Country Initiatives Details
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,008,099 CAD
- 2021 to 2022: $2,008,099 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Funding Period: 2021 to 2022
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Nature-based Solutions and/or Contribution to Biodiversity Co-benefits:
Yes
Integration of Gender Equality Considerations:
Yes
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The project will undertake work at the intersection of women’s rights and climate adaptation. The project will to empower women and encourage gender-transformative change, through the use of agroecological approaches that encourage equitable production, resource management, and market access. Working in collaboration with women’s rights organizations (WROs) and agricultural-based organizations, support will be provided to advance climate adaptation, increase food security, enhance gender equality, reduce sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and improve livelihoods for rural women. The project will target remote rural regions of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, where farming is the primary occupation and principal use of women’s labour. The specific geographic areas that the project will target include North Wollo Zone of Amhara Region in Ethiopia; Baringo, Nakuru, Kakamega, Laikipia and Kitui counties in Kenya; and Morogoro and Gairo District Councils of Morogoro, Babati and Mbulu District Councils of Manyara and Mwanga and Same District Councils of Kilimanjaro Regions in Tanzania. These regions are negatively impacted by climate change; food insecurity; patriarchal norms and practices; and high rates of SGBV that severely limit women’s household and community leadership roles, including with regard to agricultural practices.
This project will contribute to Canada’s commitments to climate adaptation, gender equality, women’s empowerment, sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and sub-Saharan Africa.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Intermediate outcome - Enhanced and more systematic engagement of and by diverse young and adult rural women from FHH and MHH in public leadership and
gender-transformative decision-making processes including women’s and farmers’
rights and climate adaptation.
Two immediate outcomes have been identified:
increased capacity and opportunity for leadership of a diversity of young and adult rural
women smallholders in farmer-led community-based organizations (CBOs), networks
and collective enterprises that focus on agroecology, farmer seed systems, and rural
women’s empowerment; and increased knowledge, skills, and opportunities for
diverse young and adult rural women and men to advocate for gender-transformative
change in institutional and public policy decision making processes.
Intermediate outcome - Strengthened prevention of and response to sexual and
gender-based violence (SGBV), including traditional harmful practices (THPs), by
individuals (f/m) and state/civil society actors.
Two immediate outcomes have been
identified: increased awareness and knowledge of young and adult men and
women, boys and girls in rural communities of women’s rights related to SGBV; and increased capacity of local providers (e.g. government agencies, CSOs) to
prevent and respond to SGBV for women and men in rural communities.
Intermediate outcome - Enhanced benefit for young and adult women,
particularly from FHHs, in climate-resilient and local food systems including income generation.
Two immediate outcomes are foreseen: enhanced knowledge, skills
and opportunities for young/adult rural women, particularly from FHHs, in
agroecological food and seed production, biodiversity-based marketing,
entrepreneurship, and income generation; and increased support for diverse
young and adult rural women's access to and control over productive resources in rural
institutions, CBOs, and farmers' groups.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$4,113,525 CAD
Footnote*
- 2020 to 2021: $815,119 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $958,392 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $903,183 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $370,134 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $1,066,697 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Kenya
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project aims to create sustainable economic growth and reduce economic disparities by supporting the development of profitable, competitive small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agriculture, construction and extractives sectors in Kenya. The project expects to reach 20,000 entrepreneurs to manage successful businesses and sustain the profitability and competitiveness of 250 targeted small entrepreneurs (SEs), SMEs and Lead Firms who respond to market opportunities. SEs in rural communities are mainly smallholder farmers. These farmers lack access to sustainable market opportunities, agriculture inputs, and the technology and financing they need to adapt to the impacts of climate change and maintain consistent production.
The project leverages existing relationships with Lead Firms and market incentives to benefit various business actors within their supply chains, which may include price discounts on green technology and climate-resilient inputs, as well as improved environmental and gender practices.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Achieved results to date include, amongst others, the linkage of 3,571 entrepreneurs (53% women) to green and climate-resilient inputs and technologies, primarily through innovation matching funds. In addition, by working with 18 small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) acting as lead firms (4 female-led, 14 male-led) in the agricultural, construction and natural resource management sectors, the project is increasing the profitability, production and resilience of 17,619 small entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers (54% women) in their value chains through access to innovation, environmental and climate-proof technologies, market and finance. Business development and advisory services have been provided to an additional 134 SMEs (78 female-led).
