Early warning information for climate smart livelihood management

Early warning information for climate smart livelihood management Angelika Kessler, CARE Netherlands 1

Data flow and the reaction for prevention and response to disasters Data collection from Community Level Upto Regional level for food Security Including climate 2 Seasonal forecast Early warning systems Bi-weekly forecast 72 h Prevention by adaptation through Climate Smart Livelihood strategies at farm and community level Forecast based action (Fb. F) responses

Early warning systems in Mali • Food security and disaster management • Harmonized framework • CARE's participation in RPCA: food crisis prevention network and PROGECC • Local and international weather • Applications like STAMP + from SNV / 3

How do you deal with uncertainty in climate prediction? - The 72 hour and fortnightly alerts are relatively safe. - Contract with the weather services on site - Satellite photo on biomass by ACF - For herders 4

How early warnings contribute to the climate resilience of vulnerable people? 72 hour alerts • Info from disaster warning systems predict a fairly heavy rain for the semi at least 48 hours in advance • Seed soaking, sowing wet seed, faster and safer germination, also allows to harvest in a short season and with a safer harvest. • Motorized sowing with the tiller for sowing 5 Weather forecast 10/14 Days • For agricultural measurements during the season

Results and successes Soaking seedlings allows: • to ensure the germination of seedlings (less loss of seeds) • less water / lower rainfall needed for a good start • enhance the whole rainy season for a better harvest • Have safer and higher harvests • safer harvests justify the investment in the mechanization of seedlings by a tiller 6

Inclusion (gender and professions) 7 Gender Women need the weather forecast for 1) their household activities (drying clothes) 2) their incomegenerating activities: - Drying of fish, vegetables, cassava, bark etc. - Garden (sowing for which crops, which vegetables to provide etc. ) Professions - Fishermen need different weather forecast than farmers - Pastoralists also need different forecasts (from farmers and fishermen. ) Some weather information is important for health services.

How does the approach build confidence? • Good results for pilot farmers • Cooperation with applied research, in particular IER in Mali • Field school for the extension of good practices in the application of weather information • Individual decision by farmers to use the information or not 8 PLACE PHOTO HERE. GO TO VIEW > SLIDE MASTER > SELECT THIS SHAPE AND THE CARE LOGO > COPY > GO BACK TO NORMAL VIEW > PASTE THIS TEMPLATE WHERE YOU WANT > SHAPE FORMAT > SHAPE FILL > PICTURE > BROWSE FOR PHOTO > INSERT > PICTURE FORMAT > CROP > FILL > ADJUST IMAGE SIZE AND PLACEMENT > DELETE THIS TEXT!

Community level data collection The farmers observe: • reduced rain • more floods On the one hand to confirm the forecast, on the other hand to improve the weather models. 9

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