What practical steps can smallholder farmers take to adapt their agriculture to secure the food supply? And might those mitigate emissions? In a search for answers the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is working with a vast range of partners to test an assortment of interventions in ‘climate-smart villages’. http://ccafs.cgiar.org/climate-smart-villages

1.
Climate
Smart
Villages
Community
approach
to
adapta6on
and
mi6ga6on

2. Why
adapt
in
agriculture?
Rice in India
• 82 million tonnes
• The first food offered a
new-born baby
How
will
rice
yield
be
impacted
by
climate
change?

3. Yield,
percent
30
2020 adaptation
2050 adaptation
25
20
15
10
5
0
-­‐5
Rice
WWheat
heat
MMaize
aize
-­‐10
-­‐15
-­‐20
2050 impact
2020 impact
Source:
Naresh
Kumar
et
al.
2013

4. Similar conclusions for wheat and maize
Yield,
Change
percent
in
y
ield,
percent
30
2020 adaptation
2050 adaptation
25
20
15
10
5
0
-­‐5
Rice
Rice
Wheat
Wheat
Maize
Maize
-­‐10
-­‐15
-­‐20
2050 impact
2020 impact
Source:
Naresh
Kumar
et
al.
2013
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5. Adapta<on
Food
security
Mi<ga<on
Objectives in
climate-smart
villages?
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6. Key components
Climate
Climate
Smart
Informa<on
Technologies
Services
Climate
Smart
Village
Village
Development
Plans
Local
Knowledge
and
Ins<tu<ons
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7. Typical Partners
Ø Farmer groups
Ø Buyers
Ø Input suppliers
Ø Rural ICT
company
Ø Insurance
company
Ø Meteorological
agency
Ø Local
governments
Ø Researchers
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8. Farmers Participatory Planning
and Implementation is the Key
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9. Can carbon be put into the soil and
not into the air?
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10. What technologies lighten
the load for women?
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11. Weatherbased Agroadvisories
Ø Short range weather
forecasts
Ø Information: pests,
fertilisers, market prices
Ø Cell phones, radio, local
newspapers, TV
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12. weather
index
for
a
crop
in
an
area
technological
innova9ons
to
generate
weather
data
Agriculture Insurance
Company of India
12 million farmers & 40 different crops insured
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13. Capacity Strengthening of Farmers
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14. Involving the
youth
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15. Scaling -out
and -up
Climate Smart
Villages
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16. Key Interventions in a Climate-Smart Village
CLIMATE SMART VILLAGE
Weather
smart
• Weather
forecasts
• ICT
based
agro-­‐
advisories
• Index
based
insurance
• Climate
analogues
Water
smart
• Aquifer
recharge
• Rainwater
harves9ng
• Community
management
of
water
• Laser
leveling
• On-­‐farm
water
management
Carbon
smart
• Agroforestry
• Conserva9on
9llage
• Land
use
systems
• Livestock
management
Nitrogen
smart
• Site
specific
nutrient
management
• Precision
fer9lizers
• Catch
cropping
/
legumes
Energy
smart
• Biofuels
• Fuel
efficient
engines
• Residue
management
• Minimum
9llage
Knowledge
smart
• Farmer-­‐farmer
learning
• Community
seed
and
fodder
banks
• Market
info
• Off-­‐farm
risk
management
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17. Key Interventions in a Climate-Smart Village
CLIMATE SMART VILLAGE
Weather
smart
• Weather
forecasts
• ICT
based
agro-­‐
advisories
• Index
based
insurance
• Climate
analogues
Water
smart
• Aquifer
recharge
• Rainwater
harves9ng
• Community
management
of
water
• Laser
leveling
• On-­‐farm
water
management
Carbon
smart
• Agroforestry
• Conserva9on
9llage
• Land
use
systems
• Livestock
management
Nitrogen
smart
• Site
specific
nutrient
management
• Precision
fer9lizers
• Catch
cropping
/
legumes
Energy
smart
• Biofuels
• Fuel
efficient
engines
• Residue
management
• Minimum
9llage
Knowledge
smart
• Farmer-­‐farmer
learning
• Community
seed
and
fodder
banks
• Market
info
• Off-­‐farm
risk
management
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18. Outputs/Pathways
Policy
impacts
Informed
Capacity
scien9fic
enhancement
research
Policy
analysis/
engagement
and
communica<on
Models
and
data
Par<cipatory
research
and
capacity
building
•
•
Activities
Partners
Farmers
Policy
makers
Policy
makers
Policy
akers
Village
leaders
mmakers
Policy
Met
agencies
Input
suppliers
•
•
Outcomes
Enhanced
adapta<on
plans
Technology
targeted
at
climate
resilience
Improved
early
warning
and
social
safety
nets
Carbon
management
for
18
improved
soils

19. Where are CCAFS Climate-Smart
Villages
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20. Neil Palmer
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