ICRISAT Archival Report 2006 - The seedlings of success in the ...

Project 9
Poverty alleviation and sustainable management of land, water, livestock and forest
resources through sustainable agro-ecological intensification in low- and high potential
environments of the semi-arid tropics of Africa and Asia
System Priority 4: Poverty alleviation and sustainable management of water, land and forest resources
Priority 4A, Specific goal 1: Develop analytical methods and tools for the management of multiple use landscapes
with a focus on sustainable productivity enhancement
Priority 4D, Specific goal 8: Identify social, economic, policy and institutional factors that determine decisionmaking
about managing natural resources in intensive production systems and target interventions accordingly
Output 9A. New tools and methods for management of multiple use landscapes and climatic variability with a
focus on sustainable productivity enhancement, developed and promoted in collaboration with NARES
partners in Africa and Asia
Output target 2007: Pilot projects on the demonstration and evaluation of integrated climate risk management and
carbon sequestration initiated and underway with at least 8 carefully selected agricultural investor stakeholders in
the Global SAT.
Table 9A.1 summarizes the ‘Climate variability and change projects’ that ICRISAT staff in Africa and Asia are
currently involved in, or have developed over the last 12 months, and will be funded in 2007. During 2005 and 2006
ICRISAT , together with stakeholder partners, received donor support for the initiation of 6 pilot climate risk
management/carbon sequestration projects in Africa which covered the countries, Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Gambia,
Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Senegal. Furthermore, during 2006, ICRISAT and
partners were successful with the submission of 5 competitive grant concept notes and have been invited to develop
full proposals. One is to be funded by the African Development Bank through ASARECA and covers Sudan,
Eritrea and Uganda with capacity building activities throughout ECA. Three are to be funded by IDRC / DFID
through their ‘Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) grants scheme and cover Zimbabwe, Zambia, Ghana,
Mali, Niger, Tanzania, Kenya, Ethiopia Eritrea and Sudan. The fifth will be funded by IDRC through their Research
in Tobacco Control (RITC) Programme and will focus on Malawi.
In Asia over the same period six concept notes have been developed and two have moved forward to full proposal
development (Table 9.1)
Table 9A.1. Climate variability and change projects in which ICRISAT is currently involved in Sub-Saharan
Africa and Asia. (2005-2006). The Project Lead Centre (LC) is identified
Project Title
Consortium
Members
Stakeholders and
Project Partners
Countries
involved
Project Status
Funded and Operational
“Making the best of climate:
Adapting agriculture to
climate variability”
“Options for improved use of
climate knowledge and
technology in the southern
rangelands of Kenya.”
“Providing climate-based
decision support for farmers
and agricultural concession
companies in Mozambique”
ICRISAT, IRI
ICRISAT (LC),
CIAT, IMTR
ICRISAT (LC),
CIAT, ICRAF,
Reading Univ.
Univ. Nairobi (LC),
KMD, ICPAC, EARO,
FOFIFA, SOMEAH.
District Forest and
livestock Office and
extension staff at
Makueni, Kenya.
KMD, KARI
Mozambique Leaf
Tobacco, CIP, DPA,
IIAM, EMPRENDA
Alliance, USEBA,
SNS and Mozambique
Met. Service.
Kenya,
Madagascar,
Ethiopia
Kenya
Mozambique
Funded by,
ASARECA-CGS
US$ 504,000
Funded by DMP
US$ 40,000
Funded by
PROAGRI-
MINAG (World
Bank)
US$ 450,000
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