Agricultural adaptation planning in Latin America: Status, challenges and opportunities Kelly Witkowski Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture September 2017

Solid advances, plenty of work left to be done Implementation M&E Improving science base to inform planning at different temporal and spatial scales Synergies between approaches Channeling technical and financial support S-S/triangular cooperation Increasing participation + visibility of ag Ratcheting up commitments

Institutional context Monitoring and evaluation Participatory analysis: CC adaptation planning in ag in Central and South America 3 south-south exchanges emphasizing process and results . Institutional context Design and planning Implementation Monitoring and evaluation Avoid duplication of efforts and capitalize on strategic alliances with other sectors or countries Aim for transformational adaptation options and science based decision making processes Clearly allocate responsibilities and financial resources Develop an M&E system during the design and planning stage

Participatory analysis: CC adaptation planning in ag Central and South America Good Practices Challenges Multi-sectoral coordination Development first Strengthening capacities at all levels Involving academia and the prívate sector Reduce M + A siloing Channeling financial resources Monitoring and evaluation Development of indicators Aligning existing actions Planning at different temporal + spatial scales

Institutional approaches to CC and ag Regional analyses of ag in the INDCs Focus on process, inst. arrangements, governance Appropriate processes very context specific Intesectoral and integrated approaches Horizontal and vertical integration 30/31 countries include ag Focus on adaptation and reducing vulnerability Synergies with mitigation 29 19 21 18 Access the publications here: Latin America Caribbean Inst. Approaches

IICA and Climate Change organization of inter-American system specialized in agriculture Est. 1942 35 Member States Adaptation planning Water & soil mgmt Risk mgmt Sanitary & phytosan. risks Principal Topics Competitiveness (value chains) Social inclusion in rural territories. Resilience and integrated risk management Family ag Animal & Plant Health and Food Safety Encourage participation of ag. sector in international CC forums Support integration of CC adaptation into sectoral planning and action Validate different approaches at field level

Strategic technical cooperation Capacity building Integrating climate change adaptation at all levels Public policy and adaptation planning design and implementation Knowledge and information management

Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist Kelly Witkowski Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture kelly.witkowski@iica.int www.iica.int / http://infoagro.net/programas/Ambiente