1. GCC PROJECT
Disseminating learning agenda on resilient-smart technologies to improve the adaptive capacity of smallholders farmers in Mopti
Birhanu Zemadim, Felix Badolo, and Boubacar Sinare
Resilience Portfolio Launch and Partners' Collaboration Workshop
19 – 21 September 2016 in Bamako, Mali

2. Project structure
Fund: Feed the Future Program, Accelerated Economic Growth Add-On
Duration: 30 months starting from May 2014 to September 2016
Implementing partners: ICRAF, AKF, WV, Mali Meteo
Intervention areas: Mopti region (Mopti, Koro, Bankass, and Djenne)

3. Project objectives
Objective 1: development of innovative solutions for a long term impact
Participatory planning and implementation of integrated adaptive practices;
Production and dissemination of high quality climate information;
Identification of social and cultural barriers to adoption and identifying critical issues of marginalized population, women and youth.
Objective 2: development of learning agenda
Action research;
Establishing mechanisms for downward communication with farmers;
Diagnosing opportunities and constraints (what works where? And why some practices work in some areas and why not in others?);
Developing tools and approaches to empower climate change adaptation actors for the definition of priority investment needs.

4. Barriers to adoption
Barriers to adoption Soil and Water Conservation Barriers to livestock diversification Reasons for not using improved seed, by cropping system
Barrier
All households
Rice system
Dry
system
Mixed system n %
Lack of financial capital 83
29.5 11
26.8 50
35.7
60.2
Labor constraints 79
28.1 38
27.1
45.8
Hydraulic characteristics 35
12.5 3
7.3 25
17.9
30.1
Plant characteristics 30
10.7 4
9.8 21
15.0
25.3
Land tenure 14
5.0 1
2.4 10
7.1
12.0
Soil characteristics
3.9 - 9
6.4
10.8
Official regulations
1.1 2
1.4
 Constraint
All households
Rice system
Dry
system
Mixed system N % n
Lack of financial means 71
25.3 7
12.1 35
25.0 17
20.5
Absence of prairie/pasture 62
22.1 11
19.0 36
25.7 15
18.1
Unavailability of feed 40
14.2 4
6.9 24
17.1
13.3
Other factors
281
100.0 51
87.9
140
42.2
Reason
All
households
Rice system
Dry
system
Mixed system n %
Cannot afford to buy 19
10.3 - 2
2.0 11
37.9
Varieties are not available 18
9.8 12
29.3 8
27.5
Other factors 22
12.0 9
22.0

5. Vulnerability analysis
Vulnerability perceived by households Vulnerable to climate variability by group of people
Vulnerable group
Pooled sample
Male headed
Female headed n %
Sick people
128
47.41
104
43.33 24
64.86
Children
120
50.00 8
21.62
Elderly
124
45.93
115
47.92 9
24.32
Women 78
28.89 57
23.75 2
5.41
Men 60
22.22 58
24.17
Disabled 59
21.85 74
30.83 4
10.81

6. Project activities Diffusion of agro-meteorological data
Use of agro-meteorological data at the community level
Use of rain gauges
Weather forecast and crop calendars diffusion
Stakeholders trained:
Crop technologies
Soil and water conservation
Agro-forestry practices
Food transformation
3 Technology parks installed
Soil fertility management, improved varieties, crop diversification
Fodder banks

7. Project activities Soil fertility management Composting Micro-dosing
Use of legume crops as intercropping
Soil and water management:
Contour boundaries
Tree planting
Agroforestry adaptation practices
3 resource centers in Soufouroulaye, Kini-orodougou, Dialassagou
Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration
Tree-based Production Systems and fodder banks

8. Indicators INDICATORS TARGET 2015 RESULTS 2015
Number of people receiving training in global climate change adaptation
6,967
8,418
Number of stakeholders using climate information in their decision making
171,000
190,872
Number of stakeholders with increased knowledge to adapt to the impacts of climate change
194,281
195,130
Number of institutions with improved capacity to address climate change issues 62
101
Number of hectares under GCC improved technologies or management practices
340
416

9. Conclusion Participatory approach Innovation through local adaption
Local level planning
Approach based on a learning agenda

10. THANK YOU