Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereal & Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa

Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereal & Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa

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  Olu Ajayi PhD Johannesburg,South Africa 13 September 2016 Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereal and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa
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  2 Outline • Overview ofCTA • Regional flagship project • SA Forum (this week)
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  Overview of CTA Mission:to advance food and nutrition security, increase prosperity & encourage sound NRM in ACP. -provides access to information & knowledge, facilitates policy dialogue and strengthens the capacity of agricultural and rural development institutions and communities. CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement between ACP and EU.
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  Approach 4 Promoting agriculture asa sustainable business that can create value for smallholder producers, provide jobs for women and youth, produce nutritious and healthy food for people, and serve as an engine for inclusive growth.
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  Strategic Goal 3: Enhancecapacity of stakeholders in information & knowledge management Three strategic goals Strategic Goal 2: Facilitation of conducive agricultural policies and enabling environment Strategic Goal 1: Development of profitable smallholder value chains
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  •Conscious choice madeto refocus much of CTA’s operations & resources at regional level. •1-2 key priority intervention area per region, with most resources committed to it/them CTA’s new Strategic Plan 2016-2020 Building on previous achievement Focus on results, impact
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  Regional flagship projects:common structure Activities: what do we need to do to achieve these changes? Outcomes to achieve this target impact, what (institutional) changes do we have to make happen? Impact: the starting point. Given the problem statement, what we can reasonably achieve? Taking into account CTA’s unique value? What can we build on? Comparative advantages relative to other organisations? Are we well-aligned with regional and EU priorities,? How can we best leverage? Who should we work with? Get the most out of partnerships. Strong KM & communication to go to scale?.
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  8 Southern Africa Regional flagship project
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  Climate (variability &change) is critical to agriculture in SA region because : • mono-modal rainfall regime • smallholder farms are rainfed Agric activities tied to weather recurrent swings of food▶▶ insecurity Distribution of impact- poor farmers (smallholder & female) with lowest capacity to adapt, but have highest need for food security are disproportionally impacted Mid-season drought and weather extreme as the “new normal”?
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  Some pertinent questions....... Much information about challenges...but less on solutions to the challenges  Any bloom in the gloom?- examples of solutions that works for smallholder farmers?  Sample questions: ‒ Where are the solutions? ‒ Where? How to upscale them?
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  Some solutions....... Four solutionsidentified through consultations & call for proposals a. stress-tolerant germplasm b. ICT-enabled climate information services c. diversified livelihood options through livestock d. innovative weather-based insurance. Taking cognizance of • State of the public agricultural extension • low participation of private sector Taking advantage of innovative ICT tools to promote information and access to solutions more widely, quicker and at cheaper cost
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  Scaling-up Climate-Smart AgriculturalSolutions for Cereals and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa Problem Statement Outcome Partners Smallholder farmers have access to information and strengthened capacity to adopt existing climate-resilient agricultural solutions Maize Livestock • Smallholder farmers in Southern Africa have poor access to existing adaptation solutions that could help them cope with climate change • This results in negative impacts on household food, nutrition and income Knowledge generators Facilitators & enabling environment Field implementers •ICT-enabled extension & advisory services for four CSA facilitated •Private sector engagement in scaling-up of CSA •Knowledge on policies and incentives to support access to CSA Key expected outputs & focus
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  13 SA Forum
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  Objectives of theForum  Technical review of the state of the arts of the four selected climate solutions & two studies on use of ICT/KM, business case for private sector engagement Emerging issues and ongoing initiatives Develop detailed scaling-up activities for the four selected climate solutions in response Initiate new partnership and build synergies with other partners to complement existing efforts
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  Partnership is ourway of operation
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  ...now over toyou YOU as an important resources- broad range of expertise, disciplines, experiences Big picture: “What key specific actions to help farmers in SA region who are out there, dealing with climate change as they pursue their livelihood on a daily basis?”
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  Thank you CTA operatesunder the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.
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  From Strategy toimplementation Strategy Implementation Plan • Consolidation and Impact- Orientation • Flagship Regional Projects • Cross-Cutting Global Projects • Robust M&E, learning and sharing
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  From Strategy toimplementation Strategy Implementation Plan • Consolidation and Impact- Orientation • Flagship Regional Projects • Cross-Cutting Global Projects • Robust M&E, learning and sharing
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  West Africa Enhancingintra-regional grain value chains Central Africa Enhancing nutrition through the upgrading of selected sustainable and inclusive roots & tubers value chains Eastern Africa Building resilient communities through improved livestock and fisheries value chains Southern Africa Promoting climate-smart solutions for cereal & livestock Caribbean Sustainable and profitable value chains and agribusiness development Pacific Leveraging the development food crops and fisheries value chains for improved nutrition and sustainable food systems Six regional flagship projects