Transcript Integrating Adaptation to Climate Change into Agricultural

INTEGRATING ADAPTATION INTO AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCUCTION AND FOOD SECURITY-USING
CLIMATE INFORMATION AND SERVICES TO PROMOTE
SMALL HOLDER AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND
COMMICIALIZATION IN ACHIEVING FOOD SECURITY
(SL/IFAD-SHCP-002)
ONE OF THE NAPAS DEVELOPED IN OUR
FIRSTNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
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Rational
Aims and Objectives of the Project
Expected Outcomes
Activities of the Project
Implementation strategy
Stakeholders and Linkages
Achievements
Challenges
Way Forward
Rational
• To in cooperate innovative agricultural
production that is adaptable to the climate
conditions of the country which will promote
the food security drive of the ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security
(MAFFS)
THE AIM OF THE PROJECT
CAPACITY BUILDING
ASSESS to resources
Climate change related
risks education
DEVELOPMENT capacity
Synergy among Agri.
Players
Planning and guidelines
for adaptation
Risk-based
adaptation into Food
production
Agricultural production that incorporates crops Resilient to Climate
Change
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Objective
• To use climate information in food production
that is adaptable to the ensuring climatic
conditions of Sierra Leone (Weather and
Climate Data, information and services)
• To increase food production through the use
of innovative and modern techniques (Low
land rice production, multiple crop
production, use of irrigation techniques, etc)
Objective Continued
• To commercialized agriculture so that more
people will be encouraged to be engaged in
Agricultural Activities (Production, Processing and
marketing
• To create employment for the youths
• To use Agriculture as the driving force for
National Development
• To build the capacity of the respective stake
holders for the achievement of these
objectives
Expected Outcomes
• The farmer will able to use Climate
information and services in their agricultural
activities from planting to the marketing
phases.
• The farmers will realize increase in return on
production when compared to his former
practice
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Expected Outcomes continued
• Farming activities will be seen by the people
as one easy a way of alleviating their porverty
• Some 50,000 youth will embrace agriculture
as an alternative way of life and self
employment that brings wealth.
Expected Outcomes Continued
• Agriculture will contribute the grater part of
the Gross National Product of the country
• The capacity of line- ministries and
stakeholders will be enhanced for the
expected service delivery
Activities
• The establishment of six (6) Automatic weather
Stations (AWSs), Twenty (20) rainfall stations and
training of fifteen meteorological personnel
together with necessary logistics
• The establishment of 24 community banks
throughout the country so that farmers can have
easy access to credit facilities
• Identification and Training of project beneficiaries
about processes involved in the project.
Activities Continued
• Using irrigation method to bring water to dry
bole land and to also reduce water from the
water logged swamps for productive low land
agricultural activities
• Making use of the Agricultural Business centre
constructed in every sectional headquarters in
each chiefdom (159-12) to process and market
these agricultural products
Activities Continued
• The Meteorological Department providing the
necessary weather/climate forecast and
services for use by the farmers.
• Working with the International fund for
agricultural Transformation (IFAT) in the
marketing of their products
Implementation
• The MET Dept training the newly recruited
MET Personnel early enough to be able use
the knowledge gained in the project.
• The meteorological stations established as in
the Project document
• Farmer based groups, individuals, organization
identified, trained and in cooperated.
• The Upgrading of the swamps on the “Food
for Work” Basis.
Explaining the IFAD Project on
Climate Change Adaptation to
Kailahun Town youths
Sea Level Rise
does not spare
buildings
Sea Level Rise is seen here affecting the little stream which in turn is destroying the wall fence of
this Hotel that was under construction. It has been abandoned since.
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One of the areas where the sea level rise is destroying
both the environment and property. See at way the
people have resulted to constructing structures at the
far side
•Soils lose their nutrients making farming inefficient, more sand absorb heat from the air and
eventually scotching the crops.
Flooding is a major challenge to Farmers at Rokupr.
Implementation continued
• Provision of the required weather/climate
information and services for the Agricultural
sector using station data, the AMSED and PUMA
Satellite products and information together with
the sub-regional forecast information of
ACMAD’s PRESAO forecast
• Provision of Credit facilities to organized groups,
(loan guaranteed by the community), individuals
or institutions for higher engagement in
Agriculture
Implementation continued
• The rental of tractors and other farming inputs
for crop production
• Working with the Agricultural Extension
Workers and other stakeholders for profitable
agricultural activities
• The Farming activity to include food
diversification
Stakeholders- 1: Governance
• The Project is implemented by IFAD under a
Project Coordinator. It is however supervised
by the MAFFS
• Its planning activities is endorsed by a project
steering committee. Here most stakeholder
are represented from the Farmer’s federation,
MET, SL Road Authority, Ministry of Trade and
Industry, MAFFS, etc.
Stakeholders-2:Institutions
• MAFFS
• MET DEPT
• Local Authorities for provision of their land to
the youths of their areas for loan guarantee.
• Farmer’ Federation
• Ministry of Works and Public Works
• Ministry of Trade and Industry
• NGO- WFP, FAO, CBOs
Stakeholders/Linkages- 3: Other
programmes
• The Early Warning System (EWS) if
FAO/MAFFS/CLISS/FEZNET etc
• The Special grant Project (SGP) of Agriculture
• IFAT
• EWS on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
• The Protected Area Resilient to Climate
Change in West Africa
Stakeholders-3: Institutions contd
• FAO/MAFFS Right to food Project
• Water resource Assessment and Management
Project
• Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) project
• Trader’s Union
• SL Motor Driver’s Union
• SL Road Transport corporation
Achievements
• More that 5000,000 Hectares of swamp
rehabilated
• Drastical increase in rice and other food
production in the country
• Community banks responding to the farming's
need
Achievements Continued
• MET Dept now Providing specific tailor-made
product for Agriculture
• Much improvement done in food production
• Agriculture is getting attractive and
competitive
Challenges
• The is still need for establishment of more
rainfall stations to cover the whole country
• The lack of towns and villages in some areas
where the land is needs to be address by
Government
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Challenges continued
• Some farming places still do not have proper
road system
• The cultural love for upland rice than swamp
rice
• Lavish feeding occasion during time of harvest
• Low price for some farm product
Challenges continued
• The programme limited to food crops
• The lack of proper packaging facilities for
some crops
The Way forward
• The construction of more durable feeder
roads
• The reduction of food wastage during the dry
season
• Government to consider the introduction of
Subsidies as in the developed world to make
up for price variation
The Way forward continued
• The inclusion of Cash Crops and other
economic agriculture into this process
• Extending this system to other sectors of the
economy such as mining
I thank you for your attention
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Alpha Bockari
Ag. Director
Meteorological Department
Sierra Leone