Climate Smart Agriculture Course
Details
Indepth Research Institute is pleased to welcome you to an upcoming 5-day training workshop on Climate Smart Agriculture Course.
INTRODUCTION
With the negative impacts of farming practices on the environment, climate change is expected to have a damaging effect on crop and livestock production, hence smallholder farmers’ way of life is affected. Climate-smart agriculture practices sustainably increase agricultural productivity, support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security, and development; adapt and build the resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change at multiple levels; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This course is intended for various actors in the Agriculture Extension (Agricultural extension officers, senior agricultural officials, and policymakers) working with communities, governments, funding agencies, Research organizations, non-government organizations, small and medium enterprises for agricultural development, farmer organizations, and cooperatives, Development practitioners and program managers and anyone who wants to learn more about modern food production, farming, and environmental challenges.
Outline
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
- Have an understanding of effects of climate change on agriculture productivity.
- Have enhanced their knowledge and understanding of the concepts and principles of climate smart agriculture.
- Be knowledgeable on climate smart agriculture practices in crop and livestock production
- Got intensive training on climate smart agriculture in developing countries
- Have an understanding of improved sustainability approaches in agriculture production,
- Understand that climate smart agriculture practices sustainably increase agricultural productivity, farm incomes, food security and development.
- Understand that climate smart agriculture practices make agricultural and food security systems adapt and become resilient to climate change and remove greenhouse gases.
- Identify climate smart agriculture Strategies on Climate Change adaptation.
- Learn on ways of increasing the current production levels to meet the consumption demands without having a negative impact on the environment.
- Have an understanding of the climate finance.
- Gain knowledge on crop and livestock insurance.
- Identify the needed collaboration efforts among stakeholders on climate smart agriculture and Climate Change Adaptation and devise on how the collaboration can be strengthened
TOPICS TO BE COVERED
- 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
Schedules
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| Weekdays | 08:00 AM — 05:00 PM |
| No. of Days: | 5 |
| Total Hours: | 40 |
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