Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Planning
Climate change imposes a dynamic challenge on the food system in Asia and has already started adversely impacting farming and food value chains in ADB’s DMCs. Climate change adaptation and mitigation investments, hence, are relevant to the food and nutrition security agenda of Asia and the Pacific, and ADB has set a steep target of $ 1 billion to increase climate finance (adaptation) in Agriculture and Natural Resources Sector by 2020.
Climate change impacts food production and distribution systems, and broad concepts of adaptation and mitigation measures have been well discussed and widely understood in general. What is lacking, though, is the practical knowledge on (i) how to apply climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approach to specific investment projects by integrating required climate change adaptation measures and investing in mitigation opportunities within the project scope, and (ii) various ways to finance such CSA investment approach.
Based on relevant global best practices, this course introduced various CSA application cases for different types of sector investment projects and tools to help plan CSA investments for ADB projects. The CSA cases were developed for watershed and irrigation improvement; livestock value chain development, soil improvement, and landscape management; aquaculture and coastal management improvement; and agribusiness value chain development. Participating project teams learned various best CSA practices that are integrated into sector investment projects and practice their applications to the design of their own pipeline projects.
Learning Objectives
After attending the training program, the participants were expected to:
- define climate-smart agriculture, and identify priority adaptation and mitigation actions;
- describe methodologies and tools to plan CSA investments; and
- characterize good CSA practices relevant to ADB pipeline from relevant case studies, including climate-smart livestock/ fisheries/agricultural value chains, watershed and irrigation management, and others.
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Nov 2019 | Module 5 | CSA in Watershed Management & Irrigation, Case Studies from Nepal | Deepak Rijal, USAID |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Module 6 | Initiatives to Develop Climate-Smart Aquaculture in Viet Nam | Cao Le Quyen, VIFEP |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Presentation | Sustainable Coastal Resource Management | Juan Jose Robalino, CIAT |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Module 7 | Climate-Smart Livestock Production and Value Chain in the GMS | Thomas Weaver, CCL |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Presentation | Climate-Resilient Agro-Silvi-Pastoral Approaches for Improving Livestock Productivity in the Neighborhood of the Former Aral Sea | Kristina Toderich & Aziz Karimov, Tottori University |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Presentation | Climate-Smart Investments in Rangelands | Fiona Flintan, ILRI |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Livestock Discussion | Presenters | |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Module 8 | Agribusiness Value Chain Development | Rima Al-Azar |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Agribusiness Discussion | Rima Al-Azar | |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Module 9 | Climate Services: Transitioning into Climate Change Adaptation | Pablo Imbach, CIAT |
| 26 Nov 2019 | Presentation | Insights from the Bali Conference: A Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference | Godefroy Grosjean, CIAT |
| Date | Session / Activity | Presentation Material | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2019 | Pipeline Clinic | How can CSA be included in the existing project pipeline? | Yosuke Fukushima, ADB and ADB Participants |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Final Case Presentations and Open Discussion | Tassilo Tiemann, Felicitas Roehrig, and Godefroy Grosjean (moderators from CIAT) ADB Project Officers | |
| 27 Nov 2019 | Bilateral Meetings | CIAT and ADB Organizers |