(ICRAF - WA) Building resilient agro-sylvo-pastoral systems in West Africa through participatory action research (BRAS-PAR).
Project description
This project seeks to develop up-scalable technological and social innovations of climate-smart agriculture integrating crop-livestock-tree systems through improved understanding of farmer's perceptions and demands, by addressing barriers to adoption taking into consideration gender and social differentiation.
Specific research activities include:
- Testing, evaluation and validation of smart models of integrated crop and livestock systems with rural communities and other stakeholders. These systems will improve integrated crop and livestock systems by integrating climate risk management strategies.
- Simulation of options for improving water and crop-livestock-tree systems in different climatic and socio-economic scenarios using models (WaNuLCAS, SWAT, etc.) for informed decision-making.
- Analysis of the conditions for success and failure of technological and social innovations that favor climate-friendly agriculture.
In Burkina Faso, Ghana, Niger and Senegal, the private sector, NGOs (including FNGN, Larwaal, ProNet North and Care International), micro-credit institutions, agri-dealers and rural radios all help to scale up the innovations of climate-smart agriculture in the face of climate change.
Gender
Women were involved from the beginning as they represented at least 30% of farmers who participated to the technologies inventory and assessment of their smartness using defined criteria in link with the three pillars of CSA. Their involvement at this stage helped identified practices that women are willing to pursue.
Partners
The project is led by the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) in collaboration with the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and CCAFS West Africa.
Further information
For further information, please contact project leaders Jules Bayala (ICRAF) at j.bayala@cgiar.org and Augustine Ayantunde (CIFOR) at a.ayantunde@cgiar.org.
Project Deliverables
Research workshop report
List of promising and prioritized climate smart crop-livestock-agroforestry practices for testing
Research workshop report
List of promising crop, livestock and agroforestry value chains
Database/Dataset/Data documentation
Accurate and relevant climate information
Research workshop report
Trainings
Database/Dataset/Data documentation
Data on the impact of using climate information in planning agricultural activities
Research workshop report
Framework to co-design, test, monitor transformative CSA water and crop-livestock-tree gender sensitive and specific options
User manual/Technical Guide
Support tools, approaches, guidelines for climate smart agriculture targeting/prioritization and local adaptation and investment planning
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Framework to co-develop, evaluate transformative climate smart water and crop-livestock-tree gender sensitive and specific options
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Food security in the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Zone of Ghana: an ordered probit with household hunger scale approach
User manual/Technical Guide
Community participatory inventory and prioritization of climatesmart crop-livestock-agroforestry technologies / practices
User manual/Technical Guide
Methode communautaire participative d inventaire et de priorisation des technologies/pratiques d agriculture-elevage-agroforesterie climato-intelligentes
User manual/Technical Guide
(D375) Research workshop report, proceedings, workshop summary paper.- Trainings
User manual/Technical Guide
(D510) User manual, technical guide - Support tools, approaches and guidelines for CSA targeting/prioritization and local adaptation and investment planning
Research workshop report
(D371) Research workshop report, proceedings, workshop summary paper.- List of promising and prioritized climate smart crop-livestock-agroforestry practices for testing
Partners
- Centre regional AGRHYMET (AGRHYMET)
- Institut de l’Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles (Burkina Faso) (INERA)
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN)
- Institut Senegalais de Recherche Agricole (ISRA)
- International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
- International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
- Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI)
- World Agroforestry Centre