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This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, heath and disaster risk reduction, is implemented in Tanzania...


Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.Mango, JoashSwamila, MTall, ArameKaur, HarneetHansen, James[What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?]What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?

Extreme climate events can undermine agricultural and rural development progress. Even in years when extreme events do not occur, the uncertainty that results from climate-related risk is an impediment to sustainable intensification of agriculture and adoption of climate-smart agricultural produc...


Coffey, KevinHaile, MenghestabHalperin, MeaWamukoya, GeorgeHansen, JamesKinyangi, JamesTesfaye Fantaye, Kindie[Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa]Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa

Rural climate services can provide benefits to both women and men by addressing gender-based challenges that prevent access to and action on weather and climate information. Working with women’s groups and identifying gender-based preferences for use of information and communication technologies ...


Gumucio, TatianaHansen, JamesHuyer, SophiaHuysen, Tiff vanSchwager, Saroja[Strategies for achieving gender-responsive climate services]Strategies for achieving gender-responsive climate services

This study was undertaken in Wote division, Makueni district, Eastern province, Kenya, to test the effectiveness of different methods of communicating downscaled seasonal climate forecast information, and to assess its impact on management and productivity of smallholder farms. The communication ...


Rao, K.P.C.Hansen, JamesNjiru EGithungo WNOyoo A[Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya]Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya

This report reflects the summary of baseline findings in Malawi, under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, types of climate services farmers and pastoralists n...


Tall, ArameKaur, HarneetHansen, JamesHalperin, Mea[Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa

This report reflects upon the consolidated findings from the baseline and scoping studies conducted under the auspices of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, type of climate servi...


Tall, ArameKaur, HarneetHansen, JamesHalperin, Mea[Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa

The impacts of a warming world are affecting food production in every corner of the globe. From shifting rainfall patterns and growing seasons, to more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, to increasingly severe pest and disease outbreaks among crops and livestock, farming as we know it is u...


Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaBirch, JamesThornton, Philip K.Meza, LauraSunga, IshmaelBong, Bui BaRabbinge, RudyReddy, MatthewDinesh, DhanushKorner, JanaMartínez Barón, DeissyMillan, AlbertoHansen, JamesHuyer, SophiaCampbell, Bruce M.[Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture]Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture

This study estimated the economic value of agricultural climate services for strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate variability and risks in Ethiopia. Using a choice experiment approach, the study introduced a hypothetical package of improved climate services to 600 random...


Abonesh Tesfaye TuluHansen, JamesKassie, Girma T.Radeny, Maren A.O.Solomon, Dawit[Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach]Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach

We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan African farmers’ adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an earlier assessment that mutually reinforcing supply-side and demand-side capacity constraints impede the development o...


Hansen, JamesVaughan, CatherineKagabo, Desire M.Dinku, TufaCarr, EdwardKörner, JanaZougmoré, Robert B.[Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale]Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale

The working paper aims to identify recommendations for gender-aware monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of rural climate services, highlighting system design and indicator development. Drawing from the literature from rural development sectors, the paper first identifies key lessons learned on gender...


Gumucio, TatianaHuyer, SophiaHansen, JamesSimelton, ElisabethPartey, Samuel T.Schwager, Saroja[Inclusion of gender equality in monitoring and evaluation of climate services]Inclusion of gender equality in monitoring and evaluation of climate services

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