Dr. Hanne Knaepen ECDPM 12 October 2016 2nd ACSAA Annual Forum, Nairobi

1. Dr. Hanne Knaepen
12 October 2016
2nd ACSAA Annual Forum, Nairobi
Scaling-up CSA in Africa
challenges & way forward

2. Outline
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• CSA in Africa: an overview
2
• Challenges to scaling-up CSA
3
• Solution: an inclusive, bottom-up approach
4
• Case study: the cassava value chain
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• Way forward: 4 questions for debate

3. 1. CSA in Africa: an overview
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4. 1. CSA in Africa: an overview
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Source: OECD, 2014.
Global / Continental
Regional
National
Local

5. 1. CSA in Africa: an overview (cont.)
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Source: OECD, 2014.
Global /
Continental
Regional
National
Local
Local
National
Regional
Global /
continental

6. 2. Challenges to scaling-up CSA
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2. Challenges to scaling-up CSA
Knowledge
Finance
Governance

8. 3. Solution: an inclusive, bottom-up
approach
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3. Solution: an inclusive, bottom-up approach
Knowledge
StakeholdersPolicies
Resources

10. 4. Case study: the cassava value
chain
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4. Case study: the cassava value chain
• Cassava is a very important food security crop in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Various ways to measure climate impacts of cassava climate impacts:
Life Cycle Assessment is a framework to measure environmental impact along the entire
value chain. Within LCA, there are various tools, e.g. Ex-Ante Carbon Tool (EX-ACT), FAO
IFAD: Climate-risk assessments within value chain projects
UNEP: The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB)
Measure climate
impact
Apply climate-
smart practices
Use an inclusive,
bottom-up
approach

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4. Case study: the cassava value chain (cont.)
Measure climate
impact
Apply climate-
smart practices
Use an inclusive,
bottom-up
approach
1. Pre-production stage: no strong climate/environmental constraints
1. Production stage: land-use impacts
1. Post-production stage: food waste impacts

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4. Case study: the cassava value chain (cont.)
Table – the 3 pillars of CSA (compiled by ECDPM, 2015, http://ecdpm.org/publications/making-agriculture-africa-climate-smart/

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4. Case study: the cassava value chain (cont.)
Measure climate
impact
Apply climate-
smart practices
Use an inclusive,
bottom-up
approach
Knowledge
StakeholdersPolicies
Resources
With special focus on incentives for the private
sector!!
What farmers need: diversification +
commercialisation + extensification

15. 5. Way forward: 4 questions for
debate
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5. Way forward: 4 questions for debate
1
How to ensure access to climate funds for
smallholder farmers?
2
How to leverage more climate funds, precisely
from African sources?
3
How to ensure that the science and funding
play out at the ground with complex dynamics?
4
How to implement the NDCs in an innovative
way?

17. Thank you very much.
www.ecdpm.org
Hanne Knaepen
hk@ecdpm.org
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