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CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION AND AFRICAN AGRICULTURE GRANTEE CONVENING
24-25 February 2011
Making Ethiopian Agriculture Climate Resilient: Towards Networking and Coordination to
Mainstream Climate Change Adapataion into Food Security and Sustaiable Developemnt
Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR)
Girma Mamo, Principal Investigator
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Brief Background of EIAR
EIAR: evolved through several stages since its first initiation in late 1940s.
Part of NARS=
EIAR+ Regional Agricultural Research Institutes (RARIs) + Higher Learning Institutions (HLIs)
EIAR Overall coordination countrywide 55 research centers across various agro-ecological zones.
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Prime responsibility to address climate issues in Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP)
Current core value:
Better position in terms of technically capable manpower in climate science
Brief Background of EIAR
Directorate Technical Man Power
PhD MSc/MA BSc/BA/BEd Total
Crop 48 108 76 232
Livestock 7 56 37 100
Forestry 9 27 21 57
Soil and
Water 11 35 48 94
Agricultural
Mechanization 0 5 7 12
Total 75 231 189 495
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Other projects on CCA
Project Title Ongoing /new Funder
1. Integrated Technologies to mitigate drought and increase smallholder sorghum productivity
Ongoing
ASARECA
2. Linking seasonal climate outlook and weather info into food security under rain-fed cropping
Ongoing
World Bank
3. Assessing vulnerability and exploring best options
12 new Government
4. Making the best of climate variability in agriculture
5. Many more others forming leverage
Ongoing On going
ASARECA IDRC…
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Objectives of the Rockefeller Foundation Grant
1. To form a consortium that ensures networking among climate and agriculture institutions for mainstreaming climate change adaptations Capacity building
2. To develop a standard methodological tool for monitoring progresses from mainstreaming of CCA and sustain the impact beyond the project life Scalability/Sustainability
3. To assess vulnerability (social, economic and environmental) and map impacts Science
4. To create relevant climate risk adaptation policies and practices suited to effective networking Policy
5. To develop institutional capacity for technology dissemination, uptake and impact pathways to enhance climate change adaptations Technology/communication/impact
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No. Institution Remark
1 Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR) NARS
2 Tigray Research Institute
3 Southern Agricultural Research Institute
4 Oromiya Agricultural Research Institute
5 Amhara Regional Agricultural Research Institute
6 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Development support institutions
7 Climate Change Forum-Ethiopia (CCF-E)
8 National Meteorology Agency (NMA)
9 Extension Directorate, MoA
10 Adama University, Assela College of Agriculture Knowledge institutions
11 Jima ,
12 Hawassa University, College of Agriculture
13 Arba Minch University
14 Andnet Secondary School (Assela)
15 Chilalo Terara Secondary School (Assela)
16 Hawas Preparatory School (Adama)
17 St. Joseph Preparatory School
18 Farmers Training Centres (FTCs) Target Groups
Partner Institutions
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Key Activities
1. Coordination and networking: Seven key climate-agriculture institutions with common goals have formed alliance
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2. Capacity building for effective mainstreaming
Short term training Climate change vulnerability and risk mapping
Climate change impact assessment
Long term training Climate & development oriented courses institutionalization and accreditation
MSc students (climate change& development)
Procurement Computing facilities, including for Farmers Training Centers
Development of commutation tools
Social Media, Own Web page RANET (Radio Internet)
Key Activities Continued
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4. Climate change policy formulation
Policy gap analyses for agriculture sector Policy gap analyses on climate data use Build on existing policy documents on agriculture and climate data use
5. Adaptation technology & communication mainstreaming
Assess project activities for climate risk management Identification of adaptation options Prioritize adaptation options Select best adaptation options Evaluation of adaptation options (through work-shopping ) Scoping the existing national technology communication structure Value addition NMA-Research- Extension- Farmers chain
Key Activities Continued
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Entry points/Indicators for Mainstreaming CCA
Project Level
Assess project activities for climate risk
Identify, Prioritize and Select best bet adaptation options
Implement adaptation options
Higher Learning Institute Level
Curriculum review
Curriculum
design/update
Feedback collection
Program accreditation
Enroll students
Farmer Training Center Level
Selection of FTCs
Module development
Capacity building
training for development agents
Farmers training
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Communication Tool Among Partners
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Training Specific area No of trainees
Short term • Climate change adaptation related project proposal writing 20
•Focal Personnel in climate change impact assessment and downscaling of GCM outputs
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•Experts from NARS and Arba Minch University in using RegCM 4.1 for downscaling (Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics)
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•Training on Social Media 15
•Sensitization workshop for community at 4 EIAR Research Centers
900
•Sensitization workshop for environmental clubs/scouts in 4 High Schools
200
Long Term MSc students in climate science 15 + 6
Resource persons (international) offering courses at Arba Minch University expressed commitment
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Highlight on the Progress to date
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Challenges
Currently, initiatives are many across a wide ranging institutions, However, climate change is such a complex challenge that, neither research nor development efforts can solve its adverse impacts in isolation
In Ethiopian context, with almost virtually rain-fed system, agriculture will continue to take the lead in the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP) of the nation over the coming 5 years
But, existing adaptation options can not stand this ambitious plan:
Poor networking and coordination Poor institutional capacity to analyze climate
vulnerability, risks and impact mapping Poor technology, Poor financial backup Poor infrastructure
Government funded research projects identified to make
the best entry point in mainstreaming CCA in research
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NARS can not have any priority agenda than considering climate as a variable in its core business
Clearly, adaptation to the constraint in point will require new level of thinking and technologies (Business as usual can not be the way forward)
Therefore, re-positioning the existing technologies in response to ensuing opportunities
Climate science courses structuring and accreditation identified to make the best entry point in mainstreaming CCA in HLIs & secondary schools
The need for graduation of institutions for mainstreaming CCA
Building on existing climate related agriculture policy issues
Of partner local universities, only one is member of RUFORUM
Lessons Learnt
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Emerging Opportunities for Collaboration
Opportunities are also many, especially since the time is right and ripe to confront climate change through networking, and that, international donors are demonstrating great interest.
Opportunity of expanding (scaling out) the project idea and practices to Rockefeller Foundation grant receiving countries in East Africa
Strong commitment from African Governments on CCA
Establishment of 11,000 Farmer Training Centers (out reach )
Public climate money is hovering (Copenhagen and Cancun texts)
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Next steps
Enhancing analytical capacity in CC vulnerability and impact mapping
Building on existing farmers capacities
Building on existing policies in climate and agriculture
Strengthening communication tools in reaching out the farmers
Scientific evidence (both historical and future scenario)
Overall, working towards the graduation of partner institutions for mainstreaming CCA