CCAFS-SC-April 2011

CCAFS: An Overview and

Regional Engagement Strategy

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a strategic collaboration between the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP).

CCAFS: the partnership

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

Adapting Agriculture toClimate 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 Synergies4. Integration for Decision Making

• Linking Knowledge with Action• Assembling Data and Tools for

Analysis and Planning• Refining Frameworks for Policy

Analysis

The CCAFS Framework:Research Themes, Outputs, and Impacts

The Three CCAFS Focus Regions

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

Approach1. Participatory priority setting and benchmark site

selection- Agenda setting workshops

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

3. Involvement of women and marginalized sectors of the society

4. Capacity building of stakeholders5. Linkages with appropriate agencies for upscaling6. Communication to stakeholders

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

Priorities in IGP 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. PAR on risk management strategies (weather forecasting; insurance; food, forage, seed and water banks; adapted varieties; RCTs)

2. Agro-forestry, mitigation potential of interventions

3. Analogues to provide knowledge of adaptation options in other regions; farmer exchange

4. Value-added ITKs

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

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

2. Climate analogues for PGR conservation/evaluation

3. Climate forecasts and food security components

4. Agric contribution to GHGs, mitigation options, incentives

)

Priorities in IGP 2011-15:

Focus area 3: Capacity building of stakeholders

• Farming communities• Women’s self-help-groups• NGOs• Industry such as insurance

related• Local governments and

leaders, especially women• Advisors of national policy

planners• Researchers

Action Plan for Nepal for 2011

• Participatory action research and demonstration

• Survey of Indigenous traditional knowledge• Gender studies• GHG emissions and mitigation potential• Capacity building in

• Climate analogues• Downscaling climate scenarios• Vulnerability assessment

• South-south cooperation on:•weather based agro-advisories• Index insurance, e.g. rainfall•Climate smart villages