Introduction to Climate-Smart Villages in Southeast Asia

Organization and implementation

Bui Tan Yen

Selection of SEA-CSVs

Climate smartness for CSV in SEA

Ma village (Yen Bai, Vietnam):

Weather smart (daily advisory)

Carbon smart (Land use systems) Knowledge smart

My Loi village (Ha Tinh, Vietnam):

Weather smart

Carbon smart (Agroforestry)

Knowledge smart

Tra Hat village (Bac Lieu, Vietnam): Weather smart (ICT based)

Energy smart (gasifier)

Nitrogen smart (Precision treatments)

Knowledge smart

Ekxang village (Vientiane, Laos):

Water smart (Ground water use)

Carbon smart

Knowledge smart

Pailom village (Savannakhet, Laos):

Water smart (rainwater harvesting)

Knowledge smart

Rohal Suong village (Battam Bang,

Cambodia):

Weather smart

Energy smart

Knowledge smart

Climate-Smart Village and Climate-Smart Landscape

Climate-Smart

Landscape Climate-Smart

Agriculture

Climate-Smart Village

Village

and

surrounding

lands

What scale is relevant to

SEA context?

Ma CSV, North Vietnam

Block 10 x 10 km

Village border

Catchment border

Land scape: Hilly land with narrow

valleys

Land use: Low land rice and

annual crops

Upland industrial cash

crops

Forest trees

CC impact:

- Typhoons

- Cold spells

1,438 ha

300 ha

Rohal Suong CSV, Cambodia

Block 10 x 10 km

Village border

Land scape: Flat plain

Land use: Rice and annual crops

Swamp forest

CC impact:

Drought spells

Seasonal flood

430 ha

Evolving Implementation Structure

CCAFS National Steering Committee

CCAFS Southeast Asia

Community

Engagement

Oversight

Lead CG Center

Lead local partners

Community Organization

CSV Activities

• Flagship projects

• Gap filling activities

• Other CRP activities

• Local initiatives

• Community engagement

• Social Preparation and

Mobilization

• Other partners

• CG Centers

• International and

national

organizations

Other local partners

Recent CSV activities

• Establish partnership with local organizations

• Establish CSV team: community organizer, implementers

• Capture baseline situation of CSV sites

• Building capacity for CSV team (Trainings, Workshops)

• Communication (Media workshops)

• Social preparation and community engagement

Capture baseline situation

10 x 10 km VBS

HBS

OBS

Additional

data

Secondary

data

Focus

Group

Discussion

Key

Informant

Interview

SANA

household

level

community

level

provincial

level

Participatory Action Researches - PAR

VBS: Village Baseline Survey

OBS: Organizational Baseline Survey

HBS: Household Baseline Survey

SA&NA: Situation Analysis and Need Assessment

Southeast Asia Climate-Smart Village Coordination Workshop

Hanoi, March 2015

Identifying priority interventions following bottom-up approach

Implement CSV social mobilization 2015

CSV

Technologies Info. services

Local knowledge Development

plans

Trainings on farming techniques

Technical guideline and flyers

Natural resources characterization

Participatory land use planning

Loud speaker

improvement

CC information

CSV and CSA flyers

Social

mobilization

CSV Launching

CSV Logo contest

Establish farmer groups

CSV participatory land use

planning

CSV launches

Community-based land use planning

Climate change

related issues

Market risks

Market

preference

Indigenous

knowledge

Site-specific

conditions

Farmers’ expectations

Government land use plans

Traditional

farming habit

Upcoming activities

Building capacity of CSV teams

CSV research proposals

Household-based land use optimization

Climate smartness for CSV in SEA

Ma village (Yen Bai, Vietnam):

Weather smart (daily advisory)

Carbon smart (Land use systems) Knowledge smart

My Loi village (Ha Tinh, Vietnam):

Weather smart

Carbon smart (Agroforestry)

Knowledge smart

Tra Hat village (Bac Lieu, Vietnam): Weather smart (ICT based)

Energy smart (gasifier)

Nitrogen smart (Precision treatments)

Knowledge smart

Ekxang village (Vientiane, Laos):

Water smart (Ground water use)

Carbon smart

Knowledge smart

Pailom village (Savannakhet, Laos):

Water smart (rainwater harvesting)

Knowledge smart

Rohal Suong village (Battam Bang,

Cambodia):

Weather smart

Energy smart

Knowledge smart

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