ICRISAT Governing Board concludes its third virtual board meeting

1. RP Innovation Systems for the Drylands and RP WCA
The Climate Agenda at ICRISAT
Presentation at the
98th Governing Board
meeting
Program Committee
20 April 2021

2. What are the major risks smallholder farmers face?
• Pests and disease
• Cost of inputs
• Prices received for products
• Market risk
• Storage risk – loss of quality and
health risks (e.g. Aflatoxins)
• Climatic risk
Risk, especially climate risk remains a huge disincentive for
investments into technology to improve productivity.

3. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
Program Committee 20 April 2020
Impact of Seasonal rainfall on rainfed crops
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4. Coping with climate risk – tactical?
• Selection of crop types and varieties
• Timing of planting
• In-season adjustment of inputs or target output
• Risk reducing measures - Crop insurance
• Forward selling, contracts,
• Climate knowledge
• IoT’s (Internet of things – connected sensors, digital ag)
Coping with climate risk – strategic?
Re-designing farming systems
• Historical and future climate analyses and modelled scenario analysis
• Co-design of the farm system for resilience and market opportunities
• Infrastructure and institutions to enhance adaptive capacity

5. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
Program Committee 20 April 2020
CCAFS – West Africa program (Zougmore et al.)
CCAFS – All regions and programs
• Capacitating African Smallholders with Climate Advisories and Insurance
Development – CASCAID 2017-21
• Capacitating Farmers and Fishers to manage climate risks in South Asia
(CaFFSA) 2019-21
• Science-led multi-stakeholder engagements for scaling-up climate smart
agriculture in SAT India 2018-20
+ aligned bilaterals.
World Bank, FCDO(DFID)-IDRC (AGMIP), IFAD, MoES (India)….
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The CRP Climate Change, Agriculture and Food
Security (CCAFS)

6. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
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From ‘local’ to ‘global’
Covering all scales
Regional organisations
Sub-regional organizations
(Regional policies, FOs,
Universities)
science-policy dialogue
platforms (District and
national)
Climate-Smart Villages
(village-community)
Africa
NEPAD/AU
ECOWAS (WACSAA)
ROPPA, AGRHYMET, CORAF,
CILSS
Science-policy Platforms in
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali,
Niger, Senegal
Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali,
Niger, Senegal

7. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
Program Committee 20 April 2020
CCAFS WCA- snapshot
• Climate-smart villages (CSV) developed in West Africa
• 11 CSVs in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal (CCAFS pilot sites)
• 5 climate-smart communes established by CCAFS and ICRISAT through PASEC project to promote
CSA in Niger
• 2 CSV under development by ICRISAT with CCAFS through CRS project in Niger
• Science-Policy dialogue platforms created and capacitated for mainstreaming CSA into agriculture and
development policies in West Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Senegal)
• CSA mainstreamed into development project through bilateral funding
• PARC-DAD projects in Niger through EU-funded project in Niger (Assistance technique au MEDD)
(2018-2020).
• CSA mainstreamed into development project through bilateral funding
• More than 500,000 farmers and fishers (33% female) have direct access to WCIS (via SMS, IVR,
USSD) to inform their decision-making.
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Adaptation -Telangana

9. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
Program Committee 20 April 2020
Mandal wise climate exposure index for
baseline climate along with major crop type
mapping and command areas (2015-16)
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Multi criteria analysis for prioritization of CSAPs
Ex-ante impact analysis of potential adoption of selected CSA
practices in different districts of Telangana state

10. Future agricultural systems - Zimbabwe
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Now 2050
Business
as Usual
Agricultural Pathways and Scenarios (RAPS)

11. Climate
Short
Extended
Crop
Stress Risks
P&D
Wet
Dry
Heat
Forecasts
Seasonal
Advisory
In Balangir there is currently a delayed onset of the monsoon by 3 weeks which is resulting in early season drought. Rice farms on Low lands with soils Balia Chikita mati, according to
the CRIDA Crop Contigeny: pay close attention to the following : closer row and plant spacing, summer ploughing, interculture, tillage practices, Insitu rain water conservation,
conservation furrow, intercultivation and thining to maintain plant population per unit area of the crop, weed control, FYMapplication increase water holding capacity, line sowing,
seed priming
Soil
Dashboard/Data portal
Concept only

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Meghdoot app Mausam app
• Over 204,000+ downloads across India and accessible
in about 680 districts since launch in Jul 2019
• App available in English, Hindi and 12 other Indian
languages
• Disseminated over 354k advisories cumulatively
• Over 119,000+ downloads across India
• Provides weather info for about 200 cities, nowcast for
800 stations and forecast for 450 cities

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• Coverage: app started with 150 districts - today 717
districts in India.
• Weather Info: temperature, rainfall, wind direction,
and humidity downscaled to the location
• Language Preference: English, Hindi and twelve other
Indian languages
• Up-to-date: crop-specific weather-based agro-
advisories
• Integration with other apps: with popular social media
and messaging platforms
• AgroDSS: iSAT as reference architecture
• ICRISAT led team also deployed MAUSAM mobile app
for IMD
Number of users
Key features

14. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research in
Africa (AICCRA)
• World Bank $60m - Mali, Ghana, Senegal/Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia (2021-23)
• Dissemination of climate information services (CIS) to millions of farmers in Africa
• CIS to potentially benefit 125 million people to improve agricultural decision-making
• Development of public-private partnership business models for the dissemination of
CIS in selected countries
• Large diffusion and adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices
• CCAFS Science supports value chains through enhanced climate-resilience
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15. Presentation at the 98th ICRISAT Governing Board Meeting
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Thank You
Questions?
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