James Kinyangi, Regional Program Leader

CCAFS East Africa

Bridging the science-policy gap through CANA

About CCAFS

CCAFS is a research collaboration

between the CGIAR and the global

climate change community.

UNIQUE NAMA MRV (ICRAF)

Science-policy-practice interface (ILRI)

CSAP in CSVs (CIMMYT)

Climate-smart tree sourcing (ICRAF)

Citizen Science (FP1, Bioversity)

Innovations, institutions & business models for scaling

up

Mitigation in Livestock sector, LED & SAMPLES

(ILRI)

Socioeconomic Scenarios

Capacity Strengthening Strategies

Gender and Social Differentiation

Engagement and Communication

Climate-Smart

AGRICULTURE Climate

INFORMATION Services and Safety Nets

Low

EMISSIONS Agriculture

Policies and

INSTITUTIONS

Portfolio in East Africa

CC Impacts on ag & food security using AgMIP (ICRISAT)

P4S-CSA (ICRAF)

Household modeling for improved CSA tech targeting

(ILRI)

Enhancing CSA: improved fodder shrubs & extension (ICRAF)

Targeted dissemination of adapted maize (CIMMYT)

Production and food security forecasting

(CIMMYT)

Index Insurance (CIMMYT)

Climate Services for Africa – GFCS ,USAID (IRI)

Bioversity Global Policy Work

Multi-disciplinary species distribution modeling (ICRAF)

SPDSM and Crop Models (CIP)

Climate Science tools and engagement

Influencing and listening national and local policies/institutions

(IITA)

National and regional partnerships to support

integration of climate change in ag & food systems

Where do we work?

Partnerships for policy outcomes e.g. African countries in the UNFCCC

Using scientific evidence to effectively articulate the

African position on agriculture and climate change

issues reflecting also in current and emerging global

agreements..

Need for knowledge sharing and networking All the efforts above have yielded and continue to yield new knowledge

and experiences creating new avenues for collaboration. This

necessitated the need to create a platform for sharing knowledge.

In 2011, CCAFS East Africa launched a Regional Learning Partnership

(RLP) (16 African based organizations) to help mainstream research

into national policies, development plans and targeted local action.

In 2012, RLP meeting saw the need for an online knowledge platform.

Upon learning about earlier efforts regarding RLP, Rockefeller and

Pamoja Media approached CCAFS to collaborate and develop an

online platform.

A survey was done in 2014 to give feedback on the design and

content of the platform, to share and access information on Africa’s

agriculture in the context of a changing climate

Science to policy dialogue, e.g. Climate Agriculture Network for Africa

Collaborating to make evidence-informed

policies for increased investments in

climate resilient food systems.

CANA was officially launched in 2014 at COP 20 in Lima, Peru at the CCAFS official side event titled - Climate-smart

agriculture innovations to increase food security and rural incomes under climate change

CANA Partners

The successful development of the online

knowledge sharing platform is a result of the

collaboration between:

• CCAFS

• Rockefeller Foundation

• Pamoja Media

• Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

(COMESA).

We currently have 26 partners engaged in the

platform: research institutions, NGOS, regional

economic communities, universities, government

ministries

Conclusion

• The objective of this workshop is to build regional

capacity on the use of the platform for sharing emerging

knowledge and experiences on climate change and

agriculture in Africa

• This training event is a great opportunity to share our

research and field work experiences, identify existing

gaps and opportunities for synergies.

• We greatly value your inputs and feedback and we look

forward to your active contribution and participation on

the platform.

Visit our website … http://ccafs.cgiar.org/regions/east-africa

Cana website……www.canafrica.com

Thank you

Victor A. Orindi National Drought Management Authority

• Policy makers often need to justify their decisions

• Many challenges against limited resources

– Trans-disciplinary nature

– Research to inform policy choices

– Value for Money

– Sustainability

• Policy making is a process – Consistency, reliability and trust

– What are the entry points?

• Relevant information – Issue to be addressed

– Context –political-economy

– Provide options

– Best achieved by involving research users from the beginning

• Packaging and sharing of information

– Concise/succinct information

– Relevant examples with facts and figures

– Face to face interactions

• Feedback mechanism

– How useful was the material – referencing/cited

– Do you listen to what policy makers are saying/asking?

• Published work

• Think-tanks and leading experts

• On-line sources – eg CANA

Vivian Atakos, Communication Specialist

CCAFS East Africa

Webinar: Bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing platform

12 August 2015

Introduction to CANA

Web based interactive knowledge sharing platform by

a network of partners drawn from the region.

Why CANA:

• Linking science/ policy processes

• Need for timely sharing and access to information

by all the partners involved.

• Need for collaboration on common themes

CANA Founding Partners

• Ministry of Environment and Forestry - Ethiopia

• VI Agroforestry

• Ruforum

• KALRO

• CARE - ALP

• Tegemeo Institute and Egerton University

• East African Farmer Federation – EAFF

• Sokoine University

• Min Agriculture Food and Cooperatives - Tanzania

• ECOTRUST

• NARO

• National Fisheries Resources Research Institute-

Uganda

What are the opportunities?

CANA Themes

CANA Resources

• Publications – reports, working papers,

newsletters, fliers among others

Key program documents available

Country CSA Program Docs – Kenya, Uganda,

Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana

Resources – Videos/ Images/ Events

Blogs section

Blogs – How to

Writing guidelines - CCAFS (2014)

• - Keep the story to 600-800 words: Sometimes shorter goes a long way. Online readers, in general, only spend just a few minutes on each story.

• - Writing style: Engaging, approachable, concepts correctly represented. Keep the style simple conversational and descriptive. Use illustrative examples from your work or meetings with people, quotes from researchers or partners, and include photos to get your point across.

• - The opening paragraphs Make it captivating. Ask yourself: Would you read this story based on the introduction?

• - Put emphasis on headlines: A good headline will ’make or break’ your story. Here we say: the shorter the better. We try to keep headlines under 10 words.

• - Use short paragraphs and sentences

• Share on cana@cgiar.org – we will help you refine

Lets Collaborate! Forum pages

Stay in touch

• Facebook – Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa

• Twitter - @cana_africa

• Slideshare - CANAAFRICA

• Subscribe to our feeds

Thank you

http://canafrica.com/

Bridging the science-policy gap through an online knowledge sharing platform

How to Use the CANA Forum Page | By Grace Katiku

1. Go to the Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) website www.canafrica.com

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