capacity in climate drought conditions and dry Climate Change and communities impacted by El safety net to generating risks to the program's adaptation e.g. spell lengths. These Meteorological Nino to retain development subsistence incomes in activities are ecosystems eventualities will lead to Services and the gains post-disaster improves farmers in acceptable as the restoration decreased rainfed crop Department of Water the chances of communities to times of communities, benefits of the technologies, risk yields, increased risk of Resources. This will remain resilient to negative drought or build the planned activities reducing practices, aflatoxin contamination in help agricultural impacts from climate change. financial government's outweigh the risk. and natural resources groundnuts, degradation of extension services, hardships due capacity to adapt Risks associated with management for soil quality and productivity, fisheries, and farmer to extreme to climate vulnerabilities outside GOM, communities shifting times for planting agencies receive weather change via of the Project areas and other and growing seasons, tailored weather and events. natural resource may also need to be stakeholders; destruction of agricultural climate based management, and accepted as they are infrastructure, and food agricultural advisories. Create support to outside the zone of 3.1.6 Support shortages. communication nongovernmental influence. For technical assistance With activities already plans to actors in example, inefficient (short or long term) The promotion of providing information influence formulating storm water to relevant GOM technologies (climate smart to Malawian farmers science-based policies and management may institutions for more agriculture, drought about the weather, decision strategies for flood or damage effective policy resistant crops, watershed there is the making on their upstream surface formulation and to foundation for climate risks constituents to water systems which implementation on smallholder farmers to farmers to now learn by government adapt to climate then flow down and climate adaptation; become more resilient to to adapt to the and change. cause greater risks climate change are at risk to information they are community for downstream 3.1.7 Support extreme weather events currently receiving. stakeholders. communities where technical assistance to that could destroy USAID is working. nongovernmental agricultural improvements Involve actors e.g. and decrease yields from academics in communities, civil newly introduced crop collecting and
capacity in climate adaptation e.g. ecosystems restoration technologies, risk reducing practices, and natural resources management for GOM, communities and other stakeholders; 3.1.6 Support technical assistance (short or long term) to relevant GOM institutions for more effective policy formulation and implementation on climate adaptation; 3.1.7 Support technical assistance to nongovernmental actors e.g. communities, civil Climate Change and Meteorological Services and the Department of Water Resources. This will help agricultural extension services, fisheries, and farmer agencies receive tailored weather and climate based agricultural advisories. With activities already providing information to Malawian farmers about the weather, there is the foundation for farmers to now learn to adapt to the information they are currently receiving. communities impacted by El Nino to retain development gains post-disaster improves the chances of communities to remain resilient to negative impacts from climate change. generating incomes in communities, build the government's capacity to adapt to climate change via natural resource management, and support to nongovernmental actors in formulating policies and strategies for their constituents to adapt to climate change. drought conditions and dry spell lengths. These eventualities will lead to decreased rainfed crop yields, increased risk of aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts, degradation of soil quality and productivity, shifting times for planting and growing seasons, destruction of agricultural infrastructure, and food shortages. The promotion of technologies (climate smart agriculture, drought resistant crops, watershed to smallholder farmers to become more resilient to climate change are at risk to extreme weather events that could destroy agricultural improvements and decrease yields from newly introduced crop safety net to subsistence farmers in times of drought or financial hardships due to extreme weather events. Create communication plans to influence science-based decision making on climate risks by government and community stakeholders. Involve academics in collecting and risks to the program's activities are acceptable as the benefits of the planned activities outweigh the risk. Risks associated with vulnerabilities outside of the Project areas may also need to be accepted as they are outside the zone of influence. For example, inefficient storm water management may flood or damage upstream surface water systems which then flow down and cause greater risks for downstream communities where USAID is working.
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