The climate-smart village : a model developed by CCAFS program to improve the adaptive capacity of communities Presented by Dr Robert Zougmoré, Regional Program Leader, CCAFS West Africa. Africa Agriculture Science Week 6, 15 July 2013, Accra, Ghana. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/events/15/jul/2013/africa-agriculture-science-week-2013

1. Climate-­‐smart
village
:
the
CCAFS
model
to
improve
the
adap2ve
capacity
of
communi2es
Robert Zougmoré
Regional Program Leader, West Africa,
CCAFS

2. To
2090,
taking
14
climate
models
Four
degree
rise
Thornton
et
al.
(2010)
Proc.
Na4onal
Academy
Science
>20%
loss
5-­‐20%
loss
No
change
5-­‐20%
gain
>20%
gain
Length
of
growing
period
(%)
Length
of
growing
season
is
likely
to
decline..

3. Vermeulen
et
al.
2012
Annual
Review
of
Environment
and
Resources
(2012)
19-­‐29%
global
GHGs
from
food
systems

4. How
can
smallholder
farmers
achieve
food
security
under
a
changing
climate?

5. Agriculture
must
become
“climate-­‐smart”
• contributes to climate change adaptation by
sustainably increasing productivity & resilience
• mitigates climate change by reducing
greenhouse gases where possible
• and enhances the achievement of national food
security and development goals

6. • Approach where CCAFS in partnership with rural
communities and other stakeholders (NARES, NGOs,
local authorities…), tests & validates in an integrated
manner, several agricultural interventions
• Aims to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate
change, manage risks and build resilience.
• At the same time, the hope is to improve livelihoods
and incomes and, where possible, reduce greenhouse
gas emissions to ensure solutions are sustainable
Concept
of
“climate-­‐smart
villages”

7. 7
Climate-smart villages
Index-­‐based
insurance
Climate
informa2on
services
Climate-­‐
smart
technologies
Local
adapta2on
plans
• Learning sites
• Multiple partners
• Capacity building
Scaling up
• Policy
• Private sector
• Mainstream
successes via
major initiatives
How
it
works?

8. Focus
on
integrated
acCons..
Linking
knowledge
to
acCon
Key
agricultural
acCviCes
for
managing
risks

9. 9
What?
Tree
plan2ng
ShiTs
to
small
stock
Crop/income
diversifica2on
Climate
resilient
crops
Who?
NGO’s
–
CARE,
World
Neighbors,
Vi
Gov’t
Extension;
CBO’s
–
local
groups
Researchers
–
KARI
teams,
CGIAR
Strategies
Outcome
mapping
Learning
workshops
Exchange
visits
Gender
research
training
Local
TV,
radio,
cell
info
on
CSA
op2ons
The
research
• KARI/CG
research
teams
tes2ng
and
evalua2ng
improved
prac2ces
with
farmers
• What
isnt’s
and
approaches
benefit
women?
Enhance
equity?
• Changes
in
prac2ces
–
what’s
climate
resilient?
• What
changes
are
men
vs.
women
making?
Local
outcomes
Ext
services/NGOs
more
demand-­‐
driven
and
delivering
relevant
informa2on
on
climate-­‐smart
agriculture
to
farmers
and
local
organisa2ons
Example: western Kenya

10. 10
q Baseline
studies
at
site
(HH,
VBS
and
OBS)
q ParCcipatory
M&E
planning
for
PAR
work
with
local
partners
at
site
q Gender
mainstreaming
in
acCviCes
q Test
of
various
technological
opCons
by
farmers
q IteraCve
sharing
of
results
and
planning
of
next
steps
Climate-­‐smart
village
Climate
services
Weather
insurance
Designed
diversificaCon
MiCgaCon
/C
seq
Community
management
of
resources
Capacity
building
Partnership
-­‐ NARS
-­‐ Extension
-­‐ NGOs
-­‐ Universi2es
-­‐ Development
partners
-­‐ Private
sector
-­‐ CBOs,
Local
leaders
Examples
from
Burkina,
Mali
and
Ghana
At
Community
level:

11. 11
1. Improved
technologies
and
pracCces
for
climate-­‐
smart
agriculture
2. Methods,
approaches
and
capacity
for
local
adaptaCon
planning
3. Innova2ve
mechanisms
for
scaling
up
and
out,
including
building
local
capacity
to
innovate.
4. By
“scale
up
and
out”
it
is
intended
that
research
will
iden2fy
adop2on
pathways
and
ac2vely
involve
the
research
end-­‐users
who
are
necessary
to
take
research
findings
to
scale.
What
is
expected
?

12. Where
CCAFS
works

13. 13
1. To identify and test pro-poor adaptation and
mitigation technologies, practices, and policies for
food systems, adaptive capacity and rural
livelihoods
2. To provide diagnosis and analysis that will ensure
cost effective investments, the inclusion of
agriculture in climate change policies, and the
inclusion of climate issues in agricultural policies,
from the sub-national to the global level
Over-­‐arching
objecCves

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