision of 1st January 2020.
It highlight the importance of the energy sector to livelihoods and overall economic development in Uganda. The underlying registered achievements by the Government of Uganda and partners. It will also underscore the implications of climate change and variability to the sector and lastly what should be done to have the sector adapted to climate change impacts by suggesting some targeted policy and practice recommendations.
Forestry in Uganda; Which way is it heading? Dr. Joshua Zake
This article was published in the Miti Magazine Issue 43 – July-September 2019 on pages, 46-49.
It presents and discusses the status of the forestry sector Uganda; the underlying emerging issues; the ongoing policy initiatives by Government and partners and suggests key recommendations for reflection and consideration to address some of the issues as part of the process for implementation of the forestry policies and strategies at different scales.
Curbing bush burning - A quick win to resilient and sustainable sesame produc...Dr. Joshua Zake
This key note address was prepared and presented to initiate discussions during a two (2) day Multi stakeholder platform (MSP) that took place from the 17th to 18th of December 2019 at Golden Peace Hotel in Gulu town. It was organized by SNV-Uganda as one of the outputs under the CRAFT project.
The project implementation is led by SNV in partnership with Wageningen University and Research, Department of Environment and Research (WEnR), CGIAR’s Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), AgriTerra and Rabo partnerships. The Climate resilient Agribusiness for tomorrow (CRAFT) project is a 5-year project that operates in in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Further information about the project is vailable at: https://snv.org/project/climate-resilient-agribusiness-tomorrow-craft
The objectives of the meeting were:
a. Understand the reason behind persistent bush burning and occasional shifting cultivation as a method of land clearing in Sesame production
b. Reflection on bush burning as a practice; and its effects on the biophysical and chemical environment.
c. Discuss possible remedial actions to curb the vice and agree on actionable points to prevent the use of bush burning as a method of land clearing.
d. Institute a working committee to take lead in implementing; and overseeing the implementation of strategy against the practice
Prolonged Droughts. Westnile and Northern Uganda on Fire. An article featured...Dr. Joshua Zake
I recently retrieved this article earlier published in the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) News in June 2011.
Unregulated bush burning is still a major challenge globally, nationally and locally. It’s associated with destruction and loss.
In this article the experiences of unregulated bush burning, particularly in West Nile and Northern Uganda is presented and discussed while suggesting some practical recommendations to deal with the issue.
Consultations with the Leadership, CSOs and Community in Greater Kampala Metr...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was delivered during the WATER SECURITY ACTION AND INVESTMENT PLAN (WSAIP) for Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) mission multi-stakeholder workshop held on 5th December 2019 at Golf course Hotel in Kampala.
It provides key highlights of the experiences of UWASNET and the ENR-CSO Network in respect to consultations with the Leadership, CSOs and Community in Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area (GKMA) in the development of the Water Security Action and Investment Plan.
The workshop was conducted within the framework of the WSAIP project implemented by the Ministry of Water and Environment in collaboration with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) with funding from DFID’s Cities and Infrastructure for Growth Program and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and through coordination of GIZ under the International Water Stewardship Program (GIZ IWaSP).
The workshop provided opportunity for updating participants on the progress in developing the WSAIP. Participants will have the opportunity to validate the process used and interface with the consultant Industrial Economics Incorporated (IEc) who has supported the development of the plan and the WSAIP Tools i.e. the water security planning tool and project investment model.
The three overarching objectives of the WSAIP are:
(a) To build evidence of baseline and continued trends, the benefits of a water secure future, and the benefits of investment and action
(b) To use the evidence to catalyze actions and investments that systematically reduce water security risks and improve resilience
(c) To empower key stakeholders to understand, prioritize and monitor the changing landscape of water security and environmental threats.
WSAIP is a participatory stakeholder empowerment process delivering a multi-stakeholder owned plan to improve Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area’s water security, with the commitment of stakeholders to implement that plan. The plan will be comprised of a series of actions and investments options that improve water security in Greater Kampala that cut across water supply and sanitation services, water resources management, solid waste management, and urban and land-use planning to create an integrated approach to understanding and improving water security.
Over the last 10 months the project has implemented several successful activities with support and participation of various stakeholders from the private sector, government and civil society organizations.
