Climate Change, Agric & Food Security
    • CC already negative impact on food security, 
      especially through agric., esp in Africa (40% 
      total export earnings + 60-90% employment, 
      95% farmed land rainfed agric… more than a 
      quarter of population undernourished)
    • Agric contributes significantly to CC: globally, 
      25% GHG (African agric. 15% of total amount 
      globally emitted from agriculture)
    • Africa future bread-basket? Land + 
      productivity-margin
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    Various approaches to make agr “climate smart”
    - sustainable intensification (farm level) 
    - agro-ecology (“nature-driven” ag…science/movement) 
    - precision agriculture (“technology-driven”…)
    - ecosystem-based adaptation for food security
    - landscape approach
    - …
    -  CSA: 1) sustainably increasing ag.productivity/incomes 
    2) adapting & building resilience to CC 3) reducing GHG 
    [incl. landscape appr, agro-forestry, sust. intensification]
     
    • criticism (GACSA, mitig…60% fertilizer biz eg. Yara)
    • encom. social, env.& econ.benefits (flex., widely used)
     Build complementarities/link best practices while 
    seeking new knowledge, avoiding ideology
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    African policy-makers promote CSA
  •  Try mainstream CSA in ag.policies cont/reg/nat.levels ($?)
  •  AUC-NEPAD ‘Agriculture CC Adaptation-Mitigation 
     Framework’ 2010… Section 5 “Financing scaling-up of 
     adaptation-mitigation measures in ag” recognizes CAADP 
     NAIPs + AU Malabo Decl: ‘Africa CSA Vision 25x25’: ACSAA 
     & NAIPs (vulnerability & capacity assessments…only?)
  •  “COMESA CSA Pship” (+Reg.CAADP Compact)…Tripartite…
  •  national CSA projects (from REC,donors…)…some 
     institutional improvem/coordin eg Uganda; but National 
     Adaptation Progr. of Action & NAIP not aligned 
  •  Too early?
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    Weak knowledge/governance/$  VS mainstreaming 
    •  …at ALL LEVELS e.g: AU-RECs? lack NAT capacity to plan 
       and submit the required documents NAPA/NAMAs…
    •  HORIZONTAL Coherence: “climate” & “agriculture” are 
       still treated in silos
    •  VERTICAL Coherence: disconnect btw policies & 
       frameworks at global, contin., regional, nat., local levels 
     need to scale-up CSA (mostly small projects/CSR now)
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