Climate Smart Agriculture A Field Manual for Extension workers

Abstract

The Manual is divided in two sections: Section 1 describes the operational criteria and procedures to be applied for all CSA interventions. Section 2presents a detailed description of practicesthrough individual “infotechs”. The “Infotechs” contain all necessary technical information (including specific norms for implementation) as a stand-alone fact sheet, and form the core element for field practitioners to advice farmers on CSA practices selected for the seven types of priority CSA interventions. As such they represent the basis for the planning and selection of practices as well as for budget calculations. Several interventions have already been identified for the development of CSA in the context of Ethiopia’s SLMP. For each intervention, a specific Infotech has been developed based on current local and international knowledge. The infotech contains a list of recommended CSA practices. The infotechs are considered “living” documents, and as such are expected to be modified, updated and/or refined by the results and practical experience generated during the pilot phase of CSA implementation in selected SLMP watersheds.