Enhanced knowledge, Global, regional Rural communities, Enhanced products and evidence and national agricultural inputs climate-related to support the climate service and rural finance risks leading to development and providers, providers, more resilient delivery of climate communication agribusiness farming systems, information services intermediaries more secure rural that best meet the risk (e.g., NARES, livelihoods, more management needs of development effective and less agricultural NGOs, media, ICT costly crisis industry) response. Objective 1: Target Institutes Year Activities Products Assumptions Region Involved Scoping and strategy 201 Analyze priority report on priority knowledge and knowledge and methodology gaps methodology gaps for index-based risk for index-based risk transfer products, transfer, advantages and formulate value and strateg addition strategy Report on responses 2011 Characterize East Africa TBD to risk; Website with climate-related risk West Africa farmers’ stories; and survey current Media brief of IGP formal and informal findings responses to risk Analyze Report and journal East Africa determinants and article examining West Africa risk impacts of risk impacts of IGP existing cultivar and existing cultivar and livelihood portfolios, livelihood portfolios, and potential and potential improvements improvements
Enhanced knowledge, products and evidence to support the development and delivery of climate information services that best meet the risk management needs of agricultural Global, regional and national climate service providers, communication intermediaries (e.g., NARES, development NGOs, media, ICT industry) Rural communities, agricultural inputs and rural finance providers, agribusiness Enhanced climate-related risks leading to more resilient farming systems, more secure rural livelihoods, more effective and less costly crisis response. Objective 1: Year Activities Products Assumptions Target Region Institutes Involved 201 Analyze priority knowledge and methodology gaps for index-based risk transfer products, and formulate value addition strategy Scoping and strategy report on priority knowledge and methodology gaps for index-based risk transfer, advantages and strateg 2011 Characterize climate-related risk and survey current formal and informal responses to risk Report on responses to risk; Website with farmers’ stories; Media brief of findings East Africa West Africa IGP TBD Analyze determinants and risk impacts of existing cultivar and livelihood portfolios, and potential improvements Report and journal article examining risk impacts of existing cultivar and livelihood portfolios, and potential improvements East Africa West Africa IGP
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