Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda
Rwanda’s variable and changing climate is an increasingly serious challenge to the country’s agricultural sector and farming population. Climate information services are emerging as a means to support farmers to manage risk and provide an opportunity to build the resilience of agriculture to clim...
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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| author | Nyasimi, Mary Radeny, Maren A.O. Hansen, James |
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| description | Rwanda’s variable and changing climate is an increasingly serious challenge to the country’s
agricultural sector and farming population. Climate information services are emerging as a
means to support farmers to manage risk and provide an opportunity to build the resilience of
agriculture to climate at all time scales. Climate services include historical, monitored and
forecast information, and value-added information products such pest and disease risk
warnings, crop yield forecasts, or management advisories. The new Rwanda Climate Services
for Agriculture project, funded by USAID, aims to benefit nearly one million farmers by
2019, and transform Rwanda’s rural farming communities and national economy through
climate services and improved climate risk management. This desk review was conducted to
ensure that the project design is informed by and builds on existing needs, knowledge,
services, capacities and initiatives. It synthesizes what is known about climate-related risks
and their impacts on Rwanda’s agriculture sector; the current status of climate information
products and services; key institutions currently involved in the production, communication
and use of climate-related information; and communication channels that can be used to
deliver climate information services to relevant users including Rwanda’s farming population. |
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| spelling | CGSpace765212024-01-23T12:03:44Z Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda Nyasimi, Mary Radeny, Maren A.O. Hansen, James agriculture climate services communication approaches risk hazards climate change food security Rwanda’s variable and changing climate is an increasingly serious challenge to the country’s agricultural sector and farming population. Climate information services are emerging as a means to support farmers to manage risk and provide an opportunity to build the resilience of agriculture to climate at all time scales. Climate services include historical, monitored and forecast information, and value-added information products such pest and disease risk warnings, crop yield forecasts, or management advisories. The new Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project, funded by USAID, aims to benefit nearly one million farmers by 2019, and transform Rwanda’s rural farming communities and national economy through climate services and improved climate risk management. This desk review was conducted to ensure that the project design is informed by and builds on existing needs, knowledge, services, capacities and initiatives. It synthesizes what is known about climate-related risks and their impacts on Rwanda’s agriculture sector; the current status of climate information products and services; key institutions currently involved in the production, communication and use of climate-related information; and communication channels that can be used to deliver climate information services to relevant users including Rwanda’s farming population. 2016-08-18 2016-08-18T20:26:41Z 2016-08-18T20:26:41Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76521 en Open Access application/pdf CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Nyasimi M, Radeny M, Hansen J. 2016. Review of Climate Service Needs and Opportunities in Rwanda. CCAFS Working Paper no. 180. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate services communication approaches risk hazards climate change food security Nyasimi, Mary Radeny, Maren A.O. Hansen, James Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title | Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title_full | Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title_fullStr | Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title_full_unstemmed | Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title_short | Review of climate service needs and opportunities in Rwanda |
| title_sort | review of climate service needs and opportunities in rwanda |
| topic | agriculture climate services communication approaches risk hazards climate change food security |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76521 |
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