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    Authors: Marcel van Asseldonk; Remco Oostendorp; John Recha; John Gathiaka; +4 Authors

    AbstractAdoption of improved livestock breeds requires, as with other climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices, upfront investments, which might be a significant barrier for smallholders. For this reason, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach not only includes CSA interventions, but also interventions to improve access to savings and credit among smallholders by means of a community-based approach. In this paper we study smallholders in CSVs in Kenya who were encouraged, among others, to adopt improved livestock breeds for crossbreeding with indigenous breeds to improve their resilience to climate change and variability. The farmers were also encouraged to become part of savings and credit groups to improve smallholder access to finance. The objective of this paper is thus to determine the (distributional) impact of CSVs on access to savings and credit and the adoption of improved CSA practices. Due to the as good as random selection of CSVs, we are able to estimate the treatment effects on the treated for the smallholders who decided to participate in the CSA intervention by means of a linear probability model. The analysis is based on a balanced panel of 118 farm households interviewed in 2017, 2019, and 2020. The main findings of this study are that the CSV intervention increased the adoption of improved livestock breeds. It also stimulated the membership of savings and credit groups which in turn stimulated the adoption of improved livestock breeds. These findings point to the importance of community-based savings and loan initiatives to mobilize finance among farmers enabling them to invest in CSA practices. Also, the introduction of improved breeds in CSVs has benefited especially the larger livestock owners. However, the availability of credit is found to have mitigated the concentration of improved livestock ownership since the diffusion of improved livestock in CSVs was somewhat more equitable than the (spontaneous) spill-over diffusion in the non-CSVs (reducing the Gini by 0.04).

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    Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
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    Authors: Marcel van Asseldonk; Remco Oostendorp; John Recha; John Gathiaka; +4 Authors

    AbstractAdoption of improved livestock breeds requires, as with other climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices, upfront investments, which might be a significant barrier for smallholders. For this reason, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach not only includes CSA interventions, but also interventions to improve access to savings and credit among smallholders by means of a community-based approach. In this paper we study smallholders in CSVs in Kenya who were encouraged, among others, to adopt improved livestock breeds for crossbreeding with indigenous breeds to improve their resilience to climate change and variability. The farmers were also encouraged to become part of savings and credit groups to improve smallholder access to finance. The objective of this paper is thus to determine the (distributional) impact of CSVs on access to savings and credit and the adoption of improved CSA practices. Due to the as good as random selection of CSVs, we are able to estimate the treatment effects on the treated for the smallholders who decided to participate in the CSA intervention by means of a linear probability model. The analysis is based on a balanced panel of 118 farm households interviewed in 2017, 2019, and 2020. The main findings of this study are that the CSV intervention increased the adoption of improved livestock breeds. It also stimulated the membership of savings and credit groups which in turn stimulated the adoption of improved livestock breeds. These findings point to the importance of community-based savings and loan initiatives to mobilize finance among farmers enabling them to invest in CSA practices. Also, the introduction of improved breeds in CSVs has benefited especially the larger livestock owners. However, the availability of credit is found to have mitigated the concentration of improved livestock ownership since the diffusion of improved livestock in CSVs was somewhat more equitable than the (spontaneous) spill-over diffusion in the non-CSVs (reducing the Gini by 0.04).

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    Authors: Pramod Aggarwal; Andy Jarvis; Bruce M. Campbell; Robert B. Zougmoré; +21 Authors

    L'augmentation des risques météorologiques menace les systèmes de production agricole et la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier. Maintenir la croissance agricole tout en minimisant les chocs climatiques est crucial pour construire un système de production alimentaire résilient et atteindre les objectifs de développement dans les pays vulnérables. Les experts ont proposé plusieurs interventions technologiques, institutionnelles et politiques pour aider les agriculteurs à s'adapter à la variabilité climatique actuelle et future et à atténuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Ce document présente le village intelligent face au climat (CSV) comme moyen d'effectuer de la recherche agricole pour le développement qui teste de manière robuste les options technologiques et institutionnelles pour faire face à la variabilité climatique et au changement climatique dans l'agriculture en utilisant des méthodes participatives.Il vise à étendre et à étendre les options appropriées et à tirer des leçons pour les décideurs politiques du niveau local au niveau mondial.L' approche intègre l'évaluation des technologies, des pratiques, des services et des processus climato-intelligents pertinents pour la gestion des risques climatiques locaux et identifie les possibilités de maximiser les gains d'adaptation des synergies entre les différentes interventions et de reconnaître les mésadaptations et les compromis potentiels.Il veille à ce que ceux-ci soient alignés sur les connaissances locales et liés aux plans de développement.Ce document décrit les premiers résultats en Asie., l'Afrique et l'Amérique latine pour illustrer différents exemples de l'approche CSV dans divers contextes agroécologiques. Les résultats des études initiales indiquent que l'approche CSV a un fort potentiel pour étendre les technologies, les pratiques et les services agricoles climato-intelligents prometteurs. Les études analogiques climatiques indiquent que les leçons apprises sur les sites CSV seraient pertinentes pour la planification de l'adaptation dans une grande partie des terres agricoles mondiales, même dans les scénarios de changement climatique. Les principaux obstacles et possibilités de travail ultérieur sont également discutés. El aumento de los riesgos climáticos amenaza los sistemas de producción agrícola y la seguridad alimentaria en todo el mundo. Mantener el crecimiento agrícola y minimizar los impactos climáticos es crucial para construir un sistema de producción de alimentos resiliente y cumplir los objetivos de desarrollo en los países vulnerables. Los expertos han propuesto varias intervenciones tecnológicas, institucionales y políticas para ayudar a los agricultores a adaptarse a la variabilidad climática actual y futura y mitigar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI). Este documento presenta la aldea climáticamente inteligente (CSV) como un medio para realizar investigación agrícola para el desarrollo que pruebe de manera sólida las opciones tecnológicas e institucionales para hacer frente a la variabilidad climática y el cambio climático en la agricultura utilizando métodos participativos. Su objetivo es ampliar y ampliar las opciones apropiadas y extraer lecciones para los responsables de la formulación de políticas a nivel local y global. El enfoque incorpora la evaluación de tecnologías, prácticas, servicios y procesos climáticamente inteligentes relevantes para la gestión local del riesgo climático e identifica oportunidades para maximizar los beneficios de adaptación de las sinergias en diferentes intervenciones y reconocer posibles inadaptaciones y compensaciones. Se asegura de que estén alineados con el conocimiento local y se vinculen con los planes de desarrollo. Este documento describe los primeros resultados en Asia, África y América Latina para ilustrar diferentes ejemplos del enfoque CSV en diversos entornos agroecológicos. Los resultados de los estudios iniciales indican que el enfoque CSV tiene un alto potencial para ampliar las prometedoras tecnologías, prácticas y servicios agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes. Los estudios analógicos climáticos indican que las lecciones aprendidas en los sitios CSV serían relevantes para la planificación de la adaptación en una gran parte de las tierras agrícolas mundiales, incluso en escenarios de cambio climático. También se discuten las barreras clave y las oportunidades para seguir trabajando. Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world.Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries.Experts have proposed several technological, institutional, and policy interventions to help farmers adapt to current and future weather variability and to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.This paper presents the climate-smart village (CSV) approach as a means of performing agricultural research for development that robustly tests technological and institutional options for dealing with climatic variability and climate change in agriculture using participatory methods.It aims to scale up and scale out the appropriate options and draw out lessons for policy makers from local to global levels.The approach incorporates evaluation of climate-smart technologies, practices, services, and processes relevant to local climatic risk management and identifies opportunities for maximizing adaptation gains from synergies across different interventions and recognizing potential maladaptation and trade-offs.It ensures that these are aligned with local knowledge and link into development plans.This paper describes early results in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to illustrate different examples of the CSV approach in diverse agroecological settings.Results from initial studies indicate that the CSV approach has a high potential for scaling out promising climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and services.Climate analog studies indicate that the lessons learned at the CSV sites would be relevant to adaptation planning in a large part of global agricultural land even under scenarios of climate change.Key barriers and opportunities for further work are also discussed. تهدد مخاطر الطقس المتزايدة أنظمة الإنتاج الزراعي والأمن الغذائي في جميع أنحاء العالم. يعد الحفاظ على النمو الزراعي مع تقليل الصدمات المناخية أمرًا بالغ الأهمية لبناء نظام إنتاج غذائي مرن وتحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية في البلدان المعرضة للخطر. اقترح الخبراء العديد من التدخلات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية والسياساتية لمساعدة المزارعين على التكيف مع تقلبات الطقس الحالية والمستقبلية والتخفيف من انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة. تعرض هذه الورقة القرية الذكية مناخيًا (CSV) نهج كوسيلة لإجراء البحوث الزراعية من أجل التنمية التي تختبر بقوة الخيارات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية للتعامل مع التقلبات المناخية وتغير المناخ في الزراعة باستخدام الأساليب التشاركية. ويهدف إلى توسيع نطاق الخيارات المناسبة وتوسيع نطاقها واستخلاص الدروس لصانعي السياسات من المستويات المحلية إلى العالمية. يتضمن النهج تقييم التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات والعمليات الذكية مناخياً ذات الصلة بإدارة المخاطر المناخية المحلية ويحدد فرص تحقيق أقصى قدر من مكاسب التكيف من أوجه التآزر عبر التدخلات المختلفة والاعتراف بسوء التكيف والمقايضات المحتملة. ويضمن توافقها مع المعرفة المحلية وربطها بخطط التنمية. تصف هذه الورقة النتائج المبكرة في آسيا وأفريقيا وأمريكا اللاتينية لتوضيح أمثلة مختلفة لنهج CSV في بيئات زراعية إيكولوجية متنوعة. تشير نتائج الدراسات الأولية إلى أن نهج CSV لديه إمكانات عالية لتوسيع نطاق التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات الزراعية الواعدة الذكية مناخياً. تشير الدراسات التناظرية المناخية إلى أن الدروس المستفادة في مواقع CSV ستكون ذات صلة بتخطيط التكيف في جزء كبير من الأراضي الزراعية العالمية حتى في ظل سيناريوهات تغير المناخ. كما تتم مناقشة الحواجز الرئيسية وفرص المزيد من العمل.

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    Authors: Pramod Aggarwal; Andy Jarvis; Bruce M. Campbell; Robert B. Zougmoré; +21 Authors

