CCAFS: Regional Engagement Strategy

The Three CCAFS Focus Regions

Indo-Gangetic Plains:Parts of India, Bangladesh, Nepal

East Africa:Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, and Ethiopia

West Africa:Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger

Regional Engagement Strategy

Goal• To empower stakeholders by

increased regional engagement with them and not to provide ready one-time solutions for adaptation/mitigation

Approach

1. Integration of thematic research2. Participatory priority setting and benchmark site

selection- Agenda setting workshops

3. Effective regional partnerships for participatory action research at different scales

4. Involvement of women and marginalized sectors of the society

5. Capacity building of stakeholders6. Linkages with appropriate agencies for upscaling7. Communication with stakeholders

Action Plan 2011-15: Focus area 1: Design and demonstration of community led climate-smart agriculture in benchmark CCAFS sites/villages

Work with rural communities to provide science driven actions addressing overall goals of development

1. Theme 2, 3 and 4: Bio-economic household modelling

2. Theme 2: PAR on risk management strategies (weather forecasting; insurance; food, forage, seed and water banks; adapted varieties; RCTs)

3. Theme 3: Agro-forestry, mitigation potential of interventions

4. Theme 1: Analogues to provide knowledge of adaptation options in other regions; farmer exchange

Partners in India, e.g.: CG centers, NARS, IFFKO (PAR), IFKSL (ICT), If-TOKIO (Insurance); IFFDC (Agro-

forestry), IMD (Met Dept), Linkages: MGNREGA, NFSM

Priorities in IGP 2011-15: Focus area 2: Climate-smart agriculture at sub-national/ national scale

1. Theme 4: DSS/Toolkits for assessing the regionally differentiated vulnerabilities, and consequences of actions/inactions of policy decisions

2. Theme 1: Climate analogues for PGR conservation/evaluation

3. Theme 2: Climate forecasts and food security components

4. Theme 3: Agric contribution to GHGs, mitigation options, incentives

Partners (e.g. India): CG centers, ESSP, NARS, Depts of Agriculture

Priorities in IGP 2011-15:

Focus area 3: Capacity building of stakeholders

• Farming communities• Self-help-groups of

farmers• NGOs• Industry such as

insurance related• Local governments and

leaders, especially women

• Advisors of national policy planners

• Researchers

Upscaling (Example from India)

• Partnerships with:

– NARES

– Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative Limited (links with 150 m farmers (25%); rainfall insurance, ICT in agriculture, farm forestry, community development, training to farmers)

– National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Employment provided in 2010: 41 million households (40% backward castes; 50% women))

– Ministry of Rural Development (Participation of local village leadership)

Additional option for upscaling CCAFS work in South Asia: Potential audience : > 1.5 billion (45% women; 50% weaker

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National and

regional

policy-

makers Local

governments Farmers’

organizations Met dept. Industry

bodies such

as insurance,

ICT, input

suppliers Civil Society

Critical actors

With whom ? • Farming communities• Village leaders • NGOs

• NARES • Universities• CGIAR Centers

Regional and national policy makers

Better adapted rural communities, with higher incomes and greater food security

Impacts

Enhanced agricultural adaptation plans at different scales

Better technology targeting for climate change resilience

Improved early warning systems

Enhanced social safety nets

Carbon management for improved soils and income

Expected outcomes

How? Capacity enhancement

Participatory action research for co-production, evaluation and dissemination

Farmer exchanges

Assessing regionally differentiated vulnerabilities and opportunities

Consequences of policy decisions

 A focus on women and marginalized sectors

Key Outputs

Tools for diagnosis and vulnerability assessment

Portfolio of adaptation and mitigation technologies, practices and policies

New knowledge about the trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation

Regional Engagement for Integrated Agricultural Development: Generic Impact

Pathway