eprintid: 11196
rev_number: 16
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datestamp: 2019-07-30 08:40:55
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type: monograph
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creators_name: Zougmore, R B
creators_name: Partey, S T
creators_name: Totin, E
creators_name: Ouedraogo, M
creators_name: Thornton, P
creators_name: Karbo, N
creators_name: Sogoba, B
creators_name: Dieye, B
icrisatcreators_name: Zougmore, R B
icrisatcreators_name: Partey, S T
icrisatcreators_name: Totin, E
icrisatcreators_name: Ouedraogo, M
affiliation: ICRISAT (Bamako)
affiliation: CCAFS, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) (Nairobi)
affiliation: CSIR-Animal Research Institute of Ghana
affiliation: AMEDD (Association Malienne d’Eveil au Développement Durable) (Koutiala)
affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture (Senegal)
country: Mali
country: Kenya
country: Ghana
country: Senegal
title: Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa. CCAFS Working Paper No. 265
ispublished: pub
divisions: CRPS1
crps: crp1.11
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: working_paper
keywords: West Africa, Climate Smart Agriculture, Africa, CSA, Senegal, Ghana, Mali
note: The authors are thankful to all members of the CCAFS National Science Policy Dialogue
Platforms in West Africa for their endless commitments and contributions to this study.
abstract: Science–policy interfaces are critical in shaping agricultural and environmental governance.
 However, connecting science with policy has always been a challenge for both scientists and
 policymakers. In Ghana, Mali and Senegal, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
 Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) supported the creation of a multi-stakeholder national
 science-policy dialogue platforms on climate-smart agriculture (NSPDP-CSA) to use scientific
 evidence to create awareness on climate change impacts on agriculture and advocate for the
 mainstreaming of climate change and climate-smart agriculture (CSA) into agricultural
 development plans. Since their establishment, there is limited information as to how the modes
 of operation and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA improve our understanding of the sciencepolicy interfaces of agricultural and climate change decision making. This study aimed to use
 the evidence from the operations and achievements of the NSPDP-CSA to make
 recommendations for effective science-policy interaction on climate change and CSA. We used
 semi-structured questionnaire interviews and review of technical reports produced by the
 platforms to obtaining the information aforementioned. The results showed that using NSPDPCSA may be an innovative approach to effectively engaging policymakers/decision-makers for
 climate change and CSA mainstreaming into agricultural development policies and plans in
 Ghana, Mali and Senegal. For effective science-policy interaction, the study suggests the
 following recommendations: (a) Institutionalising the NSPDP-CSA through embedding them
 within national institutions improves their credibility, relevance and legitimacy among
 policymakers; (b) two-way communication may have a phenomenal advantage in the codevelopment of solutions that address climate change vulnerabilities and impacts; and (c) using
 relevant communication products and packaging CSA and climate change with evidence to
 align with country priorities will facilitate readily uptake in policy decision-makings. A
 framework of operation for the platforms was suggested based on lessons learnt from the 3
 countries’ experiences and achievements.
date: 2019
date_type: published
publisher: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
place_of_pub: Wageningen, Netherlands
pages: 30
citation:   Zougmore, R B and Partey, S T and Totin, E and Ouedraogo, M and Thornton, P and Karbo, N and Sogoba, B and Dieye, B  (2019) Science-policy interactions for climate-smart agriculture uptake: lessons learnt from national science-policy dialogue platforms in West Africa. CCAFS Working Paper No. 265.  Working Paper. CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Wageningen, Netherlands.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/11196/1/Working%20Paper%20Science%20Policy%20West%20Africa.pdf