CGIAR-AICCRA Knowledge Management Guide (2021)

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MAPPING OF THE AICCRA PROJECT,
ASSOCIATED PROGRAMME
ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS
2021
AICCRA Internal Knowledge Management Guide

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
ACPC African Climate Policy Centre
AGRHYMET Agrhymet Regional Centre
AICCRA Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
ANACIM National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology
ANCAR National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency
ASAL Arid and Semi-Arid Lands
ASARECA
Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in
Eastern and Central Africa
CABI Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International
CCAFS
CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security
CCARDESA
Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and
Development for Southern Africa
CDT Climate Data Tool
CERAAS
Regional Study Centre for the Improvement of Drought
Adaptation
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CIAT International Centre for Tropical Agriculture
CIMMYT International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre
CINSERE
Climate Information Service to Increase Resilience in
Senegal
CIS Climate Information Service
CORAF West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research
CRI Crops Research Institute
CSA Climate Smart Agriculture
CSAYN Climate Smart Agriculture Youth Network
CS-IPM Climate-smart Integrated Pest Management
CSIR-CRI
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- Crops
Research Institute
DEA Digital Earth Africa
DMT Decision Making Tool
DST Decision Support Tool
EA Eastern Africa
EAFF Eastern Africa Farmers Federation
ENACTS Enhancing National Climate Services in Africa
ESG Environmental, Social and Governance
FANRPAN
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis
Network
FP Flagship Programme
GCIC Ghana Climate Innovation Centre
GFCS Global Framework for Climate Services
GMA Ghana Meteorological Agency
GSI Gender and Social Inclusion
ICARDA
International Centre for Agriculture Research in the Dry
Areas
ICPAC IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
ICRAF World Agroforestry Centre
ICRISAT
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid
Tropics
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IDA International Development Association
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute
IITA International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
INRAB National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin
IPI Intermediate development indicator
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IRI International Research Institute for Climate and Society
IRRI International Rice Research Institute
iSAT Intelligent System Advisory Tool
IWMI International Water Management Institute
KAOP Kenya Agricultural Observatory Platform
KS Knowledge Sharing
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MOFA Ministry of Climate and Agriculture
NAP National Adaptation Plan
NARES National Agricultural Research Extensions Systems
NARS National Agricultural Research System
NDC Nationally Determined Contribution
NFCS National Framework for Climate Services
NGO Non-Governmental Organisation
NIBIO Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research
NMS National Meteorological Services
PD Partnerships for Delivery
PDO Project Development Objective
PICSA Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture
PM Project Management
PMU Project Management Unit
PPRSD Plant Protection and Regulatory Services
PRM Participatory Rangeland Management
REC Regional Economic Community
RFCS Regional Framework for Climate Services
RIOS Investment Optimisation Scenario tools
ROPPA
Network of Farmers and Producers Organisations in West
Africa
RS Remote Sensing
RUFORUM
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in
Agriculture
SA Southern Africa
SACAU Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions
SADC-CSC
Southern African Development Community - Climate
Service Centre
SADC-DMC
Southern African Development Community – Drought
Monitoring Centre
SARI Savannah Agricultural Research Institute
SCLARA Strengthening Climate Resilience of Agricultural Livelihoods
SME Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
SSA Sub-Saharan Africa
UDS University for Development Studies (Tamale University)
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
WA Western Africa
WARMA Water Resources Management Authority
WB World Bank
WMO World Meteorological Organisation
ZMD Zambia Meteorological Department

The Accelerating Impact of CGIAR
Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA)
project is supported by a grant from the
International Development Association
(IDA) of the World Bank. IDA helps the
world’s poorest countries by providing
grants and low to zero-interest loans
for projects and programmes that boost
economic growth, reduce poverty, and
improve poor people’s lives. IDA is one of
the largest sources of assistance for the
world’s 76 poorest countries, 39 of which
are in Africa. Annual IDA commitments
have averaged about $21 billion over circa
2017-2020, with approximately 61 percent
going to Africa.
ABOUT AICCRA
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We acknowledge the funding from the
International Development Association
(IDA) of the World Bank to the Accelerating
Impact of CGIAR Climate Research for
Africa (AICCRA) project.
This AICCRA guide was produced by the Flagship 1 team
with input and analysis the MARLO team.
Contact - Philip Thornton (p.thornton@cgiar.org) or
Sabrina Chesterman (s.chesterman@cgiar.org) Image: K.Trautman (CCAFS)
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Flagship, regions and anchor country focal points
Africa-wide
Philip Thornton
(ILRI)
p.thornton@cgiar.org
FP1
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AICCRA is implemented by programmes and associated lead
organisations operating at three different scales: Africa-wide,
regional and country-level.
Western Africa – Western Africa
Regional Programme (WA)
Encompassing anchor countries -
Mali, Senegal and Ghana
(Oversight provided by International Crops Research
Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT))
Eastern and Southern Africa Region
– Eastern and Southern Africa
Regional Programme (EA-SA)
Encompassing anchor countries
Kenya, Ethiopia and Zambia
(Oversight provided by International Livestock
Research Institute (ILRI))
Africa-wide
Flagship Programme 1
(Oversight provided by CIAT)
FP4
FP2
FP1
About AICCRA
Flagships
Ethiopia
Eastern and
Southern Africa
Region
Dawit Solomon
(ILRI)
d.solomon@cgiar
Western Africa
Region
Robert Zougmore
(ICRISAT)
R.Zougmore@cgiar.org
Mali
Koichi Futakuchi
(AfricaRice)
k.futakuchi@cgiar.org
Kenya
Polly Eriksen
(ILRI)
p.ericksen@cgiar.org
Zambia
Inga Jacobs-Mata
(IWMI-SA)
I.Jacobs-Mata@cgiar.org
Ghana
Ghislain Tepa-
Yotto (ICRISAT)
g.tepa-yotto@cgiar.org
Senegal
Anthony Whitbread
(ICRISAT-IN)
a.whitbread@cgiar.org
Africa-wide
Peter Laderach
(Alliance)
p.laderach@cgiar.org
FP2 Africa-wide
Stephen Zebiak
(IRI-Columbia)
steve@iri.columbia.edu
FP4

ABOUT THE GUIDE
This document provides an overview of AICCRA. It is intended
for use by the internal AICCRA project team to give clarity on
the overall project structure with a focus on the activities and
deliverables being undertaken by the respective flagship, regional
and country programmes. It highlights areas where programme
activities overlap to encourage collaboration, learning and
knowledge sharing between the respective organisations and
partners and to ensure coherence and avoid duplication of effort
and engagement with similar partners.
The programmes’ lead organisations and partnerships are mapped
to allow for further synchronisation of AICCRA Project activities
and deliverables.
For ease of reference, the AICCRA project activities and
deliverables are mapped according to the geographical sub-
components. Additionally, information is provided on the
implementing programmes, lead organisations and strategic
partnerships.
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WA: ICRISAT
EA-SA: ILRI
Senegal: ICRISAT
Mali: AfricaRice
Ghana: IITA
Ethiopia: ILRI
Kenya: ILRI
Zambia: IWMI
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Africa-wide
Regional:
Western Africa
Eastern and
Southern Africa
Implementing Programme
and Lead Organisation
AICCRA Component
Description of
programme
activity
Programme
deliverable
The AICCRA Project framework
Knowledge
Generation
and Sharing
Validating
Climate-Smart
Agriculture
Innovations
through Piloting
Strengthening
Partnerships
for Delivery of
Climate-Smart
Innovations in
Agriculture
Country Level:
Senegal
Mali
Ghana
Ethiopia
Kenya
Zambia
ILRI
FP1 Alliance
FP2
Columbia University
FP4
Target Scale
Activities
Activities
Activities
Deliverables
Deliverables
Deliverables

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BACKGROUND AICCRA PROJECT STRUCTURE
The AICCRA Project development objective (PDO) is ‘to
strengthen the capacity of targeted CCAFS (CGIAR
Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture
and Food Security) partners and stakeholders, and
to enhance access to climate information services
(CIS) and validated climate-smart agriculture
(CSA) technologies in International Development
Association (IDA)-eligible countries in Africa’.
The three year (2021 - 2024) AICCRA project is being managed
by the Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (International
Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) - Bioversity International
Alliance; hereafter, ‘the Alliance’) on behalf of CGIAR.
The AICCRA PDO has three indicators which will be used
to measure project achievements:
PDO Indicator 1
CCAFS partners and stakeholders in the project area are increasingly accessing
enhanced CIS and/or validated CSA technologies.
PDO Indicator 2
CCAFS beneficiaries in the project area are increasingly accessing enhanced CIS
and/or validated CSA technologies.
PDO Indicator 3
Enhanced CIS and/or validated CSA technologies originating in one Sub-Saharan
Africa (SSA) country are increasingly being made accessible in other SSA countries.