Discussions for agreement on the specific details for the expansion of Agoro ...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was prepared and delivered for discussions during the District Level Stakeholders Meeting for Agoro-Agu Landscape Platform Expansion, which was organized by the International Union for conservation of Nature on 6th June 2019. It highlighted key considerations for reflection to inform establishment of the platform in terms of focus and governance structures.
A Renewable Energy Civil Society Organization (RECSO) Network Memorandum/Posi...Dr. Joshua Zake
This is a memorandum/position paper is prepared by the Renewable Energy Civil Society Organization Network1 on the Draft National Energy Policy version of October 20192. It presents salient gaps in the policy and suggests practical recommendations of how they could be addressed in the Draft National Energy Policy document. It’s submitted to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) for review and consideration of the recommendations into the final Energy Policy. The memorandum was generated based on gap analyses and synthesis of comments and inputs on the draft energy policy from individual members of the network. Furthermore, the draft memorandum was validated during a workshop organized by Environmental Alert, as the host for the RECSO Network Secretariat. The validation workshop was held on 1st November, 2009 at Imperial Royal Hotel and it actively involved participation of 30 (18 Males and 12 Females) members of network3. Other key stakeholders who participated included the Assistant Commissioner as a representative of the MEMD and the representative of the Consultants facilitating the process for review of the National Energy Policy, (2002). This engagement is part of the Environmental Alert led outputs under the project titled, ‘Increasing access to sustainable and renewable energy alternatives in the Albertine Graben,’ with financial support from Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation through World Wide Fund-Uganda Country Office. The memorandum/position paper presents both general and specific gaps and recommendations as detailed in sections 2 & 3 for consideration in the final National Energy Policy. The RECSO Network is available through the secretariat and steering committee to provide more information and clarifications on the memorandum/position paper.
School water, sanitation & hygiene (wash) clubs; indicators of an active club...Dr. Joshua Zake
This presentation was made and delivered during an engagement with school leadership of 5 selected Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) schools in Kampala - with an objective of strengthening School Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Clubs based on their role and contributions for advancing inclusive and sustainable WASH in schools. This is part of an initiative by Environmental Alert in collaboration with KCCA and Water Aid Uganda through the framework of the Sustainable WASH project. WASH project.
Sugarcane and Tobacco growing in Uganda: impacts on soil and water systems – ...Dr. Joshua Zake
In this paper, I shared issues and insights for sustainable production of agro-commodities using sugarcane and tobacco in Uganda as a case. It was presented during the stakeholders dialogue & inception meeting on, ‘Support to communities and private sector to develop partnerships for sustainable management of natural resources, ecosystem services, chemicals and waste management, held in Gulu and Masindi.
The meeting was organized by Tree Talk Plus in collaboration with the ENR-CSO Network, Environmental Alert, Ministry of water & Environment and United Nations Development Program through the framework of the Inclusive Growth for Poverty Reduction Program.
The Role of civil society organizations in the promotion of sustainable Bioma...Dr. Joshua Zake
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Summary of the Climate and Energy Policy of Australia
Climate change preparedness and adaptation: a case of smallholder farmers in central Uganda.
1. Joshua Zake, Doctoral Candidate
Centre for Development Research, University of Natural
Resources and Life Sciences
Email: joshua.zake@boku.ac.at or joszake@gmail.com
Climate change preparedness and
adaptation; A case of smallholder
farmers in Central Uganda
Presented at the training course on livelihood systems dynamics in rural
development (1 SSt S, 25 2014/15 - 1693040), 11/03/15, Centre for
Development Research.
2. Outline of presentation
• Definition of selected terms
• Examples of climate change disasters in central Uganda
• Impacts of climate change on livelihoods of smallholder
farmers
• Preparedness for climate change disaster impacts at
community level
• Farmers responses – early actions for adaption and
mitigation
• Discussions/interactions
3. Definition of selected terms
• Climate is the prevailing or average weather
conditions of a place as determined by the
temperature and meteorological change over a period
of time. Various factors determine climate and the
most important are rainfall and temperature.
• Climate variability is defined as the change in the
mean state and other statistics (such as standard
deviations, the occurrence of extremes) of the climate
on all temporal and spatial scales beyond that of
individual weather events.
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4. Definition of selected terms
• Climate change adaptation refers to adjustments in
practices, processes, or structures to take into account
changing climate conditions, to moderate potential
damages, or to benefit from opportunities associated with
climate change.
