Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide
This is a reference guide to the course on Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension in Zambia. Improvements in the weather and climate information available in Zambia provide new opportunities for agricultural extension personnel to help farmers better manage the risks that they face, and t...
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Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
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| author | Dinku, Tufa Hansen, James Trzaska, Sylwia Grossi, Amanda Huyer, Sophia Moore, Maya Sakumona, Mushekwa Sakala, Isabel Lungu, Olipa Mangaba, Darlington |
| author_browse | Dinku, Tufa Grossi, Amanda Hansen, James Huyer, Sophia Lungu, Olipa Mangaba, Darlington Moore, Maya Sakala, Isabel Sakumona, Mushekwa Trzaska, Sylwia |
| author_facet | Dinku, Tufa Hansen, James Trzaska, Sylwia Grossi, Amanda Huyer, Sophia Moore, Maya Sakumona, Mushekwa Sakala, Isabel Lungu, Olipa Mangaba, Darlington |
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| description | This is a reference guide to the course on Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension in Zambia. Improvements in the weather and climate information available in Zambia provide new opportunities for agricultural extension personnel to help farmers better manage the risks that they face, and to adapt recommended technology packages to local climatic conditions. This 2-week course aims to equip agricultural extension workers to access, understand and incorporate climate information into their professional work. It is designed to provide foundational knowledge on climate and agricultural decision making; and practical tools to analyze climate-related risks, use appropriate weather and climate information to support agricultural decisions, communicate complex climate information effectively with farmers, and integrate climate services into agricultural extension activities. This course is designed for agricultural extension professionals who actively support farmers with information, advice and other services. It targets extension agents working at the ward and sub-county levels within Zambia’s public sector agricultural extension service, and non-government extension and advisory service professionals with a comparable background. Course activities require working knowledge of web browsers, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1686382025-11-11T16:28:20Z Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide Dinku, Tufa Hansen, James Trzaska, Sylwia Grossi, Amanda Huyer, Sophia Moore, Maya Sakumona, Mushekwa Sakala, Isabel Lungu, Olipa Mangaba, Darlington climate change agricultural extension agriculture This is a reference guide to the course on Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension in Zambia. Improvements in the weather and climate information available in Zambia provide new opportunities for agricultural extension personnel to help farmers better manage the risks that they face, and to adapt recommended technology packages to local climatic conditions. This 2-week course aims to equip agricultural extension workers to access, understand and incorporate climate information into their professional work. It is designed to provide foundational knowledge on climate and agricultural decision making; and practical tools to analyze climate-related risks, use appropriate weather and climate information to support agricultural decisions, communicate complex climate information effectively with farmers, and integrate climate services into agricultural extension activities. This course is designed for agricultural extension professionals who actively support farmers with information, advice and other services. It targets extension agents working at the ward and sub-county levels within Zambia’s public sector agricultural extension service, and non-government extension and advisory service professionals with a comparable background. Course activities require working knowledge of web browsers, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 2024-12 2025-01-07T16:01:49Z 2025-01-07T16:01:49Z Training Material https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168638 en Open Access application/pdf Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa Dinku T, Hansen J, Trzaska S, Grossi A, Huyer S, Moore M, Sakumona M, Sakala I, Lungu O, Mangaba D. 2024. Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide. AICCRA Country Zambia. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA). |
| spellingShingle | climate change agricultural extension agriculture Dinku, Tufa Hansen, James Trzaska, Sylwia Grossi, Amanda Huyer, Sophia Moore, Maya Sakumona, Mushekwa Sakala, Isabel Lungu, Olipa Mangaba, Darlington Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title | Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title_full | Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title_fullStr | Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title_short | Climate Risk Management in Agricultural Extension – Zambia Reference Guide |
| title_sort | climate risk management in agricultural extension zambia reference guide |
| topic | climate change agricultural extension agriculture |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168638 |
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