Event Type
CCARDESA Event
Event date and time
Oct 10, 2016 - Oct 14, 2016
CCARDESA organised a training in October 2016 in Cape town. This training was based on the CCARDESA Training Package which is being rolled out in the SADC region. The objectives of the training were to ensure that technical staff for agricultural extension in southern Africa know concepts of climate change adaptation and climate smart agriculture for agriculture extension services and to ensure that they are capable to apply such concepts in their extension work. Participants were drawn from practitioners of agriculture extension in SADC member states. Following is the agenda of the training which includes links to the presentations.
Monday
- Official opening remarks: Regional Agricultural Policy (RAP) support to Climate Change Adaptation in the SADC Region - Dr. Baitsi Podisi, Programme Manager, CCARDESA
- Presentation 1: Thematic introduction: Climate change, adaptation, mitigation - Catalina Berger
- Presentation 2: CC projections and impacts in SADC and importance of climate services for agriculture - Dr. Christopher Lennard, Research Officer, Climate Systems Analysis Group, University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Q&A Session - Dr. Luis Waldmueller, GIZ Senior Advisor, Climate, Rural Development and Infrastructure, GIZ, Eschborn, Germany
- Presentation 3: Agriculture: victim and culprit of CC and adaptation options, CSA - Dr. Luis Waldmueller
- Q&A Session - Catalina Berger
- Exposé: concept and steps of Climate Proofing - Catalina Berger
- Action learning: risk functions - Catalina Berger
Tuesday
- Presentation of four case studies and composition of working groups - Dr. Wiebke Foerch
- Case studies, Module A: Evaluating present and future vulnerabilities – Part 1 (present) - Catalina Berger and Trainer team
- Ctd – Part 2 (future) - Trainer team
- Presentation 4: Introduction to CSA: technologies, practices and strategies - Dr. Luis Waldmueller
- Q&A Session - Catalina Berger
- Presentation 5: Conservation agriculture: farmer adoption of new practices and technologies: evidence and lessons learnt - Dr. Christian Thierfelder, Senior Scientist, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
- Presentation 6: The role of livestock in smallholder adaptation and climate smart agriculture - Dr. Baitsi Podisi, Programme Manager, CCARDESA
- Q&A Session - Catalina Berger
Wednesday
- Module A Presentations of results in plenary
- Presentation 7: Water and land management in CSA: opportunities and constraints - Sarah Beerhalter, GIZ/CCARDESA ACCRA Programme Manager
- Presentation 8: The importance of post-harvest management: best practices - Dr. Sipho Sibanda, Senior Manager, Agricultural Research Council South Africa
- Q&A Session - Catalina Berger
- Excursion to the Langgewens Research Farm, Malmesbury, Western Cape to visit long-term trials on climate smart agricultural practices
Thursday
- Recap of excursion - Dr. Wiebke Foerch, Dr. Luis Waldmueller
- Case studies Module B: Identifying adaptation options - Catalina Berger and Trainer team
- Presentation 9: Prioritising climate smart practices and technologies for agricultural value chains in SADC - Dr. Christine Lamanna, Senior Scientist, World Agroforestry Centre, CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
- Q&A Session - Dr. Luis Waldmueller
- Presentation 10: The importance of gender in climate smart agriculture - Dr. Luis Waldmueller,
- Q&A Session
Friday
- Case studies, Module C – Selecting adaptation measures - Catalina Berger and Trainer team
- Preparing final group presentations - Catalina Berger
- Group Presentations and discussion of results - Trainer team
- Q&A Session - Catalina Berger
- Reflections and conclusions on the CP approach - Catalina Berger
- Evaluation
- Final remarks, next steps
- Certificates
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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