Presentation made at: The Stakeholder Workshop

1
Presentation made atThe Stakeholder Workshop

• Hotel Minerva Grand, Hyderabad, October 25, 2008

Key Features of the MEDIUM SIZED
PROJECTproposed for the funding of The Global
Environment Facility (GEF) andFood and
Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Project Formulation Mission Commissioned by Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
2
Scheme of Presentation

• Project Title
• Purpose of the Workshop
• Baseline Scenario
• The GEF Alternative
• Conformity with GEF Criteria
• Institutional Arrangements
• Provisional Work Plan
• Project Costs

3
Project Title

• Reversing Environmental Degradation and Rural
  Poverty through Adaptation to Climate Change in
  Drought Stricken Areas in Southern India A
  Hydrological Unit Pilot Project Approach

4
Baseline Scenario

• Scientific confirmation of climate change impact
  on agriculture and allied sectors
• Communities in drought prone areas the most
  vulnerable
• Proven capacities of the community to
  self-regulate
• Demonstrated in case of groundwater management
  through APFAMGS Project
• Experiences from other NEX projects of FAO (AMEF
  and APWAM) relevant to climate change adaptation

5
The GEF Alternative

• Broadening the agenda of CBOs to climate change
  adaptation
• Project Goal Communities in pilot Hydrological
  Units (HUs) prepared to face consequences of
  climate change for sustained livelihoods
• Overall Objective Contribute to establishing a
  knowledge base for large-scale intervention on
  climate change

6
The GEF Alternative

• Expected Outcomes
• Communities in pilot HUs understand implications
  of climate change on livelihood systems
• Communities in pilot HUs have knowledge and
  skills of addressing broader issues of climate
  change
• Mechanisms established to sustain livelihoods in
  view of climate change

7
The GEF Alternative

• Outputs of Outcome 1
• Understanding of climate change at HU level
  documented and bench-marked
• HU level understanding of climate change
  contextualized with global level knowledge
• Awareness generated on climate change impact on
  livelihoods

8
The GEF Alternative

• Outputs of Outcome 2
• Critical issues related to climate change and
  livelihoods, at HU level, identified
• Project Staff oriented on issues of climate
  change
• Community Resource Persons (CRP) oriented on
  issues of climate change
• Climate Change Schools (CCS) conducted

9
The GEF Alternative

• Outputs of Outcome 3
• CBOs oriented on climate change and livelihood
  issues
• Necessary arrangements made to sustain CBOs
• Community Action initiated on climate change
  adaptation on HU level
• Learning from the project disseminated at local,
  national and global level

10
The GEF Alternative

• Sustainability and Replicability
• CBOs registered
• Proven self-governance capacity
• Willingness to make informed decisions
• Proven fund-raising Capacity
• Proven replicability of the knowledge based
  intervention
• Replicable anywhere in the world
• Learning dissemination, at local, national and
  global level, is in built in the project design

11
Conformity with GEF Criteria

• Focal Area Climate Change
• Strategic long term objective 8 to support
  pilot demonstration projects for adaptation to
  climate change.

12
Conformity with GEF Criteria

• Incremental Benefits
• Government investments for climate change
  adaptation is more in terms of infrastructure and
  equipment
• Preparing communities with knowledge and skills
  to adapt to climate change is the incremental
  benefits
• Global Environmental Benefits
• An alternative approach to climate change
  adaptation replicable at global level
• Increased Carbon sequestration

13
Conformity with GEF Criteria

• GEF Operational Focal Point in India Ministry of
  Environment and Forests (MoEF) endorsed the PIF
• Country Partnership Program India Sustainable
  Land and Eco-system Management (SLEM)
• GEF Implementation Agency Food and Agriculture
  Organization (FAO)
• Government of Andhra Pradesh (GoAP) endorsed the
  PIF
• Executing Agency Bharathi Integrated Rural
  Development Society (BIRDS)

14
Institutional Arrangements

• FAO-NRLW Division
• FAO-GEF Unit
• Project Steering Committee (PSC)
• Project Management Team (PMT)
• Local NGOs

15
Institutional Arrangements

• Other Institutions for mutual learning
• Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
  (ANGRAU)
• M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
• International Crop Research Institute for Semi
  Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
• Central Research Institute for Dry land
  Agriculture (CRIDA)
• World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
• Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS)

16
Institutional Arrangements

• Other Institutions for mutual learning
• Andhra Pradesh Drought Adaptation Initiative
  (AP-DAI)
• National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI)
• University of Hyderabad
• Osmania University
• Action for Food Production (AFPRO)
• Madras School of Economics (MSE)

17
Provisional Work Plan
18
Project Costs
19
The Formulation Mission Team

• Dr. S. V. Govardhan Das
• Prof. R. Ratnakar
• Sri. M. S. Ravi Prakash
• Sri. Ch. Rambabu
• Dr. Arundhati Kunte Pant

20
Thank You