?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11410%2F&rft.title=Scaling+up+climate+services+for+agriculture+in+Mali+Initial+findings+from+piloted+implementation+of+PICSA+approach+in+Africa+RISING+project+intervention+zone%2C+southern+Mali&rft.creator=Ouedraogo%2C+M&rft.creator=Traore%2C+Z+B&rft.creator=Birhanu%2C+B&rft.creator=Zougmore%2C+R+B&rft.subject=Agriculture&rft.subject=Climate+Smart+Agriculture+(CSA)&rft.subject=Climate+Change&rft.subject=Food+Security&rft.subject=Mali&rft.description=The+Participatory+Integrated+Climate+Services+for+Agriculture+(PICSA)+approach%2C+designed+by+the+University+of+Reading+(UoR)%2C+focuses+on+improving+farmers'+livelihood+and+resilience+against+the+effect+of+climate+change.+It+provides+farmers+with+accurate%2C+locally+specific+climate+and+weather+information%3B+coupled+with+diverse%2C+locally+pertinent+options+for+crops%2C+livestock+and+other+livelihood+activities%3B+and+the+use+of+participatory+planning+tools+to+improve+and+enlighten+their+decision+making+based+on+their+individual+situations.+PICSA+is+a+step+by+step+approach%2C+primarily+designed+for+field+extensionists+to+help+them+integrate+new+tools+in+their+activities+with+farmers+and+improve+the+efficiency+and+impact+of+those+activities+on+farmer's+enterprises.&rft.publisher=CGSpace&rft.date=2019-08&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F11410%2F1%2FCCAFS%2520PICSA%2520WA%2520Info%2520Note%2520%2520August%25202019%2520.pdf&rft.identifier=++Ouedraogo%2C+M+and+Traore%2C+Z+B+and+Birhanu%2C+B+and+Zougmore%2C+R+B++(2019)+Scaling+up+climate+services+for+agriculture+in+Mali+Initial+findings+from+piloted+implementation+of+PICSA+approach+in+Africa+RISING+project+intervention+zone%2C+southern+Mali.++Other.+CGSpace.+++++&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fhdl.handle.net%2F10568%2F105558