Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa
Science–policy interfaces are critical in shaping agricultural and environmental governance. However, connecting science with policy has always been a challenge for both scientists and policymakers. In Ghana, Mali and Senegal, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Sec...
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| author | Zougmoré, Robert B. Partey, Samuel T. Totin, Edmond Ouédraogo, Mathieu Thornton, Philip K. Karbo, Naaminong Sogoba, Bougouna Dieye, Bounama |
| author_browse | Dieye, Bounama Karbo, Naaminong Ouédraogo, Mathieu Partey, Samuel T. Sogoba, Bougouna Thornton, Philip K. Totin, Edmond Zougmoré, Robert B. |
| author_facet | Zougmoré, Robert B. Partey, Samuel T. Totin, Edmond Ouédraogo, Mathieu Thornton, Philip K. Karbo, Naaminong Sogoba, Bougouna Dieye, Bounama |
| author_sort | Zougmoré, Robert B. |
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| description | Science–policy interfaces are critical in shaping agricultural and environmental governance.
However, connecting science with policy has always been a challenge for both scientists and
policymakers. In Ghana, Mali and Senegal, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) supported the creation of a multi-stakeholder national
science-policy dialogue platforms on climate-smart agriculture (NSPDP-CSA) to use scientific
evidence to create awareness on climate change impacts on agriculture and advocate for the
mainstreaming of climate change and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into agricultural
development plans. Since their establishment, there is limited information as to how the modes
of operation and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA improve our understanding of the sciencepolicy interfaces of agricultural and climate change decision making. This study aimed to use
the evidence from the operations and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA to make
recommendations for effective science-policy interaction on climate change and CSA. We used
semi-structured questionnaire interviews and review of technical reports produced by the
platforms to obtaining the information aforementioned. The results showed that using NSPDPCSA may be an innovative approach to effectively engaging policymakers/decision-makers for
climate change and CSA mainstreaming into agricultural development policies and plans in
Ghana, Mali and Senegal. For effective science-policy interaction, the study suggests the
following recommendations: (a) Institutionalising the NSPDP-CSA through embedding them
within national institutions improves their credibility, relevance and legitimacy among
policymakers; (b) two-way communication may have a phenomenal advantage in the codevelopment of solutions that address climate change vulnerabilities and impacts; and (c) using
relevant communication products and packaging CSA and climate change with evidence to
align with country priorities will facilitate readily uptake in policy decision-makings. A
framework of operation for the platforms was suggested based on lessons learnt from the 3
countries’ experiences and achievements. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1011452025-11-04T16:32:37Z Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa Zougmoré, Robert B. Partey, Samuel T. Totin, Edmond Ouédraogo, Mathieu Thornton, Philip K. Karbo, Naaminong Sogoba, Bougouna Dieye, Bounama climate change food security agriculture Science–policy interfaces are critical in shaping agricultural and environmental governance. However, connecting science with policy has always been a challenge for both scientists and policymakers. In Ghana, Mali and Senegal, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) supported the creation of a multi-stakeholder national science-policy dialogue platforms on climate-smart agriculture (NSPDP-CSA) to use scientific evidence to create awareness on climate change impacts on agriculture and advocate for the mainstreaming of climate change and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into agricultural development plans. Since their establishment, there is limited information as to how the modes of operation and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA improve our understanding of the sciencepolicy interfaces of agricultural and climate change decision making. This study aimed to use the evidence from the operations and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA to make recommendations for effective science-policy interaction on climate change and CSA. We used semi-structured questionnaire interviews and review of technical reports produced by the platforms to obtaining the information aforementioned. The results showed that using NSPDPCSA may be an innovative approach to effectively engaging policymakers/decision-makers for climate change and CSA mainstreaming into agricultural development policies and plans in Ghana, Mali and Senegal. For effective science-policy interaction, the study suggests the following recommendations: (a) Institutionalising the NSPDP-CSA through embedding them within national institutions improves their credibility, relevance and legitimacy among policymakers; (b) two-way communication may have a phenomenal advantage in the codevelopment of solutions that address climate change vulnerabilities and impacts; and (c) using relevant communication products and packaging CSA and climate change with evidence to align with country priorities will facilitate readily uptake in policy decision-makings. A framework of operation for the platforms was suggested based on lessons learnt from the 3 countries’ experiences and achievements. 2019-04-24 2019-05-02T13:06:40Z 2019-05-02T13:06:40Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101145 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Zougmore RB, Partey ST, Totin E, Ouédraogo M, Thornton P, Karbo N, Sogoba B, Dieye B. 2019. Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa. CCAFS Working Paper No. 265 Wageningen, the Netherlands: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) |
| spellingShingle | climate change food security agriculture Zougmoré, Robert B. Partey, Samuel T. Totin, Edmond Ouédraogo, Mathieu Thornton, Philip K. Karbo, Naaminong Sogoba, Bougouna Dieye, Bounama Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title | Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title_full | Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title_short | Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa |
| title_sort | science policy interactions for climate smart agriculture uptake lessons learnt from national science policy dialogue platforms in west africa |
| topic | climate change food security agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/101145 |
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