Addressing climate change and agricultural research through partnerships and scenario building
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa Program will be represented at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD II) through a pre-conference meeting. GCARD will be organized in Punta del Este, Uruguay, 29 October – 1 November 2012. The GCARD II will focus on the ways to implement the tasks identified in the GCARD RoadMap with special attention to “Foresight and partnership for innovation and impact on small-holder livelihoods” and gender. With this, the Conference will become an excellent platform to build cooperation around key forward-looking agendas and plan joint actions among all stakeholders. This should in turn, open international partnership opportunities and help the development of concrete research and development programs that can lead through to substantive impacts.
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa Program will be represented at the Second Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD II) through a pre-conference meeting. GCARD will be organized in Punta del Este, Uruguay, 29 October – 1 November 2012. The GCARD II will focus on the ways to implement the tasks identified in the GCARD RoadMap with special attention to “Foresight and partnership for innovation and impact on small-holder livelihoods” and gender. With this, the Conference will become an excellent platform to build cooperation around key forward-looking agendas and plan joint actions among all stakeholders. This should in turn, open international partnership opportunities and help the development of concrete research and development programs that can lead through to substantive impacts.
Objectives
The main objective of the pre-conference meeting is to share on-going CCAFS partnership engagement processes and research activities at international, regional and national levels. By sharing our work, we seek to:
- Develop new partnerships and strengthen existing engagements by exploring areas of collaboration between international, regional and national partners;
- Identify opportunities for cross-scale learning by working with national partners and local communities;
- Establish links to other CGIAR Consortium Research Programmes (CRPs);
- Discuss the potential of global and regional scenarios to inform policy making.
Expected Outcomes
- Development of critical partnerships with institutions at international, regional and local levels with similar research interests.
- Shared lessons between scientists, policy makers and civil society with a particular focus on identifying entry points to engage with small holder farmers.
- Identification of areas of collaboration with other CRPs to enhance uptake of research and development outcomes.
Program
Reflections on the Science - Society Nexus: Addressing Climate Change and Agricultural Research through Partnerships and Scenario Building | |
Global scenarios: using scenarios to explore future uncertainty | |
Regional scenarios, and their link to global and local levels: potential to influence policy | |
Building Regional Learning Platforms: deepening dialogue to inform the science-policy interface | |
Integrating research and development at local levels: land and water management for improved food security in Asia | |
Community adaptation planning: assessing costs and benefits of community adaptation | |
CCAFS research and engagement partnerships | |
Speakers will be drawn from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Society for International Development (SID), Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) The WorldFish Center and the University of Oxford.
Full title: Reflections on the Science - Society Nexus: Addressing Climate Change and Agricultural Research through Partnerships and Scenario Building
For more information regarding this event contact:
James Kinyangi, j [dot] kinyangi [at] cgiar [dot] org; + 254 20 422 3080
Catherine Mungai; c [dot] mungai [at] cgiar [dot] org; + 254 20 422 3027