AICCRA Performance Development Objectives (PDO)
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Item Bundling Climate Smart Solutions with and for women smallholder farmers in Ghana(Brief, 2024-11) Obeng Adomaa, FaustinaClimate smart interventions need to address he peculiar needs of men, women and other vulnerable groups in order to build climate resilience of communities. Building of learnings from 2021-2023, this Info Note presents bundled climate solutions developed with and for women farmers to address the challenges of groudnut, cowpea and sweet potato production in Ghana. These bundled solutions brings together technical solutions and institutional arrangements to address the primary challenges that women groundnut, cowpea and sweet potato farmers face. The Info Note also presents pathway for scaling these bundled solutionsItem Climate solutions dissemination for adaptive decision making – building climate resilience of smallholder farmers in Ghana(Infographic, 2024-11) Obeng Adomaa, Faustina; Kyere, Reginald Ofori; Tepa-Yotto, GhislainDeveloping and deploying climate solutions is critical to building resilience of Ghana's crop production system. This infographic presents AICCRA Ghana's framework for developing and deploying climate smart innovations to smallholder crop farmers in Ghana. The infographic details the specific innovations developed for specific crops and the institutional arrangement for scaling these innovations to farmers. The direct and indirect beneficiaries who accessed these innovations are presented as well as the outcomes of the use of these innovations on building farmers climate resilience.Item Enhancing farmers access to climate information service and climate smart agriculture innovations in Ghana through a multi-channel scaling approach(Report, 2024-11) Obeng Adomaa, Faustina; Mahama, Obed Kwaku; Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan; Tepa-Yotto, GhislainImproving farmers' access to enhanced CIS and validated CSA innovations has been at the core of the Accelerating Impacts of CGAIR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project. This report presents AICCRA Ghana's multi-channel scaling approach that builds on lessons from the first three years of implementation (2021-2023) as a route to scaling access to enhanced CIS and validated CSA to smallholder farmers in Ghana. The report presents CSA hubs as an institutional arrangement for fostering integration and complementarities among multiple channels for scaling site-specific bundled climate solutions to men, women and youth farmers. The report highlights the successes of this integrative scaling approach in reaching over 220,000 new beneficiaries with climate solutions.Item From access to use of climate smart innovations; pathways that enhance uptake of climate smart innovations among smallholder farmers in Ghana(Report, 2024-11) Obeng Adomaa, Faustina; Mahama, Obed Kwaku; Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan; Tepa-Yotto, GhislainEnhancing farmers access to and use of climate smart innovations is fundamental to building resilience into Ghana’s crop production that is largely rain-fed. This report present AICCRA Ghana's approach to developing and deploying innovation, information, financial and institutional instruments to enhance access and use of CIS-CSA innovations among smallholder farmers in Ghana. The report highlights how these instruments were integrated into the existing service delivery ecosystem as a pathway to enable farmers access and use AICCRA CIS and CSA innovation to build their climate resilience.Item Climate-smart livestock management(Poster, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Center for International Forestry Research and World AgroforestryThis poster defines climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and explains its three interlinked pillars. It provides climate change mitigation and adaptation measures that can be adopted by the livestock sector and how they relate to the three pillars of CSA. The poster forms part of the Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations training package that was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzania and Malawi teams to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The poster content is based on knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Ethiopia team.Item How to make compost with Gliricidia sepium leaves and apply it in your fields(Poster, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Center for International Forestry Research and World AgroforestryThis poster provides the key steps for making compost with Gliricidia sepium leaves and how to apply it in the field. It lists the materials needed and provides handy tips and common mistakes to avoid. The poster forms part of the Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations training package that was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzania and Malawi teams to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The poster content is based on knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Zambia team and their respective project partners (Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) and Mediae.Item How to construct an improved feeding trough(Poster, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Center for International Forestry Research and World AgroforestryThis poster explains the benefits of adopting the improved feeding troughs designed by the Africa RISING project. It gives tips on constructing the troughs, with the recommended designs and measurements. The poster forms part of the Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations training package that was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzania and Malawi teams to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The poster content was sourced from the AICCRA Ethiopia team.Item How to integrate forages in the existing farm system(Poster, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Center for International Forestry Research and World AgroforestryThis poster provides multiple ways for integrating forages in an existing farm system including rotational and relay cropping, under-sowing and intercropping, hedgerow intercropping/alley farming, backyard forage production, strip forage planting, and forage production in degraded areas. The poster forms part of the Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations training package that was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzania and Malawi teams to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The poster content is based on knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Ethiopia team.Item How to use Gliricidia sepium for pest management(Poster, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Center for International Forestry Research and World AgroforestryThis poster illustrates the different ways that Gliricidia sepium can be used for pest management. It explains how to make a Gliricidia leaf extract and apply it with a modified plastic bottle, the pest management benefits of planting Gliricidia hedgerows and using the leaves in grain storage areas. It encourages farmers to regularly scout for pests and to keep records. It also gives some general safety procedures for preparing and applying homemade extracts. The poster forms part of the Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations training package that was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzania and Malawi teams to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The poster content is based on knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Zambia team and their respective project partners (Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) and Mediae.Item Climate-smart forage/feed and Gliricidia sepium intercropping innovations(Presentation, 2024-12-05) Gosling, Amanda; Kimaro, Anthony; Cramer, Laura KatherineThis presentation on Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Tanzanian team to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The training content drew upon knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Ethiopia and Zambia teams and their respective project partners (Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for Next Generation (RISING), and Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) and Mediae, respectively), as well as those provided by CIFOR-ICRAF. The training slides cover four main areas: - Introduction – Tanzania’s climate, land degradation and food security context and the importance of climate-smart livestock management. - Integrated forage cultivation – selecting and integrating forage in a farm system. - Fodder trees – the benefits of fodder trees and how they are climate smart with a focus on establishing and managing Gliricidia sepium. - Livestock feed requirements – estimating feed requirements for smallholder farms and the benefits of using improved feeding troughs and how to construct them.Item Climate-smart forage and feed innovations(Presentation, 2024-12-17) Gosling, Amanda; Nyoka, Betserai Isaac; Cramer, Laura KatherineThis presentation on Climate-Smart Forage and Feed Innovations was co-developed with the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) Malawian team to accelerate the spillover process of validated AICCRA technologies. The training content drew upon knowledge materials sourced from the AICCRA Ethiopia and Zambia teams and their respective project partners (Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for Next Generation (RISING), and Community Markets for Conservation (COMACO) and Mediae, respectively), as well as those provided by CIFOR-ICRAF. The training slides cover four main areas: - Introduction – Malawi’s climate, land degradation and food security context and the importance of climate-smart livestock management. - Integrated forage cultivation – selecting and integrating forage in a farm system. - Fodder trees – the benefits of fodder trees and how they are climate smart with a focus on establishing and managing Gliricidia sepium. - Livestock feed requirements – estimating feed requirements for smallholder farms and the benefits of using improved feeding troughs and how to construct them.