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ProjectSocio-economic Survey EADD-MICCA Pilot Project in Kenya. Final report
Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme Background Report 4
2012Also available in:
No results found.Working within FAO’s main efforts of sustainable food security, nutrition and productivity, the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme‘s main goal is to help developing countries contribute to climate change mitigation in agriculture and move towards low‐carbon emission agriculture. In Kenya, the MICCA Programme, in collaboration with the East African Dairy Development Project (EADD), is focusing on introducing climate‐smart agriculture into the livestock sector. The objec tive of this socio‐economic survey is to collect data on current livelihoods and agricultural practices, and gain a greater knowledge about the impacts of climate change among small‐holder farmers in the project areas. The survey design should be utilized in the same way or adjusted as a tool to evaluate the outcomes and impacts on the socio‐economic situation of other MICCA Programme activities, such as capacity development and greenhouse gas assessments. In the survey, 357 households were visi ted by six enumerators in six locations at the Kaptumo EADD site. Focus groups and key informants were also interviewed. The households were selected randomly and are representative of the locations. The teamWorking within FAO’s main efforts of sustainable food security, nutrition and productivity, the Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme‘s main goal is to help developing countries contribute to climate change mitigation in agriculture and move towards low‐carbon emissio n agriculture. In Kenya, the MICCA Programme, in collaboration with the East African Dairy Development Project (EADD), is focusing on introducing climate‐smart agriculture into the livestock sector. The objective of this socio‐economic survey is to collect data on current livelihoods and agricultural practices, and gain a greater knowledge about the impacts of climate change among small‐holder farmers in the project areas. The survey design should be utilized in the same way or adjusted as a too l to evaluate the outcomes and impacts on the socio‐economic situation of other MICCA Programme activities, such as capacity development and greenhouse gas assessments. In the survey, 357 households were visited by six enumerators in six locations at the Kaptumo EADD site. Focus groups and key informants were also interviewed. The households were selected randomly and are representative of the locations. The team is aware of possible interviewer effects and other factors affecting the validity a nd reliability of data. -
Book (stand-alone)From Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) to Low-Carbon Development in Agriculture. NAMAs as a Pathway at Country Level 2011
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No results found.Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) are voluntary country engagement proposals to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They are a set of government prioritized actions aimed at reducing or limiting Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. They are expected to be the main vehicle for mitigation action in developing countries under a future climate agreement. NAMAs combine a set of actions that are necessary to facilitate the transition to low-carbon growth for different sectors of the economy, including agriculture and forestry. Of the 43 countries that proposed their NAMAs to the UNFCCC, 60 percent considered agriculture as way to reduce their GHG emissions. Most countries proposed mitigation in the forestry sector. The high occurrence of Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) activities in NAMAs of least developing countries (LDC) is linked with both the socio-economic weight of the sector in LDCs and its high mitigation potential. T he current gap of support in AFOLU mitigation makes NAMAs the main expected implementation channel for these sectors. Therefore, the nationally appropriate mitigation actions mechanism referred to in the UNFCCC Cancun agreement should be designed in such a way as to take into account the specificities of these sectors. Currently a country has two options when developing NAMAs. The first is to proceed without waiting for the UNFCCC Guidelines, undertaking actions and negotiating financing di rectly with donors. The second is to move towards a comprehensive Low-Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS). Within the agriculture sector it translates either to: (i) switching directly from NAMAs to a set of AFOLU actions appraised, compared, prioritized, monitored and integrated in the sector policy and planning framework, seeking donor support through project implementation; or (ii) preparing the AFOLU component of a national LCDS. NAMAs are a promising instrument for boosting climate chan ge abatement policies and measures in developing countries. Since NAMAs should not be used to offset emissions in developed countries, as that is for credited projects or actions funded by the carbon market, the Monitoring-Reporting-Verification (MRV) of supported NAMAs does not need to be as stringent as the MRV for the carbon market projects. -
ProjectSocio-economic Survey CARE-MICCA Pilot Project in the United Republic of Tanzania. Final report
Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme Background Report 3
2012Also available in:
No results found.The main goal of FAO’s Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture (MICCA) Programme is to facilitate the contribution of developing countries to the mitigation of climate change in agriculture and supporting them towards adopting low‐carbon emission agriculture. The Programme also supports FAO’s primary objective of improving food security, nutrition and agricultural productivity. In the United Republic of Tanzania, the MICCA Programme is cooperating with CARE International and the World Agrofo restry Centre (ICRAF) within the framework of CARE’s Hillside Conservation Agriculture Project (HICAP). The objective of the cooperation is to broaden the perspective of the project, which currently focuses on conservation agriculture (CA), to include climate change mitigation. The objective of the socio‐economic survey is to collect data on livelihoods, agricultural practices and climate change awareness among small‐holder farmers in the project areas. The survey design can be utilized later or adjusted so that it can serve as a tool to evaluate the outcomes and impacts on the socio‐economic situation of activities from other MICCA Programme activities in such areas as capacity development and greenhouse gas assessment. The survey was carried out in the Uluguru Hills. Data was collected in five villages that are representative of the terrain and population, with a total of 333 farmers interviewed. At least two focus group discussions were conducted in each village. The team is aware o f possible interviewer effects and other factors that may affect the validity and reliability of data. At several points, it is emphasized that the findings should be treated carefully and considered as estimates rather than hard data. The percentage of HICAP participants in the sample is quite low (17.4 percent). Farmers are involved in several activities simultaneously and most participate in groups, such as Farmer Field Schools (FFS) or VSL (Village Saving and Loans). Through these groups, fa rmers have access to specific services and training opportunities provided by HICAP.
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