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The AICCRA Project consists of four components—three technical and one for project management. The technical components
each house intermediate development indicators (IPIs):
Knowledge Generation and Sharing
Development of Climate-informed Agricultural
Advisory Services and Decision-Making Tools (DMTs)
Climate-relevant knowledge
products, decision-making tools
and advisory services created or
enhanced including a proportion
targeting gender and social inclusion
dimension.
AICCRA Project-funded, peer-
reviewed research papers made
available in open access format.
Satisfaction with the quality and
usefulness of climate–relevant
knowledge products, decision-making
tools and services received under
the AICCRA Project expressed by
surveyed partners and stakeholders.
KS
Strengthening Partnerships for Delivery of
Climate-Smart Innovations in Agriculture
Climate advisory platforms/hubs launched or
strengthened, including their focus on gender
and social inclusion.
Partnerships launched or strengthened
between the AICCRA Project-funded CGIAR
and National Agricultural Research System
(NARS) scientists, universities, public sector
stakeholders, farmer organisations, non-
governmental organisations (NGOs) and the
private sector.
People engaged in the AICCRA Project-funded
capacity development activities.
Satisfaction with the effectiveness of the
partnerships under the AICCRA Project
expressed by surveyed partners and
stakeholders.
PD
Validating Climate-Smart Agriculture
Innovations through Piloting
CIS and CSA technology packages developed
or enhanced and validated including testing for
gender responsiveness.
Validated CIS and CSA technology packages
disseminated/ made accessible.
Use or adaptation of AICCRA Project-funded
climate-relevant knowledge products, decision-
making tools and services stated and confirmed
by surveyed partners and stakeholders.
Discussions in Africa-wide and regional events
informed by AICCRA Project-funded outputs.
Policy and investment decisions influenced by
engagement and information dissemination by
AICCRA Project-funded partnerships and capacity
building activities.
CSA
IPI 1.1
IPI 2.1 IPI 3.1
IPI 1.2
IPI 2.2 IPI 3.2
IPI 1.3 IPI 2.3
IPI 3.3
IPI 2.4 IPI 3.5
IPI 3.4

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Each of the four AICCRA Project components further consists of sub-components, programmes
and activities. As implementation arrangements rely on existing partnerships that have already
been established under CCAFS, and because different organisations are responsible for
providing oversight on CCAFS activities in different geographical areas, each of the technical
components is divided into three geographically focused sub-components and associated
programmes.
Project Management (PM)
This PM component covers project management and administration, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), communications and knowledge management and gender and social inclusion (GSI).
CCAFS’ Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) unit: will monitor the gender
tags for two critical gender gaps identified in the AICCRA Project:
Women are not accessing CSA packages to the same extent as men due to
issues surrounding access to resources, access to information, control over
labour allocations, and gender norms; and
Women are less represented in agricultural research and advance at lower
rates than men. The GSI unit is working with the regional and flagship
programmes and country leads to implement activities to bridge these gaps.
Communications and knowledge
management: the CCAFS-AICCRA
communications and knowledge management
team will deliver three major campaigns
throughout the year (2021), including the
Climate Adaptation and Food System
Summits, leading up to COP26. The team
is also responsible for new brand and
communication platforms for the AICCRA
Project.
Monitoring and evaluation: CIAT (CCAFS) will be
responsible for carrying out M&E functions for the
AICCRA Project.
Project management: The project management
unit (PMU) will coordinate partners and
manage administrative matters as well as the
environmental and social safeguards function.
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2021 ACTIVITY MAPPING
To achieve the PDO indicators, the three geographically focused sub-components and associated programmes and
programme leads are responsible for implementing AICCRA Project activities and for producing deliverables in
collaboration with a selection of CCAFS partners.
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123 information products which will be led by
27 strategic partners (including CGIAR centres,
universities, and regional partners)
60 reports and other publications
IN
2021
OTHER DELIVERABLES FOR 2021 INCLUDE
The AICCRA Project aims to produce
37 data models and tools
16 training materials
6 articles and books
4 outreach products

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AFRICA-WIDE - FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES

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CCAFS - Activities led by Columbia University
Targets include:
• Conduct stakeholder consultations and implement
a partner survey to assess regional needs and
priorities for climate services;
• A cost-benefit analysis framework will be
developed, tailored to the targeted Climate
Information Systems models, and integrating end
users’ access to markets and institutions, risk and
time preferences, and gender dynamics;
• Consultations on the design of a CIS/CSA
curriculum will aim to gain endorsements and
participation of academic and agricultural research
institutions; and
• An analysis of the current state of play and
lessons learned in the delivery of scalable climate
services will be conducted, and the results
communicated to the AICCRA partners.
FP4
CCAFS - Activities led by the Alliance
Targets include:
• Co-creating regional (Western and
Eastern-Southern Africa) climate-resilient
development pathways to prioritise CSA
packages and next generation investment
plans (for Kenya, Senegal, Ethiopia);
• Developing business cases for scaling
CSA for public and private investors using
a gender lens-investing framework; and
• Activities to achieve these targets include
capacity and curriculum development
efforts to support partners to scale CSA
within and across regions and to establish
a monitoring system for adaptation
metrics.
FP2
CCAFS - Activities led by ILRI
Targets include:
• Contribute to knowledge generation targets by
co-developing agri risk and adaptation profiles for
regional bodies;
• Policy coherence analyses to better understand the
regional and continental policy environment; and
• Activities to achieve capacity development targets
include:
Enhancing the engagement and participation of
women and youth in United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
processes;
Training regional and Africa-wide organisations
in participatory priority setting; and
Use of visioning and foresight methods to
promote stakeholder engagement and co-
production of investment plans.
FP1
There are three AICCRA flagship programmes as outlined below with their respective targets:
Flagship Programme Activities
Validating Climate-Smart
Agriculture Innovations
through Piloting
Strengthening Partnerships
for Delivery of Climate-Smart
Innovations in Agriculture

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TARGET SCALE
Africa-wide
Knowledge Generation
and Sharing
Development of Climate-informed
Agricultural Advisory Services and
Decision-Making Tools (DMTs)
Development of decision
support tools (DSTs) to tailor
adaptation interventions and
innovations.
Development and
participatory assessment of
climate information service
(CIS) packages.
Support to planning and
monitoring of investments
in agricultural adaptation
to climate change.
Support to prioritisation
of best-bet climate smart
agriculture (CSA) options
for uptake at scale.
Development of financing
models for the rollout of
prototype CSA and CIS
solutions for farmers
with private sector
engagement.
Policy consistency
analysis for regional
CIS and CSA promotion.
AICCRA component
ILRI
ILRI
Columbia
university
Alliance
Alliance
Alliance
Adaptation interventions targeted to agricultural land-use
categories, farmer groups and associated climate hazards.
Led by ILRI but involves other CGIAR Centres.
Stakeholder consultations and analyses of CIS models.
Digital climate services prototypes and plans for roll out at scale.
The work will be done in close collaboration with the regional
climate centres, National Meteorological Services (NMS), MoA,
National Agricultural Research Extensions Systems (NARES),
private sector and Regional Universities Forum for Capacity
Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM).
Work with Africa-wide, sub-regional research organisations and
regional economic communities (RECs) to develop tools and
approaches for monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to assist
countries in planning and implementation of National Adaptation
Plans (NAPs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
Economic assessments of CSA options under different scenarios
including co-design of best-bet CSA packages with national/
regional partners and private sector.
Co-develop innovative investment solutions to reorient and
leverage public and private capital flows towards sustainable food
systems.
This activity will be consulted with and co-designed (when
feasible) with key national and regional African partners.
Coordinate Africa-wide climate, agricultural, environmental,
gender, and social inclusion policy coherence analyses.
This will draw on input from across CGIAR and the models,
lessons, and activities emerging from EA-SA and WA.
Regional digital agricultural risk and adaptation profile and
DST and capacity building on use for policy and programme
development and implementation
Journal article
Journal article, discussion paper, briefing note, toolkit and
training on cost-benefit analysis of CIS
Survey, consultation and report on CIS regional needs and
priorities
Concept Note on curricular elements of economic assessment
of CIS for RUFORUM institutions
Reference system and supporting documentation for
operationalising adaptation metrics and monitoring systems
relevant for CSA Investment Plans, NAPs and NDCs in Africa
Co-develop environmental, social governance (ESG)
framework with private sector partners
Capacity building and cross-learning for scaling of CSA and
CIS initiatives by public and private investors, with outreach to
women and youth supported
Scaling of CSA and CIS packages in 6 focus countries
Regional Climate-Resilient Development pathways for East
Africa
Policy coherence analyses
Background materials and resources for enhanced women and
youth engagement at COP26
SSA’s regional agricultural strategic plans and policies: gaps
and alignment
Innovative private sector investment solutions
Economically and environmentally sustainable business
models
Innovative finance delivery channels
CSA Due Diligence Module
KS
Component activity,
implementing programme
and lead organisation
Description of
programme activity
Programme deliverable
FP1
FP1
FP4
FP2
FP2
FP2