    L'augmentation des risques météorologiques menace les systèmes de production agricole et la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier. Maintenir la croissance agricole tout en minimisant les chocs climatiques est crucial pour construire un système de production alimentaire résilient et atteindre les objectifs de développement dans les pays vulnérables. Les experts ont proposé plusieurs interventions technologiques, institutionnelles et politiques pour aider les agriculteurs à s'adapter à la variabilité climatique actuelle et future et à atténuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Ce document présente le village intelligent face au climat (CSV) comme moyen d'effectuer de la recherche agricole pour le développement qui teste de manière robuste les options technologiques et institutionnelles pour faire face à la variabilité climatique et au changement climatique dans l'agriculture en utilisant des méthodes participatives.Il vise à étendre et à étendre les options appropriées et à tirer des leçons pour les décideurs politiques du niveau local au niveau mondial.L' approche intègre l'évaluation des technologies, des pratiques, des services et des processus climato-intelligents pertinents pour la gestion des risques climatiques locaux et identifie les possibilités de maximiser les gains d'adaptation des synergies entre les différentes interventions et de reconnaître les mésadaptations et les compromis potentiels.Il veille à ce que ceux-ci soient alignés sur les connaissances locales et liés aux plans de développement.Ce document décrit les premiers résultats en Asie., l'Afrique et l'Amérique latine pour illustrer différents exemples de l'approche CSV dans divers contextes agroécologiques. Les résultats des études initiales indiquent que l'approche CSV a un fort potentiel pour étendre les technologies, les pratiques et les services agricoles climato-intelligents prometteurs. Les études analogiques climatiques indiquent que les leçons apprises sur les sites CSV seraient pertinentes pour la planification de l'adaptation dans une grande partie des terres agricoles mondiales, même dans les scénarios de changement climatique. Les principaux obstacles et possibilités de travail ultérieur sont également discutés. El aumento de los riesgos climáticos amenaza los sistemas de producción agrícola y la seguridad alimentaria en todo el mundo. Mantener el crecimiento agrícola y minimizar los impactos climáticos es crucial para construir un sistema de producción de alimentos resiliente y cumplir los objetivos de desarrollo en los países vulnerables. Los expertos han propuesto varias intervenciones tecnológicas, institucionales y políticas para ayudar a los agricultores a adaptarse a la variabilidad climática actual y futura y mitigar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI). Este documento presenta la aldea climáticamente inteligente (CSV) como un medio para realizar investigación agrícola para el desarrollo que pruebe de manera sólida las opciones tecnológicas e institucionales para hacer frente a la variabilidad climática y el cambio climático en la agricultura utilizando métodos participativos. Su objetivo es ampliar y ampliar las opciones apropiadas y extraer lecciones para los responsables de la formulación de políticas a nivel local y global. El enfoque incorpora la evaluación de tecnologías, prácticas, servicios y procesos climáticamente inteligentes relevantes para la gestión local del riesgo climático e identifica oportunidades para maximizar los beneficios de adaptación de las sinergias en diferentes intervenciones y reconocer posibles inadaptaciones y compensaciones. Se asegura de que estén alineados con el conocimiento local y se vinculen con los planes de desarrollo. Este documento describe los primeros resultados en Asia, África y América Latina para ilustrar diferentes ejemplos del enfoque CSV en diversos entornos agroecológicos. Los resultados de los estudios iniciales indican que el enfoque CSV tiene un alto potencial para ampliar las prometedoras tecnologías, prácticas y servicios agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes. Los estudios analógicos climáticos indican que las lecciones aprendidas en los sitios CSV serían relevantes para la planificación de la adaptación en una gran parte de las tierras agrícolas mundiales, incluso en escenarios de cambio climático. También se discuten las barreras clave y las oportunidades para seguir trabajando. Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world.Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries.Experts have proposed several technological, institutional, and policy interventions to help farmers adapt to current and future weather variability and to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.This paper presents the climate-smart village (CSV) approach as a means of performing agricultural research for development that robustly tests technological and institutional options for dealing with climatic variability and climate change in agriculture using participatory methods.It aims to scale up and scale out the appropriate options and draw out lessons for policy makers from local to global levels.The approach incorporates evaluation of climate-smart technologies, practices, services, and processes relevant to local climatic risk management and identifies opportunities for maximizing adaptation gains from synergies across different interventions and recognizing potential maladaptation and trade-offs.It ensures that these are aligned with local knowledge and link into development plans.This paper describes early results in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to illustrate different examples of the CSV approach in diverse agroecological settings.Results from initial studies indicate that the CSV approach has a high potential for scaling out promising climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and services.Climate analog studies indicate that the lessons learned at the CSV sites would be relevant to adaptation planning in a large part of global agricultural land even under scenarios of climate change.Key barriers and opportunities for further work are also discussed. تهدد مخاطر الطقس المتزايدة أنظمة الإنتاج الزراعي والأمن الغذائي في جميع أنحاء العالم. يعد الحفاظ على النمو الزراعي مع تقليل الصدمات المناخية أمرًا بالغ الأهمية لبناء نظام إنتاج غذائي مرن وتحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية في البلدان المعرضة للخطر. اقترح الخبراء العديد من التدخلات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية والسياساتية لمساعدة المزارعين على التكيف مع تقلبات الطقس الحالية والمستقبلية والتخفيف من انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة. تعرض هذه الورقة القرية الذكية مناخيًا (CSV) نهج كوسيلة لإجراء البحوث الزراعية من أجل التنمية التي تختبر بقوة الخيارات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية للتعامل مع التقلبات المناخية وتغير المناخ في الزراعة باستخدام الأساليب التشاركية. ويهدف إلى توسيع نطاق الخيارات المناسبة وتوسيع نطاقها واستخلاص الدروس لصانعي السياسات من المستويات المحلية إلى العالمية. يتضمن النهج تقييم التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات والعمليات الذكية مناخياً ذات الصلة بإدارة المخاطر المناخية المحلية ويحدد فرص تحقيق أقصى قدر من مكاسب التكيف من أوجه التآزر عبر التدخلات المختلفة والاعتراف بسوء التكيف والمقايضات المحتملة. ويضمن توافقها مع المعرفة المحلية وربطها بخطط التنمية. تصف هذه الورقة النتائج المبكرة في آسيا وأفريقيا وأمريكا اللاتينية لتوضيح أمثلة مختلفة لنهج CSV في بيئات زراعية إيكولوجية متنوعة. تشير نتائج الدراسات الأولية إلى أن نهج CSV لديه إمكانات عالية لتوسيع نطاق التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات الزراعية الواعدة الذكية مناخياً. تشير الدراسات التناظرية المناخية إلى أن الدروس المستفادة في مواقع CSV ستكون ذات صلة بتخطيط التكيف في جزء كبير من الأراضي الزراعية العالمية حتى في ظل سيناريوهات تغير المناخ. كما تتم مناقشة الحواجز الرئيسية وفرص المزيد من العمل.

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    Abstract Background Agriculture is important for economic growth and development in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, agricultural production and productivity remain relatively low, with significant yield gaps attributed to factors such as limited access to and low adoption of appropriate agricultural technologies, and climate-related risks resulting from climate variability and change. This paper explores the drivers of adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies and practices, taking into account the complementarity among agricultural technologies and heterogeneity of the farm households, using data from Lushoto in Tanzania. Methods We use a Multivariate Probit analysis of cross-sectional data collected from 264 smallholder farmers in Lushoto—a climate hotspot in Tanzania—to understand the drivers of household decisions to adopt CSA technologies and practices. The technologies included diversification of multiple stress (drought, floods, pests, diseases)-tolerant crop varieties, use of fertilizers, and application of herbicides and pesticides. The Multivariate Probit model was preferred as it takes into account the inter-relationships of the technologies as well as heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers for more robust estimates. The independent variables used in the analysis included household socio-economic factors such as the relative importance of crop and livestock enterprises, household land size, social capital, access to agricultural credit and weather information, previous experience with fertilizer use and household characteristics (age, education and gender of household head, and household size). Results About 63% of the households diversified their crop enterprises, shifting to improved resilient crops and crop varieties. Another 37% adopted fertilizers, while 38% applied pesticides and herbicides. Conditional on the unobservable heterogeneity effects, the results show that household adoption decisions on diversification of multiple stress-tolerant crops and crop varieties, fertilizer, and pesticides and herbicides are complementary. In addition, the results confirm existence of unobserved heterogeneity effects leading to varying impact of the explanatory variables on adoption decisions among farmers with similar observable characteristics. Conclusions The findings indicate that any effective CSA technology adoption and diffusion strategies and policies should take into account the complementarity of the technologies and heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers. Therefore, inter-related technologies should be promoted as a package or bundled while taking into consideration household and farm-level constraints to adoption.

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    Abstract Background Agriculture is important for economic growth and development in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, agricultural production and productivity remain relatively low, with significant yield gaps attributed to factors such as limited access to and low adoption of appropriate agricultural technologies, and climate-related risks resulting from climate variability and change. This paper explores the drivers of adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies and practices, taking into account the complementarity among agricultural technologies and heterogeneity of the farm households, using data from Lushoto in Tanzania. Methods We use a Multivariate Probit analysis of cross-sectional data collected from 264 smallholder farmers in Lushoto—a climate hotspot in Tanzania—to understand the drivers of household decisions to adopt CSA technologies and practices. The technologies included diversification of multiple stress (drought, floods, pests, diseases)-tolerant crop varieties, use of fertilizers, and application of herbicides and pesticides. The Multivariate Probit model was preferred as it takes into account the inter-relationships of the technologies as well as heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers for more robust estimates. The independent variables used in the analysis included household socio-economic factors such as the relative importance of crop and livestock enterprises, household land size, social capital, access to agricultural credit and weather information, previous experience with fertilizer use and household characteristics (age, education and gender of household head, and household size). Results About 63% of the households diversified their crop enterprises, shifting to improved resilient crops and crop varieties. Another 37% adopted fertilizers, while 38% applied pesticides and herbicides. Conditional on the unobservable heterogeneity effects, the results show that household adoption decisions on diversification of multiple stress-tolerant crops and crop varieties, fertilizer, and pesticides and herbicides are complementary. In addition, the results confirm existence of unobserved heterogeneity effects leading to varying impact of the explanatory variables on adoption decisions among farmers with similar observable characteristics. Conclusions The findings indicate that any effective CSA technology adoption and diffusion strategies and policies should take into account the complementarity of the technologies and heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers. Therefore, inter-related technologies should be promoted as a package or bundled while taking into consideration household and farm-level constraints to adoption.

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  • Authors: Desalegn Yayeh Ayal; Maren A.O. Radeny; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru;

    Objectif La variabilité et les extrêmes climatiques affectent directement et indirectement le secteur de l'élevage en aggravant la prévalence des maladies du bétail, en faussant le système de production et la rentabilité du secteur. Cet article vise à examiner la variabilité du climat et son impact sur le système d'élevage et les maladies du bétail chez les éleveurs de Borana, dans le sud de l'Éthiopie. Conception/méthodologie/approche Les données ont été collectées à l'aide d'une combinaison de méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives à l'aide d'un questionnaire auprès des ménages, d'observations sur le terrain, de discussions de groupe et d'entretiens avec des informateurs clés. Les données sur les précipitations et les températures dikadiques du réseau aréal de 1985 à 2014 ont été recueillies auprès de l'agence météorologique nationale. Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été analysées et interprétées à l'aide d'outils et de procédures analytiques appropriés. Résultats Le résultat a révélé que la zone d'étude est durement touchée par le stress hydrique, en raison de l'apparition tardive des saisons des pluies, de la diminution du nombre de jours de pluie et du volume des précipitations. Le comportement de la distribution des précipitations, associé à l'augmentation parallèle des températures minimale et maximale, a exacerbé l'impact sur le système d'élevage et la santé du bétail. On constate que la majorité des éleveurs ont correctement perçu l'occurrence et les manifestations mêmes de la variabilité climatique et de ses conséquences. Les éleveurs font à peine face aux défis de la variabilité climatique, principalement en raison des préjugés culturels, de la mauvaise prestation des services et des défis socio-économiques et démographiques. Limites/implications de la recherche Les éleveurs sont vulnérables à l'impact négatif de la variabilité climatique et des événements extrêmes. Implications pratiques Les conclusions de l'étude fournissent des informations de base aux praticiens, aux chercheurs et aux décideurs. Originalité/valeur Cet article a fourni des informations détaillées sur la tendance et la variabilité des précipitations et des températures au cours des trois dernières décennies. La conclusion a souligné que les moyens de subsistance des éleveurs subissent un stress lié à la variabilité climatique, ce qui a des implications sur l'insécurité alimentaire. Propósito La variabilidad climática y los extremos afectan adversamente al sector ganadero directa e indirectamente al agravar la prevalencia de enfermedades del ganado, distorsionando el sistema de producción y la rentabilidad del sector. Este documento tiene como objetivo examinar la variabilidad climática y su impacto en el sistema ganadero y las enfermedades del ganado entre los pastores de Borana, en el sur de Etiopía. Diseño/metodología/enfoque Los datos se recopilaron a través de una combinación de métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos utilizando cuestionarios de hogares, observaciones de campo, discusiones de grupos focales y entrevistas con informantes clave. Los datos de precipitación dikadal y temperaturas de la cuadrícula de área de 1985 a 2014 se recopilaron de la agencia meteorológica nacional. Los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos se analizaron e interpretaron utilizando herramientas y procedimientos analíticos apropiados. Hallazgos El resultado reveló que el área de estudio se ve muy afectada por el estrés por humedad, debido al inicio tardío de las estaciones lluviosas, la disminución en el número de días lluviosos y el volumen de lluvias. El comportamiento de la distribución de las precipitaciones, junto con el aumento paralelo de la temperatura mínima y máxima, exacerbó el impacto en el sistema ganadero y la salud del ganado. Se encuentra que la mayoría de los pastores han percibido correctamente la ocurrencia y las manifestaciones de la variabilidad climática y sus consecuencias. Los pastores apenas están haciendo frente a los desafíos de la variabilidad climática, principalmente debido a los prejuicios culturales, la mala prestación de servicios y los desafíos socioeconómicos y demográficos. Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación Los pastores son vulnerables al impacto adverso de la variabilidad climática y los eventos extremos. Implicaciones prácticas El hallazgo del estudio proporciona información de referencia para profesionales, investigadores y responsables políticos. Originalidad/valor Este documento proporcionó información detallada sobre la tendencia y variabilidad de las precipitaciones y la temperatura durante las últimas tres décadas. El hallazgo señaló que los medios de vida de los pastores están bajo estrés por la variabilidad climática y tiene implicaciones para la inseguridad alimentaria. Purpose Climate variability and extremes adversely affect the livestock sector directly and indirectly by aggravating the prevalence of livestock diseases, distorting production system and the sector profitability. This paper aims to examine climate variability and its impact on livestock system and livestock disease among pastoralists in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using household questionnaire, field observations, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Areal grid dikadal rainfall and temperatures data from 1985 to 2014 were collected from national meteorological agency. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed and interpreted using appropriate analytical tools and procedures. Findings The result revealed that the study area is hard hit by moisture stress, due to the late onset of rainy seasons, decrease in the number of rainy days and volume of rainfall. The rainfall distribution behavior coupled with the parallel increase in minimum and maximum temperature exacerbated the impact on livestock system and livestock health. Majority of the pastoralists are found to have rightly perceived the very occurrence and manifestations of climate variability and its consequences. Pastoralists are hardly coping with the challenges of climate variability, mainly due to cultural prejudice, poor service delivery and the socio-economic and demographic challenges. Research limitations/implications Pastoralists are vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate variability and extreme events. Practical implications The finding of the study provides baseline information for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Originality/value This paper provided detailed insights about the rainfall and temperature trend and variability for the past three decades. The finding pointed that pastoralists' livelihood is under climate variability stress, and it has implications to food insecurity. الغرض يؤثر تقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة سلبًا على قطاع الثروة الحيوانية بشكل مباشر وغير مباشر من خلال تفاقم انتشار أمراض الثروة الحيوانية وتشويه نظام الإنتاج وربحية القطاع. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى دراسة تقلب المناخ وتأثيره على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وأمراض الثروة الحيوانية بين الرعاة في بورانا، جنوب إثيوبيا. التصميم/المنهجية/النهج تم جمع البيانات من خلال مزيج من الأساليب الكمية والنوعية باستخدام استبيان الأسرة والملاحظات الميدانية ومناقشات مجموعات التركيز ومقابلات المخبرين الرئيسيين. تم جمع بيانات هطول الأمطار ودرجات الحرارة في شبكة المناطق من عام 1985 إلى عام 2014 من وكالة الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية. تم تحليل البيانات الكمية والنوعية وتفسيرها باستخدام الأدوات والإجراءات التحليلية المناسبة. النتائج كشفت النتيجة أن منطقة الدراسة تعاني بشدة من إجهاد الرطوبة، بسبب تأخر بدء مواسم الأمطار، وانخفاض عدد الأيام الممطرة وحجم هطول الأمطار. أدى سلوك توزيع الأمطار إلى جانب الزيادة الموازية في درجات الحرارة الدنيا والقصوى إلى تفاقم التأثير على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وصحة الثروة الحيوانية. تبين أن غالبية الرعاة قد أدركوا عن حق حدوث ومظاهر تقلب المناخ وعواقبه. لا يكاد الرعاة يتعاملون مع تحديات تقلب المناخ، ويرجع ذلك أساسًا إلى التحيز الثقافي وسوء تقديم الخدمات والتحديات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والديموغرافية. قيود/آثار البحث الرعاة عرضة للتأثير السلبي لتقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة. الآثار العملية توفر نتائج الدراسة معلومات أساسية للممارسين والباحثين وواضعي السياسات. الأصالة/القيمة قدمت هذه الورقة رؤى مفصلة حول اتجاه هطول الأمطار ودرجة الحرارة وتقلبها على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية. وأشارت النتيجة إلى أن سبل عيش الرعاة تتعرض لضغوط تقلب المناخ، ولها آثار على انعدام الأمن الغذائي.

