State of affairs
and challenges relating to climate change
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There is little information on how
extension takes climate change into account in the services that are provided
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Agricultural services need to be
adaptive in the face of emergent realities of climate change
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It was noted that even though issues of
climate change directly affect agriculture , the ministries of agriculture do
not have climate change as primary focus
i.e, climate change is not led by agriculture
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Funding to support agriculture and
climate change in particular is low in most cases.
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Most of the learning in the area of climate
change is still at project level and needs to find its way to policy level.
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Extension and AAS providers need to
provide multi focused services not just to focus on production
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Need for development of early warning
system is important
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ICT use should be expanded
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Problems of climate knowledge must be clearly articulated in terms of
governance, participation and assets
Directions
for future action
Studies:
- Socioeconomic
conditions and determinants in climate change adaptation and mitigation.
- Institutional
issues in extension and implications for programme development and result
measurement framework.
- Documentation
of innovations of small holder farmers in climate change adaption and
mitigation.
- Climate
change related risk assessment in African agricultural value chain
systems.
Capacity
Building:
- Country
fora to build capacity of national extension stakeholders and
practitioners in the facilitating sustaining innovations for climate
change adaptation and mitigation.
Climate
change information and knowledge management:
- Development
of manuals and protocols for communicating climate change information.
- Development of frameworks for integrating climate change issues into national extension policies, and operational plans.
Presented by Dr.
Verona Parkinson
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