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Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting
AICCRA component
CSA
TARGET SCALE
Africa-wide
Enhancing collaboration
among Africa-wide and
regional institutions.
Foster co-design, co-implementation, and co-ownership of
integrated CIS and CSA activities via engagement strategies,
structured knowledge sharing, increased capacity, and improved
efficiency in the tailored design and delivery of climate action
activities.
Backstopping of national, regional and continental groups of
negotiators and UNFCCC focal points to effectively articulate
Africa’s position on agriculture and climate change in global
negotiations and specific training in participatory priority setting
tools and approaches.
Although led by FP2, FP1 will contribute through capacity
development and providing technical assistance and
backstopping.
Africa Climate Action Portal
Curriculum innovation platform for national and regional
institutions
Brief on policy action
Report on regional consultations regarding CIS/CSA curriculum
priorities
Training material on priority setting
Technical assistance material for climate negotiators
Tools, capacity building, and knowledge exchange among
Regional Climate Centres, COFs, national, and regional entities
to support scaling of CSA and CIS approaches
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Delivery of Climate-
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture
AICCRA component
PD
Identification of existing
scalable initiatives around
climate modelling, early
warning systems, and
CSA.
Promoting dialogue
among participants with
the goal of securing
agreement on common
standards and protocols
for delivery of climate
advisory services at scale.
Working with regional and
continental networks to
promote dissemination of
climate research results
across Africa.
Development of
approaches to ensure
sustainability of regional
and continental initiatives.
Identify existing scalable initiatives around climate modelling,
climate services, early warning systems, and CSA.
Use identified initiatives to support business case development
and improved public-private partnerships around high potential
opportunities.
Advance dialogue and knowledge sharing among participants
with the goal of securing agreement on appropriate standards
and protocols for the delivery of effective services at scale,
throughout Africa.
Leverage continental and regional big-ticket opportunities on
CSA and CIS and facilitate scaling through large regional bodies
and implementation agencies.
Business cases for scaling of CIS and CSA with public and
private investors
Training material on visioning and foresight
CSA and CIS information at scale: methods for socially
inclusive dissemination
Journal article on the results of futures thinking in informing
investment plans
Large-scale CSA / CIS investment plans
Information dissemination through gamification
Prioritised CSA interventions for spillover in non-anchor
countries
ILRI
ILRI
FP1
FP1
Alliance
Alliance
FP2
FP2
Columbia
university
FP4 Analysis of current state of play and lessons learnt in the
delivery of scalable climate services
Knowledge exchange and synthesis of lessons learnt

WESTERN, EASTERN AND SOUTHERN
AFRICA - REGIONAL PROGRAMMES
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Eastern and Southern Africa (EA-SA) Regional Programme:
CCAFS EA ILRI – Activities led by ILRI
Targets for 2021:
• Support the development of climate-relevant and inclusive knowledge products and DSTs and
agricultural advisories;
• Initiate development of open access peer-reviewed research papers;
• Engage in AICCRA Project-funded capacity development activities of researchers, practitioners,
advisory service providers in EA-SA through partnerships for delivery, with a focus on targeting
women;
• Implement activities supporting the validation of, and access to, CSA innovations through
piloting engagements and information in regional and Africa-wide events; and
• Identify opportunities that will influence policy and investment decisions to increase
stakeholders’ and end-users’ access in targeted EA-SA countries to enhanced CIS or validated
CSA technologies. The work will be geared towards facilitating innovations originating in one
EA-SA country to become increasingly made accessible in other EA-SA and SSA countries.
Western Africa (WA) Regional Programme:
CCAFS WA ICRISAT - Activities led by ICRISAT
Targets for 2021:
• Capacitating regional scientific and educational networks
and centres (i.e. West and Central African Council
for Agricultural Research (CORAF), AGRHYMET,
RUFORUM) to develop delivery models of climate
services and CSA knowledge, approaches and tools,
for effective intra-regional and South-South adoption in
various value chains;
• Identify and outline contents and formats of curricula and
training materials, based on existing knowledge of best-
bet CSA and CIS options for value chains in WA; and
• To achieve these goals, the WA programme will strengthen
the institutional partnerships of regional scientific and
educational networks and centres to support countries to
achieve their planned targets.
There are two AICCRA regional programmes as outlined below with their respective targets:
Regional Programme Activities
through Piloting

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Western Africa (WA) &
Eastern and Southern
Africa (EA-SA)
and Sharing
Development of ag-
data hubs and decision
support systems.
Strengthening digital
climate advisory services.
AICCRA component
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
Development of ag-data hubs, design of climate service and
visualisation tools and dissemination systems.
Strengthen partnerships for the delivery of early warnings, climate
services, and climate-informed digital agro-advisories to support
agricultural decision-making.
Develop institutional linkages between CGIAR, International
Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), national, regional
and private sector partners.
Identify tailored CIS and digital agro-advisory packages that
include a needs assessment and targeting of services.
Develop web interfaces, apps and other contextualised DSTs that
allow wide accessibility and inclusive information flow.
Support countries with relevant country-level partnerships to
integrate tailored CIS and digital agro-advisories into national
digital extension systems.
KS
Institutional partnerships developed between CGIAR, IRI,
national, regional, and private sector to support target
countries delivery on ag-data hubs, user-friendly interface and
e-extension systems
Countries capacitated through innovative partnerships to
develop national ag-data hubs, CIS and agro-advisory DSTs
Operational and contextualised country ag-data hubs, CIS and
agro-advisory DSTs
Cross-country, regional, and South-South learning facilitated on
CIS and CSA outputs to achieve impact at scale
Tailored CIS and digital agro-advisories integrated into national
e-extension system for widespread dissemination, and CIS and
ag-advisories delivered at scale
national, regional, and private sector to support WA countries
delivery on ag-data hubs, user-friendly interface and
e-extension systems
Integrated regional e-extension system
EA-SA
ILRI
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
ILRI
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Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Support to strengthening
of national
meteorological real-time
services (NMS).
Enhancing the capacity
of public institutions
and private firms to
provide climate service
delivery models.
Work with regional climate prediction centres (e.g. AGRHYMET) to
strengthen NMS’ real-time weather monitoring, NextGen weather
forecasting, data archiving and generation systems, as well as to
provide online high-resolution historical data analyses.
Enhance the capacity of public institutions and private agritech
firms to develop delivery models for climate services.
Collaborate with RUFORUM, to generate training products and
set up agritech innovation platforms.
Encourage the participation of women scientists and researchers
in partner institutions.
Support ILRI, International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
and IRI’s effort to strengthen NMS real-time weather monitoring
and forecasting, NextGen climate prediction, and data archiving
and generation systems in target countries
Support regional climate prediction centres and IRI along with
other stakeholders (e.g. African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC)
and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) African Office) to
strengthen NMS capacity.
Build the capacity of public institutions, private sector, farmers’
organisations, and the media on effective and context-specific
climate service delivery models in multiple value chains in EA-SA.
Work with regional climate prediction centres, Association for
Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa
(ASARECA), RUFORUM, CGIAR centres and CCAFS flagships
to generate training products on CIS delivery and set-up agritech
platforms.
Work with Eastern Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) and
Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) to
build smallholder farmers capacity in CIS in EA-SA.
Work with regional agricultural research networks and climate
prediction centres to support scaling of best-bet CSA packages
and contextualised CIS and facilitate spillover in EA-SA and South-
South learning with WA programme.
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture
AICCRA component
PD
WA
ICRISAT
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
ILRI
EA-SA
ILRI
e-extension systems
Operational and contextualised country ag-data hubs, CIS and
agro-advisory DSTs
Training materials and curricula on CSA and CIS in support of
capacity building of extensionists and universities
Climate-smart programmes, investments, policies or strategies
informed by AICCRA outputs and outcomes in WA
Regional awareness raising meetings and hands-on workshops
on NextGen weather forecasting systems organised in EA-SA
Institutional linkages and partnerships developed to capacitate
NMS in EA-SA to provide high-resolution historical climate data
analyses and Next-Gen weather forecasts, strengthen and
implement National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS)
Climate-smart policies, strategies and programmes in EA-SA
informed by AICCRA outputs
Regional workshops to create awareness on AICCRA outputs
and outcomes on CIS and CSA
Identification and prioritisation of training materials and
curricula of best-bet CSA and CIS options for value chains in
EA-SA
Training products on climate change, climate risk, CIS delivery
models, CSA generated with regional ag-research associations,
RUFORUM and national universities
Africa (EA-SA)
17