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    Objectif La variabilité et les extrêmes climatiques affectent directement et indirectement le secteur de l'élevage en aggravant la prévalence des maladies du bétail, en faussant le système de production et la rentabilité du secteur. Cet article vise à examiner la variabilité du climat et son impact sur le système d'élevage et les maladies du bétail chez les éleveurs de Borana, dans le sud de l'Éthiopie. Conception/méthodologie/approche Les données ont été collectées à l'aide d'une combinaison de méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives à l'aide d'un questionnaire auprès des ménages, d'observations sur le terrain, de discussions de groupe et d'entretiens avec des informateurs clés. Les données sur les précipitations et les températures dikadiques du réseau aréal de 1985 à 2014 ont été recueillies auprès de l'agence météorologique nationale. Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été analysées et interprétées à l'aide d'outils et de procédures analytiques appropriés. Résultats Le résultat a révélé que la zone d'étude est durement touchée par le stress hydrique, en raison de l'apparition tardive des saisons des pluies, de la diminution du nombre de jours de pluie et du volume des précipitations. Le comportement de la distribution des précipitations, associé à l'augmentation parallèle des températures minimale et maximale, a exacerbé l'impact sur le système d'élevage et la santé du bétail. On constate que la majorité des éleveurs ont correctement perçu l'occurrence et les manifestations mêmes de la variabilité climatique et de ses conséquences. Les éleveurs font à peine face aux défis de la variabilité climatique, principalement en raison des préjugés culturels, de la mauvaise prestation des services et des défis socio-économiques et démographiques. Limites/implications de la recherche Les éleveurs sont vulnérables à l'impact négatif de la variabilité climatique et des événements extrêmes. Implications pratiques Les conclusions de l'étude fournissent des informations de base aux praticiens, aux chercheurs et aux décideurs. Originalité/valeur Cet article a fourni des informations détaillées sur la tendance et la variabilité des précipitations et des températures au cours des trois dernières décennies. La conclusion a souligné que les moyens de subsistance des éleveurs subissent un stress lié à la variabilité climatique, ce qui a des implications sur l'insécurité alimentaire. Propósito La variabilidad climática y los extremos afectan adversamente al sector ganadero directa e indirectamente al agravar la prevalencia de enfermedades del ganado, distorsionando el sistema de producción y la rentabilidad del sector. Este documento tiene como objetivo examinar la variabilidad climática y su impacto en el sistema ganadero y las enfermedades del ganado entre los pastores de Borana, en el sur de Etiopía. Diseño/metodología/enfoque Los datos se recopilaron a través de una combinación de métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos utilizando cuestionarios de hogares, observaciones de campo, discusiones de grupos focales y entrevistas con informantes clave. Los datos de precipitación dikadal y temperaturas de la cuadrícula de área de 1985 a 2014 se recopilaron de la agencia meteorológica nacional. Los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos se analizaron e interpretaron utilizando herramientas y procedimientos analíticos apropiados. Hallazgos El resultado reveló que el área de estudio se ve muy afectada por el estrés por humedad, debido al inicio tardío de las estaciones lluviosas, la disminución en el número de días lluviosos y el volumen de lluvias. El comportamiento de la distribución de las precipitaciones, junto con el aumento paralelo de la temperatura mínima y máxima, exacerbó el impacto en el sistema ganadero y la salud del ganado. Se encuentra que la mayoría de los pastores han percibido correctamente la ocurrencia y las manifestaciones de la variabilidad climática y sus consecuencias. Los pastores apenas están haciendo frente a los desafíos de la variabilidad climática, principalmente debido a los prejuicios culturales, la mala prestación de servicios y los desafíos socioeconómicos y demográficos. Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación Los pastores son vulnerables al impacto adverso de la variabilidad climática y los eventos extremos. Implicaciones prácticas El hallazgo del estudio proporciona información de referencia para profesionales, investigadores y responsables políticos. Originalidad/valor Este documento proporcionó información detallada sobre la tendencia y variabilidad de las precipitaciones y la temperatura durante las últimas tres décadas. El hallazgo señaló que los medios de vida de los pastores están bajo estrés por la variabilidad climática y tiene implicaciones para la inseguridad alimentaria. Purpose Climate variability and extremes adversely affect the livestock sector directly and indirectly by aggravating the prevalence of livestock diseases, distorting production system and the sector profitability. This paper aims to examine climate variability and its impact on livestock system and livestock disease among pastoralists in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using household questionnaire, field observations, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Areal grid dikadal rainfall and temperatures data from 1985 to 2014 were collected from national meteorological agency. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed and interpreted using appropriate analytical tools and procedures. Findings The result revealed that the study area is hard hit by moisture stress, due to the late onset of rainy seasons, decrease in the number of rainy days and volume of rainfall. The rainfall distribution behavior coupled with the parallel increase in minimum and maximum temperature exacerbated the impact on livestock system and livestock health. Majority of the pastoralists are found to have rightly perceived the very occurrence and manifestations of climate variability and its consequences. Pastoralists are hardly coping with the challenges of climate variability, mainly due to cultural prejudice, poor service delivery and the socio-economic and demographic challenges. Research limitations/implications Pastoralists are vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate variability and extreme events. Practical implications The finding of the study provides baseline information for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Originality/value This paper provided detailed insights about the rainfall and temperature trend and variability for the past three decades. The finding pointed that pastoralists' livelihood is under climate variability stress, and it has implications to food insecurity. الغرض يؤثر تقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة سلبًا على قطاع الثروة الحيوانية بشكل مباشر وغير مباشر من خلال تفاقم انتشار أمراض الثروة الحيوانية وتشويه نظام الإنتاج وربحية القطاع. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى دراسة تقلب المناخ وتأثيره على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وأمراض الثروة الحيوانية بين الرعاة في بورانا، جنوب إثيوبيا. التصميم/المنهجية/النهج تم جمع البيانات من خلال مزيج من الأساليب الكمية والنوعية باستخدام استبيان الأسرة والملاحظات الميدانية ومناقشات مجموعات التركيز ومقابلات المخبرين الرئيسيين. تم جمع بيانات هطول الأمطار ودرجات الحرارة في شبكة المناطق من عام 1985 إلى عام 2014 من وكالة الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية. تم تحليل البيانات الكمية والنوعية وتفسيرها باستخدام الأدوات والإجراءات التحليلية المناسبة. النتائج كشفت النتيجة أن منطقة الدراسة تعاني بشدة من إجهاد الرطوبة، بسبب تأخر بدء مواسم الأمطار، وانخفاض عدد الأيام الممطرة وحجم هطول الأمطار. أدى سلوك توزيع الأمطار إلى جانب الزيادة الموازية في درجات الحرارة الدنيا والقصوى إلى تفاقم التأثير على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وصحة الثروة الحيوانية. تبين أن غالبية الرعاة قد أدركوا عن حق حدوث ومظاهر تقلب المناخ وعواقبه. لا يكاد الرعاة يتعاملون مع تحديات تقلب المناخ، ويرجع ذلك أساسًا إلى التحيز الثقافي وسوء تقديم الخدمات والتحديات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والديموغرافية. قيود/آثار البحث الرعاة عرضة للتأثير السلبي لتقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة. الآثار العملية توفر نتائج الدراسة معلومات أساسية للممارسين والباحثين وواضعي السياسات. الأصالة/القيمة قدمت هذه الورقة رؤى مفصلة حول اتجاه هطول الأمطار ودرجة الحرارة وتقلبها على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية. وأشارت النتيجة إلى أن سبل عيش الرعاة تتعرض لضغوط تقلب المناخ، ولها آثار على انعدام الأمن الغذائي.

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    Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) were established by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to test and promote a portfolio of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices that have climate change mitigation potential. This study evaluated the soil carbon sequestration potential of these CSVs compared to the control land use that did not have CSA practices. At the one-meter depth, soil carbon stocks increased by 20–70%, 70–86%, and 51–110% in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda CSVs, respectively, compared to control. Consequently, CSVs contributed to the reduction of emissions by 87–420 Mg CO2 eq ha−1. In the topsoil (0–15 cm), CSVs sequestered almost twice more soil carbon than the control and subsequently emissions were reduced by 42–158 Mg CO2 eq ha−1 under CSVs. The annual increase in carbon sequestration under CSVs ranged between 1.6 and 6.2 Mg C ha−1 yr−1 and substantially varied between the CSA land use types. The forests sequestered the highest soil carbon (5–6 Mg C ha−1 yr−1), followed by grasslands and croplands. The forest topsoil also had lower bulk density compared to the control. The findings suggest that CSA practices implemented through the CSVs approach contribute to climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration.

