Scaling up climate-smart agriculture solutions for Southern African farmers

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This flagship project will be implemented in a selected number of SACAU member countries and it aims to promote information and access to specific climate solutions for cereals and livestock farmers, with the intention to increase household food security, nutrition and incomes for smallholder farmers through four key areas namely: drought-tolerant germplasms, the provision of climate information services, weather-based insurance as well as diversification of options for livestock farmers.

Forty participants have been invited from various organisations which are active in the area of climate change management and climate-smart agriculture and to participate and contribute to the working sessions. The meeting aims to build partnerships and synergies with stakeholders in the implementation of the flagship project and for technical validation of the proposed scaling-up strategy.

CTA commissioned a number of studies in the region which will be presented in order to paint a backdrop of the status of climate-smart solutions in the region, namely a synthesis of the use of ICT to promote information on agriculture and climate-smart agriculture at country level as well as a business case for engaging the private sector in climate-smart solutions in an attempt to unlock shared value for the sector.

This is expected to be a highly valuable, interactive and exciting event which will provide much-needed clarity on the future of climate-smart agriculture in Southern Africa and through the involved partners, SACAU looks forward to co-hosting the meeting and working sessions with CTA and showcasing this work at the launch on 14 September 2016.