The Livestock and Climate Initiative in East Africa and the North Shewa Zone, Ethiopia Elizabeth Getahun, Tigist Worku and Birgit Habermann WP1 Seminar for Debre Birhan University Addis Ababa, 6 June 2024 Outline Livestock and Climate initiative (2022- 2025) Implementation countries LC Work packages Work package 1 Knowledge products www.cgiar.org Previous project ILRI implemented the Program for Climate Smart Livestock (PCSL) in Kenya,Uganda and Ethiopia To build the capacity: Governments Private sector Livestock Keepers Objective Towards improving livestock productivity Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while adapting to the climate change www.cgiar.org Livestock and Climate Initiative (2022- 2025) Initiative aims: Addressing the "double burden" of climate change on livestock production in Africa and Latin America: Livestock are highly vulnerable to climate change Livestock also contribute to greenhouse gas emissions Researchers collaborating with public and private actors: Identifying existing solutions Co-creating and delivering innovations Assisting producers, businesses, and governments in adapting livestock agrifood systems to climate change Reducing greenhouse gas emissions www.cgiar.org Implementation countries Initiative: Colombia Guatemala Senegal Mali Ethiopia Kenya Tanzania Tunisia www.cgiar.org LC work packages www.cgiar.org Work Package 1 On farm technologies in Social context: improving local capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms Digital service to manage climate risk in livestock agrifood systems Work Package 2 Work Package 3 System level research and interventions that build climate-resilient and low-emission livestock production systems(LPS) Work Package 4 Work Package 5 Financing the transition to low emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission LPS (livestock production systems) WP1: On-farm technologies in social context: improving local capacity and inclusive scaling mechanisms To improve local adaptive capacity, co-production and producer-led inclusive scaling of climate-smart tools, technologies and methodologies A farmer –led approach with a consideration of positive deviant approach Target area: Livestock keeper households in highland areas with mixed crop farming Agroecological potential for dairy production and scaling www.cgiar.org Countries Ethiopia: Sheep fattening North Shewa Zone(Three woredas) Kenya- Dairy /Milk production Two counties (Bomet and Nandi) www.cgiar.org WP1 – sites in Ethiopia Ethiopia-Site Kenya-Site Woreda Kebele Counties Sub counties Basona Werena Gudoberet Bomet Bomet Central Abamote Bomet East Debele Chepalungu Mojana Wedera Tarmaber Sotik Alemtena Nandi Aldai Feresmegalebia Chesumei Menze Gera Tsehay Sina Emgwen Ashen Mosop Gragn Nandi Hill Tinderet www.cgiar.org Where are we? Ethiopian – research activities have been stopped Kenya - final stage of the research activities www.cgiar.org Knowledge products www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d www.cgiar.org Cont’d https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140574 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140572 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140571 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140573 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140575 https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/126271 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/132351 https://hdl.handle.net/10568/126272 Crop residues and feed management (youtube.com) www.cgiar.org www.cgiar.org image1.jpeg image2.jpeg image5.emf Photo: Tigist Worku/ILRI image6.emf Map of PCSL sites: Michael Graham image7.png image8.JPG image9.JPG image10.JPG image11.JPG image12.png image13.png image14.JPG image15.png