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    Les services d'information climatique et de conseil agricole sont essentiels pour aider les petits exploitants agricoles et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est à gérer les risques liés au climat et à s'adapter au changement climatique. Cependant, il existe des lacunes importantes dans la fourniture d'informations climatiques qui répondent efficacement aux besoins des agriculteurs et des éleveurs. La plupart des agriculteurs et des éleveurs s'appuient donc sur les connaissances autochtones, où les indicateurs et les expériences locaux sont utilisés pour observer et prévoir les conditions météorologiques. Bien que les prévisions basées sur les connaissances indigènes soient intégrées et établies dans de nombreuses communautés d'Afrique de l'Est, la recherche coordonnée et la documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes pour les prévisions météorologiques, y compris la précision et la fiabilité des connaissances indigènes, font largement défaut. Ce document documente et synthétise les connaissances indigènes existantes pour les prévisions météorologiques en Afrique de l'Est en utilisant des études de cas de l'Éthiopie, de la Tanzanie et de l'Ouganda. Les résultats montrent que les agriculteurs et les éleveurs utilisent une combinaison d'indicateurs météorologiques, biologiques et astrologiques pour prévoir les conditions météorologiques locales. Les prévisions météorologiques IK sont donc cruciales pour soutenir les efforts visant à améliorer l'accès à l'information climatique en Afrique de l'Est, en particulier dans les communautés pauvres en ressources et vulnérables. Le document tire de précieuses leçons sur la façon dont les agriculteurs et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est utilisent les prévisions météorologiques des savoirs autochtones pour prendre des décisions en matière de production végétale et animale et démontre que la confiance et la volonté d'appliquer les prévisions scientifiques des agriculteurs et des éleveurs sont susceptibles d'augmenter lorsqu'elles sont intégrées aux savoirs autochtones. Par conséquent, une documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes et un cadre pour l'intégration des connaissances indigènes et des prévisions météorologiques scientifiques des agences météorologiques nationales peuvent améliorer la précision, l'adoption et l'utilisation des prévisions météorologiques. La información climática y los servicios de asesoramiento agrícola son cruciales para ayudar a los pequeños agricultores y pastores de África Oriental a gestionar los riesgos relacionados con el clima y adaptarse al cambio climático. Sin embargo, existen lagunas significativas en el suministro de información climática que aborda de manera efectiva las necesidades de los agricultores y pastores. La mayoría de los agricultores y pastores, por lo tanto, confían en el conocimiento indígena (IK), donde se utilizan indicadores y experiencias locales para observar y pronosticar las condiciones climáticas. Si bien el pronóstico basado en IK está incorporado y establecido en muchas comunidades de África Oriental, la investigación coordinada y la documentación sistemática de IK para el pronóstico del tiempo, incluida la precisión y fiabilidad de IK, son en gran medida insuficientes. Este documento documenta y sintetiza el IK existente para el pronóstico del tiempo en África Oriental utilizando estudios de casos de Etiopía, Tanzania y Uganda. Los resultados muestran que los agricultores y pastores utilizan una combinación de indicadores meteorológicos, biológicos y astrológicos para pronosticar las condiciones climáticas locales. Por lo tanto, el pronóstico meteorológico de IK es crucial para apoyar los esfuerzos por mejorar el acceso a la información climática en África Oriental, especialmente en las comunidades vulnerables y de escasos recursos. El documento extrae valiosas lecciones sobre cómo los agricultores y pastores de África Oriental utilizan los pronósticos meteorológicos de IK para tomar decisiones sobre la producción agrícola y ganadera y demuestra que es probable que la confianza y la voluntad de aplicar los pronósticos científicos de los agricultores y pastores aumente cuando se integre con IK. Por lo tanto, una documentación sistemática de IK y un marco para integrar IK y el pronóstico meteorológico científico de las agencias meteorológicas nacionales pueden mejorar la precisión, la aceptación y el uso de los pronósticos meteorológicos. Climate information and agro-advisory services are crucial in helping smallholder farmers and pastoralists in East Africa manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. However, significant gaps exist in provision of climate information that effectively addresses the needs of farmers and pastoralists. Most farmers and pastoralists, therefore, rely on indigenous knowledge (IK), where local indicators and experiences are used to observe and forecast weather conditions. While IK-based forecasting is inbuilt and established in many communities in East Africa, coordinated research and systematic documentation of IK for weather forecasting, including accuracy and reliability of IK is largely lacking. This paper documents and synthesizes existing IK for weather forecasting in East Africa using case studies from Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. The results show that farmers and pastoralists use a combination of meteorological, biological, and astrological indicators to forecast local weather conditions. IK weather forecasting is, therefore, crucial in supporting efforts to improve access to climate information in East Africa, especially in resource-poor and vulnerable communities. The paper draws valuable lessons on how farmers and pastoralists in East Africa use IK weather forecasts for making crop and livestock production decisions and demonstrates that the trust and willingness to apply scientific forecasts by farmers and pastoralists is likely to increase when integrated with IK. Therefore, a systematic documentation of IK, and a framework for integrating IK and scientific weather forecasting from national meteorological agencies can improve accuracy, uptake, and use of weather forecasts. تعد المعلومات المناخية والخدمات الاستشارية الزراعية حاسمة في مساعدة صغار المزارعين والرعاة في شرق أفريقيا على إدارة المخاطر المتعلقة بالمناخ والتكيف مع تغير المناخ. ومع ذلك، توجد فجوات كبيرة في توفير المعلومات المناخية التي تلبي بفعالية احتياجات المزارعين والرعاة. لذلك، يعتمد معظم المزارعين والرعاة على معارف السكان الأصليين، حيث يتم استخدام المؤشرات والخبرات المحلية لمراقبة الظروف الجوية والتنبؤ بها. في حين أن التنبؤ القائم على IK مدمج ومثبت في العديد من المجتمعات في شرق إفريقيا، إلا أن الأبحاث المنسقة والتوثيق المنهجي لـ IK للتنبؤ بالطقس، بما في ذلك دقة وموثوقية IK غير موجودة إلى حد كبير. توثق هذه الورقة وتجمع المعارف القائمة للتنبؤ بالطقس في شرق أفريقيا باستخدام دراسات حالة من إثيوبيا وتنزانيا وأوغندا. تظهر النتائج أن المزارعين والرعاة يستخدمون مزيجًا من مؤشرات الأرصاد الجوية والبيولوجية والفلكية للتنبؤ بالظروف الجوية المحلية. وبالتالي، فإن التنبؤ بالطقس في المملكة المتحدة أمر بالغ الأهمية في دعم الجهود الرامية إلى تحسين الوصول إلى المعلومات المناخية في شرق أفريقيا، لا سيما في المجتمعات المحلية التي تفتقر إلى الموارد والضعيفة. تستخلص الورقة دروسًا قيمة حول كيفية استخدام المزارعين والرعاة في شرق إفريقيا لتنبؤات الطقس في المملكة المتحدة لاتخاذ قرارات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية وتوضح أن الثقة والرغبة في تطبيق التنبؤات العلمية من قبل المزارعين والرعاة من المرجح أن تزداد عند دمجها مع المملكة المتحدة. لذلك، فإن التوثيق المنهجي للمملكة المتحدة، وإطار عمل لدمج المملكة المتحدة والتنبؤ العلمي بالطقس من وكالات الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية يمكن أن يحسن دقة واستيعاب واستخدام التنبؤات الجوية.

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    Authors: Maren A.O. Radeny; Desalegn Yayeh Ayal; Drake N. Mubiru; Florence Birungi Kyazze; +4 Authors

    Les services d'information climatique et de conseil agricole sont essentiels pour aider les petits exploitants agricoles et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est à gérer les risques liés au climat et à s'adapter au changement climatique. Cependant, il existe des lacunes importantes dans la fourniture d'informations climatiques qui répondent efficacement aux besoins des agriculteurs et des éleveurs. La plupart des agriculteurs et des éleveurs s'appuient donc sur les connaissances autochtones, où les indicateurs et les expériences locaux sont utilisés pour observer et prévoir les conditions météorologiques. Bien que les prévisions basées sur les connaissances indigènes soient intégrées et établies dans de nombreuses communautés d'Afrique de l'Est, la recherche coordonnée et la documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes pour les prévisions météorologiques, y compris la précision et la fiabilité des connaissances indigènes, font largement défaut. Ce document documente et synthétise les connaissances indigènes existantes pour les prévisions météorologiques en Afrique de l'Est en utilisant des études de cas de l'Éthiopie, de la Tanzanie et de l'Ouganda. Les résultats montrent que les agriculteurs et les éleveurs utilisent une combinaison d'indicateurs météorologiques, biologiques et astrologiques pour prévoir les conditions météorologiques locales. Les prévisions météorologiques IK sont donc cruciales pour soutenir les efforts visant à améliorer l'accès à l'information climatique en Afrique de l'Est, en particulier dans les communautés pauvres en ressources et vulnérables. Le document tire de précieuses leçons sur la façon dont les agriculteurs et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est utilisent les prévisions météorologiques des savoirs autochtones pour prendre des décisions en matière de production végétale et animale et démontre que la confiance et la volonté d'appliquer les prévisions scientifiques des agriculteurs et des éleveurs sont susceptibles d'augmenter lorsqu'elles sont intégrées aux savoirs autochtones. Par conséquent, une documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes et un cadre pour l'intégration des connaissances indigènes et des prévisions météorologiques scientifiques des agences météorologiques nationales peuvent améliorer la précision, l'adoption et l'utilisation des prévisions météorologiques. La información climática y los servicios de asesoramiento agrícola son cruciales para ayudar a los pequeños agricultores y pastores de África Oriental a gestionar los riesgos relacionados con el clima y adaptarse al cambio climático. Sin embargo, existen lagunas significativas en el suministro de información climática que aborda de manera efectiva las necesidades de los agricultores y pastores. La mayoría de los agricultores y pastores, por lo tanto, confían en el conocimiento indígena (IK), donde se utilizan indicadores y experiencias locales para observar y pronosticar las condiciones climáticas. Si bien el pronóstico basado en IK está incorporado y establecido en muchas comunidades de África Oriental, la investigación coordinada y la documentación sistemática de IK para el pronóstico del tiempo, incluida la precisión y fiabilidad de IK, son en gran medida insuficientes. Este documento documenta y sintetiza el IK existente para el pronóstico del tiempo en África Oriental utilizando estudios de casos de Etiopía, Tanzania y Uganda. Los resultados muestran que los agricultores y pastores utilizan una combinación de indicadores meteorológicos, biológicos y astrológicos para pronosticar las condiciones climáticas locales. Por lo tanto, el pronóstico meteorológico de IK es crucial para apoyar los esfuerzos por mejorar el acceso a la información climática en África Oriental, especialmente en las comunidades vulnerables y de escasos recursos. El documento extrae valiosas lecciones sobre cómo los agricultores y pastores de África Oriental utilizan los pronósticos meteorológicos de IK para tomar decisiones sobre la producción agrícola y ganadera y demuestra que es probable que la confianza y la voluntad de aplicar los pronósticos científicos de los agricultores y pastores aumente cuando se integre con IK. Por lo tanto, una documentación sistemática de IK y un marco para integrar IK y el pronóstico meteorológico científico de las agencias meteorológicas nacionales pueden mejorar la precisión, la aceptación y el uso de los pronósticos meteorológicos. Climate information and agro-advisory services are crucial in helping smallholder farmers and pastoralists in East Africa manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. However, significant gaps exist in provision of climate information that effectively addresses the needs of farmers and pastoralists. Most farmers and pastoralists, therefore, rely on indigenous knowledge (IK), where local indicators and experiences are used to observe and forecast weather conditions. While IK-based forecasting is inbuilt and established in many communities in East Africa, coordinated research and systematic documentation of IK for weather forecasting, including accuracy and reliability of IK is largely lacking. This paper documents and synthesizes existing IK for weather forecasting in East Africa using case studies from Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. The results show that farmers and pastoralists use a combination of meteorological, biological, and astrological indicators to forecast local weather conditions. IK weather forecasting is, therefore, crucial in supporting efforts to improve access to climate information in East Africa, especially in resource-poor and vulnerable communities. The paper draws valuable lessons on how farmers and pastoralists in East Africa use IK weather forecasts for making crop and livestock production decisions and demonstrates that the trust and willingness to apply scientific forecasts by farmers and pastoralists is likely to increase when integrated with IK. Therefore, a systematic documentation of IK, and a framework for integrating IK and scientific weather forecasting from national meteorological agencies can improve accuracy, uptake, and use of weather forecasts. تعد المعلومات المناخية والخدمات الاستشارية الزراعية حاسمة في مساعدة صغار المزارعين والرعاة في شرق أفريقيا على إدارة المخاطر المتعلقة بالمناخ والتكيف مع تغير المناخ. ومع ذلك، توجد فجوات كبيرة في توفير المعلومات المناخية التي تلبي بفعالية احتياجات المزارعين والرعاة. لذلك، يعتمد معظم المزارعين والرعاة على معارف السكان الأصليين، حيث يتم استخدام المؤشرات والخبرات المحلية لمراقبة الظروف الجوية والتنبؤ بها. في حين أن التنبؤ القائم على IK مدمج ومثبت في العديد من المجتمعات في شرق إفريقيا، إلا أن الأبحاث المنسقة والتوثيق المنهجي لـ IK للتنبؤ بالطقس، بما في ذلك دقة وموثوقية IK غير موجودة إلى حد كبير. توثق هذه الورقة وتجمع المعارف القائمة للتنبؤ بالطقس في شرق أفريقيا باستخدام دراسات حالة من إثيوبيا وتنزانيا وأوغندا. تظهر النتائج أن المزارعين والرعاة يستخدمون مزيجًا من مؤشرات الأرصاد الجوية والبيولوجية والفلكية للتنبؤ بالظروف الجوية المحلية. وبالتالي، فإن التنبؤ بالطقس في المملكة المتحدة أمر بالغ الأهمية في دعم الجهود الرامية إلى تحسين الوصول إلى المعلومات المناخية في شرق أفريقيا، لا سيما في المجتمعات المحلية التي تفتقر إلى الموارد والضعيفة. تستخلص الورقة دروسًا قيمة حول كيفية استخدام المزارعين والرعاة في شرق إفريقيا لتنبؤات الطقس في المملكة المتحدة لاتخاذ قرارات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية وتوضح أن الثقة والرغبة في تطبيق التنبؤات العلمية من قبل المزارعين والرعاة من المرجح أن تزداد عند دمجها مع المملكة المتحدة. لذلك، فإن التوثيق المنهجي للمملكة المتحدة، وإطار عمل لدمج المملكة المتحدة والتنبؤ العلمي بالطقس من وكالات الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية يمكن أن يحسن دقة واستيعاب واستخدام التنبؤات الجوية.

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    Authors: Marcel van Asseldonk; Remco Oostendorp; John Recha; John Gathiaka; +4 Authors

    AbstractAdoption of improved livestock breeds requires, as with other climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices, upfront investments, which might be a significant barrier for smallholders. For this reason, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach not only includes CSA interventions, but also interventions to improve access to savings and credit among smallholders by means of a community-based approach. In this paper we study smallholders in CSVs in Kenya who were encouraged, among others, to adopt improved livestock breeds for crossbreeding with indigenous breeds to improve their resilience to climate change and variability. The farmers were also encouraged to become part of savings and credit groups to improve smallholder access to finance. The objective of this paper is thus to determine the (distributional) impact of CSVs on access to savings and credit and the adoption of improved CSA practices. Due to the as good as random selection of CSVs, we are able to estimate the treatment effects on the treated for the smallholders who decided to participate in the CSA intervention by means of a linear probability model. The analysis is based on a balanced panel of 118 farm households interviewed in 2017, 2019, and 2020. The main findings of this study are that the CSV intervention increased the adoption of improved livestock breeds. It also stimulated the membership of savings and credit groups which in turn stimulated the adoption of improved livestock breeds. These findings point to the importance of community-based savings and loan initiatives to mobilize finance among farmers enabling them to invest in CSA practices. Also, the introduction of improved breeds in CSVs has benefited especially the larger livestock owners. However, the availability of credit is found to have mitigated the concentration of improved livestock ownership since the diffusion of improved livestock in CSVs was somewhat more equitable than the (spontaneous) spill-over diffusion in the non-CSVs (reducing the Gini by 0.04).