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,248,751 CAD
Footnote*
- 2020 to 2021: $135,000 CAD
- 2019 to 2020: $647,111 CAD
- 2018 to 2019: $674,028 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $439,800 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $352,812 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Kenya
Malawi
Uganda
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019, 2019 to 2020, 2020 to 2021
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project supports social enterprises in the areas of climate-smart technologies, renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and water, health and sanitation, responding to the immediate risks that these highly vulnerable populations face, while supporting environmentally sustainable economic development. This will include: (1) providing support to increase the capacity of public service institutions and small and growing businesses to innovate, adapt to changing circumstances, and incorporate gender equality and environmental sustainability; (2) assist high potential leaders in developing countries, especially women, to increase their ability to adapt and innovate; (3) improve the capacity of developing country partners to develop and deploy innovations for sustainable development results; and (4) enhance young Canadians’ awareness of and ability to engage in sustainable development efforts, particularly within the engineering sector. The program will support approximately 240 volunteer assignments to organizations directly addressing environmental sustainability issues.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Achieved results as of date include: (1) the recruitment of 249 Canadian volunteers across seven countries to work with 38 local partners, serving 1,527,305 direct beneficiaries with improved economic opportunities, water and sanitation services, access to information and participation in decision-making; (2) the placement of 47 African innovators and high-potential leaders in one-month Canadian job placements, workshops and training sessions; and (3) 2,315 events, reaching 130,157 Canadians, were held across the country on Engineers Without Borders’ and Canada’s work in international development.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$2,644,791 CAD
Footnote*
- 2018 to 2019: $904,791 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $890,000 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $850,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Ethiopia
Kenya
Tanzania
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Cross-cutting
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This project aims to scale up the results and innovations developed by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank (CFGB) in conservation agriculture among the poorest farmers in East Africa. CFGB has previously demonstrated that conservation agriculture can result in improved food security, climate resilience and improved livelihoods for East African smallholder farmers. Traditional practices of subsistence agriculture are characterized by a low use of inputs and high vulnerability to soil deterioration and increasingly variable climactic conditions. Conservation agriculture focuses on enhancing soil fertility, improved moisture retention and reduced soil erosion and tillage through environmentally responsible agricultural practices. In so doing, it is an effective way to improve the food security and livelihoods of the poorest farmers in East Africa, as a climate change mitigation strategy to build community resilience. The project targets the families of 18,000 farmers (of which 40% are women-headed households) for a total of 90,000 beneficiaries in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Results achieved to date include, amongst others:
• The project has trained 53,917 farmers in conservation agriculture and 42,495 farmers (of which 21,450 are women) are practicing two out of three conservation agriculture principles in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania;
• 11,271 households, including 3,497 female-headed households have 12 months of adequate household food provisioning;
• Conservation agriculture smallholder farmers reported a net profit of CAD $999 per farmer from conservation agriculture crop yields in all three targeted countries;
• Three country-level conservation networks (hubs) have been created to foster collaboration, information-sharing, learning, and policy coordination;
• Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture has incorporated conservation agriculture in the national agriculture curriculum.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,108,013 CAD
Footnote*
- 2018 to 2019: $634,595 CAD
- 2017 to 2018: $2,799,635 CAD
- 2016 to 2017: $3,673,783 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Benin
Bolivia
Cambodia
Côte d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
India
Kenya
Nepal
Nigeria
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Tanzania
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
Funding Period: 2016 to 2017, 2017 to 2018, 2018 to 2019
Financial Instrument:
Grant
Type of Support:
Adaptation
Delivery Partner(s):
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International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Description
This project is a collaboration between the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF). The project applies research in sustainable and gender-sensitive agricultural development and nutrition to help improve food security of poor households, in particular focusing on women subsistence farmers. The CIFSRF works in partnership with developing country-based organizations to harness Canadian expertise in agriculture and nutritional science and technology and combine it with first-hand knowledge and expertise of developing countries.
Project activities for phase II include developing farming practices that are more resilient to climate change, environmentally sustainable and gender-sensitive. The project will also help to improve crop production, aquaculture and livestock production, as well as reduce post-harvest losses through adaptable and affordable technologies.
For more information, please visit Global Affairs Canada's Project Browser.
Results/Expected Outcomes
The project is expected to increase the knowledge and resources of developing country researchers in addressing key food security and agricultural priorities with emphasis on environmental sustainability and gender equity. The project also aims to increase application and scaling-up of environmentally sustainable food security and agriculture solutions that benefit subsistence farmers (particularly women), while promoting gender equitable decision-making. The project will also improve public policies and programming related to food security in developing countries by ensure they are more science-informed, gender responsive and environmentally sustainable.
The project has trained nine farmers in seed production and supported 64,795 households in soil and water conservation and land rehabilitation.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$990,000 CAD
- 2012 to 2013: $990,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Kenya
Funding Period: 2012 to 2013
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Canada provided support to build the capacities of protected-areas agencies to enhance resilience to climate change of ecosystems and the restoration of forest and savannah habitats in Kenyan national parks and building an understanding in Canada and internationally of how protected areas are important to helping communities adapt to climate change.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Canada's financial contribution has supported this project in the installation of greenhouses and modernized tree nurseries and to provide plants for restoring forests in Amboseli, Tsavo (East and West) and Aberdare national parks. Communities are engaged in developing and implementing tree nursery and planting programs in Mount Kenya National Park. Invasive species removal is underway in several parks, and work is being completed on an alternative wildlife watering station in Tsavo West to protect Mzima Springs, major drinking water source for downstream communities.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$7,500,000 CAD
- 2011 to 2012: $7,500,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Botswana
Côte d'Ivoire
Kenya
Mauritania
South Africa
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
Funding Period: 2011 to 2012
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Canada provided $7.5 million to the International Development Research Centre's (IDRC) Ecosystems and Human Health Program to support health vulnerabilities reduction and increased resilience against vector-borne disease risks under climate change conditions in Africa. The initiative used a multi-pronged approach to explore how to improve disease control strategies and tools, and increase the capacity to generate, interpret, and use new knowledge to inform policies and practices.
