Climate Smart Agriculture Rapid Appraisal (CSA-RA): a prioritization tool for outscaling. Step-by-step guidelines.

Climate Smart Agriculture Rapid Appraisal (CSA-RA) is a prioritization tool for outscaling Climate Smart Agriculture. This manual provides step-by-step guidelines in implementing the CSA-RA. This process provides an assessment of key barriers and opportunities to CSA adoption across landscapes by co...

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Main Authors: Mwongera, Caroline, Twyman, Jennifer, Shikuku, Kelvin Mashisia, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Okolo, Wendy, Läderach, Peter R.D., Ampaire, Edidah L., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Twomlow, Stephen
Format: Manual
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65662
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Summary:Climate Smart Agriculture Rapid Appraisal (CSA-RA) is a prioritization tool for outscaling Climate Smart Agriculture. This manual provides step-by-step guidelines in implementing the CSA-RA. This process provides an assessment of key barriers and opportunities to CSA adoption across landscapes by collecting gender-disaggregated data, perceptions of climate variability, resource and labour allocation, as well as economic assessments at the household level. The approach combines participatory workshops, expert interviews, household/farmer interviews, and farm transect walks to gather and capture the realities and challenges facing diverse farming communities.