Independent Dialogue
Geographical focus:
No borders
Discussion topic outcome
1. Role of CSA knowledge to increase capacity building especially for achieving the SDGs What are the barriers to sharing knowledge in this context? • Lacking support from governments to convince farmers to adapt CSA practices. • Lack to access to information and knowledge, technology • There is a need for farmer-to-farmer sharing, collective action and policy that is flexible enough to address various context-specific climate challenges. • Fear that change will increase poverty. Investments by farmers. What are the cost benefits and no guarantee on return on investments • People don
... Read more’t know what CSA is. What is CSA and what is not? Importance of being able to give examples that are relevant for local audiences. • Better analysis on who gets the information, and what type of information is communicated, local or national rainfall indications for example, while finding solutions to potential information gaps and unequal information dissemination is needed. How could policy and governance facilitate overcoming these barriers? • Difficulties operationalizing existing policies and frameworks. • There is clear need for the translation of knowledge into practice and understanding of the benefits • There is a need to understand who farmers trust most. There is also a need for farmer-to-farmer and policy decision making interface • Small farmers access to information on how to adapt to climate change e.g. use of fertilizers • Making farmers central to knowledge exchange. Who do farmers trust? Bringing farmers and agronomists together e.g. through farmer field schools. Taking into account gender considerations in scaling up CSA practices. • Farmer needs are to be sensitized and engaged throughout the policy processes and stimulate ownership by the farmer • Complicated documents, national m/eetings but the farmer who cannot invest in tools. Bring farmers to the table and help them access knowledge and invest in techniques. • Despite convincing advancements, questions around how to successfully move from case study findings to scaling up practices and understanding which type of policies and institutions best support climate-smart farming, persist. What is the role of platforms in facilitating knowledge sharing? What added value can they provide? (e.g. networking, building synergies among various actors within the value chain) • Cooperatives are important in increasing knowledge sharing to farmers as well as technology transfer. Example of village level meetings. Education and literacy. • Making farmers literature about weather and climate and the consequences of climate change is important. E.g. climate services, information on rainfall. • Including the technology and principles in schools. • Technology should be developed with and by the farmer. They know what their needs are • There is need to understand the cost and benefits of CSA practices from the farmers point of view, this will help support and guide policy decision making • Social networks and group action need to be supported and promoted. These platforms support farmers for example with labor throughout the season, or the group jointly trials and tests a few selected climate-smart practices reducing individual farmers’ risks What capacity development approaches work for CSA? Transformation must be country-owned, sustainable, scaled up, and scaled out. There is need to get an understanding of what are the national and subnational capacities across people, organizations, institutions, networks and policies that need to be enhanced and how will countries be supported in this process. How can research institutions support knowledge transfer among different stakeholders? • In the context of climate change, new models of knowledge production with an emphasis on generation of societal outcomes are needed. • New models of knowledge production needs to be developed, not only at the level of individual researchers or research projects, but also to be institutionalized to effectively address systemic limitations. Read less
Action Track(s): 3, 4, 5
Keywords: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Innovation, Policy, Trade-offs, Women & Youth Empowerment