The NAP Expo at Sharm El Sheikh focused on transformational change in the National Adaptation plan process. FAO’s regional representation presented at the forum “Parallel session 8C: Lessons learned from the NAPAs” titled “FAO’s Support from NAPAs to NAPs” highlighting that transformative role FAO has in adapting agriculture to Climate Change. This PowerPoint was presented Hussein Gadain FAO’s Representative in Egypt.

1. Climate Change & AgricultureClimate Change & Agriculture
FAO’s Support from NAPAs to NAPs
05 APRIL 2018
Hussein Gadain
FAO Representative In Egypt
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2. • After a prolonged decline, in 2016 the number of chronically
undernourished people in the world increased to 815 million, up from 777
million in 2015.
• Exacerbated by climate-related shocks, conflicts seriously affect food
security and are a cause of much of the recent increase in food insecurity.
The state of food security
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3. • 98 percent of developing countries included
adaptation in the agricultural sectors in their
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions
(INDCs), now NDCs.
• 47 NAPAs have been prepared so far, in all of
them food security and agriculture are highlighted
as a climate vulnerable sectors.
• FAO recognizes that its goals can not be achieved
without decisive action on climate change.
• To address this challenge, it has developed the
FAO Strategy on Climate Change.
Climate Change and Agriculture
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4. FAO has been supporting several LDCs on the NAPA projects.
FAO NAPA LDCF Project Examples:
•Bangladesh: Community-based Climate Resilient for Fisheries and
Aquaculture Development
•Gambia: Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change
•Myanmar: FishAdapt – Strengthening Adaptive Capacity and
Resilience in Fisheries and Aquaculture
•Mali: Integrating Climate Resilience into Agricultural Production
•Malawi: Building Climate Change Resilience in Fisheries
•Nepal: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Adaptive Capacity in
Agricultural Sector
•Uganda: Integrating Climate Resilience into Agriculture and Pastoral
Production
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Support on NAPAs
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5. FAO NAPA Project in Nepal:
Nepal: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Adaptive Capacity in
Agricultural Sector (GCP/NEP/071/LDF)
Component 1: Strengthening of technical and institutional capacities and integrating
adaptation into national food and agriculture policies, strategies and plans.
Selected Outputs:
•Technical and institutional capacities enhanced at national and district level.
•Cross-sectoral coordination mechanism strengthen to integrate agriculture in climate
change adaption.
•Updated national adaptation strategies for agricultural sector.
Component 2: Assessment, monitoring and providing advance early warning information on
vulnerabilities, risks of climate change and agrometeorological forecasts to assist better
adaptation planning.
Selected Outputs:
•Improved tools and methods for climate risks and vulnerability assessments in 24 Village
Development Committee.
•Improved agro-meteorology forecast tools in the Department of Hydrology and
Meteorology.
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Support on NAPA: Nepal
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6. FAO NAPA Project in Nepal:
Nepal: Reducing Vulnerability and Increasing Adaptive Capacity in
Agricultural Sector (GCP/NEP/071/LDF)
Component 3: Improving awareness, knowledge and communication on climate
impacts and adaptation.
Selected Outputs:
•Comprehensive and multi-stakeholder climate knowledge management and
communication strategies formulated.
•Knowledge and awareness on climate change increased and improved adaptation
practices and livelihood strategies disseminated for location specific context.
Component 4: Prioritizing and implementing local investment by promoting
Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to strengthen livelihood strategies and transfer of
adaptation technology in targeted areas.
Selected Outputs:
•Livelihood alternatives and climate-resilient physical measures prioritized and
implemented by promoting Community Based Adaptation (CBA) to climate change.
•Adaptation technology relevant to agriculture implemented and new stress tolerant
varieties introduced to reduce climate risks.
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Support on NAPA: Nepal

7. Adaptation Technologies tested in FFS during winter
• Drought tolerant varieties of wheat, potato, mustard, oat,
berseem and vetch
• Agronomic practices
• Zero till technology in wheat and garlic
• Mulching in potato and garlic
• Nutritional management in goat (feeding, UMMB, probiotics)
• Observation of weather parameters (min/max temperature,
humidity, rainfall)
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Support on NAPA: Nepal

