Event Type
CCARDESA Event
Event date and time
Jun 18, 2018 - Jun 22, 2018
This event was implemented by CCARDESA with support from the University of Mauritius, Faculty of Agriculture. The objectives of this training were:
- To understand and apply the concepts of climate change adaptation and climate smart agriculture (for agricultural extension and research services)
- To enhance the capacity of officers to address climate change adaptation issues in their work
- To understand the concepts and steps of climate proofing agricultural value chains
Monday
- Welcome and opening
- Keynote speech: Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) support to Climate Change Adaptation in the SADC Region. Dr. Simon Mwale, CCARDESA
- Presentation: CCARDESA Information, Communication and Knowledge Management (ICKM)
- Presentation of participants and outline of the course
- Presentation: Thematic introduction: climate change, adaptation, mitigation
- Presentation: Climate Change projections and impacts in SADC (with focus on Mauritius) and importance of climate services for agriculture
- Presentation: Agriculture: victim and culprit of climate change and adaptation options
- Presentation of case studies and composition of working groups
- Conclusions and take away messages of the day
Tuesday
- Presentation: Introduction to Climate-Smart Agriculture: Overview and Climate-smart agriculture: Overview (Mauritius)
- Exposé: concept and steps of Climate Proofing
- Climate Proofing Module A: evaluating present and future risks – Part 1 (present)
- Presentation: Nutrition-sensitive planning in agriculture under climate change
- Action learning: Risk functions
- Climate Proofing Module A: evaluating present and future risks – Part 2 (future)
- Presentation: Impacts of Climate change on aquatic systems and fisheries
- Conclusions and take away messages of the day
Wednesday
- Module A: Presentations of results in plenary
- Action learning: Dimensions of adaptation options
- Climate Proofing Module B: identifying adaptation options
- Presentation: Gender and climate change/Climate Smart Agriculture
- EXCURSION: Sheltered farming at Plaine Magnien, Grand Port to mitigate small farmers and young entrepreneurs against adverse climatic conditions
Thursday
- Presentation: Strategies in sustainable intensification of livestock and its role in climate smart agriculture in tropical areas
- Climate Proofing Module C - Selecting adaptation measures
- Presentation: Protected culture: an alternative for farmers to adapt to climate change
- Preparing final group presentations
- Presentation: Climate change with a value chain perspective
- Reflections of the day
Friday
- Presentation: Carbon footprint in agriculture
- Group Presentations and discussion of results: Litchi, Livestock, Tomato
- Elaboration of action plans
- Reflections and conclusions on the climate proofing approach
- Evaluation, final remarks, next steps
- Official closure and certificates
To see the final training report please CLICK HERE.
