Climate Change Agriculture and Poverty Alleviation

Overview
The project is a partnership between five nongovernmental organisations. It includes a national level advocacy component plus site based demonstration activities in three dryland villages in Chamwino District and three upland villages in Kilosa District. Funding from AcT has been committed for the period October 2012 to December 2014.

Project Goal
The goal of the climate change, agriculture and poverty alleviation project (CCAP) is that poverty has been reduced amongst small-scale farmers in Tanzania and greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture have been reduced through the widespread adoption of climate resilient, low emission agricultural practices.

Project approach and strategy
The project will achieve its goal by advocating for Tanzania to develop and implement policies and strategies that prioritise support to small-scale farmers to enable them to improve their livelihoods through the adoption of climate smart agriculture and sustainable land and natural resources management.

Strategies that simultaneously increase adaptive capacity, reduce vulnerability and mitigate climate change are likely to present fewer adoption barriers than those with conflicting impacts. For example increasing soil organic matter content can both improve fertility and reduce the impact of drought, improving adaptive capacity, making agriculture less vulnerable to climate change, while also sequestering carbon. IPCC 2007