1. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Innovative approaches to promote finance and inclusive access to climate-resilient and sustainable food systems
Olu Ajayi
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)
Netherlands
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
25 April 2017

2. Outline Challenges necessitating climate resilient food system
Case study in SA region
Key lessons from other initiatives in ACP

3. Mission: to advance food and nutrition security, increase prosperity & encourage sound NRM in ACP
Approach: Promoting agriculture as a sustainable business that can create value for smallholder producers, provide jobs for women and youth, produce nutritious and healthy food for people, and serve as an engine for inclusive growth.
Working to improve agriculture is one of the best ways to reduce poverty

4. Key challenges necessitating climate-resilient food systems
In rainfed and mono-modal rainfall regimes, agriculture is tied to weather leading to recurrent swings of food insecurity
Distribution of impacts- smallholder & female farmers have lower capacity to adapt, are disproportionally impacted
Climate change threaten agricultural transformation trajectory
Drought and weather extremes are the “new normal”?
Climate is changing and, the way agriculture is carried out will need to change

5. Single solution vs bundled solution approach
Single solution approach is often less effective, low cover
Bundles (multi-layers) of solutions to climate change
“Scaling-Up Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions for Cereal and Livestock Farmers in Southern Africa”
The “bundled solutions”
Stress-tolerant seeds
ICT-enabled weather information service
Innovative weather-based insurance
Diversified livelihood through livestock

6. Single solution vs bundled solution approach
Partnership
Producer groups e.g. ZFU, NASFAM,
Private sector- Insurance companies, telcom, seed companies, agro-allied industries
Weather data companies
Public sector

7. Lessons learnt from other activities in ACP
Riskiness of agriculture and finance: perception or reality?
Climate change may increase the perceived risk of agriculture.
Assurance from public sector that agriculture is worth supporting
Policies to engage private sector and agro-industries
Initial investment for public goods e.g. weather stations & data quality
Clarity and stability of policies: private sector make calculated risks rather than a leap of faith
Internalizing externalities- conventional or climate-resilient?
Inclusive strategy for agriculture transformation
Farmers who have different adaptive capacity to cc e.g. women
Increasing the voice of the producers

8. Lessons learnt from other activities in ACP
Scenario of climate on food systems
Scenario building on climate change and agrifood systems e.g. Pacific region
Evidence base on climate change and agro-industries e.g. steady supply of raw materials for industries
Riskiness of agriculture: perception or reality?
Climate change may increase the perceived risk of agriculture.
Assurance from public sector that agriculture is worth supporting
Building partnership among players across different sectors is key

9. Thank you
CTA operates under the framework of the Cotonou Agreement and is funded by the EU.