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Inter-Regional Capacity Building: South- South Exchange . Goal: Address knowledge gaps using/sharing regionally situated expertise to improve climate variability resilience How will farmers benefit? Improved access to and utilisation of climate services and advisory to enhance income .
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Inter-Regional Capacity Building:South- South Exchange Goal: Address knowledge gaps using/sharing regionally situated expertise to improve climate variability resilience How will farmers benefit? Improved access to and utilisation of climate services and advisory to enhance income
Measurement of Success • Numbers of trained, socially and gender disaggregated, is one quantity • Critical mass should be attained • Creation of Trust-worthy data/info/advisory services • Multiple indicators needed; not limited to trainee numbers alone • Income and economic indicators linked to Agro advisory
Which Good Practices? • Existing regional centers- their capacity is enhanced • Farmers’ local knowledge linked across regions • Content development is need-based and demand-driven (special groups and gender fully considered)
How will Farmers’ Voices be Heard? • Two-way communication and info flow • Farmers at the center of info value chain • Active benchmarks for Agro Met services established • Active consideration of social and gender equity matters in content and module development • Equal and increasing participation of women trainees
Links to Ongoing Initiatives • Linkages with existing inter-regional and national Agro Met services and institutions • Exchange programs across regions
How to Start? • Review existing scoping studies • Identify gaps • Needs Assessment • Strategic Planning document • CN • Feasibility Study • Identify donors and investors
Fin and Human Resources • USD Five Millions per phase for three phases (USD 15 M)- ten years • This is only order of mag estimate; details to come later
Members of the WG • Prof S G K Adiku (s_adiku@hotmail.com) • Dr R S Rana (ranars66@rediffmail.com) • Dr N C Chattopadhyaya (nabansu.nc@gmail.com) • Dr Sarah McKune (smckune@ufl.edu) • Dr Manneva Sivakumar(msivakumar@wmo.int) • Dr Dominic Pokperlaar(soamipokperlaar@yahoo.com) • Dr Patrick Luganda(patrick_luganda@yahoo.com) • Dr Kate Nnamani (katennamani@gmail.com) • Dr SeleshiBekele • Dr V Balaji (vbalaji@col.org)