AASW7 side event: Strengthening climate services for agricultural transformation in Africa
Official side event by CCAFS and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and partners, during the 7th Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7) in Kigali, Rwanda.
This side event; ‘Strengthening Climate Services for Agricultural Transformation in Africa ’, will create an opportunity for policy makers, scientists and technical experts from the CGIAR, regional economic commissions for Africa (African Climate Policy Center (ACPC), UNECA, AUC, NEPAD) as well as National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) and other stakeholders to learn from and build on examples of good practice in farmer-focused climate information and advisory services, and to share elements of good practice in agricultural planning and food management in the face of a changing climate.
Objectives
- To capture and share lessons and evidence, through country case studies, on how climate information and advisory services can be used to improve the lives of smallholder farmers.
- To discuss methods, tools and high-resolution information products (historical, monitored, seasonal forecasts) that can be used to enhance institutional capacities to produce agriculturally relevant climate information (ENACTS)
- To discuss best tools and methods that can be used to enhance the understanding of climate information services and build resilience for taking decisions in situations of uncertainty among farmers (PICSA and Twigire Muhinzi farmer extension model)
Target audience
Policy makers, researchers, technical officers from national meteorological and hydrological agencies, media
Speakers
Welcome remarks: John Ntaganda Semafara, Director General of Meteo Rwanda
Keynote 1: Désiré Kagabo, CIAT/CCAFS, Kigali, Rwanda
Keynote 2: Ousmane Ndiaye, Senegal National Meteorological Agency (ANACIM, French acronym), Dakar, Senegal
Tufa Dinku: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI) - Columbia University. Presentation on technical innovations enabling African NMS to provide information at the local scale of farmer decision-making
Proposed Panel Discussants:
James Hansen, Columbia University, New York, USA
Daphrose Gahakwa, Deputy Director General of RAB, Kigali, Rwanda
Malick Haidara, representative of USAID Rwanda mission, Kigali, Rwanda
Guleid Artam, Director of ICPAC, Nairobi, Kenya
John Ntaganda Semafara, Meteo Rwanda
AGENDA
| Session 1 | Presenter |
1430-1440 | Welcome remarks | John Ntaganda Semafara, Meteo Rwanda |
| Session 2: Keynote presentations |
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1440-1500 | Transforming Agriculture sector with improved climate information services | Kagabo Desire, CIAT/CCAFS |
1500-1520 | Challenges and opportunities of delivering climate information and services from the national perspective, Senegal experience | Ousmane Ndiaye, ANACIM |
1520-1540 | Technical innovations enabling African NMS to provide information at the local scale of farmer decision-making | Tufa Dinku, Columbia University, USA |
| Session 2: Panel Discussions (Facilitated by a Moderator) | Moderator |
1540 - 1620 | Panel Discussions | 1. Dr James Hansen, Columbia University, New York, USA 2. Dr Daphrose Gahakwa, Deputy Director General of RAB 3. Malick Haidara, representative of USAID Rwanda mission, Kigali, Rwanda 4. Dr Guleid Artam, Director of ICPAC, Nairobi, Kenya 5. John Ntaganda Semafara, Meteo Rwanda |
1620 - 1645 | Questions and Answers | |
1645 - 1700 | Recommendations and Way Forward | |
1700 | Coffee/Tea Break and Departures |
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Organizers
The CGIAR Research Program on climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Center for International Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Rwanda Agriculture Board
Rwanda Meteorological Agency (Meteo-Rwanda)
