Inter-Regional Capacity Building:South- South Exchange

Goal: Address knowledge gaps using/sharing regionally situated expertise to improve climate variability resilience

How will farmers benefit?Improved access to and utilisation of climate services and advisory to enhance income

Measurement of Success

• Numbers of trained, socially and gender disaggregated, is one quantity

• Critical mass should be attained• Creation of Trust-worthy data/info/advisory services• Multiple indicators needed; not limited to trainee

numbers alone• Income and economic indicators linked to Agro

advisory

Which Good Practices?

• Existing regional centers- their capacity is enhanced

• Farmers’ local knowledge linked across regions• Content development is need-based and

demand-driven (special groups and gender fully considered)

How will Farmers’ Voices be Heard?

• Two-way communication and info flow • Farmers at the center of info value chain• Active benchmarks for Agro Met services

established• Active consideration of social and gender equity

matters in content and module development• Equal and increasing participation of women

trainees

Links to Ongoing Initiatives

• Linkages with existing inter-regional and national Agro Met services and institutions

• Exchange programs across regions

How to Start?

• Review existing scoping studies • Identify gaps• Needs Assessment• Strategic Planning document – CN– Feasibility Study– Identify donors and investors

Fin and Human Resources

• USD Five Millions per phase for three phases (USD 15 M)- ten years

• This is only order of mag estimate; details to come later

Members of the WG• Prof S G K Adiku (s_adiku@hotmail.com)• Dr R S Rana (ranars66@rediffmail.com)• Dr N C Chattopadhyaya (nabansu.nc@gmail.com)• Dr Sarah McKune (smckune@ufl.edu)• Dr Manneva Sivakumar (msivakumar@wmo.int)• Dr Dominic Pokperlaar(soamipokperlaar@yahoo.com)• Dr Patrick Luganda(patrick_luganda@yahoo.com)• Dr Kate Nnamani (katennamani@gmail.com)• Dr Seleshi Bekele • Dr V Balaji (vbalaji@col.org)