*CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable production intensification*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from Tom Goddard, Senior
Policy Advisor, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Canada,
regarding FAO newsletter for climate change in agriculture requesting folks
to complete an online survey. It is 12 pages of questions testing ideas
for resource books (and other knowledge products) on Climate Smart
Agriculture (CSA) and asking if you want to help write/produce the
materials.
CA-CoP members interested in the CA-CSA linkages may want to participate in
the questionnaire by joining the FAO- MICCA
<http://www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/75150/en/> list. The questionnaire
is available at: www.surveymonkey.com/s/58VRF6Q
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
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URL: www.fao.org/ag/ca
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From: Tom Goddard <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 4:58 PM
Subject: FW: New questionnaire on CSA knowledge products
To: Amir Kassam <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Amir
Following is a posting from the FAO community newsletter for climate change
in agriculture.
Note they are asking for participants to complete an online survey - which
I did. It is 12 pages of questions testing ideas for resource books (and
other knowledge products) on Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and asking if
you want to help write/produce the materials. I foresee an avalanche of
climate change + agriculture material in our future from a wide range of
organizations and interest groups…! FAO
<http://www.fao.org/climate-smart-agriculture/72613/en/>, World Bank
<http://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/foster-climate-smart-agriculture>
already have lots of publications, not to mention all the NGOs that are
contributing as well.
I also noted at the questionnaire site, they provide a link
<http://www.fao.org/climatechange/40791-0f0bb90498d86ba33c81ccc681ba65c84.pdf>
to the summary slides of previous feedback from an online discussion (16
slides). Slide 8 shows that CA was one of the top three areas for further
attention (‘priority one’). The 6th point under ‘General Remarks’ (slide
13) refers to the need to share experiences and information across country
boundaries. Something you are doing with CA-CoP!
It seems this FAO initiative wants to enlist everyone else’s expertise to
help them create an ongoing team of writers/producers of extension material
for every country. They should consider everything that has already been
developed and ask, “where do we fit”, “what more is needed”? Nevertheless,
I wonder if there would be opportunity to promote CA or at least watch and
make sure CA is fairly represented.
The survey asked a question about compiling success stories of CSA. I
countered with the comment, maybe what we need is a listing of failures or
characteristics that resulted in failures such as only trying to implement
part of a CA system or, failing to secure long term funding for weather
monitoring. I recall participating in an international food security
meeting earlier this year and we broke up into groups to discuss factors of
success of projects. We assembled the predictable list. I countered with
suggesting a meeting to consider factors of failure – it is said we learn
more from our failures than successes so, why not complement a ‘success
factors’ list with another list of things to be wary of in project design?
CA-CoP members interested in the CA-CSA linkages may want to participate in
the questionnaire by joining the FAO- MICCA
<http://www.fao.org/climatechange/micca/75150/en/> list. I suspect the
link below is a personal link (only a single use access). CA-CoP members
could send in unsolicited comments to the MICCA email address as well – I’m
sure they appreciate any and all constructive comments or feedback.
Best regards,
Tom
Tom Goddard
Senior Policy Advisor
Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development
#206, 7000 - 113 St., Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada T6H 5T6
ph: 780-427-3067
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-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Monday, September 22, 2014 3:42 AM
To: Community for Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture
Subject: [micca] New questionnaire on CSA knowledge products
Dear colleagues,
FAO and CGIAR's Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food
Security (CCAFS) cordially invite you to share your ideas on key knowledge
products to be developed for the wider implementation of the Climate-Smart
Agriculture (CSA) approach. To do so, kindly participate in the following
questionnaire: www.surveymonkey.com/s/58VRF6Q
This questionnaire has been developed as a second step towards meeting
knowledge needs for CSA, and builds on the results of our first
questionnaire held in April 2014. Both previous and new respondents are
welcome to participate in the current questionnaire, which will be open
until Thursday, 9 October. It should take no longer than 15 minutes to
complete. Please feel free to share the questionnaire widely among your
networks - thank you for your support! www.surveymonkey.com/s/58VRF6Q
Kind regards,
Alashiya Gordes
(On behalf of the Knowledge Action Group:
www.fao.org/climate-smart-agriculture/85727/en)
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