Climate-smart agriculture case studies 2021

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5 Investment Plan 8 Sri Lanka working together to scale up Climate-smart crop systems 11 Senegal enhancing CSA learning by understanding indigenous knowledge and perceptions of climate change 14 Somalia mapping Climate-smart agricultural practices of rural women 17 Africa and the Near East using remote sensing to monitor water productivity 20 ACTION POINT 2 - SUPPORTING ENABLING POLICY FRAMEWORKS 24 Introduction to supporting enabling policy frameworks 25 Italy working with stakeholders in European Innovation Partnership Operational Groups to create Climate-smart innovations in Emilia-Romagna 26 Moldova promoting conservation agriculture through policy engagement and capacity building for smallholder farmers 28 African Region helping implement and coordinate policies with CSA country profiles 31 ACTION POINT 3 STRENGTHENING NATIONAL AND LOCAL INSTITUTIONS 36 Introduction to strengthening national and local institutions 37 Cambodia and Mongolia strengthening capacities in the agriculture .

6 Forestry and other land use sectors to improve the monitoring of and reporting on progress towards NDCs 38 Ghana developing training capacity for Climate-smart agriculture in cocoa 41 Botswana integrating traditional practices for CSA into crop and livestock production systems 44 ACTION POINT 4 ENHANCING FUNDING AND FINANCING OPTIONS 48 Introduction to enhancing funding and financing options 49 Global the Sustainable Rice Landscape Initiative: attracting funding and financing to scale up sustainable rice production 50 Switzerland piloting a goal-oriented farmer payment system for Climate-smart milk production 54 Egypt implementing the Sustainable agriculture Investments and Livelihoods project 57 ACTION POINT 5 IMPLEMENTING PRACTICES AT FIELD LEVEL 62 Introduction to implementing practices at field level 63 Lao People s Democratic Republic addressing labour scarcity through the gender-sensitive roll-out of drum seeders for rice 64 Kyrgyzstan sustainaby managing mountainous forest and land resources under climate change conditions 67 Ecuador promoting Climate-smart livestock management and cocoa production 70 Georgia enhancing

7 Agricultural resilience to climate change by developing inclusive Climate-smart value chains 74 Saint Lucia advancing the use of information and communication technology solutions for Climate-smart agricultural practices 77 Conclusions 80 Bibliography 81ivAcknowledgementsThis publication was prepared by Nadine van Dijk (natural resources officer, food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations [FAO]), under the supervision of Federica Matteoli (natural resources officer, FAO).

8 The author would like to thank FAO colleagues Julian Schnetzer and Heather Jacobs for their constructive comments, inputs and author would also like to acknowledge the valuable and constructive feedback provided by peer reviewers Albert Nikiema (natural resources officer, FAO) and Sandra Corsi (agricultural officer, FAO).Case studies were provided by FAO, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical agriculture (CIAT), the Research Program on Climate Change, agriculture and food security (CCAFS) of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR), the World Bank, the Institute for BioEconomy (IBE) of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR), the Rainforest Alliance, Nestl , Bern University of Applied Sciences (School of Agricultural, Forest and food Sciences), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)

9 And the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI). Ellen Pay copy-edited the document; Maria Guardia took care of the graphic design and layout. Funding for this publication was provided by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the Associate Professional Officers Programme, the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition (IMET), under the FAO project International Alliance for Climate Smart agriculture and by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), under the FAO project Sustainable Productivity in agriculture in the Context of CSA and agriculture , Forestry and Other Land Use [sector]AMMAR agriculture Modernization, Market Access and Resilience [project] (IFAD)

10 CA conservation agricultureCARDI Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development InstituteCARICOM Caribbean CommunityCBIT Capacity Building Initiative for TransparencyCCAFS Research Program on Climate Change, agriculture and food security (CGIAR)CGIAR Consortium of International Agricultural Research CentresCIAT Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical AgricultureCNR National Research Council of ItalyCOSOP Country strategic opportunities programme (IFAD)CPF country Programming Framework (FAO)CSA Climate-smart agricultureCSAIP Climate-smart agriculture Investment PlanDANIDA Danish International Development AgencyESG Earth security GroupETF Enhanced Transparency FrameworkFAO food and agriculture Organization of the United NationsFFS Farmer Field SchoolGALS Gender Action Learning System GAP Good agricultural practiceGCF Green Climate FundGDP gross domestic productGEF Global Environment FacilityGHG greenhouse gasGIZ German Agency for International Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft f r Internationale Zusammenarbeit)HLPE High Level Panel of Experts on food security and NutritionIBE Institute for BioEconomy (CNR)