Challenges and Opportunities of Delivering Climate Information and Services from National...

14-17 th of June 2016”

OUTLINE : « Value Chain of climate services »

ü  Data gap: in time and space

ü  tailoring climate services to beneficiaries needs

ü  communication : content, channel and actionable

ü  Building a long term partnership : trust + scaling up

Data gap: time and space

STRONG TIME AND SPACE VARIABILITIES : What are we getting : information or noise ?

GHCN Series: 12-20N, 18W-30E

Data

o  Satellite data : since 1981 (good climatology) : validation

and calibration

o  Extension and Farmers community

o  Public private partnership : index insurance, community

radio

DISTRIBUTING RAINGAGE TO LEAD FARMERS

FROM « USER » TO PARTNER

tailored climate services

•  Field preparation : •  Selecting the crop : •  Planting : •  Weeding : •  Applying fertilizer,

pesticide, … •  Harvesting : •  Storage :

Finance Technology Heritage Sociology Habits Beliefs Environment Climate/weather

DOCUMENTING FARMERS DECISION SYSTEM : WHAT DECISONS FARMERS are MAKING TO MANAGE

THEIR CROPPING SYSTEM AND WHY ?

WHAT WHY

actionable information

From useful to useable

Ø Numbers : “1mm of rain ?”

Ø Probabilistic form

Ø Technical jargons

Ø Updating climate forecast

Ø Early rain

Ø Optimum planting date

Ø Suitable cultivars

Ø Weeding time

team work : farmers, climatologist, World Vision, Agriculture expert, sociologist

Clim

ate information

Seasonal forecast Weather forecast Nowcasting

Local working Group (Customize Climate information)

Farmers Agriculture

Livestock Local

authority

Extensions services

Forestry Community

radio

Seed growers

Rural radio Text messaging Social gatherings Bulletin

Local Pluri-disciplinary

Working G

roup C

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unity

Pest Disease Control

Network of community radios used to disseminate climate inormation

Building longterm partnership :

TRUST

Building on local knowledge: High humidity and high temperatures can explain some of their indicators è “Stronger monsoon” Doing quite the same thing BUT Better observing system More reliable storage capacity (numbers, maps, computers, …)

« When the wind change direction to fetch the rain » = Wind change from harmatan to monsoon during onset

Ø First step : building trust (social dimension : using indigeneous

knowledge) Ø Giving not only useful BUT useable information

(tailored for specific user needs : local language) Ø Long term and multi-stakeholders partnership (each

institution has part of the solution for food security) Ø Communication in easy to use term (easy to understand, can

translate into action and to be evaluated) Ø Dynamic process : need to better understand

farmers decision system (farmers active participation : rain guage,

indigenous knowledge …)

WHAT DID WE LEARN

CHALLENGES

Ø  Spatial scale of the forecast … down to farm Ø  scaling-up other sites Ø  Sustainability : from project to “national” program Ø Thinking wide a whole solution not part of the puzzle :

Ø dry (bad news !) =>give them hope (climate insurance, alternative) Ø  wet but there is no extra resources : so what ? (Bank, …)

Offering comprehensive whole package with varieties of partners (engage seed/fertilizer producers, bank, corporation, … ) è  « Commotion effect » : Multi partners in the same place they don’t

talk each other but talk to the same farmer. è  HOPE : farmers are more now conscious, technology is well

advanced (satellite, ), climate change is a reality,