Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme
Launched by IFAD in 2012, the Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) aims at improving by 2020 the resilience to climate change of 8 million people who are living in poor smallholder farming communities. It will do so by delivering grants ranging between USD 3 and 15 millions to IFAD projects, where resilience is fully integrated into the wider IFAD country programme or project. ASAP is also expected to deliver co-benefits in terms of carbon sequestration and reduction in net emissions from agriculture, and to reduce the pressure on conversion of forests to agriculture use.
| Paese/Regione | Tema | Periodo | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mondo |
Canbiamento climatico ed ambiente Agricoltura e sicurezza alimentare Acqua
Environmental policy
Sviluppo agricolo Risorse idriche in agricoltura |
01.12.2013
- 31.12.2015 |
CHF 10'000'000
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- Improve land management and gender-sensitive climate-resilient agricultural practice and technologies
- Increased availability of water and efficency of water use for smallholder agriculture production and processing
- Increased human capacity to manage short- and long-term climate risks and reduce losses from weather related disasters
- Rural infrastructure made climate-resilient
- Knowledge on climate-smart smallholder agriculture documented and disseminated
- Fondo internazionale per lo sviluppo agricolo
- International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
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Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE PROTEZIONE GENERALE DEL AMBIENTE
AGRICOLTURA
AGRICOLTURA
Sotto-Settore in base alle categorie del Comitato di Aiuto allo sviluppo (DAC) dell'OCSE Politica dell'ambiente e gestione amministrativa
Sviluppo agricolo
Agricultural water resources
Temi trasversali Progetto specifico sulla parità di genere.
Tipo di sostegno Aiuto pubblico allo sviluppo (APS)
Forma di collaborazione Cooperazione bilaterale
Tipo di finanziamento Dono
Tipo di aiuto Fondi comuni o combinati da donatori multipli
Aiuto vincolato/non vincolato Aiuto non vincolato
Numero del progetto 7F08974
| Contesto |
500 million smallholder famers have to face the challenge of climate change, and the majority of them rely directly on climate-affected natural resources for their livelihoods. Even if over centuries smallholder farmers have developed mechanisms and accumulated knowledge to adapt to variations in the climate, they are today particularly exposed to climate change acceleration, and to the increased frequency and intensity of weather related disasters such as floods, droughts, biodiversity loss and water scarcity. Climate change is expected to decrease food security, and it is foreseen that by 2050, global yields are expected to be reduced by about 7%, and in some of the most food insecure regions, yield losses are likely to be 20% or more as soon as 2030. |
| Obiettivi |
The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) pursues two goals: the first one is to put smallholder farmers on the climate finance map, by channelling earmarked climate and environment finance to smallholder famers, and demonstrating the value of investing climate finance in smallholder farmers to the Green Climate Fund and other climate initiatives. Second, ASAP aims at making climate change part of “IFAD’s DNA”, by integrating responses to climate change more systematically into IFAD’s core policies, programmes and activities, and by developing and scaling-up innovative and multiple-benefit adaptation approaches to landscape management and rural development. |
| Gruppi target |
Smallholder farmers (8 million people), of whom 4 million should be women and girls. Indigenous people are also an important target group, because they face economic, social, political and cultural marginalization in the society in which they live, resulting in extreme poverty and vulnerability for a disproportionate number of them. |
| Effetti a medio termine |
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| Risultati |
Risultati fasi precedenti: As ASAP started in September 2012, one project is at the stage of implementation in Mozambique (climate change adaptation in pro-poor value-chains), a project in Bangladesh has been approved by IFAD’s Executive Board in September 2013 (flood damage prevention and food production diversification), and another nine projects are under preparation for submission to the Executive Board (Viet Nam, Rwanda, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Yemen, Djibouti, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria and Mali). In addition to preparing the new ASAP projects, ASAP has enabled IFAD to define a knowledge management strategy for climate change adaptation, which incorporates the delivery of staff training, knowledge products and knowledge partnerships. |
| Direzione/Ufficio responsabile |
DSC |
| Credito |
Cooperazione allo sviluppo |
| Partner del progetto |
Partner contrattuale Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite (ONU) |
| Budget | Fase in corso Budget Svizzera CHF 10'000'000 Budget svizzero attualmente già speso CHF 10'000'000 |
| Fasi del progetto |
Fase 1 01.12.2013 - 31.12.2015 (Completed) |