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How can CCAFS research contribute to improve the adaptive capacity in West Africa to climate change?TRANSCRIPT
High level science-‐policy session ISP meeting, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 21-‐25 October 2012
How can CCAFS research contribute to improve the adaptive capacity to climate change in West Africa
Robert Zougmoré Regional Program Leader CCAFS WA
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1. CCAFS objectives 2. CCAFS framework 3. How can CCAFS program contribute?
a) Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation
b) Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders c) CCAFS WA: the go-to place for climate change,
agriculture and food security in WA 4. Conclusion
outline
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1. Identify and develop pro-poor adaptation and mitigation practices, technologies and policies for agriculture and food systems.
2. Support the inclusion of agricultural issues in climate change policies, and of climate issues in agricultural policies, at all levels.
CCAFS objectives GOAL: To promote a food-secure world through the provision of science-based efforts that support sustainable agriculture and enhance livelihoods while adapting to climate change and conserving natural resources and environmental services
4 • 3/21/11 The CCAFS Framework
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Variability and Change
Technologies, practices, partnerships and policies for:
1. Adaptation to Progressive Climate Change
2. Adaptation through Managing Climate Risk
3. Pro-poor Climate Change Mitigation
Improved Environmental
Health Improved
Rural Livelihoods
Improved Food
Security
Enhanced adaptive capacity in agricultural, natural
resource management, and food systems
Trade-offs and Synergies
4. Integration for Decision Making • Linking Knowledge with Action • Assembling Data and Tools for Analysis
and Planning • Refining Frameworks for Policy Analysis
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Place-based field work
Indo- Gangetic Plains: There is risk of heat stress, melting glaciers, and sea level rise; the intensity and probability of extreme events will likely increase.
Regional Leader: Pramod Aggarwal
East Africa: Climate change will likely intensify surface and groundwater stress.
Regional Program Leader : James Kinyangi
West Africa: Extreme rainfall variability impedes precipitation predictions, but the Sahel will likely experience shorter growing periods.
Regional Program Leader: Robert Zougmoré
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How CCAFS research program can contribute?
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q M&E planning for PAR work (climate smart villages)
q Baseline studies (HH, VBS and OBS)
Climate-smart village
Climate services
Weather insurance
Designed diversification
Mitigation/C seq
Community manageme
nt of resources
Capacity building
Partnership - NARS - Extension - NGOs - Universities - Development partners - Private sector - CBOs - Local leaders
Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation
At Community level
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q Baseline studies (HH, VBS and OBS)
Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation At Community level
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q Status & trends in Climate change adaptation and mitigation policy in agriculture
• Understand current status and trends of projects, policies and other efforts at the national level to define priorities needs for research on CC adaptation and mitigation (contribution to NAP, NAMA, national communications)
q Greenhouse gases quantification research experts (from countries)
q Vulnerability of agriculture to CC (11 countries reports) • Implications for policies and strategies at the national
level
Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation
At National level
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Mapping hotspots of climate change and food insecurity in the global tropics to identify areas that are food insecure and vulnerable to the impacts of future climate change, across the priority regions
Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation
At Regional level
Areas that will experience more than 5% reduction in LGP
% area cropped
Coeffiicient of rainfall variation – mode is 21% for global tropics
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Shared visions of the future
Actors in the present
What challenges and opportuni6es do we face in each scenario as we try to get from our
desired future to the present?
