AICCRA Outcome Cases
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Item CSIR-CRI and PPRSD Training for Esoko Call Center Operatives(Case Study, 2023-09) Kyeremeh, Emmanuel Margo; Koi, Gordon NiiThe paper highlights the outcomes of capacity development training activities organised by AICCRA in collaboration with Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Plant Protection and Regulartory Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture to support call centre staff of Esoko to provide accurate and timely information on Climate Smart Agriculture technologies, practices and associated advisories to farmers.Item Ethiopian universities climate teaching and research advancement process by integrating climate change into academic curricula through diverse approaches(Case Study, 2023-12) Recha, John W.M.; Radeny, Maren A.O.Under RUFORUM, partnering with universities in Eastern and Southern Africa to advance climate research by integrating climate change into academic curricula through diverse approaches, included comprehensive curriculum overhauls, introduction of new programs, specialized trainings, and student clubs.Item Supporting the modernization of agricultural advisory system and climate information transfer in Senegal: Case of digitization in two national institutions(Case Study, 2023-12) Yessoufou, Adjani Nourou-Dine; Worou, Nadine; Dhulipala, Ram; Diouf, Fatimata Bintou; Sene, Atoumane; Sow, Thiwdé Abou; Tall, Thierno Aliou; Gueye, El hadji; Whitbread, Anthony M.The report presents the results of a case study on the modernization of the agricultural advisory and climate information transfer system in Senegal, carried out as part of the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project. Digitalization efforts have focused on the national institutions ANCAR and ANACIM, with the creation of two digital platforms, SAIDA and GTP. The AICCRA-GTP application aims to collect data on various agricultural and climatic aspects, while the ANCAR App facilitates the collection of information for ANCAR's advisory support system. The results show significant advances in process efficiency, data collection and the dissemination of climate information. Although still in their outset, these applications promise significant developments and results for their respective users. The analysis of SAIDA platform usage reveals that among contacted individuals, 57% engaged in a full discussion, with 16% reaching voicemail, 9.7% unanswered rings, and 17.4% non-functional numbers. Extrapolating data, an estimated 7,147 individuals used SAIDA, predominantly men (85%), aged 35 or older (83%), and concentrated in the peanut basin and oriental Senegal. Despite widespread installation, recent use is limited, indicating potential waning interest. Nevertheless, 46% consider SAIDA highly effective, with 84% willing to recommend it.Item Ghanaian farmers are using AICCRA-Ghana advisories to improve their climate-sensitive decision making - Ghana Outcome Impact Case Report (OICR for PDO 2)(Case Study, 2022-12) Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan; Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain; Yeboah, StephenGhanaian farmers are using AICCRA-Ghana advisories to improve their climate-sensitive decision making.Item Four AICCRA-Ghana partners are using project-generated climate information services to support farmer resilience to climatic shocks| Outcome Impact Case Report (OICR) for PDO 1(Case Study, 2022-12) Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan; Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain; Yeboah, StephenGhana partners are using project-generated climate information services to support farmer resilience to climatic shocksItem Just transitions for a Climate-Resilient Development in Africa – Transforming Dialogue into Action(Case Study, 2022-11) African Union Commission; United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; African Development Bank; Government of Namibia; Pan African Climate Justice Alliance; African Chicken Genetic Gains; African Centre of Meteorological Application for Development; International Livestock Research Institute; Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network; Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit; International Union for Conservation of Nature; Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management; United Nations Development Programme; United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; World Food Programme; World Meteorological Organization; World Resources InstituteCCDA-X1, hosted by the Government of Namibia, convened on the theme: “Just transitions for a Climate-Resilient Development in Africa – Transforming Dialogue into Action” in collaboration with Africa’s civil society organisations, academia, development partners, regional and international organisations and the private sector. The conference resulted in the following key messages to be taken forward to COP27 by Namibia.Item AICCRA project accelerates CSA/CIS scaling through agribusiness partnerships in Zambia(Case Study, 2021) Dahl, Hauke; Kakwasha, Keagan; Jacobs-Mata, IngaAICCRA Zambia project led by IWMI enters into a strategic partnership with ACDI/VOCA (https://www.acdivoca.org/about/at-a-glance/) (Accelerator video to SMEs: https://youtu.be/mTXpagVFhxA; Accelerator launch video: https://youtu.be/Ogzr7pAmNgs). This has created a wide stakeholder dialogue space for the private and public sectors to find possible partnership models for addressing problems of climate change affecting water and food security situation in the country. Five SME partnerships were awarded accelerator grants aimed at increasing access to climate information services to over 300,000 farmers in Zambia by 2023.Item Gender profile of climate-smart agriculture in Ghana(Report, 2021-06) CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food SecurityIn most developing countries, agriculture plays a crucial role in livelihoods and economic development. The sector employs between 60 to 80% of active populations in least developed countries (LDCs) and contributes to a large share in the national GDP (Huyer 2016). However, there is growing evidence that climate change is interacting with multiple stressors of the agricultural sectors of LDCs, challenging efforts to achieving food and nutrition security targets of the sustainable development goals [Partey et al. 2018]. To tackle these challenges, the concept of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) emerged as a solution to transform and reorient agricultural systems to support food security under the new realities of climate change (FAO, 2013). While the concept is recent, and still evolving, many of the practices underlying CSA are not new and used by farmers to cope with various production risks across the world (FAO, 2013). There is now an international consensus that the design and implementation of climate change responses must consider gender-specific differences in the capacity to adapt to and mitigate climate change (FAO and WB, 2017). Indeed, there is a strong gendered inequality in access to resources and opportunities in agriculture sector, resulting in gender productivity gaps (Quisumbing et al., 2014; Huyer 2016). In addition, the gendered inequality and gaps result in gendered vulnerability to climate change and differential adaptive capacity to manage climate risks (Huyer 2020; Huyer and Partey, 2020; Rao et al., 2019, 2020). Climate change affects men, women, boys, and girls differently (FAO and WB, 2017) and poses an increasing risk to food security and the agriculturalsector which is one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (WB, FAO and IFAD, 2015). Thus, the interlink between gender, climate change and CSA is at the heart of recent development research programs. For CSA interventions to be more effective and sustainable, it must be designed to address gender inequalities and discrimination against vulnerable and marginalized groups. While countries are now taking advantage of synthesized countryspecific knowledge on CSA through the country CSA profiles (e.g.: CCAFS profiles, https://ccafs.cgiar.org/resources/publications/csa-country-profiles), integrating gender in CSA projects design and implementation is identified as imperative to reducing gender inequalities and enhancing an equal access to and the benefits from agricultural interventions (WB, FAO and IFAD, 2015). This Notwithstanding this, there is limited information on the gender dimensions of the development and adoption of CSA practices. The premise of a gender gap implies that men and women are not starting at the same point when it comes to developing and adopting CSA practices particularly in developing countries where vulnerability to extreme weather and climate variability is highest. Information on gender-sensitive CSA practices, their level of adoption and role in gender empowerment are therefore important knowledge gaps that the gender CSA profile seeks to address in order to inform the integration of gender-responsive actions into agriculture and CSA development plans, policies, investment programs and strategies at multiple scales