User Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambia

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen
cg.contributor.affiliationCopperbelt Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationBongoHive Innovations Limiteden
cg.contributor.affiliationDeutsche Gesellschaft Für Internationale Zusammenarbeiten
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.countryZambia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZM
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierGraham Clarkson: 0000-0002-4342-4773en
cg.creator.identifierSam Poskitt: 0000-0003-3029-8904en
cg.creator.identifierDina Mambwe: 0000-0002-5004-842Xen
cg.number399en
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE SERVICES AND SAFETY NETSen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaNutrition, health and food security
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen
dc.contributor.authorClarkson, Grahamen
dc.contributor.authorDorward, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorPoskitt, Samuelen
dc.contributor.authorMambwe, Dinaen
dc.contributor.authorMtonga, Radhia K.en
dc.contributor.authorBelow, Tillen
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-16T13:17:01Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-16T13:17:01Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/116795
dc.titleUser Needs Assessment for Climate Services in Zambiaen
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
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceCGIARen
dcterms.audienceExtensionen
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
dcterms.extent38 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfCCAFS Working Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-16en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
dcterms.publisherCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate servicesen
dcterms.subjectuser needsen
dcterms.subjectcontextualisationen
dcterms.subjectradioen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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