Global Climate Change Alliance Plus (GCCA+) in the COMESA region: EU-Madagascar Climate Change Programme

The project aims at scaling up Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) and best practices of ecosystem-based adaptation for agriculture development and soil and forest smart conservation in two ecosystems of the Vakinankaratra region, covering the Highland and Middle West regions. Main activities are related to promoting tree plants production (nurserymen capacity building) as well as good quality seeds and biopesticides produced and available locally (based on the demands by farmers). Relevant stakeholders’ (lead farmers, nurserymen, and teachers) capacities were built through reforestation activities with fruit trees and the development of pilot demonstration sites (smart agriculture development and soil and forest smart conservation). The meteorology regional services are involved in the process by organising workshops on the use of meteorological data and by distributing meteorological bulletins for easy understanding of all stakeholders. Lead farmers followed up the adoption of the process by new farmers (1,639 farmers from which 40% are women) to expand capacities for conservation agriculture and agroforestry. Support has been provided to various stakeholders to get financial access for CSA projects development as well.