| Sumario: | This report summarizes the CRMAE–Senegal validation workshop for new livestock content held on 7 May 2025 at ILRI–Senegal in Dakar, organized under the AICCRA project with contributions from ILRI and IRI alongside national partners. The workshop aimed to strengthen the "Climate Risk Management for Agricultural Extension (CRMAE)" curriculum by reviewing a revised structure and validating draft modules tailored to livestock and agropastoral systems. Building on co-development since 2022, a 2023 training-of-trainers, and field piloting, the updates introduce climate-change basics; climate information products for livestock (including heat-stress, bushfire risk, and the WENDOU water/vegetation platform hosted on ANACIM’s GTP); climate-sensitive decisions and risk-management options for pastoral and agropastoral systems; and a dedicated section on gender equality and social inclusion in climate services. Participants from government, research, and higher education reviewed gaps and proposed additions on feeding and pasture management, animal health, herd structure/reproduction, index-based livestock insurance, and recognition of traditional knowledge. The workshop also advanced a pathway to institutionalize CRMAE within national training frameworks through collaboration with MASAE and the Ministry of Higher Education. Next steps include consolidating partner inputs and releasing updated CRMAE reference guides for Senegal (and sister editions for Kenya and Ethiopia) by end-2025 to better equip extension providers to translate climate information into practical livestock advisory services.
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