strengthening of linkages between WAFA and ECOWAS. 1.1.3 Facilitate and support WAFA activities according to the two-year work plan, including recommendations from the institutional diagnostic and organizational assessment. 1.1.4 Facilitate and upgrade WAFA communications platforms and products A.2. Capacity building activities for ECOWAS and WAEMU staff and their interlocutors for the adoption of specific trade facilitation measures; 1.1.5 Provide technical support as needed to the WAFA-facilitated West Africa Fertilizer Forum. etc.); (iii) analyses, studies, academic or research workshops and meetings; (iv) Projects in which A.I.D. is a minor donor to a multi-donor project and there is no potential significant effects upon the environment of the United States, areas outside any nation’s jurisdiction or endangered or threatened species or their critical habitat; (v) for document and information transfers; (vi) Contributions to international, regional or national organizations by the United States which are not for the purpose of carrying out a specifically identifiable project or projects; (xiii) Matching, general support, and institutional support grants provided to private voluntary organizations (PVOs) to assist in financing programs where A.I.D.’s objective in providing such financing does not require knowledge of or control over the details of the specific activities conducted by the PVO; (xiv) for studies, projects or programs intended to develop the capability of recipient countries to engage in development planning, expect to the extent designed to result in activities directly affecting the environment (such as construction of facilities, etc.); and, (xv) Activities which involve the application of design criteria or standards developed and approved by A.I.D. Capacity building activities will include awareness on sustainable intensification which looks at whole landscapes, territories and ecosystems to optimize resource utilization and management. Farmers will be encouraged to must produce more from the same area of land and use fewer inputs while producing greater yields. IFDC will provide training to increase agricultural productivity, protect crops sustainably, limit chemical contamination, manage biodiversity and ecosystem services, and strengthen livelihoods. IFDC will support agricultural practices that promote smart resource linkages and enhance nutrient flows in integrated farming systems such as better quality feeds and balanced animal diets and use of information and communication
2 . 1.1: Tasks / Defined or Tasks or 1.2: 1.3: 2: Climate Risks* 3: Adaptive Capacity 4: Climate Risk Rating* 5: Opportunities 6.1: Climate Risk Management Options 6.2: How Climate Risks are Addressed in the Activity* 7: Next Steps for Activity 8: Accepted Climate Risks* 1. inclusive, private sector-led, regional fertilizer market 20 years West Africa Prolong flood disrupts fertilizer supply, transport, and distribution chains which affect the availability and cost of fertilizer. Reduced willingness of farmers to invest in productivity enhancing assets such as fertilizer due to price volatility and greater uncertainty about future High capacity to collect and use information about climate impacts to agriculture Low Promote new public-private partnerships that will strengthen agriculture value chains Support investments in new technologies and management practices that will increase returns to land, labor, and capital. USAID/WA will work with IFDC to build climate change mitigation activities in their work plan.
prices. 2. input packages developed and in with CORAF 20 years Entire region Variable and rainfall with increased inter-annual variation will cause productivity of rain-fed agriculture to be less reliable. Flooding could negate or significantly decrease the effectiveness of integrated soil fertility management and good agricultural The existence of Regional Harmonized Framework for data collection on climate change and resilience by the Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) can increase the ability of the region to anticipate short-term Moderate The activity will promote the development of climate change tolerant seed varieties Encourage farmers to take advantage of changes in temperature or precipitation that will extend the growing season and allow for additional harvests. Increase training and Limit introduction of non-native species and seeds. Train farmers in basic techniques of sustainable agriculture, such as improving soil health, integrated pest management (IPM), ISFM, “sustainable intensification”, and crop rotation. Provide extension services and training in climate-smart ISFM. IFDC will develop integrated climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices related to improving soil fertility and stability, and that reduce erosion and the loss of nutrients. IFDC will budget funds to mitigate climate related risks. USAID/WA will work with IFDC to build climate change mitigation activities in its YR1 work plan. Ensure that climate-smart, ISFM practices are incorporated in CORAF’s efforts of national agricultural research systems
practices. Large scale shocks could impact the effectiveness of improved management inputs and practices (e.g., improved seeds, fertilizer, conservation agriculture, integrated pest etc) climate impacts and prepare accordingly. investment in more sustainable agricultural practices including climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Increase fertilizer efficiency through mulching, soil fertility improvements, micro fertilizer placement, etc. (NARS) 3. Fertilizer 20 years West Africa Low In the ECOWAS Help farmers adapt cropping practices to
policy and regulatory systems across West Africa improved and in with ECOWAS guidance fertilizer policy or revisions thereof, there may be the opportunities to: i) influence recognition of climate stressors on agricultural productivity; ii) integrate climate information and early warning systems into policies help ensure food production, food security, and sustainable livelihoods (e.g., altering cultivation and sowing times and crop cultivars). 4. Through bilateral buy-ins, improved and 20 years Ghana Nigeria Mali Variable and rainfall with increased inter-annual variation will cause productivity High capacity of individuals to respond to climate impacts on agriculture and to adopt Moderate Increase soil organic carbon to improve soil fertility and release nutrients for plant growth. Train farmers in basic techniques of sustainable agriculture, such as improving soil health, integrated pest management (IPM), and crop IFDC will develop integrated climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices related to USAID/WA will work with IFDC to build climate change mitigation activities in its YR1 work
agro-input packages marketed and available to farmers in specific countries dealers Niger of rain-fed agriculture to be less reliable. Flooding could negate or significantly decrease the effectiveness of integrated soil fertility management and good agricultural practices. Large scale shocks could impact the effectiveness of improved management inputs and practices practices High capacity of institutions and civil society to rapidly deploy new means of coping with more rapidly changing ecological and other stresses Existence of national and policies that can enable more gradual adaptation. Provide timely weather information to farmers using results of monitoring from early warning systems. Increase fertilizer efficiency through mulching, soil fertility improvements, micro fertilizer placement, etc. rotation. Provide extension services and training in climate-smart agriculture improving soil fertility and stability, and that reduce erosion and the loss of nutrients. IFDC will budget funds to mitigate climate related risks. plan. Ensure that climate-smart, ISFM practices are incorporated in CORAF’s efforts of NARS