The Knowledge Action Group (KAG) works to increase and promote knowledge, research, and development into technologies, practices, and policy approaches for CSA. In particular, in the framework document of the Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture the members agreed that the KAG functions are:

Increasing and promoting knowledge, research and development into technologies, practices, and policy approaches for climate-smart agriculture; practices and technology sharing and cooperation; improving communication and information sharing among participants; and outreach, extension, and technical assistance.

Objectives pertaining to knowledge may include:

· Identifying and filling knowledge gaps that hinder decision making/policy setting, adoption and implementation of climate-smart agriculture;

· Developing or identifying metrics that can be useful for measuring progress in climate-smart agriculture;

· Stimulating research and investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems, drawing on indigenous knowledge systems and expertise where feasible;

· Brokering relationships between partners and programmes for increased and improved research and learning on the critical role of gender in climate-smart agriculture;

· Linking research to implementation to improve approaches;

· Connecting research findings to the experiences of practitioners and to farmers’ empirical and traditional knowledge in a transparent and open way, to share knowledge;

· Developing knowledge platforms in order to exchange data and information;

· Scaling up both south-south and north-south knowledge sharing and support;

· Strengthening extension and support tools for climate-smart agriculture, reflecting the perspectives knowledge and experience of producers;

· Strengthening institutional capacity development for knowledge, practice and technology sharing relating to climate-smart agriculture; and

· Assessment of risk and vulnerability of agricultural systems to different climate change scenarios at regional, national and local levels. 

During the years, the KAG has developed in collaboration with GACSA members many publications.

For more information click  here