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Building capacity in
three focus countries
of public and private
sector next users to
support implementation
of CSA technology
packages.
Strengthening
of existing or
development of new
National Frameworks
for Climate Services.
Coordinate and support ILRI, IWMI and IRI’s work with national
institutions in the target countries, regional climate prediction
centres and climate outlook forums to develop or strengthen
NFCS.
Support strengthening of national stakeholders’ and private sector
firms’ capacities for sustained co-production and implementation of
national early warning, climate service and agro-advisory delivery
models streamlined through NFCSs.
Train CSA next users on CSA knowledge, approaches and
tools to support effective adoption and implementation of CSA
technologies and practices at scale in various value chains.
Encourage significant participation of women in capacity building
events.
Support regional participation (CORAF, Network of Farmers and
Producers Organisations in West Africa (ROPPA), ASARECA and
Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development
for Southern Africa (CCARDESA)), and organisation of regional
training workshops.
Collaborate with AGRHYMET to support the development of new
NFCS or the strengthening of existing ones in anchor countries.
Enhance national, regional and international partnerships to align
NFCSs with the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
and Regional Framework for Climate Services (RFCS).
Ensure IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC),
Southern African Development Community - Climate Service
Centre (SADC-CSC) and the WMO-Africa Office support the
development of new NFCS, including the strengthening of existing
ones and ensure their alignment with the GFCS and RFCS.
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture CONT.
AICCRA component
PD
WA
ICRISAT
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
ILRI
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
ILRI
EA-SA
ILRI
e-extension systems
Training materials and curricula on CSA and CIS in support to
capacity building of extensionists and universities
Regional CSA and CIS knowledge, approaches and tools to
support training materials and curricula development
Partnerships developed with regional agricultural organisations,
CGIAR, RUFORUM, public, private sector to assess and build
capacity on climate-smartness and inclusiveness of CSA
options and tools
Regional training workshops, technical expert meetings,
awareness creation conferences on CSA Regional synthesis
products on CSA knowledge, approaches and tools to support
effective adoption, implementation and scaling of CSA
e-extension systems
National stakeholders’ and private sector firms’ capacity
in EA-SA strengthened for co-production and sustained
implementation of early warning, CIS and agro-advisory delivery
models via NFCSs
Africa (EA-SA)
18

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting
AICCRA component
CSA
TARGET SCALE
Identifying and prioritising
climate- and gender and
social inclusion-smartness
of CSA packages.
Developing and promoting
climate-smart agricultural
investment plans.
Assess the climate, gender and social inclusion smartness of
current and proposed CSA packages to inform new investments
and identify scaling mechanisms.
Support countries to develop Gender and Climate Action Plans
that mainstream gender considerations into national climate
adaptation and policy.
Test a gender and socially inclusive scaling framework.
Facilitate country programmes’ joint effort with regional
agricultural research networks (e.g. ASARECA, CCARDESA)
and national, public and private sector partners to assess
climate-, gender and social inclusion-smartness, biophysical and
socio-economic feasibility, innovative finance modalities for end
users, business models and inclusiveness of CSA options.
Identify mechanisms to de-risk private sector actors in piloting
innovative finance modalities for CSA service delivery.
Support participation of regional agricultural research networks,
regional private sector actors and FANR Policy Analysis
Networks to assess the climate-, gender and social inclusion-
smartness of current and proposed CSA packages to inform new
investments and scaling mechanisms.
Co-develop CSA Investment Plans and conduct investment
screening to identify a pipeline of potential investments.
Lessons learnt will be shared across the three anchor countries
in each region, linking with regional bodies.
e-extension systems
CSA and CIS knowledge, approaches and tools to support
training materials and curricula development
Gender and socially inclusive scaling mechanisms for CSA and
CIS in WA
National Action Plan on Gender and Climate Change
Participatory workshops and dialogue meetings to prioritise
best-bet CSA options for key value chains
Regional synthesis products on climate-, gender- social
inclusion-smartness, and biophysical and socio-economic
feasibility developed
Workshops and South-South learning on bio-physically and
socio-economically feasible and inclusive innovative CSA
options facilitated
Development of new CSA Investment Plan for Senegal
Investment deal sourcing and screening
Matching of investments opportunities with potential investors/
financial models
Post-investment advisory for at least one innovative financing
solutions co-developed with investors
WA
ICRISAT
EA-SA
ILRI
Alliance
Africa (EA-SA)
19
FP2

ANCHOR COUNTRY PROGRAMMES
Image: S. Dawit
20

Targets include:
• Co-creation of climate-relevant and inclusive
knowledge products, DSTs and agricultural advisories
and making them available to national stakeholders
and key value chain actors;
• Strengthening and making available first-generation
prototypes of advisory platforms/hubs;
• Strengthening and launching multiple delivery
partnerships between CGIAR and NARS scientists,
universities, public sector stakeholders, farmer
organisations, NGOs and the private sector;
• Prioritising, packaging, validating and disseminating
CIS and CSA practices targeting women or addressing
their interest in and use of AICCRA Project-funded
knowledge products, DMTs and services; and
• By the end of 2021, at least three national partners
and other relevant stakeholders in Ethiopia, Kenya
and Zambia will be accessing enhanced CIS and/
or validated CSA technologies for crop and livestock
value chains.
Targets include:
• Evaluation and stocktaking of
existing context-specific CIS
and CSA options (including feed
resources) along the dryland agro-
pastoral value chains;
• As part of this stocktaking, a gender
and climate action plan will be
developed to mainstream gender
and youth considerations into
national climate adaptation and
policy, thus ensuring that women
and men can have access to,
participate in, and benefit equally
from national climate change
actions; and
• Staff from the national
meteorological agency, the regional
centre of excellence, and extension
officials (public and private) will be
trained to design and communicate
CSA and CIS messages to actors of
the value chain.
WA – Ghana (led by CGIAR International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA))
Targets include:
• Establishing One-health and CSA data hubs;
• Installing climate data and irrigation tools;
• Training staff of the regional centre of excellence and the national
meteorological agency to use the platforms and tools along the roots and
tubers value chains; and
• Mapping existing public-private-partnership business models for the
scaling of CSA, CIS and farmer-led irrigation options.
WA – Mali (led by CGIAR AfricaRice)
Targets include:
• Participatory identification and evaluation and associated interactive
mapping of drought-risk areas for potentially scalable CSA and CIS
packages along the rice and associated value chains;
• Set of maproom products for climate analysis, monitoring and forecasting
as well as high resolution online data will be developed; and
• National stakeholder staff will be trained to use the various climate data
tools, interactive online platforms, and gender-mainstreaming tools.
There are six AICCRA Project anchor country programmes, three per region, their targets are described below.
EA-SA
Ethiopia (led by CCAFS EA ILRI),
Kenya (led by CGIAR ILRI) and
Zambia (led by CGIAR IWMI)
WA – Senegal
(led by CGIAR
ICRISAT)
21
Anchor Country Programme Activities
through Piloting

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
and Sharing
Development
of ag-data hubs
and decision
support
systems.
AICCRA component
An ag-data hub will be developed that supports the production
of CIS, climate informed agro-advisories, visualisation tools and
dissemination systems.
Building on the Climate Information Service to Increase Resilience
in Senegal (CINSERE) work, new partnerships with Regional
Study Centre for the Improvement of Drought Adaptation
(CERAAS) and National Agricultural and Rural Advisory Agency
(ANCAR) will be formed to create delivery pathways for early
warnings, climate services and climate-informed digital agro-
advisories to support decision-making.
Establishment of integrated One-health data hubs in Ghana and
Benin.
Develop DSTs for farmers with customised integrated pest
management (IPM) information and recommendations in real time.
Disseminate customised IPM via mobile channels.
Strengthen innovation platforms, policy dialogue and
institutionalised framework for the development of ICT support
tools.
Ag-data hubs mainstreamed with downscaled remote sensing
weather data.
Assess suitability of remote sensing (RS) data sets for integration
in ag-data hubs for (near) real time advisory services.
Support input of innovative extension-agricultural climate-
services and agroecological intensification for pest and disease
management to data hubs in collaboration with Savannah
Agricultural Research Institute (SARI) and Esoko.
Develop a monitoring and forecasting system for rice area and
yield, maprooms for web-accessible climate information, location-
specific weather prediction, ag-data hubs, iterative climate-related
risk areas maps, and cropping calendar tools.
KS
Interactive online climate information portal for high-resolution
real-time information provision
Online high-resolution historical weather data analyses
Staff of the National Meteorological Agency (Mali-Meteo)
capacitated on the use of the NexGen system for rainfall
forecasts
Maproom products for climate analysis, monitoring and forecast
developed
One-health and CSA data hubs
IRI Data Library to support ag-data platform
Functional and populated data hub containing layers of
information (spatial, climate, soils, model output) that can be
used for next-gen agro-advisories
Digital platforms used for communicating CIS and advisory
services to users
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
22

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
and Sharing
Decision-Making Tools (DMTs).
CONT.
AICCRA component
KS
Strengthening
digital climate
advisory
services.
Identify tailored CIS and digital agro-advisory package and
conduct needs assessment.
Integrate tailored CIS and digital agro-advisories into national
digital extension systems that include weather monitoring, forecast
information and pest/disease risk assessments.
Build on the CINSERE project outcomes, and in collaboration
with the National Agency of Civil Aviation and Meteorology
(ANACIM), CERAAS, ANCAR and private sector players, develop
web interfaces, apps and other contextualised DSTs for wider
accessibility and inclusive information flow.
Needs assessments, and development of relevant tools and web
interfaces with linkages to national climate information systems.
Pests and diseases climate-advisories identified and integrated
into national e-extension systems in partnership with Ghana Met,
Crops Research Institute (CRI), Plant Protection and Regulatory
Services (PPRSD) and Esoko.
Agricultural extension agents, farmers’ organisations, input
providers/agro-dealers and value chain actors trained to
understand and use climate information and agro-advisories.
Strengthen irrigation extension services with digital innovations.
Country roadmaps developed for CSA and agroforestry to monitor
adaptation and CSA indicators in Ghana and Benin.
Organise workshops to prioritise digital advisory services needs of
different smallholder profiles and capacity enhancement sessions
for improved access and capacities for agrometeorology services
and agroclimatic systems.
services to users
Functional and populated data hub containing layers of
information (spatial, climate, soils, model output) that can be
used for next-gen agro-advisories
Users and AICCRA partners trained on climate basics and use
of Enhancing National Climate Services in Africa (ENACTS)
maprooms
Participatory prioritisation of climate advisory services for rice-
based systems and different smallholder profiles
Irrigation Advisory Services App for small-scale farmers
Packaging and promoting digital climate advisory services for
pests and diseases
CSA and One-health Business Models
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
23

