Integrating climate resilience into agricultural and pastoral production for food security in vulnerable rural areas through the Farmers Field School approach. The project aims to enhance the capacity of Niger's agricultural and pastoral sectors to cope with climate change, by mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) practices and strategies into on-going agricultural development policies and programmes and help stakeholders adopt 2014 - 2018 a field based, pragmatic community learning Resource process that leads to an increased Partner: LDCF. Ministry of understanding, adaptation and eventual Co-financing: Agriculture adoption of improved agro-pastoral Ministry of (MoA), Ministry practices for increasing production, improving Agriculture of Livestock livelihoods and enhancing food and nutrition (PROMOVARE) (MoL), Ministry security. The project will be implemented with FAO Niger of Environment, the following components: Component 1: (PPHSA Urban Sanitation Developing and pilot-testing improved and Sustainable climate-resilient agro-pastoral practices. EU Delegation Development Component 2: Capacity building and Niger (PADSR) (MEUSSD) promotion of improved agricultural practices CNRA through agro-pastoral Field Schools. (PPAAO/ Component 3: Mainstreaming climate change WAAPP) resilient agro-pastoral and agricultural systems into sectorial policies and into local development. Component 3: M&E and information dissemination to ensure a systematic results-based monitoring and evaluation of project’s progress and to promote the wider dissemination of project information, data and lessons learned for replication in other areas x x x x x x x x Integration of adaptation to climate change in 2011 - 2016 1 the sectors of agriculture and in West AFD- FFEM 200 000 Euro Africa x x x SERVIR/WA aims to increase the capacity of 2016 - 2021 institutions through the enforcement of USAID 12 500 000 geospatial technologies and analysis to USD improve resilience to climate change x x Satellite and weather information for 3 Years reducing disaster risk in West Africa (AO - BAD 3.9 Million SAWIDRA), numerical forecasts. Euro x x x x x
Integrating climate resilience into agricultural and pastoral production for food security in vulnerable rural areas through the Farmers Field School approach. The project aims to enhance the capacity of Niger's agricultural and pastoral sectors to cope with climate change, by mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) practices and strategies into on-going agricultural development policies and programmes and help stakeholders adopt a field based, pragmatic community learning process that leads to an increased understanding, adaptation and eventual adoption of improved agro-pastoral practices for increasing production, improving livelihoods and enhancing food and nutrition security. The project will be implemented with the following components: Component 1: Developing and pilot-testing improved climate-resilient agro-pastoral practices. Component 2: Capacity building and promotion of improved agricultural practices through agro-pastoral Field Schools. Component 3: Mainstreaming climate change resilient agro-pastoral and agricultural systems into sectorial policies and into local development. Component 3: M&E and information dissemination to ensure a systematic results-based monitoring and evaluation of project’s progress and to promote the wider dissemination of project information, data and lessons learned for replication in other areas Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), Ministry of Livestock (MoL), Ministry of Environment, Urban Sanitation and Sustainable Development (MEUSSD) 2014 - 2018 Resource Partner: LDCF. Co-financing: Ministry of Agriculture (PROMOVARE) FAO Niger (PPHSA EU Delegation Niger (PADSR) CNRA (PPAAO/ WAAPP) x x x x x x x x Integration of adaptation to climate change in the sectors of agriculture and in West Africa AFD- FFEM 2011 - 2016 1 200 000 Euro x x x SERVIR/WA aims to increase the capacity of institutions through the enforcement of geospatial technologies and analysis to improve resilience to climate change USAID 2016 - 2021 12 500 000 USD x x Satellite and weather information for reducing disaster risk in West Africa (AO - SAWIDRA), numerical forecasts. BAD 3 Years 3.9 Million Euro x x x x x
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