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    Authors: Marcel van Asseldonk; Remco Oostendorp; John Recha; John Gathiaka; +4 Authors

    AbstractAdoption of improved livestock breeds requires, as with other climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices, upfront investments, which might be a significant barrier for smallholders. For this reason, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach not only includes CSA interventions, but also interventions to improve access to savings and credit among smallholders by means of a community-based approach. In this paper we study smallholders in CSVs in Kenya who were encouraged, among others, to adopt improved livestock breeds for crossbreeding with indigenous breeds to improve their resilience to climate change and variability. The farmers were also encouraged to become part of savings and credit groups to improve smallholder access to finance. The objective of this paper is thus to determine the (distributional) impact of CSVs on access to savings and credit and the adoption of improved CSA practices. Due to the as good as random selection of CSVs, we are able to estimate the treatment effects on the treated for the smallholders who decided to participate in the CSA intervention by means of a linear probability model. The analysis is based on a balanced panel of 118 farm households interviewed in 2017, 2019, and 2020. The main findings of this study are that the CSV intervention increased the adoption of improved livestock breeds. It also stimulated the membership of savings and credit groups which in turn stimulated the adoption of improved livestock breeds. These findings point to the importance of community-based savings and loan initiatives to mobilize finance among farmers enabling them to invest in CSA practices. Also, the introduction of improved breeds in CSVs has benefited especially the larger livestock owners. However, the availability of credit is found to have mitigated the concentration of improved livestock ownership since the diffusion of improved livestock in CSVs was somewhat more equitable than the (spontaneous) spill-over diffusion in the non-CSVs (reducing the Gini by 0.04).

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    Authors: Pramod Aggarwal; Andy Jarvis; Bruce M. Campbell; Robert B. Zougmoré; +21 Authors

    L'augmentation des risques météorologiques menace les systèmes de production agricole et la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier. Maintenir la croissance agricole tout en minimisant les chocs climatiques est crucial pour construire un système de production alimentaire résilient et atteindre les objectifs de développement dans les pays vulnérables. Les experts ont proposé plusieurs interventions technologiques, institutionnelles et politiques pour aider les agriculteurs à s'adapter à la variabilité climatique actuelle et future et à atténuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Ce document présente le village intelligent face au climat (CSV) comme moyen d'effectuer de la recherche agricole pour le développement qui teste de manière robuste les options technologiques et institutionnelles pour faire face à la variabilité climatique et au changement climatique dans l'agriculture en utilisant des méthodes participatives.Il vise à étendre et à étendre les options appropriées et à tirer des leçons pour les décideurs politiques du niveau local au niveau mondial.L' approche intègre l'évaluation des technologies, des pratiques, des services et des processus climato-intelligents pertinents pour la gestion des risques climatiques locaux et identifie les possibilités de maximiser les gains d'adaptation des synergies entre les différentes interventions et de reconnaître les mésadaptations et les compromis potentiels.Il veille à ce que ceux-ci soient alignés sur les connaissances locales et liés aux plans de développement.Ce document décrit les premiers résultats en Asie., l'Afrique et l'Amérique latine pour illustrer différents exemples de l'approche CSV dans divers contextes agroécologiques. Les résultats des études initiales indiquent que l'approche CSV a un fort potentiel pour étendre les technologies, les pratiques et les services agricoles climato-intelligents prometteurs. Les études analogiques climatiques indiquent que les leçons apprises sur les sites CSV seraient pertinentes pour la planification de l'adaptation dans une grande partie des terres agricoles mondiales, même dans les scénarios de changement climatique. Les principaux obstacles et possibilités de travail ultérieur sont également discutés. El aumento de los riesgos climáticos amenaza los sistemas de producción agrícola y la seguridad alimentaria en todo el mundo. Mantener el crecimiento agrícola y minimizar los impactos climáticos es crucial para construir un sistema de producción de alimentos resiliente y cumplir los objetivos de desarrollo en los países vulnerables. Los expertos han propuesto varias intervenciones tecnológicas, institucionales y políticas para ayudar a los agricultores a adaptarse a la variabilidad climática actual y futura y mitigar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI). Este documento presenta la aldea climáticamente inteligente (CSV) como un medio para realizar investigación agrícola para el desarrollo que pruebe de manera sólida las opciones tecnológicas e institucionales para hacer frente a la variabilidad climática y el cambio climático en la agricultura utilizando métodos participativos. Su objetivo es ampliar y ampliar las opciones apropiadas y extraer lecciones para los responsables de la formulación de políticas a nivel local y global. El enfoque incorpora la evaluación de tecnologías, prácticas, servicios y procesos climáticamente inteligentes relevantes para la gestión local del riesgo climático e identifica oportunidades para maximizar los beneficios de adaptación de las sinergias en diferentes intervenciones y reconocer posibles inadaptaciones y compensaciones. Se asegura de que estén alineados con el conocimiento local y se vinculen con los planes de desarrollo. Este documento describe los primeros resultados en Asia, África y América Latina para ilustrar diferentes ejemplos del enfoque CSV en diversos entornos agroecológicos. Los resultados de los estudios iniciales indican que el enfoque CSV tiene un alto potencial para ampliar las prometedoras tecnologías, prácticas y servicios agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes. Los estudios analógicos climáticos indican que las lecciones aprendidas en los sitios CSV serían relevantes para la planificación de la adaptación en una gran parte de las tierras agrícolas mundiales, incluso en escenarios de cambio climático. También se discuten las barreras clave y las oportunidades para seguir trabajando. Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world.Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries.Experts have proposed several technological, institutional, and policy interventions to help farmers adapt to current and future weather variability and to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.This paper presents the climate-smart village (CSV) approach as a means of performing agricultural research for development that robustly tests technological and institutional options for dealing with climatic variability and climate change in agriculture using participatory methods.It aims to scale up and scale out the appropriate options and draw out lessons for policy makers from local to global levels.The approach incorporates evaluation of climate-smart technologies, practices, services, and processes relevant to local climatic risk management and identifies opportunities for maximizing adaptation gains from synergies across different interventions and recognizing potential maladaptation and trade-offs.It ensures that these are aligned with local knowledge and link into development plans.This paper describes early results in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to illustrate different examples of the CSV approach in diverse agroecological settings.Results from initial studies indicate that the CSV approach has a high potential for scaling out promising climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and services.Climate analog studies indicate that the lessons learned at the CSV sites would be relevant to adaptation planning in a large part of global agricultural land even under scenarios of climate change.Key barriers and opportunities for further work are also discussed. تهدد مخاطر الطقس المتزايدة أنظمة الإنتاج الزراعي والأمن الغذائي في جميع أنحاء العالم. يعد الحفاظ على النمو الزراعي مع تقليل الصدمات المناخية أمرًا بالغ الأهمية لبناء نظام إنتاج غذائي مرن وتحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية في البلدان المعرضة للخطر. اقترح الخبراء العديد من التدخلات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية والسياساتية لمساعدة المزارعين على التكيف مع تقلبات الطقس الحالية والمستقبلية والتخفيف من انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة. تعرض هذه الورقة القرية الذكية مناخيًا (CSV) نهج كوسيلة لإجراء البحوث الزراعية من أجل التنمية التي تختبر بقوة الخيارات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية للتعامل مع التقلبات المناخية وتغير المناخ في الزراعة باستخدام الأساليب التشاركية. ويهدف إلى توسيع نطاق الخيارات المناسبة وتوسيع نطاقها واستخلاص الدروس لصانعي السياسات من المستويات المحلية إلى العالمية. يتضمن النهج تقييم التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات والعمليات الذكية مناخياً ذات الصلة بإدارة المخاطر المناخية المحلية ويحدد فرص تحقيق أقصى قدر من مكاسب التكيف من أوجه التآزر عبر التدخلات المختلفة والاعتراف بسوء التكيف والمقايضات المحتملة. ويضمن توافقها مع المعرفة المحلية وربطها بخطط التنمية. تصف هذه الورقة النتائج المبكرة في آسيا وأفريقيا وأمريكا اللاتينية لتوضيح أمثلة مختلفة لنهج CSV في بيئات زراعية إيكولوجية متنوعة. تشير نتائج الدراسات الأولية إلى أن نهج CSV لديه إمكانات عالية لتوسيع نطاق التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات الزراعية الواعدة الذكية مناخياً. تشير الدراسات التناظرية المناخية إلى أن الدروس المستفادة في مواقع CSV ستكون ذات صلة بتخطيط التكيف في جزء كبير من الأراضي الزراعية العالمية حتى في ظل سيناريوهات تغير المناخ. كما تتم مناقشة الحواجز الرئيسية وفرص المزيد من العمل.

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    L'augmentation des risques météorologiques menace les systèmes de production agricole et la sécurité alimentaire dans le monde entier. Maintenir la croissance agricole tout en minimisant les chocs climatiques est crucial pour construire un système de production alimentaire résilient et atteindre les objectifs de développement dans les pays vulnérables. Les experts ont proposé plusieurs interventions technologiques, institutionnelles et politiques pour aider les agriculteurs à s'adapter à la variabilité climatique actuelle et future et à atténuer les émissions de gaz à effet de serre (GES). Ce document présente le village intelligent face au climat (CSV) comme moyen d'effectuer de la recherche agricole pour le développement qui teste de manière robuste les options technologiques et institutionnelles pour faire face à la variabilité climatique et au changement climatique dans l'agriculture en utilisant des méthodes participatives.Il vise à étendre et à étendre les options appropriées et à tirer des leçons pour les décideurs politiques du niveau local au niveau mondial.L' approche intègre l'évaluation des technologies, des pratiques, des services et des processus climato-intelligents pertinents pour la gestion des risques climatiques locaux et identifie les possibilités de maximiser les gains d'adaptation des synergies entre les différentes interventions et de reconnaître les mésadaptations et les compromis potentiels.Il veille à ce que ceux-ci soient alignés sur les connaissances locales et liés aux plans de développement.Ce document décrit les premiers résultats en Asie., l'Afrique et l'Amérique latine pour illustrer différents exemples de l'approche CSV dans divers contextes agroécologiques. Les résultats des études initiales indiquent que l'approche CSV a un fort potentiel pour étendre les technologies, les pratiques et les services agricoles climato-intelligents prometteurs. Les études analogiques climatiques indiquent que les leçons apprises sur les sites CSV seraient pertinentes pour la planification de l'adaptation dans une grande partie des terres agricoles mondiales, même dans les scénarios de changement climatique. Les principaux obstacles et possibilités de travail ultérieur sont également discutés. El aumento de los riesgos climáticos amenaza los sistemas de producción agrícola y la seguridad alimentaria en todo el mundo. Mantener el crecimiento agrícola y minimizar los impactos climáticos es crucial para construir un sistema de producción de alimentos resiliente y cumplir los objetivos de desarrollo en los países vulnerables. Los expertos han propuesto varias intervenciones tecnológicas, institucionales y políticas para ayudar a los agricultores a adaptarse a la variabilidad climática actual y futura y mitigar las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI). Este documento presenta la aldea climáticamente inteligente (CSV) como un medio para realizar investigación agrícola para el desarrollo que pruebe de manera sólida las opciones tecnológicas e institucionales para hacer frente a la variabilidad climática y el cambio climático en la agricultura utilizando métodos participativos. Su objetivo es ampliar y ampliar las opciones apropiadas y extraer lecciones para los responsables de la formulación de políticas a nivel local y global. El enfoque incorpora la evaluación de tecnologías, prácticas, servicios y procesos climáticamente inteligentes relevantes para la gestión local del riesgo climático e identifica oportunidades para maximizar los beneficios de adaptación de las sinergias en diferentes intervenciones y reconocer posibles inadaptaciones y compensaciones. Se asegura de que estén alineados con el conocimiento local y se vinculen con los planes de desarrollo. Este documento describe los primeros resultados en Asia, África y América Latina para ilustrar diferentes ejemplos del enfoque CSV en diversos entornos agroecológicos. Los resultados de los estudios iniciales indican que el enfoque CSV tiene un alto potencial para ampliar las prometedoras tecnologías, prácticas y servicios agrícolas climáticamente inteligentes. Los estudios analógicos climáticos indican que las lecciones aprendidas en los sitios CSV serían relevantes para la planificación de la adaptación en una gran parte de las tierras agrícolas mundiales, incluso en escenarios de cambio climático. También se discuten las barreras clave y las oportunidades para seguir trabajando. Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world.Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries.Experts have proposed several technological, institutional, and policy interventions to help farmers adapt to current and future weather variability and to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.This paper presents the climate-smart village (CSV) approach as a means of performing agricultural research for development that robustly tests technological and institutional options for dealing with climatic variability and climate change in agriculture using participatory methods.It aims to scale up and scale out the appropriate options and draw out lessons for policy makers from local to global levels.The approach incorporates evaluation of climate-smart technologies, practices, services, and processes relevant to local climatic risk management and identifies opportunities for maximizing adaptation gains from synergies across different interventions and recognizing potential maladaptation and trade-offs.It ensures that these are aligned with local knowledge and link into development plans.This paper describes early results in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to illustrate different examples of the CSV approach in diverse agroecological settings.Results from initial studies indicate that the CSV approach has a high potential for scaling out promising climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices, and services.Climate analog studies indicate that the lessons learned at the CSV sites would be relevant to adaptation planning in a large part of global agricultural land even under scenarios of climate change.Key barriers and opportunities for further work are also discussed. تهدد مخاطر الطقس المتزايدة أنظمة الإنتاج الزراعي والأمن الغذائي في جميع أنحاء العالم. يعد الحفاظ على النمو الزراعي مع تقليل الصدمات المناخية أمرًا بالغ الأهمية لبناء نظام إنتاج غذائي مرن وتحقيق الأهداف الإنمائية في البلدان المعرضة للخطر. اقترح الخبراء العديد من التدخلات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية والسياساتية لمساعدة المزارعين على التكيف مع تقلبات الطقس الحالية والمستقبلية والتخفيف من انبعاثات غازات الدفيئة. تعرض هذه الورقة القرية الذكية مناخيًا (CSV) نهج كوسيلة لإجراء البحوث الزراعية من أجل التنمية التي تختبر بقوة الخيارات التكنولوجية والمؤسسية للتعامل مع التقلبات المناخية وتغير المناخ في الزراعة باستخدام الأساليب التشاركية. ويهدف إلى توسيع نطاق الخيارات المناسبة وتوسيع نطاقها واستخلاص الدروس لصانعي السياسات من المستويات المحلية إلى العالمية. يتضمن النهج تقييم التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات والعمليات الذكية مناخياً ذات الصلة بإدارة المخاطر المناخية المحلية ويحدد فرص تحقيق أقصى قدر من مكاسب التكيف من أوجه التآزر عبر التدخلات المختلفة والاعتراف بسوء التكيف والمقايضات المحتملة. ويضمن توافقها مع المعرفة المحلية وربطها بخطط التنمية. تصف هذه الورقة النتائج المبكرة في آسيا وأفريقيا وأمريكا اللاتينية لتوضيح أمثلة مختلفة لنهج CSV في بيئات زراعية إيكولوجية متنوعة. تشير نتائج الدراسات الأولية إلى أن نهج CSV لديه إمكانات عالية لتوسيع نطاق التقنيات والممارسات والخدمات الزراعية الواعدة الذكية مناخياً. تشير الدراسات التناظرية المناخية إلى أن الدروس المستفادة في مواقع CSV ستكون ذات صلة بتخطيط التكيف في جزء كبير من الأراضي الزراعية العالمية حتى في ظل سيناريوهات تغير المناخ. كما تتم مناقشة الحواجز الرئيسية وفرص المزيد من العمل.