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Support to
strengthening
of national
meteorological
real-time
services.
Train the next users on CSA knowledge approaches and
tools to support effective adoption and implementation of CSA
technologies and practices at scale in various value chains.
Encourage participation of women in capacity building events.
Develop online-high resolution historical weather data analyses,
Next Generations (NextGen) climate forecast system, and an
interactive online information portal for high-resolution real-time
information provision.
Review technical operations at Ghana Meteorological Agency
(GMA), and prioritisation of needs.
Strengthen ENACTS, for data holding, analysis, and web-based
dissemination.
Implementation of sub-/seasonal forecast system (NextGen or
equivalent).
Tailoring of forecast variables and formats for Ghana priority
decision contexts.
Training of GMA staff.
Strengthen Ghana Met real-time weather monitoring, current/
NextGen weather forecasting, data archiving and generation
systems to provide online high-resolution historical data analyses.
Work closely with international partner organisations (Centre
for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), Norwegian
Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO)) to strengthen plant
health offices and regional centres of excellence (PPRSD/
Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA), Council for Scientific
and Industrial Research- Crops Research Institute (CSIR/CRI),
National Institute of Agricultural Research of Benin (INRAB))
capacity to mainstream climate-smart integrated pest management
(CS-IPM) and One-health agendas.
Technical assistance in historical data review, quality control,
development of high-resolution gridded climate analyses, as
needed.
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture
AICCRA component
PD
Enhanced capacity of extension staff in accessing and
communicating climate information
Communication products on CIS and their application in
Senegal -multimedia
Experiences and lessons learnt from a partnership with
Senegalese stakeholders under AICCRA
CIS communication products– multimedia
Upgraded Plant Health Facilities
Next Generation (NextGen) Climate Forecast System
Time series of gridded daily and 10-daily rainfall and
temperature data at 4-5km spatial resolution
Online high-resolution historical weather data analyses
available for Mali
Staff of the National Meteorological Agency (Mali-Meteo)
capacitated on the use of the NexGen system for high-
resolution seasonal and sub-seasonal rainfall forecasts
Interactive online climate information portal for high-resolution
real-time information provision
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
24

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Building capacity in
three focus countries
of public and private
sector next users to
support implementation
of CSA technology
packages.
Strengthening
of existing or
development
of new National
Frameworks
for Climate
Services.
Enhance the capacity of intermediary and end-users in the
deployment of gender and socially inclusive CSA packages,
improved management of water and irrigation systems, nature-
based solutions for agricultural development, small-medium
enterprises, and small-scale agribusiness and climate-resilient
storage facilities and processing technologies.
Participating national partners e.g. Regional Centre of Excellence
on Roots & Tubers trained on basics and implementation of
CGIAR’s Scaling Readiness Tool.
CSA and CS-IPM next users trained and capacitated with CSA
and CS-IPM knowledge, approaches and tools.
Encourage participation of women and youth in capacity building
events.
Engage women-targeted PhD positions in collaboration with UDS
(Tamale University), post-docs and research positions.
Engage policy makers to develop and test GSI scaling framework
with national partners.
Public and private sector stakeholders identified and trained on
context-specific climate services and advisory delivery models.
ICRISAT and IRI will work with ANACIM, AGHRMET and climate
outlook forums to develop and strengthen NFCS.
Support the strengthening of national stakeholders, and private
sector capacities for sustained co-production, implementation and
communication of national early warning, climate service and agro-
advisory delivery models streamlined through NFCSs.
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
AICCRA component
PD
Public and private sector capacitated to support development
and implementation of Climate-smart One-health technology
packages
CSA and One-health Business Models
Training for users on the use of climate information for climate
risk management
Scaling of the Irrigation Advisory Services App through capacity
building, advocacy and promotional events
Technical report on CIS and related advisory services
Technical report on users’ perceptions on the CIS and advisory
services produced
Communication products on CIS and their application in
Senegal -multimedia
services to users
Workshop report on project successes and failures and
roadmap for the future
Enhanced capacity in deployment of gender and socially
inclusive CSA packages
Improved uptake of climate resilient water systems in rice-
based systems
Initiatives for gender and nature-based solutions, with an
emphasis on community-based measures and the strengthening
of community governance
Capacity of farmers’ organisations and women strengthened to
cope with climate change
Climate-resilient storage facilities and processing technologies
are improved
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
25

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Strengthening
of existing or
development
of new National
Frameworks
for Climate
Services.
CONT.
Strengthen climate risks and rapid warning systems.
Work with strategic national institutions, regional climate prediction
centres and climate outlook forums to develop (Benin) and
strengthen (Ghana) NFCS.
Engage NFCS for improved governance and skills to implement
farm-level ecological intensification for remediation measures.
Strengthen NFCS and national stakeholders, including private
sector’s capacities to develop innovative early warning systems,
including their integration into national climate adaptation plans.
Support strengthening of national stakeholders and private sector
firms’ capacities for sustained co-production and implementation of
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
AICCRA component
PD
Co-developed visionary practical scenarios for future landscape
restoration options for CSA innovations
Support for National Frameworks for Climate Services
Establish decision support for national partners
Resource Investment Optimisation Scenario tools (RIOS) and
collaborative dialogue hubs
Environmental hazards alerts provided to farmers
Climate risks information and early warning systems
strengthened
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting
AICCRA component
CSA
Identifying and
prioritising
climate- and
gender and
social inclusion-
smartness of CSA
packages.
Assess the climate, gender and social inclusion-smartness of
Prioritise best-bet CSA options for key value chains through
dialogues with multiple actors i.e. policy makers, implementation
managers and field workers.
Assess the climate, gender and social inclusion-smartness of
Prioritise best-bet CSA options for key value chains through
dialogues with multiple actors.
Identify inclusive climate smart options according to gender
preferences.
Scoping study of priority CSA Value Chains
Participatory systems modelling of three CSA value chains for
scenario analysis and decision support
Participatory evaluation of feed resources for enhanced climate
resilience of agro-pastoral systems
Workshop report on project successes and failures and
roadmap for the future
Climate- and gender and social inclusion-smartness of CSA
packages assessed
Differential preferences included in Irrigation Advisory App
development
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
26

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting. CONT.
AICCRA component
CSA
TARGET SCALE
Creating awareness
and identifying scaling
mechanisms for best-
bet CSA options.
Identifying and
prioritising
climate- and
gender and
social inclusion-
smartness of
CSA packages.
CONT.
In collaboration with the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre
(GCIC) and national, public and the private sector partners and
in co-ordination with the Regional Centre of Excellence of Roots
& Tubers (CSIR/CRI), develop inclusive scaling mechanisms,
frameworks and tools to create national level stakeholder
awareness on One-health and CSA packages especially for
women and youth, and mobilise implementation stakeholders for
CSA adoption and upscaling.
Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA)
approach scaled-up for farmers early-warning and decision
taking in Benin and Ghana.
Dissemination of information through multiple media and
workshops to share experiences of scaling agricultural
technologies to obtain buy-in.
Support the multiplication and dissemination of climate-smart
certified seeds, develop partnerships with the private sector for
scaling CSA packages and job creation to youth and women, and
promote gender-specific financial mechanisms for strengthening
climate resilience in rice land landscape and value chains.
Develop a gender and climate change action plan, assess
climate and vulnerability risks, prioritise location specific CSA
packages, and strengthen mechanisms for promoting innovations
in climate-resilient practices and nature-based solutions.
One-health partnership for awareness raising and scaling of
best-bet CSA options
Farm-level and landscape ecological intensification of soil
health for climate services strengthening
Scaling-up frameworks and tools for national level stakeholder
awareness on CSA packages especially for women and youth
Strengthening knowledge products on climate-smart landscape
stewardship and promoting climate-smart technologies for
improved soil health
Climate risks information and early warning systems
strengthened
Experiences and lessons learnt shared with public and private
partners
Gender-specific financial mechanisms for strengthening climate
resilience in rice landscapes and value chains
Policy briefs on opportunities and challenges for CSA in rice-
based systems
A gender and climate change action plan
Strengthened mechanisms for innovations in climate resilient
practices and nature-based solutions
CSA packages with potential to reduce climate risks in rice-
based value chains
Climate risk and vulnerability assessments of different
smallholder profiles
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali
AfricaRice
Mali
27

