EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY

COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE STRATEGIES AND INITIATIVESAGRICULTURE

JOHANNESBURG

15TH – 16TH SEPTEMBER, 2014

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Introduction • The Programme on Climate Change Adaptation and

Mitigation in Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA-EAC-SADC), commonly referred to as the Tripartite Climate Change Programme

• five year Tripartite Climate Change Programme under the joint implementation of COMESA, EAC and SADC;

• purpose -to increase investments in climate resilient and carbon efficient agriculture and its linkages to forestry, land use and energy practices in the COMESA-EAC-SADC countries

• The overall objective; address the impacts of climate change in the COMESA-EAC-SADC region through successful adaptation and mitigation actions which also build economic and social resilience for present and future generations.

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Overview

• The Programme’s is funded through a multi-donor financing arrangement involving the Royal Government of Norway, Government of the United Kingdom & Northern Ireland (UK)-DFID/UK Aid and the European Union (EU).

• The three Regional Economic Communities (RECs) signed an Implementation Agreement bases on the above three financing agreement entered into between Development Partners & COMESA on behalf of the Tripartite RECs

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Overview • Specific objectives:

• contribute to the adoption of key elements of the African climate solution and mainstreaming of climate change in national planning;

• support member states to access adaptation funds and other climate change financing sources and mechanisms through national investment frameworks for climate adaptation in agriculture, forestry and other land uses;

• enhance adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in COMESA-EAC-SADC region;

• strengthen capacity in national research and training institutions and implementation of research programs;

• implement climate vulnerability assessments and analysis;

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Overview ctd

• apply mitigation solutions in the COMESA-EAC-SADC

region with carbon trading benefits; and

• establish a regional catalytic facility (Results Facility) to support investments in national climate smart agriculture programs Climate-smart agriculture is agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces or removes GHGs (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals. (FAO, 2010)

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Overview ctd

• It is coordinated by the EAC secretariat within the EAC region as one of the priority projects;

• Recognizing that;

• 925million people (FAO, 2010), number of chronically hungry people in the world,

• 75% of the worst affected reside in the rural areas of developing countries, their livelihoods depending directly or indirectly on agriculture.

• Strengthening agricultural productions systems-fundamental means of improving incomes and food;

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Overview ctd

• Agriculture, the key economic sector of most low income developing countries, improving resilience of agricultural systems is essential for climate change adaptation;

• CSA provides that option of ensuring food security and environmental management through CC adaptation

• planning;

• support member states to access adaptation funds and other climate change financing sources and mechanisms through national investment frameworks for climate adaptation in agriculture, forestry and other land uses;

• enhance adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in COMESA-EAC-SADC region;

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Overview ctd

• strengthen capacity in national research and training institutions and implementation of research programs;

• implement climate vulnerability assessments and analysis;

• apply mitigation solutions in the COMESA-EAC-SADC region with carbon trading benefits; and

• establish a regional catalytic facility (Results Facility) to support investments in NCSA programs;

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Climate Smart Agriculture(CSA)

• Climate-smart agriculture; agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/ removes GHGs (mitigation), & enhances achievement of national food security & development goals (FAO, 2010).

• The Programme’s definition of Climate-Smart Agriculture includes a range of approaches with particular emphasis on:

• Conservation Agriculture (CA) comprising of generally reduced tillage, maintenance of a mulch and inclusion of legumes in the rotation);

• integration of trees within the farming practice (agroforestry);

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CSA ctd

• improved range management in mixed farming systems including reduced uncontrolled burning and increased sequestration of carbon in the soil or vegetation; &

• other approaches will be considered which have an innovative approach to increasing resilience to climate change or the sequestration of carbon within agricultural systems.

• Up-scaling climate smart agriculture practices and policies is directly linked to strategic objective 3 (SO3) of the programme which is enhancing adoption of Climate Smart Agriculture in the COMESA-EAC-SADC Region. Under this specific objective, the programme seeks to make a difference in 3 result areas

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Climate Smart Agriculture Projects

• Result 3: Piloting of minor investment projects on climate smart agriculture.

• Pilots target about 5000 households-costing approximately US$250,000 to US$350,000 per project site per year.

• COMESA-EAC-SADC will identify in-country partners to implement these pilot projects;

• Lessons learnt from the implementation of the regional conservation agriculture projects piloted will shape the implementation of the anticipated 14 pilot projects.

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Progress

• agreement on the scope of work on the climate smart agriculture project;

• agreement on the best practices on CSA programming;

• Agreement of the NCSA full proposal for implementation FY 2014/15;

• developing mechanism for the initiation and implementation of the CSA pilot projects with member states

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Conclusion

• Still borrowing existing efforts in the national/regional which the NTF can learn from(FAO),

• success of the pilot projects will form basis for further projects in the region

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Recommendations • Build the capacity of the national task forces to coordinate the

projects

• Tap on existing efforts both at national and regional level; NGOs, Governments etc and share lessons

• FAO assist in the coordination of the NTF

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Thank you

Asanteni

climatechange@eachq.org

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