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The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers

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Author or Institution as Author
Rosenstock, T.S.
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Nowak, A., and Girvetz, E.

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1.00
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CCAFS
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This volume shares new data relating to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), with emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern Africa. The book is a collection of research by authors from over 30 institutions, spanning the public and private sectors, with specific knowledge on agricultural development in the region discussed. The material is assembled to answer key questions on the following five topic areas: (1) Climate impacts: What are the most significant current and near future climate risks undermining smallholder livelihoods? (2) Varieties: How can climate-smart varieties be delivered quickly and cost-effectively to smallholders? (3) Farm management: What are key lessons on the contributions from soil and water management to climate risk reduction and how should interventions be prioritized?  (4) Value chains: How can climate risks to supply and value chains be reduced? and (5) Scaling up: How can most promising climate risks reduction strategies be quickly scaled up and what are critical success factors? Readers who will be interested in this book include students, policy makers, and researchers studying climate change impacts on agriculture and agricultural sustainability. 

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UK Aid through VUNA, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
Citation

Rosenstock, T.S., Nowak, A., and Girvetz, E. (2019), The Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers: Investigating the Business of a Productive, Resilient and Low Emissions Future. Springer Open. Access: https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-92798-5.pdf.

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Training Report for Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Dr. Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Final report of the Training  'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region' which took place in June 2018 in Réduit, Mauritius.

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Training
Adaptation
Contact name (for further information)
Wiebke Förch
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Contact institution (for further information)
CCARDESA
Citation

Foerch, W. (2018). Training on Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region. Training report of the 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Climate-smart Agriculture and Gender - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius

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Dr. Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Presentation 'Climate-smart agriculture and gender' by Dr Wiebke Förch, GIZ programme advisor for ACCRA/CCARDESA.

Contains information on

  • Gender and rural development and agriculture
  • Gender and CSA
  • Gender responsive programming
  • Conclusions

Prepared for the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Gender
Climate-smart Agriculture
Rural Development
Contact name (for further information)
Wiebke Förch
Contact email (for further information)
Contact institution (for further information)
CCARDESA
Citation

Foerch, W. (2018). Climate-smart Agriculture and gender. Presentation for the 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training, June 2018.

Final Presentation Tomato - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Final presentation of group work on adaptation options for 'Tomato'.

Group work and presentation developed during the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Adaptation
Tomato
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CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
Citation

CCARDESA (2018). Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture. Group Tomato. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Final presentation Livestock - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Final presentation of group work on adaptation options on 'Livestock'.

Group work and presentation developed during the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Livestock
Livestock Production
Adaptation
Contact name (for further information)
CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
Citation

CCARDESA (2018). Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture. Group Livestock. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018

Final Presentation Litchi Orchard Management - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Participants of CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius
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CCARDESA
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Final presentation of group work on adaptation options on 'Litchi Orchard Management'.

Group work and presentation developed during the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Adaptation
Litchi
Contact name (for further information)
CCARDESA
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CCARDESA
Citation

CCARDESA (2018). Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture. Group Litchi. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Regional Knowledge Management for CCAA/CSA - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Author or Institution as Author
Dr. Wiebke Förch
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CCARDESA
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Presentation 'Regional Knowledge Management for CCAA/CSA' by Dr. Wiebke Förch, GIZ ACCRA for CCARDESA.

The presentations shows

  • CCARDESA as a regional knowledge broker
  • CCARDESA Information, Communication and Knowledge Management System (ICKM)
  • CCARDESA Southern African Agricultural Information and Knowledge System (SAAIKS)

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
CCARDESA
Knowledge Management
ICKM
SAAIKS
Climate-smart Agriculture
Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture
Contact name (for further information)
Wiebke Förch
Contact email (for further information)
Contact institution (for further information)
CCARDESA
Citation

Foerch, W. (2018). Regional Knowledge Management for CCAA/CSA. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Carbon footprint of Agriculture - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Prof. B. Lalljee
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University of Mauritius
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Presentation 'Carbon footprint of Agriculture' by Prof. B. Lalljee, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius.

Prof. Lalljee talks about

  • What is a carbon footprint?
  • Importance of carbon accounting
  • Emissions from agriculture and food
  • Greenhouse-gases from average food consumption
  • Methods of calculating the carbon footprint
  • What is climate-smart agriculture (CSA)?
  • CSA as key to Paris Agreement goals
  • CSA practices for reducing carbon footprint

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Carbon Footprint
GHG
Adaptation
Climate-smart Agriculture
Contact name (for further information)
Prof. B. Lalljee
Contact institution (for further information)
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius
Citation

Lalljee, B. (2018). Carbon footprint of Agriculture. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Climate Change in Agriculture with a value chain perspective - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Dr. Brinda Ramasawmy
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University of Mauritius
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Presentation on 'Climate change in agriculture with a value chain perspective' by Dr. Brinda Ramasawmy, Faculty of Agriculture, Univesity of Mauritius.

The presentation covers the following:

  • What are Agri-Food Value Chains and how do they work?
  • Adapted vs. non adapted value chains
  • Actors in the agri-food value chain
  • Nexus approach
  • Adaptive Value Chain Approaches: examples and research findings
  • Potentional objectives and areas for exploitation in the Mauritian context

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Value Chain
Agri-food value chains
Adaptation
Contact name (for further information)
Dr. Brinda Ramasawmy
Contact institution (for further information)
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius
Citation

Ramasawmy, B. (2018). Climate Change in Agriculture with a Value Chain Perspective. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

Protected cultivation: an alternative for farmers to adapt to effects of climate change - CCAA/CSA Training Mauritius 2018

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Navindra Boodia
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University of Mauritius
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Presentation on 'Protected cultivation: an alternative for farmers to adapt to effects of climate change' by Navindra Boodia, Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius.

Topics addressed:

  • Background: Definition, Types of structures, the current context, objectives
  • Siting and design considerations
  • Adaptation to climate change effects
  • Sheltered farming: in the context of CSA
  • Take-home lessons

Part of the training 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture - Réduit, Mauritius'.

Keywords
Climate Change
Climate-smart Agriculture
Sheltered Farming
Protected cultivation

Contact name (for further information)
Navindra Boodia
Contact institution (for further information)
Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius
Citation

Boodia, N. (2018). Protected cultivation: an alternative for farmers to adapt to effects of climate change. Presentation during 'Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture' training in Réduit, Mauritius in June 2018.

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Funding Partners

4.61M

Beneficiaries Reached

97000

Farmers Trained

3720

Number of Value Chain Actors Accessing CSA

41300

Lead Farmers Supported