Results/Expected Outcomes
Canada’s contribution to this project supported research to assist African countries
in developing adaptation policies and disease control programs to anticipate, prevent,
and reduce vector-borne disease risks. The initiative is expected to train African
researchers to build national capacity to deal with climate change and related public
health threats.
Five research projects have been selected for funding under this
initiative. These projects worked to:
- assess the impact of social and environmental determinants and climate change
on malaria and schistosomiasis in Botswana, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
- develop/improve appropriate tools and coping strategies to the aggravating
effects of climate change on the transmission of vector-borne diseases, especially
malaria and schistosomiasis diseases in the towns of Korhogo (Côte d'Ivoire)
and Kaédides (Mauritania)
- look at the impact of expanding agricultural development, climate change,
and tsetse fly distribution while focusing on marginalised people in remote
areas
- address the potential effect of climate change on diseases such as malaria
and Rift Valley Fever in Kenya
- look into climate and land use changes effects on the Maasai population.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$1,340,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $1,340,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Ethiopia
Kenya
Sudan
Tanzania
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
Flooding and seasonal droughts are undermining the economies and prosperity of countries within the Greater Horn of Africa. Agriculture and water resources are among the key sectors which will be affected most by the impacts of projected climate change. To serve as practical roadmaps for future investments, National Adaptation Programs of Action (NAPAs) need to be strengthened by economic analysis of adaptation investments, and informed by credible and impartial scientific assessment of climate change impacts. This project measured the impacts of climate change on agriculture and water resources, and recommends feasible adaptation options in Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and Tanzania. Support provided to the Sokoine University of Agriculture of Tanzania is part of Canada's $10 million Fast-start contribution to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support the African Adaptation Research Centres Initiative
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada's contribution, this project is expected to improve current estimates of adaptation costs and benefits and undertake additional modelling work in specific locations and sectors within each study country. The researchers and postgraduate students involved have been trained in the use of the modelling tools and large-scale assessment methodologies, and a database for large-scale climate change impact assessment is currently being developed.
In Kenya, the team is directly involved with all matters related to climate change issues in agriculture and was involved with the development of the National Climate Change Action Plan.
In Ethiopia, the project's interim results have been presented at the annual forum of the Research Extension and Farmers Linkage Council (REFLAC), which included participation from key policy-makers.
In Sudan, the team has been invited to work as consultants in the development of a US$5.7 million project proposal on “Climate Risk Finance for Sustainable and Climate Resilient Rainfed Farming and Pastoral Systems” to be submitted to Global Environment Facility (GEF) by October 2013.
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$4,000,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $4,000,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Kenya
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Financial Instrument:
Concessional Loan
Type of Support:
Mitigation
Project Funded through a Canadian Facility:
IFC - Canada Climate Change Program (CCCP)
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
The IFC-Canada Climate Change Program provided support to a local financial intermediary, to enter the country’s emerging green housing market and encourage property developers to build eco-friendly homes. The program funds will enable the bank to grow its mortgage and property development finance business, and include green elements in a portion of their new housing portfolio. Ultimately, the project is expected to demonstrate the economic benefits of green housing to mortgage providers, developers and homebuyers so that they are willing to incorporate and pay for green enhancements on a commercial basis.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With Canada's contribution, this project expects to increase access to affordable housing and to help grow the housing supply in Kenya through on-lending to property developers. In addition, it is expected to abate greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate energy efficient housing developments, therefore introducing and promoting a new sustainable housing product into the Kenyan market. With support from Canada, this project is expected to mobilize an additional $1.04 million in co-financing from public and private sources and lead to an estimated greenhouse gas emissions reduction of 1,800 metric tons of CO2 per year.*
Co-Financing/Mobilized Finance ($CAD):
$104,000,000
Estimated GHG (metric tons of CO₂) Reduction Associated with Project (per year)Disclaimer *:
1,800
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Canada’s Total Climate Finance Contribution:
$1,123,000 CAD
- 2010 to 2011: $1,123,000 CAD
Targeted Countries:
Kenya
Funding Period: 2010 to 2011
Delivery Partner(s):
Description
This contribution is part of Canada's $10 million Fast-start contribution to the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to support the African Adaptation Research Centres Initiative. This project worked to enhance agricultural productivity and improve the resilience of agricultural livelihoods in arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya, which are vulnerable to climate change.
Results/Expected Outcomes
With support from Canada’s contribution, the research team has assessed climatic risks and vulnerabilities for communities and agro-systems in three project districts, through downscaling of climate data. They have generated locally relevant data from Global Circulation Models, which is being used to inform adaptation efforts. Results from this assessment indicate that a general increase in rainfall is expected over all of the project sites, with a higher intensity during the March-April-May long rains season. The next step is to determine what shifts in cropping would help farmers adapt to these climatic changes.