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Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies (SECCAP) Background Climate change poses a real risk to the future of farming and food security in Africa. Crop yields in southern Africa, especially for staples, remain low: about 35% less than the average elsewhere. A key strategy for managing risk and vulnerability associated with climate change is developing and implementing evidence-based policies and programmes that respond to local realities and priorities. This project is implemented by FANRPAN with funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Objectives of the project The objective of the project “Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies (SECCAP)” is to enhance the capacity of policy analysts and scientists in the fields of agriculture, climate and socio-economics to collectively build a strong base of evidence on cropping systems to inform adaptation policies and investment decisions. The project, which covers three southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries (Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland), will contribute to evidence-based decision making for policy makers and development practitioners through a systematic research process integrating climate, crop production and livelihoods data, and carrying out cost benefit analysis for the three countries. SECCAP integrating: Downscaled climate models; Crop production model; Cost benefit analysis; Household vulnerability analysis to generate options to inform climate change adaptation policy and practice in agriculture . Project timeframe: April 2011 to April 2014. Project outcomes Strengthened scientific, expertise and local knowledge; Strengthened partnership and networking on adaptation research among different institutions, including local and international universities and research centres; Strengthened methodology for assessing adaptation investment options using integrated models; Cropping adaptation options ranked on the basis of feasibility (climate, cost benefit and policy); Evidence-based African positions on adaptation are visible and amplified; Knowledge generated on household vulnerability for cropping adaptation; Strengthened multi-stakeholder/trans-disciplinary national and regional policy dialogue platforms; and National Adaptation Programmes for Action (NAPAs) developed/revised/ implemented on the basis of evidence produced. The SECCAP project is aligned to CAADP Pillars 1, 3 and 4 as it seeks to: enable farmers and communities to become more resilient to climate change by increasing food production, conserving soil and water, enhancing food security and restoring productive natural resources; increase food supply and reduce hunger across the region by raising smallholder productivity, and improving responses to food emergencies by identifying the most vulnerable households; and improve agricultural research in order to disseminate appropriate information on adaptation options to farmers, and providing evidence to inform formulation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPA) priorities. For more information please visit: http://www.fanrpan.org/projects/ Produced June 2011 1 SECCAP Partners and Roles Country Institution Lesotho National University of Lesotho Malawi Swaziland University of Malawi University of Swaziland University of Cape Town Logo Partners Role Selection and registration of MSc and BSc students to participate in the project Domestication and hosting of the FANRPAN livelihood database Collate crop production, livelihood and cost benefit data from FAO statistics, national central statistics and the FANRPAN livelihood databases Supervision of undergraduates to collect and analyse data required for modelling. Generate downscaled climate data for one selected district in each of the three focal countries Use DSSAT crop model to simulate growth of selected staples (maize, rice, cassava, sorghum, millet, groundnuts and wheat) by 2030 and 2050 in the selected districts Avail research outputs from the post-graduate students employed by World Vision and supported by FANRPAN Use the IMPACT model to examine alternative futures for food supply, demand, trade, prices and food security Facilitate the domestication of livelihood databases at university and community levels Train three (policy analysts/socio economists) post graduate students on how to analyse existing household livelihood databases Avail to the project, existing livelihood databases from Lesotho and Swaziland South Africa University of Venda USA Zimbabwe International Food Policy Research Institute Development Data Malawi Swaziland Lesotho World Vision International FANRPAN Nodes ISAS, Lesotho CISANET, Malawi NAMC, South Africa CANGO, Swaziland Dissemination of evidence generated by the project and localising CAADP processes at community level using local structures, the ADPs in Lesotho, Malawi and Swaziland. Convene multi-stakeholder policy dialogues ADP - Area Development Programmes CAADP - Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme DSSAT- Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer FAO - Food Agriculture Organisation IMPACT - International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade FANRPAN Regional Secretariat 141 Cresswell Road, Weavind Park 0184, Private Bag X2087, Silverton 014, Pretoria, South Africa Telephone: +27 12 804 2966. Facsimile: +27 12 804 0600. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.fanrpan.org 2