| Sumario: | Smallholder farmers in Africa are especially vulnerable to climate fluctuations and weather
extremes, and are expected to suffer disproportionately from climate change. Climate services
empower the poor particularly in climate-sensitive developing countries such as the ones in
Africa, and allow them to reduce exposure and vulnerability of their agricultural sector to
climate-related extreme events. Hence, the importance of investing in the enhancement of
generating and delivery system of climate services to the resource poor farming communities
of the continent provides a low regret adaptation to future climate change. This report reviews
the suitability of ex-ante evaluation methods for informing funding agencies, private sectors,
and other national and regional stakeholders about the benefits of alternative investment
options in climate services. The review considers relevant and recent studies taking into
account the agricultural sector. The review shows that economic modelling and stated
preference approaches have the widest use and potential to estimate the benefits of climate
services in Africa. However, comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of the methods
conveys a message that there is no one type of method that fits into all different cases in
estimating the benefits of climate services. Therefore, depending on particular cases, it would
be necessary to use the appropriate method or combination of methods to enhance agricultural
productivity, food and nutrition security, and the resilience of the resource poor vulnerable
smallholder farming communities to climate variabilities and change in Africa.
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