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting. CONT.
AICCRA component
CSA
TARGET SCALE
Integrating
climate-smart
options and
tailored CSI
advisory systems
for specific value
chains.
Collaborate with NFCS, to develop a framework that streamlines
tailored value-chain advisories for wider scaling options and
capacity building of target end users on sustainable CSA
innovations.
Formulate suitable climate-smart options for roots and tubers,
maize, cowpea, and vegetable value chains to be integrated
into tailored climate-informed agro-advisory systems for distinct
smallholder profiles including women and youth.
Develop policy briefs to integrate prioritised CSA packages into
national advisory systems and factsheets and publications to
share experiences and lessons learnt with public and private
partners.
Formulate suitable climate-smart options for cereals, legumes
and livestock value chains to be integrated into tailored climate-
informed agro-advisory systems for distinct smallholder profiles.
Technical report on users’ perceptions of the CIS and advisory
services produced
Technical report on CIS produced/improved and their related
advisory services
Mainstreaming climate-smart options and tailored CSI advisory
systems
Investment opportunities tailored to provide improved agro-
advisory support systems for climate-informed decision making
by smallholder farmers in priority value chains
Testing and evaluation of the Irrigation Advisory App through
iterative and participatory processes
Policy briefs on opportunities and challenges for CSA in rice-
based systems
Experiences and lessons learnt shared with public and private
partners
Western Region:
Anchor Countries
28
Senegal
ICRISAT
IITA
Ghana
AfricaRice
Mali

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
and Sharing
Development of
ag-data hubs and
decision support
systems.
AICCRA component
Establish an integrated ag-data hub and design CIS with the use
of visualisation tools and appropriate dissemination systems.
Strengthen partnerships for the delivery of early warnings, CIS,
and climate-informed digital agro-advisories to support agricultural
decision-making.
Strengthen integrated Ethiopia national ag-data hub to guide
development of climate-informed agro-advisory services
customised to specific landscape and household typologies. The
data hub will be composed of user friendly and contextualised
interfaces that are interactive, dynamic, and with a visualisation
dashboard.
Develop an ag-data hub, design climate service and visualisation
tools and dissemination systems and strengthen partnerships
for the delivery of early warnings, climate services, and climate-
informed digital agro-advisories to support agricultural decision-
making.
Co-develop/strengthen integrated national ag-data hubs, CIS and
agro-advisory DSTs with contextualised language and visualisation
tools for regional and national policy makers, practitioners, private
firms and farmers.
Develop decision support systems that consider gendered
dimensions of how people access and apply information.
Monitoring and early warning for detection of drought and support
in drought declaration processes.
Cloud-based earth observation monitoring using open-access
satellite data for floods and droughts.
Develop an integrated national ag-data hub linked to CCAFS web-
based services.
IWMI and CG partners will develop an integrated platform
comprising of ICRISAT’s iSAT, IWMI’s Drought Early Warning
System and Digital Earth Africa applications, along with IRI’s
ENACTS and data library, that will be hosted by the Zambia
Meteorological Department (ZMD) and/or other local partners (e.g.
Water Resources Management Authority (WARMA) and Ministries
of Agriculture/Land/Fisheries and Livestock).
Baseline assessment, analyses, reports and publications on the
needs for climate services, based on direct and indirect user
priorities and decision contexts.
Roll-out automated messaging systems (such as sms under
Strengthening Climate Resilience of Agricultural Livelihoods
(SCLARA)), the advisory system selected will be workshopped
with local partners.
KS
Ag-data hub with IRI Data Library
User friendly and contextualised ag-data library and interfaces
Functional ag-data hub and data access operationalised
Scaling strategy for digital agriculture
Web-based interactive and dynamic ag-data visualisation
dashboard
Development of flood and drought monitoring indicators
Assessment and inventory of existing and required climate
services delivery models
Contributions to CSA national strategy documents,
implementation frameworks
Integration of virtual platform to showcase latest developments
of AICCRA Zambia tools/services
Integrated ag-data hub using the iSAT and Digital Earth Africa
(DEA) data cube
Baseline assessment of the impact of CIS in Zambia and
dissemination plan
County climate risk profiles to inform investment plans in three
ASAL counties
Three advisories on nutritional outcomes linked to drought
monitoring
MEASURE platform strengthened to disseminate climate
relevant knowledge products
Ethiopia
Alliance
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
29

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
and Sharing
Decision-Making Tools (DMTs).
CONT.
Strengthening
digital climate
advisory services.
AICCRA component
Develop tailored CIS and digital agro-advisories in Ethiopia.
Strengthen CIS and digital agro-advisories to support the national
agricultural digital extension system by incorporating need
assessments from different user groups including under-served
ones
Develop early warning systems and user-friendly crop yield and
loss assessment tools and communication channels including web
interfaces, apps and other contextualised media for enhanced
accessibility and inclusive climate service delivery.
Develop tailored CIS and digital agro-advisory packages.
Through collaborative partnerships, develop user friendly crop
loss and yield forecasting systems, web interfaces, apps and other
contextualised DSTs for enhanced accessibility and inclusive
information flows.
Strengthen CIS and digital agro-advisories to support national
agricultural digital extension systems.
Refine climate agro-services using artificial intelligence,
crowdsourcing and IoT.
Test best-bet approaches for communicating climate services.
Test 3 different communication channels covering at least 1,000
farmers.
Develop tailored CIS and digital agro-advisory packages.
Through collaborative partnerships, develop user friendly crop
loss and yield forecasting systems, web interfaces, apps and other
contextualised DSTs for enhanced accessibility and inclusive
information flows.
Strengthen CIS and digital agro-advisories to support national
agricultural digital extension systems.
KS
Strength and weakness of EDACaS including gender specific
agro-advisory needs identified
Inclusive agro-advisory and early warning system with delivery
tools
Inclusive agro-advisory system integrated into the national
e-extension system
Decision support tools for delivering tailored digital climate
agro-advisories in different local languages
Maprooms to support web-accessible decision support systems
Assessment and inventory of existing and required climate
services delivery models
Climate services training materials
Annual Assessments of advances by digital climate agro-
advisory system
Summary Report on testing communication channels and roll-
out of one channel, at scale
Locally tailored forecasts
Improved drought monitoring index for rangelands
Intelligent System Advisory Tool (iSAT) and MEASURE platform
rolled out in additional counties
Tailored NextGen climate forecast system
One or more private sector partner platforms
TARGET SCALE
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
CIMMYT
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
30

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
TARGET SCALE
Support to
strengthening
of national
meteorological
real-time
services.
Strengthen NMS real-time weather monitoring and forecasting,
NextGen climate prediction, data archiving and generation
systems.
Strengthen NMS capacities and tools for high-resolution
historical data analyses, downscaling seasonal forecasts and
communication of early warnings, and improve reliability of sub-/
seasonal climate predictions
Ensure sustainability of data generation and applicability of
solutions/tools developed using high resolution climate-ag
information, and scaling CSA in key value chains.
Disseminate tailored information for improved CSA technologies
in the form of an automated messaging system, reaching at least
10,000 farmers.
Strengthen NMS real-time weather monitoring and forecasting,
NextGen climate prediction, data archiving and generation
systems.
Strengthen NMS capacities and tools for high-resolution
historical data analyses, downscaling seasonal forecasts and
communication of early warnings, and improve reliability of sub-/
seasonal climate predictions.
Improve sub-/seasonal forecasting and early warning systems,
and enhanced data archiving and generation systems to support
decision-making among grassroots and institutional actors.
Strengthen NMA real time forecasting by employing the NextGen
sub-/seasonal forecasting system and improve data archiving and
generation systems.
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture
AICCRA component
PD
Installation, testing and training on NextGen weather
forecasting for integration into the ag-data hub
Training of NMA on NextGen and medium range forecasting
tools
Data archiving and generation systems for NMA
Develop medium range and flash flood forecasting tools to
strengthen the early warning system of NMA
Add more products to NMA’s interactive online climate
information portal
Train NMA staff from the Regional Meteorological Services
Centres on Climate Data Tool (CDT)
Inception workshop
Strengthened ENACTS
NextGen Climate Forecast System for seasonal and sub-
seasonal prediction
Automated messaging system developed, reaching at least
50,000 farmers
Integration of virtual platform to showcase latest developments
of tools/services in AICCRA Zambia
Concept note for the establishment of a CoP/MSD for CIS
delivery and CoP/MSD for CSA scaling in Zambia
Assessment of CoP/MSD impact
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Report on scaling CSA and climate
services/data/innovations
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
ILRI
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
31

