Training on Establishing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar to Improve Food Security and Resilience in Agriculture

This training on establish Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) in Myanmar was a collaborative effort of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) and the Myanmar Program of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction. This was supported in part by donors of the FSWG and the International Development Research Center-Canada through the 3-year action research project of IIRR-Myanmar in 4 CSVs. The overall goal of this training was to increase the understanding of the concepts, processes and tools in implementing of CSVs as an approach to build climate resilience among small-holder farmers, achieve nutrition security and gender equality in Myanmar. It was aimed for local NGOs and members of the Food Security Working Group (FSWG), Myanmar’s largest alliance of development organizations advocating for food security and sustainable livelihoods in Myanmar. This training was part of IIRR-Myanmar’s out-scaling pathway by engaging and building capacities of local civil societies to replicate the CSV approach as platforms to promote climate smart agriculture in Myanmar

Climate smart villages (CSVs) : platforms for scaling out climate smart agriculture and community-based adaptation in Myanmar

The presentation reviews background and some specifics of projects undertaken in Myanmar with regard to climate smart agriculture. Farm-level, homestead and school level testing sites are covered. The projects move toward capacity building in terms of scaling up, and evidence-based policy making in relation to climate change and food security

Advancing climate resilience in agriculture via climate information services in Myanmar

This document is developed to inform key agricultural stakeholders working in Myanmar about the importance of climate information in enhancing the resilience of the agriculture sector to the impact of climate change. The report is divided into three main parts: i) an overview of climate risks and their impact on Myanmar agriculture; ii) an existing climate information service based on main climate services pillars from generation, translation, dissemination, and use; and iii) areas for further investment and support for scaling out the activities in the future

Regenerating drylands in response to a changing climate

With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Nyaung Oo CSV. The purpose of this primer is to provide the reader background information as to the agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition, gender and climate change context of the CSV

Resource conservation in the uplands of Southern Shan: How climate smart agriculture can help.

With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Nyaung Shwe CSV. The purpose of this primer is to provide the reader background information as to the agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition, gender and climate change context of the CSV

Nurturing resilience in smallholder farming systems: Emerging insights from a Climate-Smart Village in Southern Shan State, Myanmar

The brief talks about the emerging insights from a Climate-Smart Village in Southern Shan State, Myanmar. It documents a range of coping strategies that help farmers deal with impacts of climate change

Restoring drylands, strengthening resilience: Insights from a Climate-Smart Village in Htee Pu, Nyaun Oo, Myanmar

The brief talks about the emerging insights from a Climate-Smart Village in Htee Pu, Nyaun Oo, Myanmar. It documents a range of strategies that help farming communities in the central dry zones of the country to cope with lower rainfall and other climate change impacts

Socio-technical methodologies in establishing climate smart villages in Myanmar as platform to promote climate smart agriculture

The paper provides some results of a three-year Climate smart villages (CSV) project in four ecological zones of Myanmar, involving four project villages. The agro-ecological context is primary, as effects of climate change are location specific. Community-based and needs driven approaches which feature increased levels of community participation and engagement are needed for scalable models. Climate smart villages (CSVs) are on-site, on-location platforms where discovery, learning and sharing happens. Designed to be low cost, they typically feature local teams and institutions in order to enhance their role as “lighthouses” to support wider uptake

Diversification: Reducing risks, increasing incomes while enhancing adaptive capacities in the Ayeyarwady Delta

With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Ma Sein CSV. The purpose of this primer is to provide the reader background information as to the agriculture, livelihoods, nutrition, gender and climate change context of the CSV