3.4 Build capacity for the change due to its high of rural Supply funds to district less than anticipated MoAIWD staff in agricultural reliance on rainfed crops. livelihoods in agricultural extension due to the financial crop and soil science, extension Rising temperatures, case farming offices to implement the constraints farmers plant breeding, human service. increased intensity and becomes less activities that have been may find themselves nutrition and frequency of heavy rainfall economically devolved to them. in, especially during agriculture events, and increased sustainable. and after droughts, economics/policy drought conditions and dry Include climate risk floods, and extreme analysis; spell lengths will lead to Train farmers management language in weather events. decreased rainfed crop in use of drip solicitations and awards. Overall, the risks to 3.5 Support targeted yields, increased risk of and the program's research to inform aflatoxin contamination in activities are key agricultural, groundnuts, degradation of techniques for acceptable as the nutritional, and soil quality and productivity, more efficient benefits of the environmental policy shifting times for planting irrigation. planned activities actions; and growing seasons, outweigh the risk. destruction of agricultural Provide 3.6 Promote infrastructure, and food farmers with improved donor shortages. new cultivars coordination to that are strengthen policy and drought and systems; heat-tolerant. 3.7 Provide policy When assistance to reform the extension service agricultural systems. extension services, insist
3.4 Build capacity for MoAIWD staff in crop and soil science, plant breeding, human nutrition and agriculture economics/policy analysis; 3.5 Support targeted research to inform key agricultural, nutritional, and environmental policy actions; 3.6 Promote improved donor coordination to strengthen policy and systems; 3.7 Provide policy assistance to reform the extension service systems. the agricultural extension service. Supply funds to district agricultural extension offices to implement the activities that have been devolved to them. Include climate risk management language in solicitations and awards. change due to its high reliance on rainfed crops. Rising temperatures, increased intensity and frequency of heavy rainfall events, and increased drought conditions and dry spell lengths 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. of rural livelihoods in case farming becomes less economically sustainable. Train farmers in use of drip and techniques for more efficient irrigation. Provide farmers with new cultivars that are drought and heat-tolerant. When agricultural extension services, insist less than anticipated due to the financial constraints farmers may find themselves in, especially during and after droughts, floods, and extreme weather events. Overall, the risks to the program's activities are acceptable as the benefits of the planned activities outweigh the risk.
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