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture. CONT.
AICCRA component
PD
TARGET SCALE
Building
capacity in three
focus countries
of public and
private sector
next users
to support
implementation
of CSA
technology
packages.
Training of next users for key institutions and crop and livestock
value chain actors
Knowledge and experience sharing exchange, learning
workshops, webinars, and cross-border and regional linkages/
South-South learnings organised
Stakeholders and partnership mapped, capacity gaps (including
gender gaps) and needs identified
Train users on the use of climate information for climate risk
management
Inclusive and customised training materials (by value chains) on
CSA knowledge, approaches and tools
Strategies and frameworks for effective adoption and
implementation of CSA technologies and practices
Enhanced participation of women and youth next users
Enhancing
the capacity
of public
institutions and
private firms to
provide climate
service delivery
models.
Build the capacity of public institutions, private sector firms,
farmers’ organisations, and the media for effective context-specific
CIS delivery in multiple value chains.
Co-design training materials to communicate climate services by
local actors.
Encourage the participation of women scientists and researchers
in partner institutions.
Assess challenges in the enabling environment for start-ups and
small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Updated installation of IRI Data Library at ZMD
Climate services training materials, co-developed and updated
with users, for the upscaling of CSA and CIS
Internship/learning grant programme concept note
Incubator/Accelerator grant mechanism concept note
Incubator/accelerator grant and internship programme
multimedia campaigns
Lessons learnt report
Installation of the latest version of IRI’s climate data tool (CDT)
at ZMD
Build the capacity of public and private sectors for effective
adoption and implementation of CSA technologies and practices at
scale for various value chains.
Map stakeholders and identify capacity gaps, develop customised
training materials and develop strategies and approaches.
Capacity building through field visits and workshops.
Train next users on CSA.
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
ICARDA
IWMI
Zambia
32

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture. CONT.
Building capacity
in three focus
countries of
public and
private sector
next users
to support
implementation
of CSA
technology
packages. CONT.
Train CSA next users on CSA knowledge, approaches and tools to
support effective adoption and implementation of technologies and
practices at scale in various value chains.
events.
Train CSA next users on CSA knowledge, approaches and tools to
support effective adoption and implementation of technologies and
practices at scale in various value chains.
events.
Train local partners to provide climate services through
networks and partnerships
Technical guidance, inclusive of women and youth, in CIS
delivery
Materials on climate services in university curricula and Climate
Smart Agriculture Youth Network (CSAYN) centres of excellence
Public and private sector next users trained to support
implementation of CSA
CSA technology packages in key value chains communications
campaign
Climate services training materials supporting the awareness
and upscaling of CSA and CIS
Integrated ag-data hub using the iSAT and DEA data cube
CSA women and youth entrepreneurship webinar series
Strengthening
of existing or
development
of new
National
Frameworks
for Climate
Services.
Work with the NMA and other national and regional institutions to
finalise and endorse Ethiopia’s NFCS.
Finalisation of the NFCS and endorsement by the government,
supporting development of the NFCS implementation strategy,
conducting stakeholder workshops and strengthening institutional
collaboration through effective stakeholder platforms.
NFCSs with global and regional frameworks for climate services.
Ethiopia’s NFCS and strategy finalised and endorsed by the
Government
Multi-stakeholder platform established for NFCS and resource
mobilisation capacity enhanced
Governance of climate services strengthened and streamlined
through NFCS with lessons for regional spillover
TARGET SCALE
AICCRA component
PD
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
CIMMYT
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
33

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
Strengthening
of existing or
development
of new
National
Frameworks
for Climate
Services.
CONT.
Work with national institutions, regional climate prediction centres
and climate outlook forums to develop or strengthen NFCS.
Strengthen national stakeholders and private sector firms’
capacities for sustained co-production and implementation of
NFCSs with global and regional frameworks for climate services.
Improve coordination and partnership in the Kenya Agricultural
Observatory Platform
NFCS strengthened
Contributions to CSA national strategy documents,
implementation frameworks
Business cases and finance modalities to enhance inclusive
access to CSA solutions
Policy paper on systemic changes in the enabling environment
to accelerate adoption and scaling of CSA technologies
TARGET SCALE
AICCRA component
PD
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting
AICCRA component
CSA
Identifying and
prioritising
climate- and
gender and
social inclusion-
smartness of
CSA packages.
Develop indicators to gauge whether practices/packages are
climate smart.
Develop mechanisms to de-risk private sector actors in piloting
innovative finance modalities for end users and business
modalities for CSA innovations/service production/delivery/
distribution.
Identify and assess climate- and gender and social inclusion-
smartness, biophysical and socio-economic feasibility, innovative
finance modalities for end users, business models and
inclusiveness of innovative CSA options, especially for women
and youth.
End to end common priority value chains analysed, greenhouse
gas estimated, and hotspots/intervention areas identified
considering a gender lens
Biophysical- and socio-economic feasibility, gender-youth
responsiveness, and climate-smartness of CSA option co-
assessed and packaged
Mechanisms to incentivise scaling actors developed and
disseminated
Indicators of climate smartness, gender and youth
responsiveness, and social-inclusiveness of CSA packages for
major value-chains developed
Gender and youth responsive small remnant breeders’
cooperatives established in Climate Smart Villages
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
Alliance
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
34

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Identifying and
prioritising climate-
and gender and
social inclusion-
smartness of CSA
packages. CONT.
Develop indicators to gauge whether practices/packages are
climate smart.
Develop mechanisms to de-risk private sector actors in piloting
innovative finance modalities for end users and business
modalities for CSA innovations/service production/delivery/
distribution.
Identify and assess climate- and gender and social inclusion-
smartness, biophysical and socio-economic feasibility, innovative
finance modalities for end users, business models and
inclusiveness of innovative CSA options, especially for women
and youth.
Criteria for evaluating gender and social inclusion smartness of
CSA packages developed and disseminated.
Development of public- private finance modalities for
sustainability of Participatory Rangeland Management (PRM)
PRM is improved and disseminated as a socially inclusive CSA
package
Improve gender and social inclusion dimensions of promotion
of drought tolerant crops value chains
Financial viability of drought tolerant value chains improved
Climate smart assessment tools include gender and social
inclusion dimensions
Socially inclusive financial business models and incentives to
scale CSA feed/ forages and legumes
Business cases and finance modalities to enhance inclusive
access to CSA solutions
Paper on the climate-smartness of innovative CSA options
Paper on the participatory selection of key value chains for
best-bet CSA options for smallholder farmers
Policy paper on systemic changes in the enabling environment
to accelerate adoption and scaling of CSA
TARGET SCALE
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting. CONT.
AICCRA component
CSA
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
35

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Creating
awareness
and
identifying
scaling
mechanisms
for best-bet
CSA options.
Establish multi stakeholder dialogue spaces, mobilise national
and sub-national key stakeholders including farmer groups,
cooperatives, and unions to trigger effective CSA stakeholder
engagement and South-South exchange and learning.
National level stakeholder awareness on CSA packages will be
undertaken and identification of inclusive scaling mechanisms
and frameworks especially for women and youth explored.
Prioritise and increase awareness of best-bet CSA options and
approaches for key value chains.
Best-bet CSA options and approaches for key value chains co-
identified, co-prioritised and matched to landscape conditions
and household typologies based on climate risk profiles
Action plans and business models for prioritised interventions
co-designed and framework for scaling CSA options developed
Multi-stakeholder community platforms created on CSA
innovations and scaling strategies
Policy support and investment planning mechanisms provided
for successful scaling of CSA packages for selected value
chains
Awareness on climate smartness of CSA options for key value
chains created
Promote socially inclusive adoption of CSA packages for
drought tolerant cereals and legumes
Promote CSA adaptation measures through bundling with CSI
Support dissemination of CSA packages for dryland counties
through the Kenya Agricultural Observatory Platform (KAOP)
and iShamba
Accelerate awareness and uptake of PRM as a CSA package
for rangelands
Annual Assessments of advances by digital climate agro-
advisory system
Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Report on the improvement of
dissemination, timing and accessibility of CIS
Concept note for the establishment of a CoP/MSD for CIS
delivery and CoP/MSD for CSA scaling in Zambia
Assessment of CoP/MSD impact
TARGET SCALE
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting. CONT.
AICCRA component
CSA
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries
Ethiopia
Alliance
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
36