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    Abstract Background Agriculture is important for economic growth and development in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, agricultural production and productivity remain relatively low, with significant yield gaps attributed to factors such as limited access to and low adoption of appropriate agricultural technologies, and climate-related risks resulting from climate variability and change. This paper explores the drivers of adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies and practices, taking into account the complementarity among agricultural technologies and heterogeneity of the farm households, using data from Lushoto in Tanzania. Methods We use a Multivariate Probit analysis of cross-sectional data collected from 264 smallholder farmers in Lushoto—a climate hotspot in Tanzania—to understand the drivers of household decisions to adopt CSA technologies and practices. The technologies included diversification of multiple stress (drought, floods, pests, diseases)-tolerant crop varieties, use of fertilizers, and application of herbicides and pesticides. The Multivariate Probit model was preferred as it takes into account the inter-relationships of the technologies as well as heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers for more robust estimates. The independent variables used in the analysis included household socio-economic factors such as the relative importance of crop and livestock enterprises, household land size, social capital, access to agricultural credit and weather information, previous experience with fertilizer use and household characteristics (age, education and gender of household head, and household size). Results About 63% of the households diversified their crop enterprises, shifting to improved resilient crops and crop varieties. Another 37% adopted fertilizers, while 38% applied pesticides and herbicides. Conditional on the unobservable heterogeneity effects, the results show that household adoption decisions on diversification of multiple stress-tolerant crops and crop varieties, fertilizer, and pesticides and herbicides are complementary. In addition, the results confirm existence of unobserved heterogeneity effects leading to varying impact of the explanatory variables on adoption decisions among farmers with similar observable characteristics. Conclusions The findings indicate that any effective CSA technology adoption and diffusion strategies and policies should take into account the complementarity of the technologies and heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers. Therefore, inter-related technologies should be promoted as a package or bundled while taking into consideration household and farm-level constraints to adoption.

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    Abstract Background Agriculture is important for economic growth and development in many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Tanzania. However, agricultural production and productivity remain relatively low, with significant yield gaps attributed to factors such as limited access to and low adoption of appropriate agricultural technologies, and climate-related risks resulting from climate variability and change. This paper explores the drivers of adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) technologies and practices, taking into account the complementarity among agricultural technologies and heterogeneity of the farm households, using data from Lushoto in Tanzania. Methods We use a Multivariate Probit analysis of cross-sectional data collected from 264 smallholder farmers in Lushoto—a climate hotspot in Tanzania—to understand the drivers of household decisions to adopt CSA technologies and practices. The technologies included diversification of multiple stress (drought, floods, pests, diseases)-tolerant crop varieties, use of fertilizers, and application of herbicides and pesticides. The Multivariate Probit model was preferred as it takes into account the inter-relationships of the technologies as well as heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers for more robust estimates. The independent variables used in the analysis included household socio-economic factors such as the relative importance of crop and livestock enterprises, household land size, social capital, access to agricultural credit and weather information, previous experience with fertilizer use and household characteristics (age, education and gender of household head, and household size). Results About 63% of the households diversified their crop enterprises, shifting to improved resilient crops and crop varieties. Another 37% adopted fertilizers, while 38% applied pesticides and herbicides. Conditional on the unobservable heterogeneity effects, the results show that household adoption decisions on diversification of multiple stress-tolerant crops and crop varieties, fertilizer, and pesticides and herbicides are complementary. In addition, the results confirm existence of unobserved heterogeneity effects leading to varying impact of the explanatory variables on adoption decisions among farmers with similar observable characteristics. Conclusions The findings indicate that any effective CSA technology adoption and diffusion strategies and policies should take into account the complementarity of the technologies and heterogeneity of the smallholder farmers. Therefore, inter-related technologies should be promoted as a package or bundled while taking into consideration household and farm-level constraints to adoption.

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  • Authors: Desalegn Yayeh Ayal; Maren A.O. Radeny; Solomon Desta; Getachew Gebru;

    Objectif La variabilité et les extrêmes climatiques affectent directement et indirectement le secteur de l'élevage en aggravant la prévalence des maladies du bétail, en faussant le système de production et la rentabilité du secteur. Cet article vise à examiner la variabilité du climat et son impact sur le système d'élevage et les maladies du bétail chez les éleveurs de Borana, dans le sud de l'Éthiopie. Conception/méthodologie/approche Les données ont été collectées à l'aide d'une combinaison de méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives à l'aide d'un questionnaire auprès des ménages, d'observations sur le terrain, de discussions de groupe et d'entretiens avec des informateurs clés. Les données sur les précipitations et les températures dikadiques du réseau aréal de 1985 à 2014 ont été recueillies auprès de l'agence météorologique nationale. Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été analysées et interprétées à l'aide d'outils et de procédures analytiques appropriés. Résultats Le résultat a révélé que la zone d'étude est durement touchée par le stress hydrique, en raison de l'apparition tardive des saisons des pluies, de la diminution du nombre de jours de pluie et du volume des précipitations. Le comportement de la distribution des précipitations, associé à l'augmentation parallèle des températures minimale et maximale, a exacerbé l'impact sur le système d'élevage et la santé du bétail. On constate que la majorité des éleveurs ont correctement perçu l'occurrence et les manifestations mêmes de la variabilité climatique et de ses conséquences. Les éleveurs font à peine face aux défis de la variabilité climatique, principalement en raison des préjugés culturels, de la mauvaise prestation des services et des défis socio-économiques et démographiques. Limites/implications de la recherche Les éleveurs sont vulnérables à l'impact négatif de la variabilité climatique et des événements extrêmes. Implications pratiques Les conclusions de l'étude fournissent des informations de base aux praticiens, aux chercheurs et aux décideurs. Originalité/valeur Cet article a fourni des informations détaillées sur la tendance et la variabilité des précipitations et des températures au cours des trois dernières décennies. La conclusion a souligné que les moyens de subsistance des éleveurs subissent un stress lié à la variabilité climatique, ce qui a des implications sur l'insécurité alimentaire. Propósito La variabilidad climática y los extremos afectan adversamente al sector ganadero directa e indirectamente al agravar la prevalencia de enfermedades del ganado, distorsionando el sistema de producción y la rentabilidad del sector. Este documento tiene como objetivo examinar la variabilidad climática y su impacto en el sistema ganadero y las enfermedades del ganado entre los pastores de Borana, en el sur de Etiopía. Diseño/metodología/enfoque Los datos se recopilaron a través de una combinación de métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos utilizando cuestionarios de hogares, observaciones de campo, discusiones de grupos focales y entrevistas con informantes clave. Los datos de precipitación dikadal y temperaturas de la cuadrícula de área de 1985 a 2014 se recopilaron de la agencia meteorológica nacional. Los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos se analizaron e interpretaron utilizando herramientas y procedimientos analíticos apropiados. Hallazgos El resultado reveló que el área de estudio se ve muy afectada por el estrés por humedad, debido al inicio tardío de las estaciones lluviosas, la disminución en el número de días lluviosos y el volumen de lluvias. El comportamiento de la distribución de las precipitaciones, junto con el aumento paralelo de la temperatura mínima y máxima, exacerbó el impacto en el sistema ganadero y la salud del ganado. Se encuentra que la mayoría de los pastores han percibido correctamente la ocurrencia y las manifestaciones de la variabilidad climática y sus consecuencias. Los pastores apenas están haciendo frente a los desafíos de la variabilidad climática, principalmente debido a los prejuicios culturales, la mala prestación de servicios y los desafíos socioeconómicos y demográficos. Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación Los pastores son vulnerables al impacto adverso de la variabilidad climática y los eventos extremos. Implicaciones prácticas El hallazgo del estudio proporciona información de referencia para profesionales, investigadores y responsables políticos. Originalidad/valor Este documento proporcionó información detallada sobre la tendencia y variabilidad de las precipitaciones y la temperatura durante las últimas tres décadas. El hallazgo señaló que los medios de vida de los pastores están bajo estrés por la variabilidad climática y tiene implicaciones para la inseguridad alimentaria. Purpose Climate variability and extremes adversely affect the livestock sector directly and indirectly by aggravating the prevalence of livestock diseases, distorting production system and the sector profitability. This paper aims to examine climate variability and its impact on livestock system and livestock disease among pastoralists in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using household questionnaire, field observations, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Areal grid dikadal rainfall and temperatures data from 1985 to 2014 were collected from national meteorological agency. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed and interpreted using appropriate analytical tools and procedures. Findings The result revealed that the study area is hard hit by moisture stress, due to the late onset of rainy seasons, decrease in the number of rainy days and volume of rainfall. The rainfall distribution behavior coupled with the parallel increase in minimum and maximum temperature exacerbated the impact on livestock system and livestock health. Majority of the pastoralists are found to have rightly perceived the very occurrence and manifestations of climate variability and its consequences. Pastoralists are hardly coping with the challenges of climate variability, mainly due to cultural prejudice, poor service delivery and the socio-economic and demographic challenges. Research limitations/implications Pastoralists are vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate variability and extreme events. Practical implications The finding of the study provides baseline information for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Originality/value This paper provided detailed insights about the rainfall and temperature trend and variability for the past three decades. The finding pointed that pastoralists' livelihood is under climate variability stress, and it has implications to food insecurity. الغرض يؤثر تقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة سلبًا على قطاع الثروة الحيوانية بشكل مباشر وغير مباشر من خلال تفاقم انتشار أمراض الثروة الحيوانية وتشويه نظام الإنتاج وربحية القطاع. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى دراسة تقلب المناخ وتأثيره على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وأمراض الثروة الحيوانية بين الرعاة في بورانا، جنوب إثيوبيا. التصميم/المنهجية/النهج تم جمع البيانات من خلال مزيج من الأساليب الكمية والنوعية باستخدام استبيان الأسرة والملاحظات الميدانية ومناقشات مجموعات التركيز ومقابلات المخبرين الرئيسيين. تم جمع بيانات هطول الأمطار ودرجات الحرارة في شبكة المناطق من عام 1985 إلى عام 2014 من وكالة الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية. تم تحليل البيانات الكمية والنوعية وتفسيرها باستخدام الأدوات والإجراءات التحليلية المناسبة. النتائج كشفت النتيجة أن منطقة الدراسة تعاني بشدة من إجهاد الرطوبة، بسبب تأخر بدء مواسم الأمطار، وانخفاض عدد الأيام الممطرة وحجم هطول الأمطار. أدى سلوك توزيع الأمطار إلى جانب الزيادة الموازية في درجات الحرارة الدنيا والقصوى إلى تفاقم التأثير على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وصحة الثروة الحيوانية. تبين أن غالبية الرعاة قد أدركوا عن حق حدوث ومظاهر تقلب المناخ وعواقبه. لا يكاد الرعاة يتعاملون مع تحديات تقلب المناخ، ويرجع ذلك أساسًا إلى التحيز الثقافي وسوء تقديم الخدمات والتحديات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والديموغرافية. قيود/آثار البحث الرعاة عرضة للتأثير السلبي لتقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة. الآثار العملية توفر نتائج الدراسة معلومات أساسية للممارسين والباحثين وواضعي السياسات. الأصالة/القيمة قدمت هذه الورقة رؤى مفصلة حول اتجاه هطول الأمطار ودرجة الحرارة وتقلبها على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية. وأشارت النتيجة إلى أن سبل عيش الرعاة تتعرض لضغوط تقلب المناخ، ولها آثار على انعدام الأمن الغذائي.

