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The CAADP Climate-Smart Agriculture Workshops focused on approaches for effective program design of climate-smart agriculture in support of both country and regional CAADP investment plans. Climate-smart agriculture incorporates practices that increase productivity, efficiency, resilience, adaptive capacity, and mitigation potential of production systems.
Below are the workshop documents:
The African Ministerial Conference on Climate–Smart Agriculture “Africa: A Call to Action”
Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
Day 1 Agenda
Presentations
- Workshop Context -Yihenew Zewdie, African Union Commission (AUC)
- Introduction to Clmate-Smart Agriculture - Patti Kristjanson, CCAFS
- Understanding Climate Change Challenges in Africa - Dr. Tegan Blaine, Climate Change Advisor, Bureau of Africa, USAID
Day 2 Agenda
Presentations
- Multiple Water Uses Isiolo Case - Dr. Bancy Mati, Jomo Kenyatta University
- Transboundary Basin Management in the Context of Climate Change - Seleshi Bekele, UNECA
- Water Institutions Governance and Water Resources Knowledge
- Water Management for Commercial Climate-Smart Agriculture - T. Olalekan Williams, Director, Africa, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- Water Management Technologies to Improve Water Productivity - Stephen Ngigi, Regional Water Coordinator, The MDG Centre for East and Southern Africa, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Finding Balance Among Competing Uses for Water Resources - T. Olalekan Williams, Director, Africa, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- Improving Water Productivity for Climate Smart Agriculture - Stephen Ngigi, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
- Communities of Practice for Climate Smart Agriculture
Day 3 Agenda
Presentations
- Ecosystem Management - Prof. Jesse Njoka, University of Nairobi
- Improved crop & agroforestry systems - Peter Odhengo, Office of the Prime Minister of Kenya
- Improved seeds and planting materials - Dr. John MacRobert, CIMMYT
- Pastoral and agro-pastoral systems - Dr. Moffatt Ngugi, USAID/Washington
- Agroecology and Climate-Resilient Farming Systems - Prof. Jesse Njoka, University of Nairobi
- Farm-scale Management Practices - Peter Odhengo, Office of the Prime Minister of Kenya
- Land Tenure and Property Rights in Supporting Land Investments - Dr. Julie Fischer, USAID/East Africa
- Mechanisms to strengthen the land and resource rights of women - Beatrice Wamalwa, USAID/Kenya
Factsheet
Climate Factsheets
- Making Food Security Climate Smart
- Climate Information for Adaptation Planning in African Agriculture
- Vulnerability Assessment Methodologies for Adapting African Agriculture to Climate Change
NRM Factsheets
- Implications of Land and Resource Tenure on Investments in Climate-Smart Agriculture
- Pastoral and Agro-Pastoral Systems
- Farm-Scale Management Practices to Improve Productivity and Resilience
- Improved Seeds and Planting Materials
- Agro-Ecology and Climate Resilient Farming Systems in Africa
Water Factsheets
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