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Prioritizing investments for climate-smart agriculture: Lessons learned from Mali

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2017.02.008
10.1016/j.agsy.2017.02.008
 
Title Prioritizing investments for climate-smart agriculture: Lessons learned from Mali
 
Creator Andrieu, N
Sogoba, B
Zougmore, R B
Howland, F
Samake, O
Bonilla-Findji, O
Lizarazo, M
Nowak, A
Dembele, C
Corner-Dolloff, C
 
Subject Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA)
African Agriculture
West Africa
Mali
 
Description Agricultural productivity and growth in Mali are under threat from erratic rainfall, resulting in more frequent dry years. The national economy is vulnerable to climate change due to 50% of the gross domestic product coming from the agricultural sector and 75% of the population living in rural areas. The Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) concept arises from a need to provide innovative solutions towards the complex and integrated goals of increasing yields, improving resilience, and promoting a low emissions agricultural sector. A major challenge for policymakers to operationalize CSA is the identification, valuation (cost-benefit), and subsequent prioritization of climate-smart options and portfolios (groups of CSA options) for investment. This paper presents the process, results, and lessons learned from a yearlong pilot of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Prioritization Framework (CSA-PF) in Mali. Key national and international stakeholders participated in the co-development and prioritization of two CSA portfolios and related action plans for the Malian Sudanese zone. Initial steps towards outcomes of the process include inclusion of prioritized CSA practices in ongoing development projects and prompting discussion of modifications of future calls for agricultural development proposals by regional donors.
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Date 2017-03
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/9962/1/1-s2.0-S0308521X16307351-main.pdf
Andrieu, N and Sogoba, B and Zougmore, R B and Howland, F and Samake, O and Bonilla-Findji, O and Lizarazo, M and Nowak, A and Dembele, C and Corner-Dolloff, C (2017) Prioritizing investments for climate-smart agriculture: Lessons learned from Mali. Agricultural Systems, 154. pp. 13-24. ISSN 0308521X