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Delivery of climate services through Rwanda’s national agricultural extension service extended to 106,000 farmers, and deepened through climate service Radio Listening Clubs

Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture supported the Twigire Muhinzi agricultural extension service to scale up Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) in 27 of Rwanda’s 30 districts, facilitating 106,000 Rwandan farmers to understand and act on climate information. Climat...

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Main Author: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Format: Case Study
Language:Inglés
Published: 2018
Subjects:
agriculture
farmers
climate
services
information
agricultural extension
climate services
extension
radio
scale
case studies
agrifood systems
rural development
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/121252
Summary:Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture supported the Twigire Muhinzi agricultural extension service to scale up Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) in 27 of Rwanda’s 30 districts, facilitating 106,000 Rwandan farmers to understand and act on climate information. Climate service delivery was deepened through the launch of 225 Radio Listening Clubs that convene PICSA participant farmers to listen to and discuss biweekly climate services radio broadcasts, take turns participating in call-in shows, and provide input to future programming content.

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