Climate-smart agriculture program design workshop

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:

Workshop Agenda

Workshop Context

The African Ministerial Conference on Climate–Smart Agriculture “Africa: A Call to Action”

Policy Brief: Opportunities and Challenges for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa

“Climate-Smart” Agriculture - Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation

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

• Water Institutions, Governance, and Water Resources Knowledge
• Improving Water Productivity and Efficiency
• Commercial Climate-Smart Agriculture
• Balancing Multiple Water Uses
• Transboundary Basin Management in the Context of Climate Change