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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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
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Latin America Caribbean
Inst. Approaches

6. 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

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

8. Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist
Kelly Witkowski
Agriculture and Climate Change Specialist
Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture /