Transcript development of learning agenda

GCC PROJECT
Disseminating learning agenda on resilientsmart technologies to improve the adaptive
capacity of smallholders farmers in Mopti
Birhanu Zemadim, Felix Badolo, and Boubacar Sinare
Resilience Portfolio Launch and Partners' Collaboration Workshop
19 – 21 September 2016 in Bamako, Mali
Project structure
• Fund: Feed the Future Program, Accelerated Economic
Growth Add-On
• Duration: 30 months starting from May 2014 to
September 2016
• Implementing partners: ICRAF, AKF, WV, Mali Meteo
• Intervention areas: Mopti region (Mopti, Koro, Bankass,
and Djenne)
Project objectives
Objective 1: development of innovative solutions for a long term impact
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Participatory planning and implementation of integrated adaptive practices;
Production and dissemination of high quality climate information;
Identification of social and cultural barriers to adoption and identifying critical
issues of marginalized population, women and youth.
Objective 2: development of learning agenda
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Action research;
Establishing mechanisms for downward communication with farmers;
Diagnosing opportunities and constraints (what works where? And
why some practices work in some areas and why not in others?);
Developing tools and approaches to empower climate change adaptation
actors for the definition of priority investment needs.
Barriers to adoption
Barriers to adoption Soil and Water Conservation
Barrier
Lack of financial capital
Labor constraints
Hydraulic characteristics
Plant characteristics
Land tenure
Soil characteristics
Official regulations
All households
n
83
79
35
30
14
11
3
Dry
system
Rice system
%
29.5
28.1
12.5
10.7
5.0
3.9
1.1
n
11
11
3
4
1
1
%
26.8
26.8
7.3
9.8
2.4
2.4
n
50
38
25
21
10
9
2
Mixed system
%
35.7
27.1
17.9
15.0
7.1
6.4
1.4
n
50
38
25
21
10
9
2
%
60.2
45.8
30.1
25.3
12.0
10.8
2.4
Barriers to livestock diversification
All households
Dry
system
Rice system
Mixed system
Constraint
N
%
n
%
n
%
N
%
Lack of financial means
71
25.3
7
12.1
35
25.0
17
20.5
Absence of prairie/pasture
62
22.1
11
19.0
36
25.7
15
18.1
Unavailability of feed
40
14.2
4
6.9
24
17.1
11
13.3
Other factors
281
100.0
51
87.9
140
100.0
35
42.2
Reasons for not using improved seed, by cropping system
Reason
All
households
Dry
system
Rice system
Mixed system
n
%
n
%
n
%
n
%
Cannot afford to buy
19
10.3
-
-
2
2.0
11
37.9
Varieties are not available
18
9.8
12
29.3
2
2.0
8
27.5
Other factors
22
12.0
9
22.0
2
2.0
11
37.9
Vulnerability analysis
Vulnerability perceived by households
Proportion of farmers
1.00
0.98
0.96
0.94
0.92
0.90
0.88
0.86
All Households
Rice farming system
Dry system
Mixed farming
system
Farming system
All households
Male headed
Female headed
Vulnerable to climate variability by group of people
Pooled sample
Male headed
Female headed
n
%
n
%
n
%
Sick people
128
47.41
104
43.33
24
64.86
Children
128
47.41
120
50.00
8
21.62
Elderly
124
45.93
115
47.92
9
24.32
Women
78
28.89
57
23.75
2
5.41
Men
60
22.22
58
24.17
2
5.41
Disabled
59
21.85
74
30.83
4
10.81
Vulnerable group
Project activities
Diffusion of agro-meteorological data
• Use of agro-meteorological data at the community level
• Use of rain gauges
• Weather forecast and crop calendars diffusion
Stakeholders trained:
• Crop technologies
• Soil and water conservation
• Agro-forestry practices
• Food transformation
3 Technology parks installed
• Soil fertility management, improved varieties, crop diversification
• Soil and water conservation
• Fodder banks
• Food transformation
Project activities
Soil fertility management
• Composting
• Micro-dosing
• Use of legume crops as intercropping
Soil and water management:
• Contour boundaries
• Tree planting
Agroforestry adaptation practices
• 3 resource centers in Soufouroulaye, Kini-orodougou, Dialassagou
• Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
• Tree-based Production Systems and fodder banks
Indicators
INDICATORS
TARGET 2015
RESULTS 2015
Number of people receiving training in global climate change
adaptation
6,967
8,418
Number of stakeholders using climate information in their
decision making
171,000
190,872
Number of stakeholders with increased knowledge to adapt
to the impacts of climate change
194,281
195,130
Number of institutions with improved capacity to address
climate change issues
62
101
Number of hectares under GCC improved technologies or
management practices
340
416
Conclusion
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Participatory approach
Innovation through local adaption
Local level planning
Approach based on a learning agenda