As part of the implementation of the West African food system resilience programme (PRSA), the West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development (CORAF) has invited experts and decision-makers on environmental issues to a regional training workshop on assessing the climate-smart characteristics of agricultural innovations and technologies, from 26 to 28 July 2023 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
This meeting for CORAF, which coordinates the activities of component 2 of the PRSA on "the sustainability and adaptability of the productive base of the food system", with financial support from the World Bank, was aimed at building the capacity of players in national agricultural research systems and Alliances for Climate-Smart Agriculture (AIC) to develop AIC projects using tools and methods for assessing AIC characteristics, practices and technologies.
According to the researchers, the AIC concept is based on 3 pillars: productivity, resilience and mitigation of the effects of climate change.
On this basis and on the basis of field experience, the participants, made up of researchers, farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs, saw their knowledge improved on (i) the basic concepts and phenomenon of climate change, (ii) climate-smart agriculture for more resilient agricultural systems, (iii) methods and tools for assessing the climate-smart characteristics of agricultural technologies and practices.
At the end of the three-day course, participants will be able to develop projects that take AIC into account and identify technologies and practices that integrate AIC.
