MAINSTREAMING CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
CONTENTS
SECTION 1.0
Introduction
SECTION 2.0
Background
SECTION 3.0
What Is Climate Change and Climate Variability?
SECTION 4.0
The Impact of Climate Change on Livelihoods
Exercise
SECTION 5.0
Facilitation Role of Extension in Enabling Farmers
to Cope With Climate Change/ Extension Methods
to Promote Adaptation to Climate Change and
Climate Variability
Points To Note
Role of Extension in Climate Change, Climate Variability
and Knowledge Transfer to Farmers in Zimbabwe
Steps That Need to be Taken to Capacitate Extension
Extension Approaches To Use
Participatory Extension
Definition
Examples of Participatory Extension Approaches
Introduction to FFS
Main Feature of FFS
Steps in Initiating and Running FFS
Learning Using the FFS Extension Approach
SECTION 6.0
Current and future likely impacts of weather events on
agriculture in Zimbabwe: Results from analysis of climate
data for Bulawayo, Makoholi, Gokwe and Beitbridge
Introduction
Climate Information Farmers Would Want to Know
Seasonal Totals
Start of Season
Length of the Season
SECTION 7.0
Providing Useful Climate Information to Farmers –
Working Out Probabilities and Risks and
Communicating Them Using Participatory
Approaches
Short Exercise
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A Training Manual on Use of Climate Information and Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment for
Agricultural Extension Staff in Zimbabwe
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