CCAFS as an integrating CRP: links with CRP MAIZE

Clare Stirling: CRP MAIZE MEETING

CSV project in SA: ML Jat Global N mitigation project: C Stirling

Index-based insurance: J. Hellin

“Learning Platforms” to link with the AFS-CRPs

LP #1: Ex-ante evaluation and decision support for climate-smart options

Opportunities for CCAFS & MAIZE collaboration: • Evaluation of CSA technologies & policies – identify targets:

what is climate-smart; in what context; at what scale? (with LP# 2 & 3).

• Maize breeding & foresight modelling

• Identify thresholds for transformation (e.g. exit from agriculture, migration)

LP #2: Participatory evaluation of CSA technologies and practices in CSVs

Opportunities for CCAFS & MAIZE collaboration: • CSVs used as sites for participatory testing of CSA

technologies

• Development of CSA recommendation domains (with LP#1).

• CSA simulations under different climate/socio-economic scenarios (with LP#1),

LP#3: Identifying priorities and options for low-emissions development

Opportunities for CCAFS & MAIZE collaboration: • Community of practice: GHG methodologies, data & models

under SAMPLES (Standard Assessment of Mitigation Potential and Livelihoods in Smallholder Systems).

• Identification of most promising technical options and their trade-offs - including emerging options such as BNI.

• MRV (monitoring, reporting & verification) – developing & tracking appropriate indicators for e.g. N, soil carbon

LP4: Weather-related agricultural insurance products and programs Opportunities for CCAFS & MAIZE collaboration: • Develop a Community of Practice on insurance across the

CGIAR & develop connections with global insurance community

• Concept paper: promising synergies between CGIAR and global insurance community: Identify key challenges and knowledge gaps that impedes progress by

the global agricultural insurance community

$50k each to PIM (through IFPRI) and MAIZE (through CIMMYT) to support joint development of LP#4

“Learning Platforms” to link with the AFS-CRPs

LP1: Ex-ante evaluation and decision support for climate-smart options (including down-scaled climate data, regional climate outlooks, prioritization frameworks, climate-smart breeding)

LP2: Participatory evaluation of CSA technologies and practices in CSVs (including integrated assessment of CSA options)

LP3: Identifying priorities and options for low-emissions development (including guidelines for GHG measurement, identifying priority mitigation options)

LP4: Weather-related agricultural insurance products and programs (including global analyses to identify constraints and opportunities, lessons from pilots)

LP5: CSA, gender and social inclusion(supporting CSA gender specialists on climate-specific topics)

LP6: Partnerships and capacity for scaling CSA(position CGIAR as a global leader for developing country food systems, and manage national to global partnerships for CC policy impact and scaling CSA)

RECAP: MAIZE/CCAFS collaboration in 2017

• Much already going on through existing CIMMYT-CCAFS projects and the aligned bilaterals

• Galway science write-shop (April): plan to develop & publish several ‘concept’ papers: CSA ex-ante evaluation framework; insurance; climate services and LED.

• Big opportunities for systems modeling efforts in different sites to evaluate climate-smartness at different scales: crop/livestock systems, economic analysis, foresight analysis (with PIM)

• Mixed methodologies for MRV to inform country NDCs

CCAFS project portfolio will develop through time, opportunities for new activities & collaboration.

Possible challenges

• Incentives vs. transaction costs for researchers to collaborate and share knowledge across CRPs

• Culture of collaboration on ideas and knowledge, but competition when funding is involved. Possible challenge with partner CRP.

• Need to identify effective mechanisms for maintaining communication, at a feasible cost

Thank you and any questions?