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    Objectif La variabilité et les extrêmes climatiques affectent directement et indirectement le secteur de l'élevage en aggravant la prévalence des maladies du bétail, en faussant le système de production et la rentabilité du secteur. Cet article vise à examiner la variabilité du climat et son impact sur le système d'élevage et les maladies du bétail chez les éleveurs de Borana, dans le sud de l'Éthiopie. Conception/méthodologie/approche Les données ont été collectées à l'aide d'une combinaison de méthodes quantitatives et qualitatives à l'aide d'un questionnaire auprès des ménages, d'observations sur le terrain, de discussions de groupe et d'entretiens avec des informateurs clés. Les données sur les précipitations et les températures dikadiques du réseau aréal de 1985 à 2014 ont été recueillies auprès de l'agence météorologique nationale. Les données quantitatives et qualitatives ont été analysées et interprétées à l'aide d'outils et de procédures analytiques appropriés. Résultats Le résultat a révélé que la zone d'étude est durement touchée par le stress hydrique, en raison de l'apparition tardive des saisons des pluies, de la diminution du nombre de jours de pluie et du volume des précipitations. Le comportement de la distribution des précipitations, associé à l'augmentation parallèle des températures minimale et maximale, a exacerbé l'impact sur le système d'élevage et la santé du bétail. On constate que la majorité des éleveurs ont correctement perçu l'occurrence et les manifestations mêmes de la variabilité climatique et de ses conséquences. Les éleveurs font à peine face aux défis de la variabilité climatique, principalement en raison des préjugés culturels, de la mauvaise prestation des services et des défis socio-économiques et démographiques. Limites/implications de la recherche Les éleveurs sont vulnérables à l'impact négatif de la variabilité climatique et des événements extrêmes. Implications pratiques Les conclusions de l'étude fournissent des informations de base aux praticiens, aux chercheurs et aux décideurs. Originalité/valeur Cet article a fourni des informations détaillées sur la tendance et la variabilité des précipitations et des températures au cours des trois dernières décennies. La conclusion a souligné que les moyens de subsistance des éleveurs subissent un stress lié à la variabilité climatique, ce qui a des implications sur l'insécurité alimentaire. Propósito La variabilidad climática y los extremos afectan adversamente al sector ganadero directa e indirectamente al agravar la prevalencia de enfermedades del ganado, distorsionando el sistema de producción y la rentabilidad del sector. Este documento tiene como objetivo examinar la variabilidad climática y su impacto en el sistema ganadero y las enfermedades del ganado entre los pastores de Borana, en el sur de Etiopía. Diseño/metodología/enfoque Los datos se recopilaron a través de una combinación de métodos cuantitativos y cualitativos utilizando cuestionarios de hogares, observaciones de campo, discusiones de grupos focales y entrevistas con informantes clave. Los datos de precipitación dikadal y temperaturas de la cuadrícula de área de 1985 a 2014 se recopilaron de la agencia meteorológica nacional. Los datos cuantitativos y cualitativos se analizaron e interpretaron utilizando herramientas y procedimientos analíticos apropiados. Hallazgos El resultado reveló que el área de estudio se ve muy afectada por el estrés por humedad, debido al inicio tardío de las estaciones lluviosas, la disminución en el número de días lluviosos y el volumen de lluvias. El comportamiento de la distribución de las precipitaciones, junto con el aumento paralelo de la temperatura mínima y máxima, exacerbó el impacto en el sistema ganadero y la salud del ganado. Se encuentra que la mayoría de los pastores han percibido correctamente la ocurrencia y las manifestaciones de la variabilidad climática y sus consecuencias. Los pastores apenas están haciendo frente a los desafíos de la variabilidad climática, principalmente debido a los prejuicios culturales, la mala prestación de servicios y los desafíos socioeconómicos y demográficos. Limitaciones/implicaciones de la investigación Los pastores son vulnerables al impacto adverso de la variabilidad climática y los eventos extremos. Implicaciones prácticas El hallazgo del estudio proporciona información de referencia para profesionales, investigadores y responsables políticos. Originalidad/valor Este documento proporcionó información detallada sobre la tendencia y variabilidad de las precipitaciones y la temperatura durante las últimas tres décadas. El hallazgo señaló que los medios de vida de los pastores están bajo estrés por la variabilidad climática y tiene implicaciones para la inseguridad alimentaria. Purpose Climate variability and extremes adversely affect the livestock sector directly and indirectly by aggravating the prevalence of livestock diseases, distorting production system and the sector profitability. This paper aims to examine climate variability and its impact on livestock system and livestock disease among pastoralists in Borana, Southern Ethiopia. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods using household questionnaire, field observations, focus group discussions and key informant interviews. Areal grid dikadal rainfall and temperatures data from 1985 to 2014 were collected from national meteorological agency. The quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed and interpreted using appropriate analytical tools and procedures. Findings The result revealed that the study area is hard hit by moisture stress, due to the late onset of rainy seasons, decrease in the number of rainy days and volume of rainfall. The rainfall distribution behavior coupled with the parallel increase in minimum and maximum temperature exacerbated the impact on livestock system and livestock health. Majority of the pastoralists are found to have rightly perceived the very occurrence and manifestations of climate variability and its consequences. Pastoralists are hardly coping with the challenges of climate variability, mainly due to cultural prejudice, poor service delivery and the socio-economic and demographic challenges. Research limitations/implications Pastoralists are vulnerable to the adverse impact of climate variability and extreme events. Practical implications The finding of the study provides baseline information for practitioners, researchers and policymakers. Originality/value This paper provided detailed insights about the rainfall and temperature trend and variability for the past three decades. The finding pointed that pastoralists' livelihood is under climate variability stress, and it has implications to food insecurity. الغرض يؤثر تقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة سلبًا على قطاع الثروة الحيوانية بشكل مباشر وغير مباشر من خلال تفاقم انتشار أمراض الثروة الحيوانية وتشويه نظام الإنتاج وربحية القطاع. تهدف هذه الورقة إلى دراسة تقلب المناخ وتأثيره على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وأمراض الثروة الحيوانية بين الرعاة في بورانا، جنوب إثيوبيا. التصميم/المنهجية/النهج تم جمع البيانات من خلال مزيج من الأساليب الكمية والنوعية باستخدام استبيان الأسرة والملاحظات الميدانية ومناقشات مجموعات التركيز ومقابلات المخبرين الرئيسيين. تم جمع بيانات هطول الأمطار ودرجات الحرارة في شبكة المناطق من عام 1985 إلى عام 2014 من وكالة الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية. تم تحليل البيانات الكمية والنوعية وتفسيرها باستخدام الأدوات والإجراءات التحليلية المناسبة. النتائج كشفت النتيجة أن منطقة الدراسة تعاني بشدة من إجهاد الرطوبة، بسبب تأخر بدء مواسم الأمطار، وانخفاض عدد الأيام الممطرة وحجم هطول الأمطار. أدى سلوك توزيع الأمطار إلى جانب الزيادة الموازية في درجات الحرارة الدنيا والقصوى إلى تفاقم التأثير على نظام الثروة الحيوانية وصحة الثروة الحيوانية. تبين أن غالبية الرعاة قد أدركوا عن حق حدوث ومظاهر تقلب المناخ وعواقبه. لا يكاد الرعاة يتعاملون مع تحديات تقلب المناخ، ويرجع ذلك أساسًا إلى التحيز الثقافي وسوء تقديم الخدمات والتحديات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والديموغرافية. قيود/آثار البحث الرعاة عرضة للتأثير السلبي لتقلب المناخ والظواهر المتطرفة. الآثار العملية توفر نتائج الدراسة معلومات أساسية للممارسين والباحثين وواضعي السياسات. الأصالة/القيمة قدمت هذه الورقة رؤى مفصلة حول اتجاه هطول الأمطار ودرجة الحرارة وتقلبها على مدى العقود الثلاثة الماضية. وأشارت النتيجة إلى أن سبل عيش الرعاة تتعرض لضغوط تقلب المناخ، ولها آثار على انعدام الأمن الغذائي.

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    Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) were established by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to test and promote a portfolio of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices that have climate change mitigation potential. This study evaluated the soil carbon sequestration potential of these CSVs compared to the control land use that did not have CSA practices. At the one-meter depth, soil carbon stocks increased by 20–70%, 70–86%, and 51–110% in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda CSVs, respectively, compared to control. Consequently, CSVs contributed to the reduction of emissions by 87–420 Mg CO2 eq ha−1. In the topsoil (0–15 cm), CSVs sequestered almost twice more soil carbon than the control and subsequently emissions were reduced by 42–158 Mg CO2 eq ha−1 under CSVs. The annual increase in carbon sequestration under CSVs ranged between 1.6 and 6.2 Mg C ha−1 yr−1 and substantially varied between the CSA land use types. The forests sequestered the highest soil carbon (5–6 Mg C ha−1 yr−1), followed by grasslands and croplands. The forest topsoil also had lower bulk density compared to the control. The findings suggest that CSA practices implemented through the CSVs approach contribute to climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration.

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    Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) were established by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to test and promote a portfolio of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices that have climate change mitigation potential. This study evaluated the soil carbon sequestration potential of these CSVs compared to the control land use that did not have CSA practices. At the one-meter depth, soil carbon stocks increased by 20–70%, 70–86%, and 51–110% in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda CSVs, respectively, compared to control. Consequently, CSVs contributed to the reduction of emissions by 87–420 Mg CO2 eq ha−1. In the topsoil (0–15 cm), CSVs sequestered almost twice more soil carbon than the control and subsequently emissions were reduced by 42–158 Mg CO2 eq ha−1 under CSVs. The annual increase in carbon sequestration under CSVs ranged between 1.6 and 6.2 Mg C ha−1 yr−1 and substantially varied between the CSA land use types. The forests sequestered the highest soil carbon (5–6 Mg C ha−1 yr−1), followed by grasslands and croplands. The forest topsoil also had lower bulk density compared to the control. The findings suggest that CSA practices implemented through the CSVs approach contribute to climate change mitigation through soil carbon sequestration.

