Participatory Scenario Planning as a Tool for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals Bernadettah M.K. Zimba, RCE Zomba 8th African RCE Meeting 8-10 August, 2018, Zomba, Malawi

1. Experiences from the “Breaking the Cycle of Humanitarian Assistance through Enhancing
Resilience and Shock Responsive Capacity” programme
By:
Bernadettah M.K. Zimba bernadettah@cepa.org.mw
kamzimbi1@gmail.com

2. PSP is a mechanism of collective Climate
Information sharing and interpretation for
improved community adaptive capacity to
climate vulnerabilities.
Multi-stakeholders
accessing- translating & Linking CI
Local knowledge, experiences,
for useful decision making and
planning for resilience building.

3.  CI is shared by the DCCMS:TV
&Radios.
 However this information does
not reach all Malawians and
local farmers are the most
deprived.
 Due to limited understanding of
CI most farmers indulge in
production without proper
planning. And at the very least
reference is made to local
weather and climate indicators.

4.  Malawi is very rich in IK and
this allows for weather
forecasting in the rural areas.
 e.g., when a bird commonly
known as Nanchengwa builds
its nest with the entrance facing
downwards it foretells of a good
rainfall season..
 IK is more trusted and highly
used thus the need to marry
with scientific Knowledge.

5. Step 0. Designing
the PSP process
Step 1. Mobilizing
and preparing for a
PSP workshop
Step 2. Facilitating
a PSP workshop
Step 3. Communicating
advisories from a PSP
workshop
.
Step 4.
Feedback,
monitoring and
evaluation
Overview of PSP process and
steps

8.  Increases accessibility and
understanding of CI which
allows for planning and
informed decisions
 Encourages the multi-sectoral
interactions and
complementarily in planning
and advisory implementation
which promotes SD.
 Allows for the utilization of
locally available resources and
structures to further disseminate
and implement advisories
 Tree Planting (104,387 trees planted )
 Crop diversification ( 2925 farmers)
 Early planting
 Conservation Agriculture
 Winter cropping (1692 farmers.)
 FAW prevention and control spraying
 Relocation from Flood prone areas
 Practice good sanitation and hygiene
 Patronization of alternative income
sources i.e. VSL , livestock farming &
backyard garden
 Reduce food wastages (e.g. in weddings
and funerals)

9. Mbeya
Manure
Reduced/zero tillage
Vetiver
Deep Trench

10.  PSP Processes should be timely
 PSP sessions ensure participation of all possible stakeholders on the
ground from the very onset
 There is need for Provision of supporting resources for PSP
advisory implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation to ensure
maximum results.
 Implementing Partners and leading institutions should ensure
timely dissemination of agreed advisories in the communities.

11.  Involvement of chiefs and all other local structures
in all PSP activities is crucial.
 There is a need to invest in more weather stations in
the districts to allow for more accurately
downscaled weather information
 There is need to, Strengthen coordination of all
NGOs in the district on PSP approach to avoid
duplications but also to promote complementarily
in the various projects in the districts