This report presents the outputs of the joint launch of the Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) program of Meteo Rwanda and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture (RCSA) project. This launch brought toge...
Nsengiyumva, G
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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[Workshop Report: Launch of Enhancing
National Climate Services (ENACTS) and Rwanda
Climate Services for Agriculture Project]
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Workshop Report: Launch of Enhancing
National Climate Services (ENACTS) and Rwanda
Climate Services for Agriculture Project
This report presents the outputs of the site selection workshop that brought together experts
and users of climate services for agriculture in Rwanda. The aim of the half-day workshop
was to introduce the Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project to key partners and
identify four pilot dist...
Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, G
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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[Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project workshop with high-level key partners for pilot sites (districts) identification]
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Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project workshop with high-level key partners for pilot sites (districts) identification
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, James
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Dinku, Tufa
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Carr, Edward
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Körner, Jana
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale]
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Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale
The Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project is a four-year initiative (2016-2019) that
seeks to transform Rwanda’s rural farming communities and national economy through
improved climate risk management. This report presents the outputs of a five-day training
workshop in Muhanga, Rwanda o...
Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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Clarkson, Graham
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Dorward, Peter
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[Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Intermediary Training in Muhanga, Rwanda]
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Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Intermediary Training in Muhanga, Rwanda
Investment in national climate services must address trade-offs between meeting context-specific
farmer needs and providing cost-effective services at scale. In the context of an ongoing
national-scale agricultural climate service initiative in Rwanda, we discuss approaches used to
address five s...
Hansen, James
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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[Can rural climate services meet context-specific needs, and still be scalable? Experience from Rwanda]
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Can rural climate services meet context-specific needs, and still be scalable? Experience from Rwanda
Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) is an approach that seeks to build resilience at the farm level by supporting decision-making through the integration of information on location-specific climate, crops, livestock, and livelihoods. It emphasizes practical hands-on ...
Clarkson, Graham
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Dorward, Peter
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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[Climate Services for Agriculture in Rwanda: Initial findings from PICSA monitoring and evaluation]
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Climate Services for Agriculture in Rwanda: Initial findings from PICSA monitoring and evaluation
This report summarizes the interactions, discussions, and analyses of Asher Siebert, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist at the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), during his three-week visit to Rwanda in late August to mid-
September 2017 as part of the Rwanda Climate Se...
Siebert, Asher
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Vuguziga, Floribert
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[Training on seasonal forecasting using the IRI Climate Predictability Tool and Data Library]
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Training on seasonal forecasting using the IRI Climate Predictability Tool and Data Library
We evaluated 3,046 farmers spread across the country’s districts to establish baseline about climate information and climate change, in September 2016. This Info Note shares insights into the status and needs for climate services in Rwanda at the time of this survey.
Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.
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Birachi, Eliud Abucheli
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Mutua, Mercy
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Hansen, James
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[Climate services for agriculture in Rwanda: What farmers know about climate information services in Rwanda]
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Climate services for agriculture in Rwanda: What farmers know about climate information services in Rwanda
This report presents analysis of a baseline household survey for the Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project – a four-year, USAID-funded initiative that seeks to benefit Rwanda’s farming communities and national economy through climate services and improved climate risk management. The su...
The Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project is a four-year initiative (2016-2019) that seeks to transform Rwanda’s rural farming communities and national economy through improved climate risk management. This report presents the outputs of a five-day training on the use of a Participatory...
Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Clarkson, Graham
,
Dorward, Peter
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[Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Specialist Intermediary Training in Nyamata, Rwanda]
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Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Specialist Intermediary Training in Nyamata, Rwanda