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    Authors: Maren A.O. Radeny; Desalegn Yayeh Ayal; Drake N. Mubiru; Florence Birungi Kyazze; +4 Authors

    Les services d'information climatique et de conseil agricole sont essentiels pour aider les petits exploitants agricoles et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est à gérer les risques liés au climat et à s'adapter au changement climatique. Cependant, il existe des lacunes importantes dans la fourniture d'informations climatiques qui répondent efficacement aux besoins des agriculteurs et des éleveurs. La plupart des agriculteurs et des éleveurs s'appuient donc sur les connaissances autochtones, où les indicateurs et les expériences locaux sont utilisés pour observer et prévoir les conditions météorologiques. Bien que les prévisions basées sur les connaissances indigènes soient intégrées et établies dans de nombreuses communautés d'Afrique de l'Est, la recherche coordonnée et la documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes pour les prévisions météorologiques, y compris la précision et la fiabilité des connaissances indigènes, font largement défaut. Ce document documente et synthétise les connaissances indigènes existantes pour les prévisions météorologiques en Afrique de l'Est en utilisant des études de cas de l'Éthiopie, de la Tanzanie et de l'Ouganda. Les résultats montrent que les agriculteurs et les éleveurs utilisent une combinaison d'indicateurs météorologiques, biologiques et astrologiques pour prévoir les conditions météorologiques locales. Les prévisions météorologiques IK sont donc cruciales pour soutenir les efforts visant à améliorer l'accès à l'information climatique en Afrique de l'Est, en particulier dans les communautés pauvres en ressources et vulnérables. Le document tire de précieuses leçons sur la façon dont les agriculteurs et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est utilisent les prévisions météorologiques des savoirs autochtones pour prendre des décisions en matière de production végétale et animale et démontre que la confiance et la volonté d'appliquer les prévisions scientifiques des agriculteurs et des éleveurs sont susceptibles d'augmenter lorsqu'elles sont intégrées aux savoirs autochtones. Par conséquent, une documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes et un cadre pour l'intégration des connaissances indigènes et des prévisions météorologiques scientifiques des agences météorologiques nationales peuvent améliorer la précision, l'adoption et l'utilisation des prévisions météorologiques. La información climática y los servicios de asesoramiento agrícola son cruciales para ayudar a los pequeños agricultores y pastores de África Oriental a gestionar los riesgos relacionados con el clima y adaptarse al cambio climático. Sin embargo, existen lagunas significativas en el suministro de información climática que aborda de manera efectiva las necesidades de los agricultores y pastores. La mayoría de los agricultores y pastores, por lo tanto, confían en el conocimiento indígena (IK), donde se utilizan indicadores y experiencias locales para observar y pronosticar las condiciones climáticas. Si bien el pronóstico basado en IK está incorporado y establecido en muchas comunidades de África Oriental, la investigación coordinada y la documentación sistemática de IK para el pronóstico del tiempo, incluida la precisión y fiabilidad de IK, son en gran medida insuficientes. Este documento documenta y sintetiza el IK existente para el pronóstico del tiempo en África Oriental utilizando estudios de casos de Etiopía, Tanzania y Uganda. Los resultados muestran que los agricultores y pastores utilizan una combinación de indicadores meteorológicos, biológicos y astrológicos para pronosticar las condiciones climáticas locales. Por lo tanto, el pronóstico meteorológico de IK es crucial para apoyar los esfuerzos por mejorar el acceso a la información climática en África Oriental, especialmente en las comunidades vulnerables y de escasos recursos. El documento extrae valiosas lecciones sobre cómo los agricultores y pastores de África Oriental utilizan los pronósticos meteorológicos de IK para tomar decisiones sobre la producción agrícola y ganadera y demuestra que es probable que la confianza y la voluntad de aplicar los pronósticos científicos de los agricultores y pastores aumente cuando se integre con IK. Por lo tanto, una documentación sistemática de IK y un marco para integrar IK y el pronóstico meteorológico científico de las agencias meteorológicas nacionales pueden mejorar la precisión, la aceptación y el uso de los pronósticos meteorológicos. Climate information and agro-advisory services are crucial in helping smallholder farmers and pastoralists in East Africa manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. However, significant gaps exist in provision of climate information that effectively addresses the needs of farmers and pastoralists. Most farmers and pastoralists, therefore, rely on indigenous knowledge (IK), where local indicators and experiences are used to observe and forecast weather conditions. While IK-based forecasting is inbuilt and established in many communities in East Africa, coordinated research and systematic documentation of IK for weather forecasting, including accuracy and reliability of IK is largely lacking. This paper documents and synthesizes existing IK for weather forecasting in East Africa using case studies from Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. The results show that farmers and pastoralists use a combination of meteorological, biological, and astrological indicators to forecast local weather conditions. IK weather forecasting is, therefore, crucial in supporting efforts to improve access to climate information in East Africa, especially in resource-poor and vulnerable communities. The paper draws valuable lessons on how farmers and pastoralists in East Africa use IK weather forecasts for making crop and livestock production decisions and demonstrates that the trust and willingness to apply scientific forecasts by farmers and pastoralists is likely to increase when integrated with IK. Therefore, a systematic documentation of IK, and a framework for integrating IK and scientific weather forecasting from national meteorological agencies can improve accuracy, uptake, and use of weather forecasts. تعد المعلومات المناخية والخدمات الاستشارية الزراعية حاسمة في مساعدة صغار المزارعين والرعاة في شرق أفريقيا على إدارة المخاطر المتعلقة بالمناخ والتكيف مع تغير المناخ. ومع ذلك، توجد فجوات كبيرة في توفير المعلومات المناخية التي تلبي بفعالية احتياجات المزارعين والرعاة. لذلك، يعتمد معظم المزارعين والرعاة على معارف السكان الأصليين، حيث يتم استخدام المؤشرات والخبرات المحلية لمراقبة الظروف الجوية والتنبؤ بها. في حين أن التنبؤ القائم على IK مدمج ومثبت في العديد من المجتمعات في شرق إفريقيا، إلا أن الأبحاث المنسقة والتوثيق المنهجي لـ IK للتنبؤ بالطقس، بما في ذلك دقة وموثوقية IK غير موجودة إلى حد كبير. توثق هذه الورقة وتجمع المعارف القائمة للتنبؤ بالطقس في شرق أفريقيا باستخدام دراسات حالة من إثيوبيا وتنزانيا وأوغندا. تظهر النتائج أن المزارعين والرعاة يستخدمون مزيجًا من مؤشرات الأرصاد الجوية والبيولوجية والفلكية للتنبؤ بالظروف الجوية المحلية. وبالتالي، فإن التنبؤ بالطقس في المملكة المتحدة أمر بالغ الأهمية في دعم الجهود الرامية إلى تحسين الوصول إلى المعلومات المناخية في شرق أفريقيا، لا سيما في المجتمعات المحلية التي تفتقر إلى الموارد والضعيفة. تستخلص الورقة دروسًا قيمة حول كيفية استخدام المزارعين والرعاة في شرق إفريقيا لتنبؤات الطقس في المملكة المتحدة لاتخاذ قرارات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية وتوضح أن الثقة والرغبة في تطبيق التنبؤات العلمية من قبل المزارعين والرعاة من المرجح أن تزداد عند دمجها مع المملكة المتحدة. لذلك، فإن التوثيق المنهجي للمملكة المتحدة، وإطار عمل لدمج المملكة المتحدة والتنبؤ العلمي بالطقس من وكالات الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية يمكن أن يحسن دقة واستيعاب واستخدام التنبؤات الجوية.

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    Authors: Maren A.O. Radeny; Desalegn Yayeh Ayal; Drake N. Mubiru; Florence Birungi Kyazze; +4 Authors

    Les services d'information climatique et de conseil agricole sont essentiels pour aider les petits exploitants agricoles et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est à gérer les risques liés au climat et à s'adapter au changement climatique. Cependant, il existe des lacunes importantes dans la fourniture d'informations climatiques qui répondent efficacement aux besoins des agriculteurs et des éleveurs. La plupart des agriculteurs et des éleveurs s'appuient donc sur les connaissances autochtones, où les indicateurs et les expériences locaux sont utilisés pour observer et prévoir les conditions météorologiques. Bien que les prévisions basées sur les connaissances indigènes soient intégrées et établies dans de nombreuses communautés d'Afrique de l'Est, la recherche coordonnée et la documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes pour les prévisions météorologiques, y compris la précision et la fiabilité des connaissances indigènes, font largement défaut. Ce document documente et synthétise les connaissances indigènes existantes pour les prévisions météorologiques en Afrique de l'Est en utilisant des études de cas de l'Éthiopie, de la Tanzanie et de l'Ouganda. Les résultats montrent que les agriculteurs et les éleveurs utilisent une combinaison d'indicateurs météorologiques, biologiques et astrologiques pour prévoir les conditions météorologiques locales. Les prévisions météorologiques IK sont donc cruciales pour soutenir les efforts visant à améliorer l'accès à l'information climatique en Afrique de l'Est, en particulier dans les communautés pauvres en ressources et vulnérables. Le document tire de précieuses leçons sur la façon dont les agriculteurs et les éleveurs d'Afrique de l'Est utilisent les prévisions météorologiques des savoirs autochtones pour prendre des décisions en matière de production végétale et animale et démontre que la confiance et la volonté d'appliquer les prévisions scientifiques des agriculteurs et des éleveurs sont susceptibles d'augmenter lorsqu'elles sont intégrées aux savoirs autochtones. Par conséquent, une documentation systématique des connaissances indigènes et un cadre pour l'intégration des connaissances indigènes et des prévisions météorologiques scientifiques des agences météorologiques nationales peuvent améliorer la précision, l'adoption et l'utilisation des prévisions météorologiques. La información climática y los servicios de asesoramiento agrícola son cruciales para ayudar a los pequeños agricultores y pastores de África Oriental a gestionar los riesgos relacionados con el clima y adaptarse al cambio climático. Sin embargo, existen lagunas significativas en el suministro de información climática que aborda de manera efectiva las necesidades de los agricultores y pastores. La mayoría de los agricultores y pastores, por lo tanto, confían en el conocimiento indígena (IK), donde se utilizan indicadores y experiencias locales para observar y pronosticar las condiciones climáticas. Si bien el pronóstico basado en IK está incorporado y establecido en muchas comunidades de África Oriental, la investigación coordinada y la documentación sistemática de IK para el pronóstico del tiempo, incluida la precisión y fiabilidad de IK, son en gran medida insuficientes. Este documento documenta y sintetiza el IK existente para el pronóstico del tiempo en África Oriental utilizando estudios de casos de Etiopía, Tanzania y Uganda. Los resultados muestran que los agricultores y pastores utilizan una combinación de indicadores meteorológicos, biológicos y astrológicos para pronosticar las condiciones climáticas locales. Por lo tanto, el pronóstico meteorológico de IK es crucial para apoyar los esfuerzos por mejorar el acceso a la información climática en África Oriental, especialmente en las comunidades vulnerables y de escasos recursos. El documento extrae valiosas lecciones sobre cómo los agricultores y pastores de África Oriental utilizan los pronósticos meteorológicos de IK para tomar decisiones sobre la producción agrícola y ganadera y demuestra que es probable que la confianza y la voluntad de aplicar los pronósticos científicos de los agricultores y pastores aumente cuando se integre con IK. Por lo tanto, una documentación sistemática de IK y un marco para integrar IK y el pronóstico meteorológico científico de las agencias meteorológicas nacionales pueden mejorar la precisión, la aceptación y el uso de los pronósticos meteorológicos. Climate information and agro-advisory services are crucial in helping smallholder farmers and pastoralists in East Africa manage climate-related risks and adapt to climate change. However, significant gaps exist in provision of climate information that effectively addresses the needs of farmers and pastoralists. Most farmers and pastoralists, therefore, rely on indigenous knowledge (IK), where local indicators and experiences are used to observe and forecast weather conditions. While IK-based forecasting is inbuilt and established in many communities in East Africa, coordinated research and systematic documentation of IK for weather forecasting, including accuracy and reliability of IK is largely lacking. This paper documents and synthesizes existing IK for weather forecasting in East Africa using case studies from Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Uganda. The results show that farmers and pastoralists use a combination of meteorological, biological, and astrological indicators to forecast local weather conditions. IK weather forecasting is, therefore, crucial in supporting efforts to improve access to climate information in East Africa, especially in resource-poor and vulnerable communities. The paper draws valuable lessons on how farmers and pastoralists in East Africa use IK weather forecasts for making crop and livestock production decisions and demonstrates that the trust and willingness to apply scientific forecasts by farmers and pastoralists is likely to increase when integrated with IK. Therefore, a systematic documentation of IK, and a framework for integrating IK and scientific weather forecasting from national meteorological agencies can improve accuracy, uptake, and use of weather forecasts. تعد المعلومات المناخية والخدمات الاستشارية الزراعية حاسمة في مساعدة صغار المزارعين والرعاة في شرق أفريقيا على إدارة المخاطر المتعلقة بالمناخ والتكيف مع تغير المناخ. ومع ذلك، توجد فجوات كبيرة في توفير المعلومات المناخية التي تلبي بفعالية احتياجات المزارعين والرعاة. لذلك، يعتمد معظم المزارعين والرعاة على معارف السكان الأصليين، حيث يتم استخدام المؤشرات والخبرات المحلية لمراقبة الظروف الجوية والتنبؤ بها. في حين أن التنبؤ القائم على IK مدمج ومثبت في العديد من المجتمعات في شرق إفريقيا، إلا أن الأبحاث المنسقة والتوثيق المنهجي لـ IK للتنبؤ بالطقس، بما في ذلك دقة وموثوقية IK غير موجودة إلى حد كبير. توثق هذه الورقة وتجمع المعارف القائمة للتنبؤ بالطقس في شرق أفريقيا باستخدام دراسات حالة من إثيوبيا وتنزانيا وأوغندا. تظهر النتائج أن المزارعين والرعاة يستخدمون مزيجًا من مؤشرات الأرصاد الجوية والبيولوجية والفلكية للتنبؤ بالظروف الجوية المحلية. وبالتالي، فإن التنبؤ بالطقس في المملكة المتحدة أمر بالغ الأهمية في دعم الجهود الرامية إلى تحسين الوصول إلى المعلومات المناخية في شرق أفريقيا، لا سيما في المجتمعات المحلية التي تفتقر إلى الموارد والضعيفة. تستخلص الورقة دروسًا قيمة حول كيفية استخدام المزارعين والرعاة في شرق إفريقيا لتنبؤات الطقس في المملكة المتحدة لاتخاذ قرارات إنتاج المحاصيل والثروة الحيوانية وتوضح أن الثقة والرغبة في تطبيق التنبؤات العلمية من قبل المزارعين والرعاة من المرجح أن تزداد عند دمجها مع المملكة المتحدة. لذلك، فإن التوثيق المنهجي للمملكة المتحدة، وإطار عمل لدمج المملكة المتحدة والتنبؤ العلمي بالطقس من وكالات الأرصاد الجوية الوطنية يمكن أن يحسن دقة واستيعاب واستخدام التنبؤات الجوية.

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