The Climate and Agriculture Network for Africa (CANA) together with CGIAR and development partners (CARE International Adaptation Learning program) are excited to bring you a webinar on CSA tools for Africa. Five of these tools will be discussed, providing an opportunity for participants to learn about them, thereby, allowing for integration of their use across scales.

Worldwide, there are opportunities for agriculture to contribute to efforts to adapt to climate change while supporting food security and the fight against poverty, as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The concept of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), coined by the United Nations Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) is being embraced by scientists (Harvey et al 2013), funding agencies (Grainger-Jones, 2011), national governments and policy makers, global and regional alliances (e.g. Global Alliance for CSA (GACSA); Alliance for CSA in Africa), as well as the CGIAR.

CSA aims to achieve three objectives:

• sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, to support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development;
• adapting and building resilience of agricultural and food security systems to climate change at multiple levels; and
• reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture (including crops, livestock and fisheries).

To support a transition to CSA in Africa, researchers and development practitioners have developed a range of tools and options for effective climate adaptation and mitigation in agriculture in different environments and at diverse scales. Five of these tools will be discussed in the webinar, providing an opportunity for participants to learn about them, thereby, allowing for integration of their use across scales.

Overall objective:  to provide an interactive forum to share innovative tools for CSA with a wider audience

Target audience:  Policy makers, researchers, development practitioners