Presentation by Olu Ajayi (PHD) from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural Cooperation (CTA), at the workshop on Gender and Climate-Smart Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa Region: Case studies and lessons from 02 to 04 November 2016, Nairobi, Kenya

1. Olu Ajayi PhD
Nairobi, Kenya
02 November, 2016
Programme Design Session to Support
Gender-Sensitive Climate Smart
Agriculture in Eastern & Southern Africa

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Outline
• Overview of CTA
• CTA’s work on CC
• Nairobi Working Session

3. Technical Centre for Agricultural and rural
Cooperation (CTA)
Mission: to advance food and nutrition security,
increase prosperity & encourage sound NRM in ACP.
-provides access to information & knowledge,
facilitates policy dialogue and strengthens the
capacity of agricultural and rural development
institutions and communities.
CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou
Agreement between ACP and EU.

4. Approach
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Promoting agriculture as a
sustainable business that can create
value for smallholder producers,
provide jobs for women and youth,
produce nutritious and healthy
food for people, and serve as an
engine for inclusive growth.

5. Strategic Goal 3:
Enhance capacity of stakeholders in
information & knowledge management
Three strategic goals
Strategic Goal 2:
Facilitate conducive agricultural
policies & enabling environment
Strategic Goal 1:
Development of profitable value
chains for smallholder farmers

6. •Conscious choice to refocus operations & resources at
regional level.
•1-2 key priority intervention area in each region,
• Regional flagship projects
CTA’s new Strategic Plan 2016-2020
Building on previous achievement
Focus on results & impact

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CTA’s Work on Climate Change

8. Climate (variability & change) is critical to agriculture in
ACP region because smallholder farms are rainfed
 Agric activities tied to weather recurrent swings of▶▶
food insecurity
 Distribution of impact- poor farmers (smallholder &
female) with lowest capacity to adapt, but have highest
need for food security are disproportionally impacted
 Mid-season drought and weather extreme are the “new
normal”?

9. From problems to solutions.......
 Much information about challenges...but less on
solutions to the challenges
 Any bloom in the gloom?- specific solutions that work
and benefit smallholder especially female farmers?
 Sample questions:
‒ Which are the specific solutions, their adoption & impact?
‒ How to upscale proven CSA solutions?
 Cross cutting or deliberate planning for gender?

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Nairobi Working
Session

11. Objectives of this working
session
 Knowledge & progress to upscale CSA among
female farmers in the region
Roadmap for a project to support gender-focused
CSA: What? Who? Where?
Initiate new partnership and build synergies with
organizations that are active in this domain

12. Partnership is our way of
operation

13. ...now over to you
YOU as an important resource- broad range of
organization, expertise & experiences
Big picture: “What is the specific roadmap to
help women farmers who are out there, having
to cope with climate change as they pursue
their livelihood on daily basis?”

14. Thank you
Ahsante sana
Zikomo Kwambili
CTA operates under the framework of the
Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.

15. From Strategy to implementation
Strategy Implementation Plan
• Consolidation and Impact-
Orientation
• Flagship Regional Projects
• Cross-Cutting Global Projects
• Robust M&E, learning and sharing

16. Objectives of this working session
 Knowledge & progress to upscale CSA among female
farmers in the region
Scale up proven climate solutions among women
farmers in the region:
 From “Push” to “Pull”
 Private sector engagement & financing models for CSA
Roadmap for a project to support gender-focused CSA:
What? Who? Where?
Initiate new partnership and build synergies with
organizations that are active in this domain

18. From Strategy to implementation
Strategy Implementation Plan
• Consolidation and Impact-
Orientation
• Flagship Regional Projects
• Cross-Cutting Global Projects
• Robust M&E, learning and sharing

19. West Africa Enhancing intra-regional grain value chains
Central Africa Enhancing nutrition through the upgrading of selected
sustainable and inclusive roots & tubers value chains
Eastern Africa Building resilient communities through improved livestock and
fisheries value chains
Southern Africa Promoting climate-smart solutions for cereal & livestock
Caribbean Sustainable and profitable value chains and agribusiness
development
Pacific Leveraging the development food crops and fisheries value
chains for improved nutrition and sustainable food systems
Six regional flagship projects

20. Call for Proposals
1. Solutions that respond to the challenges of
cc; any hidden rare gems? e.g. Farmers’ adaptation;
climatic risk financing mechanisms
2. Understand their impacts- where, extent,
drivers?
3. Potentials for scaling up among smallscale
farmers