User Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationCopperbelt Universityen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationBongoHive Innovations Limiteden_US
cg.contributor.affiliationDeutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten_US
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
cg.coverage.countryZambiaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZMen_US
cg.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africaen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.creator.identifierGraham Clarkson: 0000-0002-4342-4773en_US
cg.creator.identifierSam Poskitt: 0000-0003-3029-8904en_US
cg.creator.identifierDina Mambwe: 0000-0002-5004-842Xen_US
cg.number399en_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETSen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food securityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Grahamen_US
dc.contributor.authorDorward, Peteren_US
dc.contributor.authorPoskitt, Samuelen_US
dc.contributor.authorMambwe, Dinaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMtonga, Radhia K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBelow, Tillen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T13:17:01Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-12-16T13:17:01Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116795en_US
dc.titleUser Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambiaen_US
dcterms.abstractBetween February and April 2021 research was conducted to assess the user needs of selected farmer groups in Zambia for farmer centric agrometeorological information services. Specifically, it aimed to: • Identify the types of weather information and agronomic advice that farmers currently receive, the sources that they use and how satisfied they are with the information they receive; • Better understand the effects of climate variability and change on different agricultural activities and the decisions farmers are able to make; and • Enable farmers to identify what weather and climate information, services and agronomic advice they need and how they would like to access it. The results were then presented to key stakeholders and used in an ideation process to help design potential climate services for implementation at scale. Key findings from the user research are that: • Respondents articulated a demand for information and advice on a range of different weather variables at a range of different timescales to aid both their long- term planning and more immediate decisions. • There is a gap between the climate and weather information and services that are produced (by Zambia Meteorological Department) and those that farmers are accessing. • The complexities of challenges facing respondents, and the variety of different decisions affected, means that addressing these challenges is not simply about the provision of climate information but supporting farmers to contextualise and use this information. Farmers outlined a range of existing practices that they use to address challenges that are related to weather and climate. Many of these practices address multiple challenges and are often proactive rather than reactive options for farmers. • Engaging farmers with climate services requires a range of different and complimentary approaches. Radio is the most commonly used and requested going forward. Extension staff, lead farmers and farmer groups are important sources of information and support in farmer decision making. Climate services products should be designed with the aim to address multiple farmer ‘problems’. For example, information on the amount of rainfall to expect in a season can aid decision making on choice of land preparation and cultivation methods, choice of crop variety, weeding, as well requirements for pest and disease management in cattle.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceCGIARen_US
dcterms.audienceExtensionen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationClarkson G, Dorward P, Poskitt S, Mambwe D, Mtonga RK, Below T. 2021. User Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambia. CCAFS Working Paper no. 399. Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).en_US
dcterms.extent38 p.en_US
dcterms.isPartOfCCAFS Working Paperen_US
dcterms.issued2021-12-16en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate servicesen_US
dcterms.subjectuser needsen_US
dcterms.subjectcontextualisationen_US
dcterms.subjectradioen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultureen_US
dcterms.subjectfood securityen_US
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen_US
dcterms.typeWorking Paperen_US

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