Tackling Climate Change in Agriculture: Approaches to Adaptation and Climate Smart Agriculture in the SADC Region - Harare, Zimbabwe

09/25/2017 - 00:00 to 09/29/2017 - 00:00

CCARDESA organised a training in September 2017 in Harare, Zimbabwe. This training was based on the CCARDESA Training Package which is being rolled out in the SADC region. The objectives of the training were to train participants on the Climate Proofing (CP) approach with a focus on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA), enable them to apply these concepts in their individual working contexts, get to know concepts of climate change adaptation and climate smart agriculture for agricultural extension services, and enable the participants to use feedback and lessons to further improve the training for future application in the region. Following is the agenda of the training and presentations.

Monday

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Agenda
Overview of the Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) context
Thematic introduction: Climate change, adaptation, mitigation
Climate Change projections and impacts in SADC
Agriculture: victim and culprit of climate change and adaptation options
Exposé: concept and steps of Climate Proofing
Presentation of case studies, composition of working groups

Tuesday

Introduction to Climate Smart Agriculture: technologies, practices and strategies
Module A: Evaluating present and future vulnerabilities- part 1 current situation
Action learning: risk function
Module A: Evaluating present and future vulnerabilities- part 2 future situation
Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA)
Water management and soil conservation