Presentation given at the high-level panel on Resilient Agriculture organized by the High Commission of the 3N Initiative (Nigeriens Nourish Nigeriens) and the World Bank, Niamey - Niger. Andreea Nowak (CIAT)

1. Andreea C.
Nowak
STRATEGIC
SUPPORT FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT
OF A
CLIMATE-SMART
AGRICULTURE
SECTOR IN
NIGER
29 July 2015
Niamey, Niger
a.c.nowak@cigar.org

2. Overview
Introduction: CIAT research on agriculture and
climate change
CSA Plan: A guide for scaling out CSA
2.1. Objectives of the CSA Plan
2.2. Components
CSA Country Profile (CSA CP)
CSA Prioritization Framework (CSA PF)
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3. The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
1CIAT
CIAT Annual Report 2014

4. 1
OBJECTIVES STRATEGIES
Reasearch on sustainable
food systems
Restauration of rural
landscaped for food
security and livelihoods
systems
Tropical forrages for win-
win agricultural systems
Strengthe
n value
chains
Stimulate
production
and
nutrition
Promote
climate-
smart
agriculture
CIAT
CIAT Annual Report 2014
The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

5. CIAT: research on climate change (1)
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Climate
wizzard
(Analysis of
climate
risks)
Climate
suitability
analysis
Läderach et al. (2013)
Girvetz et al (2013).
CIAT

6. 6
Improved forage systems
Land Degradation
Surveillance Framework
Restauration of degraded soils
(Initiative 20x20)
Partenship for Water Fund (Tana-
Nairobi) (CIAT, TNC, etc.)
Big Data Analysis (using artificial
neural networks)
CIAT
CIAT: research on climate change(2)
Scaling out Climate-Smart
Agriculture
1
Photos: Nathan Russell (CIAT), Georgina Smith (CIAT)

7. CSA Plan: A guide for scaling out CSA Practices
2
Partnership for Scaling Out CSA
CSA Plan

8. 3
Situational Analysis
(CSA Country Profile)
Identifying vulnerabilities and risks, CSA options and
enabling conditions for CSA, from a socio-economic,
cultural, environmnetal, and institutional point of view.
Inventory
for CSA
action
CSAPlan
CSA CP

9. ‘
World Bank (2014-2015) Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uruguay
USAID (2015): Ghana, Ethiopia, Mali, Niger, Sénégal, Uganda
3CSA CP

10. 4
CSA Prioritization Framework
Providing policy and decision-makers with tools
for selecting and prioritizing context-specific
investments in CSA practices and services.
CSA Investment
Portfolios
CSAPlan
Community
organizations
Governmental decision-
makers (national, local)
NGOs
Research
Development
partners
Photos: Fundacion Rio Piedras; Andreea Nowak (CIAT)
CSA PF

11. Vulnerability
analysis (social,
economic) –
(analysis of conetxt
variables)
Vulnerability
analysis (social,
economic) –
(analysis of conetxt
variables)
Participatory ex-ante
analysis of CSA
indicators
(stakeholders workshop)
Participatory ex-ante
analysis of CSA
indicators
(stakeholders workshop)
Economic analysis –
Analysis of costs and
benefits of CSA
practices
Economic analysis –
Analysis of costs and
benefits of CSA
practices
Multi-dimensional
analysis of
opportunities and
barriers (stakeholders
workshop)
Multi-dimensional
analysis of
opportunities and
barriers (stakeholders
workshop)
Sites pilots CIAT-CCAFS: Colombia, Guatemala, Mali, Vietnam
4CSA PF
Long list of
CSA options
Short list of CSA
options
Short list of
prioritized CSA
options
CSA investment
portfolios
CSA Prioritization Framework

12. THANK YOU!
Andreea Nowak
a.c.nowak@cgiar.org
Evan Girvetz
a.Girvetz@cgiar.org
Caitlin Corner-Dolloff
c.corner-dolloff@cgiar.org