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Decision-support framework for targeting investment towards
climate-smart agriculture practices and programs
Our Common Future Under
Climate Change
Paris, France
8 July 2015
Caitlin Corner-Dolloff1 c.corner-dolloff@cigar.org
AM. Loboguerrero2, M. Lizarazo2, A. Nowak1, F. Howland1, N. Andrieu3, A. Jarvis1,4
(1) International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Decision and Policy Analysis Research Area, Cali, Colombia;
(2) CCAFS, Latinoamerica, Cali, Colombia;
(3) CIRAD, L’unité mixte de recherche innovation et développement dans l’agriculture et l’agroalimentaire, Montpellier, France;
(4) CCAFS, CSA Practices Flagship, Cali, Colombia
© CIAT/Neil Palmer

2.
Alliance for CSA in Africa
Vision
25 x 25
Map of a selection of CIAT-ICRAF CSA initiatives
with CCAFS, WB, USAID from 2014-2105
West Africa CSA
Alliance (WACSAA)
Global momentum
building for CSA

3.
“The overall aim …. is to support efforts
from the local to global levels
for sustainably using agricultural systems to achieve
food and nutrition security for all people at all times,
integrating necessary adaptation, and
capturing potential mitigation” (where possible and
appropriate)
Defining
Climate-smart agriculture
Lipper et al. (2014) Nature: Climate Change
• 24 authors from 15 institutions

4.
No blanket recommendations
Not
CSA
CSA
Many practices/programs/policies
can be CSA somewhere
But none are likely CSA everywhere
Rosenstock et al. unpublished
Context

5.
A set of filters for
evaluating CSA options &
establishing CSA
investment portfolios
CSA Prioritization
Framework
Users:
1° National decision makers
2° Donors, NGOs, implementers
Multi-
level
Linkable
Stakeholder
Driven
Flexible
Simple

6.
CSA Prioritization Framework
Filters for selecting CSA investment portfolios
*Analysis of
context variables
Long list of
CSA practices
CSAPF Pilots: Colombia, Guatemala, Mali, Vietnam
*Ex-ante assessment
based on CSA
indicators
*Stakeholder
workshop
Ranked short
list of priorities
*Economic analysis
– assess costs and
benefits
Ranked short
list based on
CBA
*Integrated analysis
of opportunities &
constraints
* Stakeholder
workshop
CSA investment
portfolios

7.
Workshop 1
Guatemala
Filtering: Indicators of CSA Pillars
Workshop
Literature
review
Expert
interview
+
+
Lessons:
• Participatory indicator selection -
link science with desired change
• Improved communications and
visualization of data key for CSA
decision-making
Ranked long list of possible
CSA Practices
ScoreCSA Practices

8.
Prioritized
Practices
Portfolios Designers
Producers Research MoAgr
Agroforestry
systems: live fence 
Varieties tolerant to
pests & diseases 
1: low
resource
farmers
Varieties tolerant to
drought and water
stress
 
1: low
resource
farmers
Conservation
agriculture 
2: FS,
drought
Crop rotation
(maize-beans) 
Reservoirs + Drip
irrigation
X: FS,
drought
Guatemala
Filtering: Integrated Analysis
CSA indicators, CBA, externalities, barriers and opportunities
Lesson:
Prioritization does not
imply one output
• Multi-variate analyses
allow users to create
differentiated
portfolios based on
intended
application and
beneficiaries

9.
Lesson:
Process is as important as
the content
• Discussions of data create
space for collaborative
integrated planning
between users
• EU modifying calls based on
results – other potential
applicants linked from
beginning
Mali
CSA at the Regional Level
Policy/Research
forums (AEDD)
Regional
governments
NGOs (C-GOZA,
Sahel Eco)
Donors (EU,
Swedish
Embassy)
CONTEXT
POTENTIALUSERS

10.
Lesson: Local ownership is critical to prioritization
• Local communities act as researchers
• Minimize extractive data collection
• Adapt metrics to local context and socialize prior to users.
Training on Survey
Discussion
on indicators
Colombia
CSA at the Local Level
© CIAT/Andreea Nowak

11.
• Integrating qualitative and
quantitative assessment is
critical to CSA planning
• Link across levels and bring
together multiple sectors –
providing opportunities for
robust and integrated CSA
planning
• CSA is about transformation
must move beyond laundry
lists of what is already
happening
Key Messages
for CSA Prioritization
© CIAT/Neil Palmer

12.
Partnerships for Scaling CSA
CSA-Plan
Uptake of CSA Plan components, including CSA PF,
in 15+ countries in Asia and Africa 2015-2018
ICRAF - T. Rosenstock, C. Lamanna
CIAT - E. Girvetz, C. Corner-Dolloff

13.
Caitlin Corner-Dolloff
c.corner-dolloff@cigar.org
additional information at:
ccafs.cgiar.org/climate-smart-agriculture-prioritization-framework
Thank you!