Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa

Dominic Nyirongo from WFP Malawi making a presentation at a Webinar on Indigenous knowledge organized by the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Geneva on the 12th of April.

Join an exciting Webinar on the 12th of April on how to integrate indigenous knowledge with scientific weather and climate information. Email [email protected] to register.

Dennis Odera from WeFarm blogged about the Learning Event

Technology Transfer for Climate Change - WeFarm Growing up in Kenya, I was accustomed to two rainy seasons. The first, known as the long rainy season, commenced in mid-March and lasted till June. The short rainy season came next between the months of October and November. Every … Read more

Participants discussing how to integrate climate and weather information in participatory planning and assessment tools at the learning event taking place today and tomorrow in Nairobi, co-hosted by the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa, the Kenya Meteorological Department and the Met Office.

in Malawi tune in today at 2.30pm local time for the first ever radio climate service show: The radio program is called “Ulimi ndi Nyengo” (“Integrating Farming and Climate Change”) and will be aired nationally on ZBS every Friday 2:30 pm and to be repeated on Tuesdays at 10.30. The programme is produced by a partnership including WFP, the Department for Climate Change and Met Services, the Department for Agricultural Extension Services, FAO, Farm Radio Trust and the University of Reading.

CICERO and the University of Dar es Salaam have conducted an inventory and analysis of climate change policy in Tanzania - the full report is available on this page:

Climate change policy inventory and analysis for Tanzania

CICERO has published an institutional analysis for climate services development and delivery in Tanzania.

Institutional Analysis for Climate Services Development and Delivery in Tanzania - Cicero This report is an output of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The goal of the report is to describe and assess the current institutional landscape for development and delivery of climate services in Tanz...

Check out this new video produced by CCAFS on reaching farmers with climate services

Expanding the Reach of Climate Information Services together with Farmers Novel approach uses participatory learning to help farmers apply climate information in their daily decisions. The project is carried out by the Walker Insti...

Follow the CCAFS Webinar on PICSA highlighting how farmers in Malawi and Tanzania have been trained on the use of climate and weather information

Live from CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

One of our key activities is training intermediaries to support farmers in making climate informed decisions. Read more about this activity in this CCAFS blog.

Reaching farmers with climate services in Malawi and Tanzania