Project Context Overview • Government of Cambodia, GCF, ADB • Funding of $140 million • Agricultural sector is important but vulnerable to climate change • Agribusiness facing infrastructure, capacity and policy barriers Impact and Outcome Impact Agricultural competiveness in the project areas improved (reflected through enhanced productivity, climate resilience, quality and safety, value addition and rural household incomes). Outcome Productive and resource efficient agribusiness value chains in project areas developed. Outputs and Key Activities I. Critical agribusiness value chain infrastructure ...
Outline Context/History Definitions Implications USAID legacy in Agriculture and food security USAID supports and advances best practices in agriculture and rural development. 2010: Feed the Future Guide ~ climate change and environment crosscutting themes, guidance on adaptation and resilience. Experience and new policy directives ~ consider mitigation opportunities to advance climate-smart approaches strengthening adaptation and resilience The intersection of climate change and agriculture • Climate change poses major risks – erratic temperatures, precipitation changes, rising sea levels and the increase ...
The Context 2 Attaining SDG 1 and SDG 2 depends on ensuring food system is productive, resilient, and contributes to tackling climate change • Meeting the rising demand for food and ending hunger and food insecurity requires climate-smart food system that: 1. Improves agricultural productivity; 2. Builds resilience to climate change; and 3. Lowers greenhouse gas emissions. • Kenya Climate Smart Agriculture Project (KCSAP) aims to address tradeoffs and synergies to secure these triple-wins: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation. 3 ...
Introduction • The Government of Andhra Pradesh has introduced Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF) in 2016 as an alternative to chemical-based and capital intensive agriculture, through its implementing agency Rythu Sadhikara Samstha (RySS). • The main objective of the ZBNF is to make agriculture economically viable, agrarian livelihoods profitable thereby reduce agrarian distress through cost reduction and sustainable agricultural practices that are climate-resilient. • ZBNF aims to reduce cost of cultivation, enhance soil fertility, enhance yields, reduce risks, and protect ...
Overview of DHAN activities on crop insurance • Currently working with around 250000 farming families as part of Tank-fed Agriculture and Rainfed Farming programs • Has been taking up insurance related interventions since 1997 in 10 states • Coverage including life, health, crop and livestock insurance products- 1.13 million • Has been taking up crop insurance related interventions since 2004 Concept of crop risk management followed • Risk management is an integral part in development of farming livelihoods &bull ...
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