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ProjectSupporting the Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture through Social Protection and Agricultural Interventions - GCP/GLO/480/IRE 2024
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No results found.Adopting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices is a crucial measure that farmers can take to protect their livelihoods and production systems from the harmful effects of climate change; however, financial constraints often limit their ability to adopt these practices. Under a pilot project (FMM/GLO/148/MUL), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implemented an approach that connected social protection measures with Farmer Field Schools (FFS) in the Mwanza and Neno districts of Malawi. The pilot approach divided FFS participants into three groups: one that received FFS training and a cash transfer, one that received FFS training and agricultural inputs, and one that only benefited from the FFS training. This project was subsequently formulated to measure the impact of these interventions on the adoption of CSA practices among the three groups through an Impact Evaluation (IE). -
Book (stand-alone)Managing risks to build climate-smart and resilient agrifood value chains
The role of climate services
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No results found.This work provides a preliminary analysis of the key climate risks affecting agrifood value chains and opportunities for climate services that reach stakeholders involved in all stages of the value chain, from agrifood production to harvest, storage and refrigeration, processing and packaging, transportation, markets, trade and consumption. Climate services provide opportunities to effectively and comprehensively mainstream climate risk management across the entire agrifood value chain, in addition to increasing sustainability and efficiency in the face of changing climate conditions. This report provides significant primary information and recommendations on the development of climate services across the agrifood value chain with a view to systematically enhance sustainable and resilient opportunities. It also provides a basis for further research and investment funding in this area. Its findings could spark follow-up research and public and private investment. -
ProjectSupport to Local Nutrition Needs Led Climate Smart Production and Marketing in the Hhohho, Lubombo and Shiselweni Regions - TCP/SWA/3701 2022
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No results found.Food insecurity is a significant issue in Eswatini An estimated 92 percent of the adult population consume fewer than the recommended daily five servings of fruits and/or vegetables The country’s struggling economy, along with recurrent droughts due to climate change, are affecting subsistence farming, upon which the majority of the country’s population (approximately 1 5 million) is dependent Furthermore, the agriculture sector is a significant part of Eswatini’s economy, given that an estimated 70 percent of the rural population, 75 percent of whom occupy arable farming land that has low productivity due to drought, are employed through subsistence agriculture, in turn accounting for only 11 percent of total agricultural outputs The country is divided into four agroclimatic zones the Lubombo Plateau, which runs along the country’s eastern border, the Middleveld the Lowveld which runs in a strip from north to south, and the Highveld, a mountainous region to the west of the country and an extension of the Drakensburg Escarpment In this context, to best address food insecurity in the country, increased production and productivity by specialized producers would be required, along with improved consumer income and access from well supplied markets.
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