Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India
The overall goal of this paper is to apply the climate change and social learning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Policies and Institutions Flagship program to a climate change innovation platform. The...
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| description | The overall goal of this paper is to apply the climate change and social learning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Policies and Institutions Flagship program to a climate change innovation platform. The Strategic Pilot project on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) is selected to illustrate the usefulness of the social learning M&E framework and add to the social learning evidence base. The
SPACC project was launched as a three-year (2010-2013) pilot initiative in Andhra Pradesh, a state in southern India to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of
communities to respond to climate variability and change impacts in seven droughtprone
districts.
The social learning component of SPACC is captured at three levels: community
level, project level and beyond the project level. The CCSL M&E framework
identifies a total of 30 primary indicators across four areas that form key components
of the theory of change, viz. Iterative Learning, Capacity Development, Engagement,
and Challenging Institutions. Among these four areas, indicators for capacity building
and iterative learning were most easily observable in the case of SPACC. While the
process and outcome indicators were observed for Engagement, it was difficult to
study the quality of engagement and its impact in terms of change in value/practice.
Engagement can be quantified in terms of number of new institutions formed,
representation of marginalized groups and number of Farmer Climate Schools
conducted. It was difficult to study indicators relevant to challenging institutions,
primarily because the SPACC activities tried to build on and strengthen existing
institutional structures where possible. Additionally, as the project primarily focused
on building capacities and knowledge base at the community level, the learning
beyond the project level was not as evident. |
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| spelling | CGSpace762372024-01-23T12:04:12Z Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India Nair SK climate change agriculture food security adaptation social learning The overall goal of this paper is to apply the climate change and social learning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Policies and Institutions Flagship program to a climate change innovation platform. The Strategic Pilot project on Adaptation to Climate Change (SPACC) is selected to illustrate the usefulness of the social learning M&E framework and add to the social learning evidence base. The SPACC project was launched as a three-year (2010-2013) pilot initiative in Andhra Pradesh, a state in southern India to strengthen the knowledge and capacities of communities to respond to climate variability and change impacts in seven droughtprone districts. The social learning component of SPACC is captured at three levels: community level, project level and beyond the project level. The CCSL M&E framework identifies a total of 30 primary indicators across four areas that form key components of the theory of change, viz. Iterative Learning, Capacity Development, Engagement, and Challenging Institutions. Among these four areas, indicators for capacity building and iterative learning were most easily observable in the case of SPACC. While the process and outcome indicators were observed for Engagement, it was difficult to study the quality of engagement and its impact in terms of change in value/practice. Engagement can be quantified in terms of number of new institutions formed, representation of marginalized groups and number of Farmer Climate Schools conducted. It was difficult to study indicators relevant to challenging institutions, primarily because the SPACC activities tried to build on and strengthen existing institutional structures where possible. Additionally, as the project primarily focused on building capacities and knowledge base at the community level, the learning beyond the project level was not as evident. 2016-07-19 2016-07-19T18:30:08Z 2016-07-19T18:30:08Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76237 en Open Access application/pdf Nair S. 2016. Addressing Environmental Degradation and Rural Poverty through Climate Change Adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India. CCAFS Working Paper no. 174. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | climate change agriculture food security adaptation social learning Nair SK Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title | Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title_full | Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title_fullStr | Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title_short | Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India |
| title_sort | addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation an evaluation of social learning in drought affected districts of southern india |
| topic | climate change agriculture food security adaptation social learning |
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