Country: Myanmar
Registration deadline: 13 Sep 2019
Starting date: 14 Oct 2019
Ending date: 20 Oct 2019
This course uses an innovative “roving workshop” methodology developed by IIRR in the 1990s and tested in Guatemala, Kenya, Cambodia, and the Philippines. This time, the course is set in Myanmar where IIRR, in partnership with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), has established climate-smart villages in four different agro-ecological and socio-cultural settings. This course is intended for professionals in the government, non-government organizations, and private sector working on agriculture, food security, and nutrition programs.
Course Description
This course enables you to learn and reflect on strategies that make agriculture responsive to the
nutritional needs of families and to the changing environment. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
concepts facilitate the development of innovations and adaptation measures, taking into consideration local capacities and resources. Nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) concepts and approaches ensure that agriculture programs generate food security and nutrition outcomes at the household level. You will also be introduced to the the concept of Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs), which raises the awareness of farming communities on CSA’s technological, institutional, and policy options that can increase their resilience and productivity while reducing environmental foot prints.
Objectives
By the end of this course, you shall have:
- Gained thorough understanding of CSA and NSA concepts, principles and relevant approaches;
- Recognized the issues and impact of climate change to agricultural systems and rural communities;
- Acquired knowledge of participatory approaches in engaging communities to participate in community-based adaptation process; and
- Learned adaptation practices implemented in CSVs in 2 agro-ecological zones in Myanmar.
Methodology
This is a field-based learning with minimal classroom discussions. Learning sites in Myanmar will be visited where you can interact with farmers, researchers, and innovators.
Module 1. Understanding Climate SmartAgriculture and Nutrition SensitiveAgriculture Concepts
The links between the development process, food insecurity and undernutrition, and the environment will be examined through conceptual frameworks. The role of agricultural systems in meeting the nutritional needs of families and communities will be explored.
Module 2. Designing Programs andEngaging Communities for CSA/NSA Work
You will have an overview of participatory approaches useful in enhancing and designing food security and nutrition innovations and programs in consideration of climate change challenges. You will visit CSVs to be exposed to different agricultural systems and to interact with farmers/innovators and researchers.
Module 3. Sustaining and Scaling CSA/NSAPrograms
Different pathways to strengthen, sustain and scale up innovative CSA/NSA programs will be discussed. You will identify ways to utilize evidences to infl uence government policies and
mainstream within the wider development sector.
Module 4. Action Planning You will prepare an action plan identifying food security programs/activity taking into account your national or community’s food security context to strengthen people’s resilience in coping with threats to food security. Climate change adaptation and mitigation measures are to be integrated in the action plan.
How to register:
Send your requests for application to: education.training@iirr.org
