Training Course on Climate Smart Agriculture

Organizer: KINCAID DEVELOPMENT CENTER 
Course fee: USD 1000

INTRODUCTION

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA aims at increasing agricultural productivity and incomes, adapting and building resilience to climate change and reducing and/or removing greenhouse gas emissions where possible. This course will impart its participants with skills for developing agricultural strategies to secure sustainable food security under climate change and help stakeholders identify agricultural strategies suitable to their local conditions.

Participants who successfully complete the course will receive Certificate of Participation.

OBJECTIVES

By the end of the course, the participant should be able to;

·         Properly understand the effects of climate change on agriculture productivity.

·         Comprehend the concepts and principles of climate smart agriculture.

·         Know the climate smart agriculture practices in crop and livestock production

·         Have an understanding of improved sustainability approaches in agriculture production,

·         Evaluate that climate smart agriculture practices sustainably increase agricultural productivity, farm incomes, food security and development.

·         Identify climate smart agriculture Strategies on Climate Change adaptation.

DURATION

 5 days

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course targets various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials, and policymakers) working with communities, in governments, funding agencies, Research organizations, non-government organizations, small and medium enterprises for agricultural development, farmer organizations and cooperatives, Development practitioners and programme managers and anyone who wants to learn more about modern food production, farming and environmental challenges.

COURSE OUTLINE

·         Climate Change

·         Agriculture, Climate Change and Food Security

·         Climate-Smart Agriculture Concept

·         Farmers becoming resilient to climate change shocks and stresses when they adapt climate smart agriculture practices

·         Climate-Smart Agriculture Solutions

·         Removing Barriers and Enabling the Environment for Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture

·         Crop and livestock insurance

·         Climate financing

·         Gender in climate smart agriculture

·         The Lead Farmer Concept in climate smart agriculture

GENERAL NOTES

·         The instructor led trainings are delivered using a blended learning approach and comprises of presentations, guided sessions of practical exercise, web-based tutorials and group work. Our facilitators are seasoned industry experts with years of experience, working as professional and trainers in these fields.

·         The participants should be reasonably proficient in English as all facilitation and course materials will be offered in English.

·         Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be issued with a certificate.

·         The training will be held at Kincaid Training Centre. The course fee covers the course tuition, training materials, two break refreshments and lunch.

·         All participants will additionally cater for their, travel expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

·         Accommodation and airport pickup are arranged upon request.

·         This training can also be customized to suit the needs of your institution upon request. You can have it delivered in our Kincaid Training Centre or at a convenient location.

 Payments are due upon registration.