8. Garlic in minimum tillage using residual moisture conservation
T1 – Minimum tillage + Straw,
weeds and hay mulching
T2 – Minimum tillage + FYM +
Mulching
T3– Minimum tillage + Black
plastic mulching
T4 – Local practice
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Support on NAPA: Nepal

9. Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans
Objective | To identify and address climate change adaptation measures for the agriculture
sectors in relevant national planning and budgeting processes through the formulation and
implementation of a National Adaptation Plan (NAP).
Global Programme Budget: USD 17 million Donor | BMUB Partner | UNDP
Supporting Countries on NAPs (11): Colombia, Gambia, Guatemala, Kenya,
Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Uganda, Uruguay, Viet Nam and Zambia
From NAPA to NAP
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10. NAP-Ag Activities in Nepal
 Assessment to identify gaps and entry points to improve climate budgeting in agriculture-
related ministries, by improving systems and capacities to undertake more robust
expenditure classification and tracking.
 Review domestic data sources for climate finance - To better understand how much the
countries are allocating to climate change through their national public expenditures.
 Economic appraisal of adaptation options and strengthening of capacities to carry out
vulnerability and impact assessments - To enable the framing of priority options and
programmes on agriculture and ecosystem–based adaptation and to support the
mobilisation of national and international finance.
 Boosting capacity to conduct gender analysis within the context of field-level vulnerability
assessments and adaptation planning.
 Upcoming: Guidelines for integrating climate change into M&E protocols for prioritized
adaptation-sensitive programmes will be elaborated along with a training package and tool
kit for officers at both central and sub-national levels.
From NAPA to NAP
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11. Key activities include supporting countries:
Develop integrated adaptation approach and roadmap for national adaptation plans
Strengthen gender-responsive adaptation planning for the agriculture sectors;
Define a baseline on adaptation and improve evidence-based results in the agriculture sector;
Strengthen technical and institutional capacity on cost-benefit analysis, impact evaluation,
gender mainstreaming, and monitoring and evaluation;
Identify climate finance for adaptation/GCF; and
Enhance regional and global dialogues through peer-to-peer exchanges
Globally advocating:
Integration of agriculture and food security in NAPs as instrument to for implementing NDCs and
achieving SDG 2 “Zero Hunger” and SDG 13 “Climate Action”;
NAPs negotiation during UNFCCC sessions; and
Country support in the UNFCCC work streams and with Expert Groups including on regional
trainings and outreach and knowledge sharing.
NAP-Ag Key activities
From NAPA to NAP
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12. NAP-Ag Programme Highlights
Global
 Launch of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) jointly with UNITAR/UNDP on agriculture, climate change and
food security (12,000 registered, 9,200 participants from 180 countries, 30,000 forum posts);
 Capacity building and awareness on gender mainstreaming, planning and budgeting, institutional arrangements
and other key technical topics via six webinars;
 Launch of guidelines Addressing Agriculture, forestry and fisheries in National Adaptation Plans
-Supplementary guidelines;
 Launch of a Knowledge Tank containing 120 adaptation relevant tools, methods, case studies on climate
change adaptation for national planners, development actors and decision makers.
Regional
 Peer-to-peer country exchange on adaptation planning at 10 regional events organized by partners UNFCCC,
LDC Expert Group (LEG), UNDP/UNEP NAP-GSP, GIZ, Adaptation Committee and Inter-American Institute for
Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA)
Country level:
 Extended activities to new partner countries Colombia, Guatemala, the Gambia;
 Supported Kenya access climate finance via the GCF - NAP Readiness window;
 Design and conduct 10 capacity building trainings
 5 on Gender Mainstreaming in adaptation planning in Colombia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda and Zambia
 3 Trainings for Modelling System for Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (MOSAICC) – Malawi &
Uruguay
 2 Trainings on cost-benefit analysis in Uganda & Zambia
 2 country case studies | Kenya & Uruguay
 Case study Gender Mainstreaming in Uganda
From NAPA to NAP
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• FAO is an GCF Accredited Entity.
• FAO and GCF also have signed Readiness Framework Agreement.
• FAO as a readiness delivery partner will engage through National
Designated Authorities (NDAs) to develop requests under the Readiness
and Preparatory Support Programme.
• Under the Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme, countries
may also request support to develop National Adaptation Plans (NAPs).
Support in leveraging climate finance
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14. Thank you for your attention!
For more information, contact FAO NAP Coordinator: Julia.Wolf@fao.org
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