To respond to threats of climate change, Benin has joined the international community in the development and implementation of climate policies. Thus, policies have been developed and implemented at the national level to address the negative effects of climate change, both inferred and projected, across all sectors.The objective of this report is to: • Present the institutional environment for management of climate change in Benin by surveying the institutions, policies and projects implemented by government, generally and specifically in the agricultural sector; • Briefly present the main organisations involved in agricultural advisory services, and highlight those actions carried out by them that address the management of climate change a mitigation or adaptation; • Identify case studies for inadepth study.
TAP and its partners carried out regional surveys in Asia, Africa and Central America to assess priorities, capacities and needs in national agricultural innovation systems. This document provides a Regional synthesis report on capacity needs assessment for agricultural innovation in Africa. FARA was...
This report provides a synthesis of all findings and information generated through a “stocktaking” process that involved a desk study of Prolinnova documents and evaluation reports, a questionnaire to 40 staff members of international organizations in agricultural research and development (ARD),...
Cette étude a été menée dans le cadre du projet PAEPARD ou Plateforme pour un partenariat Afrique-Europe dans le domaine de la recherche agricole pour le développement, projet financé à 80% par la Commission européenne avec pour objectif de consolider...
Grants for agricultural innovation are common but grant funds specifically targeted to smallholder farmers remain relatively rare. Nevertheless, they are receiving increasing recognition as a promising venue for agricultural innovation. They stimulate smallholders to experiment with improved practices, to become...
The paper takes a critical look at two key interventions identified to deliver the PAEPARD capacity strengthening strategy. Firstly, the training of a pool of agricultural innovation facilitators (AIF) to broker relations between relevant stakeholders for the consolidation of effective...