Component activity,
Description of
programme activity
Integrating
climate-smart
options and
tailored CSI
advisory
systems
for specific
value chains.
Identify scalable climate-smart options in cereal, legume, and
livestock value chains
Identify agro-advisory needs for scaling of climate-smart options,
and integration of climate-smart options with agro-advisories.
Develop a system of using tailored climate agro-advisories to
support the adoption of CSA options in maize, wheat, bean, and
small ruminant value chains.
Integrate climate agro-advisories with climate-smart options to
enhance scaling across climate and user profiles.
Promote the integration of CSA with CIS advisory systems.
Ensure water is managed sustainably.
Formulate and/or identify suitable climate smart options for
cereals, legumes, livestock, fish value chains to be integrated
smallholder profiles.
Socially inclusive climate agro-advisory services
Risk and return profiles of various CSA technology packages
Integrated ag-data hub in Zambia using the iSAT and DEA data
cube developed
Strengthening of national drought risk strategy (and develop
district level drought contingency plan to mitigate drought risks
as a case study)
TARGET SCALE
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations through
Piloting. CONT.
AICCRA component
CSA
Formulate and/or identify suitable climate-smart options for
cereals, legumes, livestock, fish value chains to be integrated
Africa Region:
Anchor Countries Framework developed for evaluation and integration of CSA
and CIS in priority value chains
Co-production of tailored climate agro-advisory systems and
identification of CSAs for specific value chains strengthened
Mechanisms established for inclusive scaling of integrated
climate smart option and climate services in priority value
chains
Integration of climate smart options and tailored climate
advisories enhanced
Ethiopia
CIMMYT
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
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ALIGNMENT BETWEEN PROGRAMME
ACTIVITIES
The following section provides an analysis of programme alignment and linkages,
highlighting the potential for collaboration across the AICCRA activities for 2021.
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Identify tailored CIS and digital agro-
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needs assessment and targeting of
services.
Develop web interfaces, apps and
other contextualised DSTs that allow
wide accessibility and inclusive
information flow.
Support countries with relevant
country-level partnerships to
integrate tailored CIS and digital
agro-advisories into national digital
extension systems.
Development of ag-data hubs,
design of climate service
and visualisation tools and
dissemination systems.
Ag-data hub development.
Develop institutional linkages
between CGIAR, IRI, national,
regional and private sector
partners.
Strengthen partnerships for the
delivery of early warnings, climate
services, and climate-informed
digital agro-advisories to support
agricultural decision-making.
Develop/improve forecasting and
early warning systems, provide
web-accessible climate informa-
tion and climate-informed digital
agro-advisories to support deci-
sion-making.
Identify tailored CIS and digital
agro-advisory package and
conduct needs assessment.
Develop user friendly crop loss and yield
forecasting systems, web interfaces,
apps and other contextualised DSTs for
enhanced accessibility and inclusive
information flows.
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
Africa
-Rice
Mali
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
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Zambia
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Zambia
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ILRI
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Senegal
ICRISAT
Senegal
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Africa
-Rice
Mali
Alliance
Ethiopia
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
Strengthen NMS’ real-time
weather monitoring, NextGen
forecasting, data archiving
and generation systems.
Train next users on
CSA, approaches
to support effective
adoption and
implementation of
CSA technologies and
practices at scale.
Encourage significant
participation of women
in capacity building
events.
Support participation
in and organisation
of regional training
workshops.
Backstopping of negotiator
groups and UNFCCC focal
points to articulate Africa’s
position on agriculture and
climate change in global
negotiations and training in
participatory priority setting
tools and approaches.
Encourage the
participation of
women scientists
and researchers in
partner institutions.
Collaborate with
RUFORUM, ASARECA,
CGIAR centres and
CCAFS flagships to
generate training products
and set up agritech
innovation platforms.
Enhance the capacity
of public institutions
and private agritech
firms to develop
delivery models for
climate services.
Strengthen real-time weather
monitoring, NextGen
forecasting, data archiving and
generation systems.
Train next users in GSI
CSA, approaches to
support effective adoption
and implementation of
CSA technologies and
practices at scale.
Encourage significant
participation of women
in capacity building
events.
Strengthen NMS capacities and tools for high-
resolution historical data analyses, downscaling
seasonal forecasts and communication of early
warnings, and improve reliability of sub-/seasonal
climate predictions.
Train next users/
disseminate
tailored information
for improved CSA
technologies.
Align NFCSs with global
and regional frameworks
for climate services.
Support
regional climate
prediction
centres.
FP1 to contribute
through capacity
development and
providing technical
assistance and
backstopping
Coordinate and
support ILRI, IWMI,
AGRHYMET and
IRI’s work with
national institutions,
regional climate
centres and climate
outlook forums to
strengthen NFCS.
Strengthen
stakeholder
capacity for
enhanced national
early warning,
climate service
and agro-advisory
delivery models,
streamlined
through NFCSs.
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
ICRISAT
Senegal
ICRISAT
Senegal
ICRISAT
Senegal
EA-SA
ILRI
EA-SA
ILRI
EA-SA
ILRI
EA-SA
ILRI
WA
ICRISAT
WA
ICRISAT
WA
ICRISAT
WA
ICRISAT
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
Strengthening
Partnerships for delivery
of climate-smart
innovations in agriculture
ILRI
FP1
Alliance
FP2
Strengthening
Partnerships for
Smart Innovations
in Agriculture
Work with climate
prediction centres
and outlook forums to
develop and strengthen
NFCS.
Strengthen stakeholder
capacity for enhanced national
early warning, climate service
and agro-advisory delivery
models, streamlined through
NFCSs.
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
Africa
-Rice
Mali
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
Alliance
Ethiopia
ILRI
Kenya
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya IWMI
Zambia

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IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
IITA
Ghana
Africa
-Rice
Mali
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
Alliance
Ethiopia
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
ILRI
Kenya
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
IWMI
Zambia
Facilitate anchor countries’
programmes’ joint effort
with regional agricultural
research networks
and national partners
to assess climate and
GSI smartness of CSA
packages to inform new
investments and identify
scaling mechanisms.
Assess the climate and GSI smartness of current
and proposed CSA packages to inform new
investments and identify scaling mechanisms.
Assess the climate and GSI smartness,
biophysical and socio-economic feasibility,
innovative finance modalities for end users,
business models and inclusiveness of innovative
CSA options, especially for women and youth.
Prioritise best-bet CSA
options for key value
chains through dialogues
with multiple actors.
Develop indicators to gauge
whether practices/packages
are climate smart.
Develop mechanisms to de-risk
private sector actors in piloting
innovative finance modalities for
end users and business modalities
for CSA innovations/service
production delivery.
Integrate climate
agro-advisories with
climate-smart options.
Mobilise implementation
stakeholders for CSA
adoption and upscaling.
Prioritise and increase awareness
of best-bet CSA options and
approaches for key value chains.
Establish multi stakeholder dialogue spaces,
mobilise national/sub-national stakeholders to
trigger effective CSA stakeholder engagement
and South-South exchange and learning.
Improve national level stakeholder
awareness on CSA packages and
identify inclusive scaling mechanisms
and frameworks especially for women
and youth.
Formulate suitable CSA options for
select value chains to be integrated
into tailored climate-informed
agro-advisory systems for distinct
ICRISAT
Senegal
ICRISAT
Senegal
EA-SA
ILRI
WA
ICRISAT
Validating Climate-
Smart Agriculture
Innovations
through
Piloting
Validating climate-smart agriculture
innovations through piloting

PARTNERSHIPS
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The AICCRA Project is using existing CGIAR-CCAFS partnerships, leveraging the successful
collaborations already in place. The CGIAR-CCAFS centres, public and regional partnerships will be
crucial in providing input to and/or assisting with the implementation of AICCRA Project activities.
The key partners include:
CGIAR Centres:
• AfricaRice
• International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT)
• International Centre for Agriculture Research in the Dry Areas
(ICARDA)
• World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
• International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
(ICRISAT)
• International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
• International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)
• International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
• International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
• International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
• WorldFish
Public Sector:
• International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)
Regional Organisations:
• Agrhymet Regional Centre (AGRHYMET)
• Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research
in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
• Centre for Coordination of Agricultural
Research and Development for Southern Africa
(CCARDESA)
• West and Central African Council for Agricultural
Research (CORAF)
• Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy
Analysis Network (FANRPAN)
• IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre
(ICPAC)
• Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building
in Agriculture (RUFORUM)
• Southern African Development Community -
Climate Service Centre (SADC-CSC)
• Southern African Development Community –
Drought Monitoring Centre (SADC-DMC)
These key partners are working across the various AICCRA programmes and geographic scales, as
illustrated on the following pages.
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AICCRA Flagship Programmes’ Partnerships
ILRI
Columbia
University
Alliance
CORAF
ASARECA
ICPAC
AGRHYMET
IWMI
GSI-ILRI
IFPRI
RUFORUM
FP1
FP2
FP4
Alliance
ICRAF
Fund
Recipients ACTS
AGNES

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AICCRA Regional Programmes’ Partnerships
Eastern and
Southern Africa
Western Africa
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ICRISAT
EA-ILRI
ILRI
CCARDESA
SADC-DMC
AGRHYMET
IWMI
CORAF
ASARECA
RUFORUM
ICPAC
GSI-ILRI
AfricaRice
Columbia
University
CGIAR
-ICRISAT
IITA
FP4

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AICCRA WA Anchor Country Programmes’ Partnerships
Senegal Mali
Ghana
Alliance
ICRISAT
IITA
AfricaRice
WorldFish
IRRI
CGIAR
-ILRI
WA-ICRISAT
IWMI
Columbia
University
GSI-ILRI
IFPRI
ICRAF
FP4

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Alliance
GSI-ILRI
ILRI
AICCRA EA-SA Anchor Country Programmes’ Partnerships
CIMMYT
ICARDA
Zambia
Ethiopia
EA-ILRI
IWMI
Kenya
IITA
ICRISAT
ICPAC
Columbia
University
FP4
WorldFish

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CIAT, 2020. Project Appraisal Document. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). Report No. PAD4061.
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Schuetz, T. 2021. AICCRA Monitoring and Evaluation Plan. Guidance – Draft 26.02.2021.
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