Climate-smart agriculture training for agricultural teachers and engineering students Guinea

Context of the service

The Agriculture Education and Market Improvement Program (AEMIP), funded by USAID and implemented in Guinea by Winrock International over the period 2013-2018, aims to strengthen the capacities of agricultural education institutions, primarily those of the Higher Agronomic and Veterinary Institute of Faranah (ISAV-F), the only agricultural education university in Guinea.

It is in this context that AEMIP has recruited SalvaTerra to conduct a training course on the adaptation of the agricultural sector to the impacts of climate change and on good practices of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), so that ISAV-F can contribute more effectively to the dissemination of CSA practices to actors in the agricultural world (technical services, OPA, NGO, etc.).

The training brought together 16 participants: teacher-researchers, young graduates in agronomy, managers and technicians from regional agricultural support agencies.

Services provided

- Preparation of the training, based in particular on the most recent work of FAO and the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) research programme of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR): ten complete slide shows, short illustrative videos, scientific and technical reference documents.

- Facilitation of training: Presentation of the concept of CSA, its practices and technologies; Illustration with CSA practices (rice, market gardening, maize, yams, cocoa); Presentation of assessment and prioritization tools (FAO-EX-ACT, EFI Land Use Planner, CCAFS CSA Prioritization framework, CCAFS Mitigation Option Tool, CSA Rapid Appraisal).

- Tutorials at the end of the training, in order to develop a simplified Regional CSA Plan for each of the four natural regions of the country: Guidance by a previously established framework and methodology; Provision of a rich database; Identification and evaluation of possible CSA practices (technical feasibility, economic profitability, social acceptability).

Summary of the service

Training in climate-smart agriculture for teachers and agricultural engineering students of the Higher Agronomic and Veterinary Institute of Faranah (ISAV-F): Concept, practices and technologies of CSA; Methods for assessing the CSA pillars of productivity/income/food security, adaptation and mitigation; Methodology for carrying out an AIC plan; CGIAR-CCAFS tools and methods and others: CSA Proritization Framework, Mitigation Optimization Tool, CSA Rapid Appraisal, etc.