A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management

Many pilot-based initiatives have been developed to promote awareness and use of climate information services among vulnerable smallholder farmers in Africa through million-dollar investments. However, despite their experimental nature, these pilot projects have been successful in raising participat...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Mary Mwangi, Evans Kituyi, Gilbert Ouma
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Climate information services Pilot projects Climate risk management Systematic literature review Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/ee8723eb1e624444aec368160bee8b15
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:ee8723eb1e624444aec368160bee8b15
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ee8723eb1e624444aec368160bee8b152021-11-06T04:33:07ZA systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management2468-227610.1016/j.sciaf.2021.e01005https://doaj.org/article/ee8723eb1e624444aec368160bee8b152021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227621003069https://doaj.org/toc/2468-2276Many pilot-based initiatives have been developed to promote awareness and use of climate information services among vulnerable smallholder farmers in Africa through million-dollar investments. However, despite their experimental nature, these pilot projects have been successful in raising participating farmers’ awareness and use of climate information services and they can inform transferrable good practices. Through a systematic literature review approach, this review sought to understand ways in which these past pilot projects have contributed to climate risk management in the context of smallholder farming and the factors that led to their success. Results showed that climate information services’ main contribution to climate risk management has been through facilitating farm level decision making. Factors that led to success of the pilots include: use of downscaled information; building institutional partnerships to add value to climate information; involving farmers through the co-designing and co-developing process; face-to-face communication; embedding pre-seasonal workshops in the activities of local institutions for sustainability; and using diversity of communication channels to enhance reach among others. These factors can be borrowed as good practices to inform future efforts focused on increasing adoption of climate information services among a wider population, beyond the reach of specific pilot projects.Mary MwangiEvans KituyiGilbert OumaElsevierarticleClimate information servicesPilot projectsClimate risk managementSystematic literature reviewScienceQENScientific African, Vol 14, Iss , Pp e01005- (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Climate information services Pilot projects Climate risk management Systematic literature review Science Q
spellingShingle	Climate information services Pilot projects Climate risk management Systematic literature review Science Q Mary Mwangi Evans Kituyi Gilbert Ouma A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
description	Many pilot-based initiatives have been developed to promote awareness and use of climate information services among vulnerable smallholder farmers in Africa through million-dollar investments. However, despite their experimental nature, these pilot projects have been successful in raising participating farmers’ awareness and use of climate information services and they can inform transferrable good practices. Through a systematic literature review approach, this review sought to understand ways in which these past pilot projects have contributed to climate risk management in the context of smallholder farming and the factors that led to their success. Results showed that climate information services’ main contribution to climate risk management has been through facilitating farm level decision making. Factors that led to success of the pilots include: use of downscaled information; building institutional partnerships to add value to climate information; involving farmers through the co-designing and co-developing process; face-to-face communication; embedding pre-seasonal workshops in the activities of local institutions for sustainability; and using diversity of communication channels to enhance reach among others. These factors can be borrowed as good practices to inform future efforts focused on increasing adoption of climate information services among a wider population, beyond the reach of specific pilot projects.
format	article
author	Mary Mwangi Evans Kituyi Gilbert Ouma
author_facet	Mary Mwangi Evans Kituyi Gilbert Ouma
author_sort	Mary Mwangi
title	A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
title_short	A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
title_full	A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
title_fullStr	A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
title_full_unstemmed	A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
title_sort	systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/ee8723eb1e624444aec368160bee8b15
work_keys_str_mv	AT marymwangi asystematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement AT evanskituyi asystematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement AT gilbertouma asystematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement AT marymwangi systematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement AT evanskituyi systematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement AT gilbertouma systematicreviewoftheliteratureonthecontributionofpastclimateinformationservicespilotprojectsinclimateriskmanagement
_version_	1718443892054949888

A systematic review of the literature on the contribution of past climate information services pilot projects in climate risk management

Ejemplares similares