This compendium provides the latest knowledge and capacity building materials on climate-smart agriculture and solar irrigation. The information presented in this compendium is based on the training materials used for capacity building purposes of ICRAF-CGIAR partners between 2014 and 2020. Overall, the technologies discussed explain the general practices and are supported by case studies.
The compendium comprises ten modules.
- Module One provides the key definitions, explains why climatesmart agriculture is important, and introduces its main concepts.
- Module Two provides the review of climate-smart agriculture technologies.
- Module Three focuses on solar-powered irrigation systems.
- Module Four introduces modeling solutions.
- Module Five reviews several low emissions development tools.
- Module Six covers the gender and youth aspects of climate-smart agriculture.
- Module Seven provides information on value chains.
- Module Eight focuses on the financial aspects of climate-smart agriculture.
- Module Nine explains the role of institutions in the adoption of climate-smart agriculture.
- Module Ten completes the compendium by providing an example of a logical framework (logframe) for climate-smart agriculture.