Global
Continental
Regional
National
Development of scenarios • to explore key regional socio-economic and governance
uncertainties for integrated FSEL • to use for strategic planning to explore the feasibility of
strategies, technologies and policies toward desired futures for improved FSEL
Diagnosing challenges, gaps and priorities for CC adaptation & mitigation
Knowledge sharing and exchange platforms between researchers and policy-makers: adaptation to CC in agriculture • Platforms as think-tank for knowledge sharing and
exchange on adaptation to climate change between researchers and policy-makers: to feed into regional, continental and global levels
At Regional level
12 • 3/21/11 Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders
Research tools (climate analogue tool)
Strengthen the adaptive capacity of farmers and AIS to climate change using the farms of the future approach
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- strengthen the capacity of NHMS in forecasting - tailore climate information to the needs of farmers - 42 participants (NHMS) staff trained to produce seasonal forecasts (CILSS/ECOWAS countries and Agrhymet) − A special bulletin produced and disseminated - 140 participants (33 women) (farmers, extension and
NGOs staff) trained in Ségou and Yatenga sites in understanding seasonal forecast information and
make management decisions. - Evaluation of the seasonal forecast results with the
farmers
Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders
Research tools (linking probabilistic & traditional seasonal forecasts to reduce climate risks)
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- Documenting indigenous practices for climate change adaptation & mitigation
- Videos on best practices for climate change adaptation and mitigation (e.g video on gender and adaptation to CC)
- Identifying social and cultural barriers to adoption
Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders
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Data and information sharing (agTrials)
Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders
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42.14%
36.09%
11.05%
2.22%
5.02% 3.48%
Land use distribution
Food
Grazing
Trees
Aquaculture
Degraded
Other
Crop calendar
Source: FAO crop calendars
Main crops and livestock
Households facing a climate crisis 88%
Households receiving assistance 39%
Source of aid Government agencies (80%)
Climate-related crises in the past 5 years
Hunger/food shortage months
0% 0%
17%
81%
1%
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more than 6 hunger months/
year
5-6 hunger months/
3-4 hunger months/
1-2 hunger months/
Food all year/No hungry period
Food security index
Percent of household reporting hunger months throughout the year
• Only 1% of hh are food secure all year long.
• Many households suffer a shortage in the period from March to May, which corresponds to the time when there is less food available from on-farm sources.
Description Climate & Impacts Quick facts Adaptation Mitigation Gender Food &
Livelihood Ongoing research Tools/data
Strengthening the capacity of stakeholders Data and information sharing (AMKN)
17 • 3/21/11 CCAFS program the “go-to place” for climate change and food security related issues in the region
Participation to major regional events (presentations, document sharing…)
Regional platform for exchange between
researchers & policy makers on adaptation to climate change (FARA, CORAF, Universities, ENDA, CSE, ECOWAS, ROPPA, CSOs…)
Engage with ROPPA and its national
platforms: • promote climate smart agriculture in West
Africa • contribute to sound communication of up-
to-date information (e.g. the PRESAO forecasting to ROPPA, public and private extension and companies)
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CCAFS WA: the go-to place for climate change, agriculture and food security
Short-term capacity building: train people in the skills needed to undertake the research, i.e. link capacity strengthening to the research priorities.
Long-term capacity building: liaise with donors and others who can help develop curricula and provide graduate training (e.g. WASCAL).
Working relationships with major regional & national actors: (e.g. AGRHYMET-INSAH-CILSS) contribute to strengthen the capacity of these institutions - and their national partners
RAIPs, NAIPs (CAADP/NEPAD): alignment CGIAR-CAADP: assist countries in translating investment plans into programs by, among others, mobilizing CGIAR competencies
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CCAFS WA: the go-to place for climate change, agriculture and food security in WA
• A website in French to share and disseminate outputs from CCAFS and partners’ works (publications, policy briefs, videos, blogs...) and to host the regional learning platform for exchange. Creating links with partners’ websites to allow mutual exchange and dissemination of information.
• Media releases and interviews of partners (Radio-TV) on CCAFS related activities.
• Communicating regularly lessons learnt from the PAR work and from regional and national platforms.
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Engagement
Committment
CONCLUSION CCAFS: a partnership program
Reducing rural poverty
Improving food security
Improving nutrition and health
Sustainably managing natural resources
Synergy
• Research • Policy-makers • Farmers and CBOs, CSOs • Extension • Donors • Private sector • National and regional and
international organisations • Universities, etc.
21 • 3/21/11 www.ccafs.cgiar.org [email protected]
THANK YOU