Examplesoftechnologytransferintheagricultureandforestrysectors

COP22,Marrakech,AfricaPavilion,11Nov2016

HenryNeufeldtWorldAgroforestryCentre(ICRAF)

TechnologyTransferforAdaptationandMitigationinNaturalResourceManagementviatheUNFCCC’sClimateTechnology

CentreandNetwork:ExamplesfromAfrica

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• Farmersmostinterestedinreducingfoodinsecurity• Nolong- ormedium-termplanningpossibleunderfoodinsecuresituation• Treeplanting(andotherinvestmentsinlivelihoodimprovements)only

afterbasicfoodsecurityisguaranteed• Foodinsecurityrosebyatleastonemonth(aboveonaverage3months)

duringdroughtandflooding• Copingstrategiesleadinto‘povertytrap’• Agroforestryreducedfoodinsecuritybyabout1month

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Thorlakson andNeufeldt 2012

REQUEST FROM CHILE

DesignofBiodiversityMonitoringNetworkinthecontextofClimateChange

§ Development of the architecture and conceptual design of thesystem

§ Identification of the existing knowledge gaps§ Identification of standards and protocols§ Identification of the necessary formal institutional arrangements +

logistic and operational requirements

CATIEincollaborationwithICRAF

REQUEST FROM CÔTE D’IVOIRE

§ Recommendation on the logical framework§ Review of and recommendations on the indicators§ Recommendations on the data collection strategy§ Inventory of the existing platforms capable of hosting the SIE

Support/AdviceintheelaborationoftheEnvironmentalInformationSystemforaddressingclimatechangechallenges

inCôted’Ivoire

ICRAFincollaborationwithENDA

REQUEST FROM NEPAL

§ Provide practical knowledge and skills to the national agroforestry development team to formulate the policy based on past experience

§ Help streamline the policy into existing frameworks to avoid the hurdles and barriers related to managing trees in agricultural landscapes

§ Support the development of a multi-stakeholder participatory policy development process

§ Use the participatory process to formulate the National Agroforestry Policy for Nepal

Nationalagroforestrypolicydesignandtraining

REQUEST FROM TANZANIA

§ Understand the potential for scaling-up sustainable and climate smart wood fuel (charcoal and firewood) value chains

§ Support the development of technology and policy frameworks that include sustainable production, efficient marketing and efficient utilization throughout the country

§ Develop capacity in sustainable wood fuel cooking systems§ Support decision-making through participatory negotiation and planning

processes (SHARED, StakeHolder Approach to Risk-informed and Evidence-based Decision-making

§ Identify and catalyze financing opportunities

Scaling-upsustainablewoodfuel(charcoalandfirewood)cookingsystemsinthePwani,Lindi andMtwara regions

ICRAFincollaborationwithTAREA

REQUEST FROMMALI,NIGER,GUINEA-BISSAU

§ Identification and transfer of sustainable climate-smart agricultural technologies for water and food security in the face of climate change

§ Identification of appropriate soil and water management practices in demonstration sites through multi-stakeholder participatory negotiation and decision-making (SHARED)

§ Identification of and support in raising funds to scale up the approach nationally

Developmentofamulti-countryconceptofclimate-smartandsustainableagricultureinNiger,MaliandGuinea-Bissau

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