1. Climate-Smart Agriculture
Mr. Zitouni Ould-Dada
Deputy Director
Climate and Environment Division
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
First Annual Inter-Regional Smart Agriculture Forum ‘ISAF’
24th to the 26th of September 2018 in Khartoum, Sudan.

2. Food Security and Nutrition in the World
Hunger is on the rise
821 million people undernourished in 2017

3. Key drivers

4. Impacts

5. Number of extreme climate-related disasters
has doubled since the early 1990s

6. What is Climate-Smart Agriculture?
1. To sustainably increase agr. productivity and improve the incomes and livelihoods of farmers
3 Main Pillars
2. To build resilience and adaptation to climate change; and
3. To reduce and/or remove GHG emissions, where possible.

7. Climate Smart Agriculture Techniques
Innovative practices include:
Better weather forecasting,
Early warning systems and
Risk insurance
Mulching,
Intercropping,
Conservation agriculture,
Crop rotation,
Agroforestry,
Improved grazing,
Integrated crop-livestock management,
improved water management.

8. FAO’s Pilot Projects in Est Africa
To provide evidence that CSA practices can mitigate climate change, improve farmers’ livelihoods and make local communities more resilient
United Republic of Tanzania
Kenya
Hillside conservation agri. project
Soil conservation + zero tillage
Over an area of ha
Involved ~ households
Smallholder dairy farmers Rift Valley
small holder farmers
Profitable production + milk marketing
Raising of climate-smart cattle

9. Case of Early Warning Systems in Uganda
Monthly data collection and analysis
Data scrutiny
Data dissemination to communities at risk
Designed for Karamoja region by ACTED in collaboration with Local and National governments, UN agencies, and development partners.

10. Small family crop diversification in Malawi
Benefits
Households can spread production and income risk over a wider range of crops.
Can produce agronomic benefits, e.g. pest management, soil quality and nutritional benefits by promoting dietary diversity).
Is an important adaptation and vulnerability reduction strategy that can help distribute risk
Increase productivity and stabilize incomes of small-scale family farmers, thus improving food access.

11. ICT Digital Services in Africa
Weather and Crop calendar
“Weather and Crop Calendar” App combining information on weather forecasts and crop calendars.
Mobile application to be developed initially for use in two countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Senegal and Rwanda.
It provides early warning services to highlight potential risks and help increase resilience.
Climate Risk Management has proven to help farmers:
Make informed decisions,
Better manage risk,
Take advantage of favourable climate conditions, and
Adapt to change”.

12. 5 Actions to Implement a CSA Approach
Support enabling policy frameworks
Strengthen national and local institutions
Enhance financing options
Implement practices at field level
Expand the evidence base
CSA