CCAFS project contributes to Uganda’s Strategic Program on Climate Resilience

John Francis Okiror(International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA))

Workshop participants discussed actions to supplement climate resilience efforts in Uganda and provided input for the further development of the Strategic Program on Climate Resilience

Uganda was selected last year by the Climate Investment Fund (CIF) as one of the countries to prepare a Strategic Program on Climate Resilience under the global Pilot Program for Climate Resilience, which aims to assist developing countries to mainstream climate resilience into core development planning for transformation at scale, while complementing other development initiatives.

Uganda’s Climate Change Department, under the Ministry of Water and Environment, in collaboration with an NGO known as Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement and CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) project on Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation (PACCA), convened stakeholders on August 3, 2016, in Kampala to provide input into the development of this new strategy for the country.

Read the full story, which outlines the process and the goals in the latest IITA Bulletin.

The PACCA project is led by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and works with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Bioversity International, and local partners in Uganda and Tanzania. The goal is to link policies and institutions from national to local levels for the development and adoption of climate-resilient food systems in Uganda and Tanzania.

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John Francis Okiror is part of the communications team for the PACCA project at IITA.

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