Climate variability already poses a significant threat to humanity, with the poor and most vulnerable at greatest risk. It is expected that such section of society will become more exposed to climate shocks as a result of climate change. South Asia, and India in particular, is at high risk. India...
International Water Management Institute
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[Policy dialog workshop on flood index insurance and drought management for agricultural development in Bihar, India]
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Policy dialog workshop on flood index insurance and drought management for agricultural development in Bihar, India
A three day workshop on Climate-Smart Village (CSV) Approach was organized from 12-14 September in Nepal. Nearly 100 representatives from various CGIAR centers, development partners and CCAFS regions (Latin America, West Africa, East Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia) participated. About 50%...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Climate-Smart Village Approach in Nepal: Learning from Global, Regional and Local Knowledge]
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Climate-Smart Village Approach in Nepal: Learning from Global, Regional and Local Knowledge
Farming is a risky business. Shocks such as drought, flood, pests or disease can make it difficult for farmers to invest in new productive options, such as seeds or fertilizer. These shocks are often regional, reverberating past the level of the individual smallholder. This makes it equally diffi...
Greatrex, Helen
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Narh, Stephen
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Tettey, Abigail
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Yeboah, Angelina
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Mahama, Aswad
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[Capacity building on agricultural insurance for aggregators in Northern Ghana]
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Capacity building on agricultural insurance for aggregators in Northern Ghana
This report describes a one-day workshop that presented new downscaled seasonal climate
forecasts and a brief training program on how to understand, communicate and use new
format with farmer groups. It builds on and extends the previous PICSA training workshops
by (a) shifting from the use of st...
Hansen J
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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[Training on understanding, communicating, and using the downscaled seasonal forecast]
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Training on understanding, communicating, and using the downscaled seasonal forecast
Since 2014, World Food Programme (WFP), CGIAR Research Program Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) and University of Reading (UoR) have been hosting trainings of extension workers—or, intermediaries—and sharing climate information services. A...
Two Training of Trainers (ToT) events were conducted at Hippo View Lodge in Liwonde, Machinga District, 20-24 and 27-31 July 2015. The purpose was to build the capacity of the intermediaries in Balaka, Nsanje and Lilongwe Districts in Malawi to apply the Participatory Integrated Climate Services ...
Kafasalire A
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Fara K
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Nyirongo D
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[Training intermediaries on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), Liwonde, Machinga District, Malawi, 20-31 and 27-31 July 2015]
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Training intermediaries on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA), Liwonde, Machinga District, Malawi, 20-31 and 27-31 July 2015
This report presents the work done during farmer training workshops on probabilistic seasonal forecasting and forecast-based advisories, in Wote, Makueni County, Kenya. This activity took into consideration the fact that farmers in Mahueni County in semi-arid eastern Kenya mainly rely on rainfall...
Njiru E
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Ariithi CKK
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Mutinda D
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Hansen, James
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[Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011]
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Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011
This report describes a workshop that trained roughly 40 intermediaries to adapt this approach in the Kilimajaro region of northern Tanzania. The three-day intermediary training workshop (11-13 September 2015) was followed by a two-day farmer training workshop, which gave a subset of trainees han...
Hansen, James
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[Training workshop on communicating weather and climate information with farmers, Same, Tanzania, September 2013]
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Training workshop on communicating weather and climate information with farmers, Same, Tanzania, September 2013
Under the auspices of this GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa, the World Food Program (WFP) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) co-organized a two-day ICT and Radio Stakeholders’ Consultation Workshop in Tanzania to define a nationally appropri...
Kaur, Harneet
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Tall, Arame
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Mwanga, R.O.M.
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Kisanga J
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[Workshop Report: Scaling Up Climate Information Services for Farmers and Pastoralists in Tanzania through ICTs and Rural Radio]
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Workshop Report: Scaling Up Climate Information Services for Farmers and Pastoralists in Tanzania through ICTs and Rural Radio
The purpose of the Planning and Review meeting was to review the rollout of the
Participatory Integrated Agriculture Climate Services (PICSA) process with intermediaries
from the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development (MoAIWD); Malawi
Red Cross (MRC); and Concern Universal. Nat...
Kafasalire A
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Nyirongo D
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[Planning and Review Days on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Rollout, Balaka District, Malawi, 26-27 October 2015]
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Planning and Review Days on Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Rollout, Balaka District, Malawi, 26-27 October 2015