• Disaster is a sudden event that seriously disrupts the
functioning of a community or society and causes human,
material, and economic or environmental losses that
exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using
its own resources.
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5. Definition of selected terms
Disaster preparedness refers to the knowledge and
capacities developed by stakeholders to effectively
anticipate, respond to and recover from the impacts of likely,
imminent or current disaster events or conditions.
It is based on sound analyses of disaster risks and good
linkages with early-warning systems.
Early warning early action is routinely taking humanitarian
action before a disaster happens, making full use of
scientific information on all time scales.
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6. Study site
• Banana and Coffee are major food and cash in Uganda.
• Uganda is 11th
largest producer of coffee in the World and 2nd
largest producer of bananas in Africa.
• Central Uganda is the traditional banana growing region from
which it spread to other parts of the Country.
• Banana grown as monoculture or banana-coffee agroforestry.
• Dominant soils are highly old weathered Ferralsols.
• Rainfall is bimodal; Annual average is 1320 mm.
• Climate variability disasters cause destruction of plantations
increasing the risks of food shortages.
7. Study site: Mpigi district, Central Uganda
Coordinates for Mpigi district: 000
14’
N 320
20’
E
Zake and Hauser (2014).
8. Paper 2– Zake et al. (2015). J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci.
9. Materials and methods
• Literature review to understand knowledge about the research
focus.
• Preparation of research tools i.e. semi-structured survey
questionnaires and check lists for key informants and focus group
discussions.
• Survey research tools were tailored to integrate gender issues as
appropriate.
• The were pre-tested before the full scale administration.
10. Materials and methods
Farmer selection
•The farmers who participated in the interviews and the focus
group discussions were selected randomly using existing lists of
official registered farmers’ groups at sub-county level and list of
respondents involved in the household survey, respectively.
•On-farm interviews were conducted among 133 farmers using
the semi-structured questionnaires.
•2 focus group discussions were conducted involving at least 15
respondents.
11. Data collection and analyses
• Interactive interviews were
conducted with 30 key informants at
national and local levels.
• Data generated using the semi-
structured survey questionnaires
were analyzed using SPSS 16 to
generate percentages for variables
and correlations between the
variables using Chi-square.
13. Impacts of climate change disasters
• Destruction of crops – reduced or no harvests; no food for
eat
• Death of livestock – loss of products (milk, eggs, manure)
and security
• Overall results in household food insecurity, poor nutrition
and health
• Loss of income – failure to meet basic livelihood needs..
Paper 1 - Zake and Hauser (2014).
14. Table 2. Respondent’s perceptions of occurrence of climate change disasters in the last 2–5
years vs. engaging in off-farm income-generating activities as a result of climate variability
(N = 133).
Paper 1 - Zake and Hauser (2014).
15. Figure 1. Interaction between key actors and farmers in the implementation of
community early warning actions in Mpigi district.
Paper 1 - Zake and Hauser (2014).
19. Conclusion
• Farmers perceived prolonged droughts, increased pests
and diseases outbreaks in crops and livestock as a
consequence of climate change as the major climate
change disasters.
• The inadequate implementation of climate change
disaster preparedness strategies at community level
triggers early actions by farmers.
20. Recommendations
• Effective implementation of disaster preparedness
strategies is needed to avert the current negative climate
change disasters impacts on community livelihood;
• Farmer’s early actions for addressing climate change
disasters should be integrated in the implementation of
the climate change disaster policy strategies at
household, village and sub-county levels in Mpigi district.
• Strengthening of climate change disaster safety nets
based on off-farm income-generating activities should be
explored
21. Selected references for further reading
• IFRC – International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
(2008a). Early Warning > Early Action.
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. (2001). Third assessment report.
United Nations Environment Program.
• United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction. (2009).
Terminology on disaster risk reduction. Geneva: United Nations.
• Paper 1 - Zake, J. and Hauser, M. (2014). Farmers' perceptions of
implementation of climate variability disaster preparedness strategies in Central
Uganda. Journal of Environmental Hazards. doi:10.1080/17477891.2014.910491
• Paper 2 - Zake, J., Pietsch, S. A., Friedel, J. K. and Zechmeister-Boltenstern, S.
(2015). Can agroforestry improve soil fertility and carbon storage in smallholder
banana farming systems?. J. Plant Nutr. Soil Sci. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201400281
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