Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme

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General

Name of initiative	Adaptation for Small holder Agriculture Programme (ASAP)
LPAA initiative	Yes
NAZCA Initiative	Yes
Website address	https://www.ifad.org/web/guest/asap
Related initiatives
Starting year	2012
End year
Secretariat	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Via Paolo di Dono 44, 00142 Rome, Italy, Tel: +39 06 5459 2282, e-mail: b.thomson@ifad.org
Organisational structure	ASAP is a trust fund managed by IFAD. Climate finance allocations were integrated within IFAD’s country based allocations (loans and grants). Projects were submitted to IFAD's Executive Board for approval and supervision and implementation support to projects is provided in line with established IFAD procedures. https://www.ifad.org/topic/asap/overview During the first phase of ASAP, from 2012 to 2017, IFAD programmed US$305 million in ASAP grants in 41 countries, expecting to reach more than 5 million vulnerable smallholders to cope with the impacts of climate change and build more resilient livelihoods. ASAP has substantively enhanced climate risk mainstreaming in IFAD’s investment processes, and promoted innovative tools and technologies that smallholders are using to protect their assets from greater climate variability. ASAP2 has been generously financed by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), which has agreed to contribute NOK80 million – equivalent to about US $9.5 million – to the ASAP Trust Fund, and the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), with a contribution of SEK60million – equivalent to US $5.9 million. The ASAP2 instrument will enable climate mainstreaming through technical assistance and capacity building in cooperation with national ministries, research institutes, farmers’ organizations and civil society, and leverage IFAD investments to incentivize additional co-financing for climate change adaptation. The Contribution Agreements of both Nordic nations follows from their strong support during the first phase of ASAP. The renewed commitments will go toward addressing the additional costs of climate change in IFAD’s investment programmes, and contribute to specific elements of the Sustainable Development Goals, as set out in the results framework of the agreements. IFAD values the confidence that Norway and Sweden have shown in the Fund’s ability to carry out operations on behalf of smallholder farmers. The overall target for the ASAP2 Trust Fund is US$100 million.
Geographical coverage	Global
Name of lead organisation	International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD),
Type of lead organisation	International organisation
Location/Nationality of lead organisation	Italy

Description

Description	The Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) channels climate finance to smallholder farmers so they can access the information, tools and technologies that will help build their resilience to climate change. Launched by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in 2012, ASAP has become the largest global financing source dedicated to supporting the adaptation of poor smallholder farmers to climate change, with committed funding of US$316.2 million. Since inception of the programme in September 2012, 42 ASAP-supported projects were approved by the IFAD Executive Board, committing an amount of US$292.6 million from the ASAP trust fund to concrete actions that help smallholder farmers adapt to the impacts of climate change. World's largest climate change adaptation programme focused on smallholder farmers; As of August 2018, all 42 projects have signed government agreements; 37 approved projects have started disbursement, totalling US$80 million; US$292.6 million channelled to at least eight million smallholder farmers to build their resilience to climate-related shocks and stresses; Financed by IFAD and the governments of Belgium, Canada, Finland, the Republic of Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the Region of Flanders.
Objectives	The objective of ASAP is to improve the climate resilience of large-scale rural development programmes and improve the capacity of at least 8 million smallholder farmers to expand their options in a rapidly changing environment. Through ASAP, IFAD will drive a major scaling-up of successful “multiple-benefit” approaches which can increase agricultural output while at the same time reducing and diversifying climate-related risks. This is done through: policy engagement –supporting agricultural institutions in IFAD Member States seeking to achieve international climate change commitments and national adaptation priorities; climate risk assessment – facilitating the systematic use of climate risk information when planning investments to increase resilience; women’s empowerment – increasing the participation of women in, and their benefits from, climate-change adaptation activities; private-sector engagement – strengthening the participation of the private sector and farmer groups in climate change adaptation and mitigation activities; climate services – enhancing the use of climate information for when planning investments to increase resilience; natural resource management and governance – strengthening the participation and ownership of smallholder farmers in decision-making processes; and improving technologies for the governance and management of climate-sensitive natural resources; knowledge management – enhancing the documentation and dissemination of knowledge on approaches to climate-resilient agriculture.
Activities	Mixed crop and livestock systems which integrate the use of drought-tolerant crops and manure, which can help increase agricultural productivity whilst at the same time diversifying risks across different products. Systems of crop rotation which consider both food and fodder crops, which can reduce exposure to climate threats while also improving family nutrition. A combination of agroforestry systems and communal ponds, which can improve the quality of soils, increase the availability of water during dry periods, and provide additional income. Back to back with these multiple-benefit approaches, ASAP will empower community-based organizations to make use of new climate risk management skills, information and technologies. These can include improved weather stations networks, which can provide farmers with more reliable seasonal forecasts and cropping calendars; Geographic Information Systems, which can help farmers better understand and monitor landscape use in a changing environment; and economic valuation of climate change impacts which can help inform more robust policy decisions. By blending tried and tested 'no regrets' approaches to rural development with modern adaptation know-how, ASAP is well positioned to increase the climate resilience of IFAD's approximately US$ 1billion per year of new investments. In doing so, ASAP embodies one of the most concrete and decisive steps a UN agency has ever undertaken to truly integrate climate change into its programming.
One or two success stories achieved	Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) brochure https://www.ifad.org/web/knowledge/publication/asset/39186467 The Business Advantage: Mobilizing private sector-led climate actions in agriculture https://www.ifad.org/web/knowledge/publication/asset/40321995 The Water Advantage: Seeking sustainable solutions for water stress https://www.ifad.org/web/knowledge/publication/asset/40232439 The Marine Advantage: Empowering coastal communities, safeguarding marine ecosystems https://www.ifad.org/web/knowledge/publication/asset/39598089

Monitoring and Impacts

Function of initiative	Funding, Implementation
Activity of initiative	Financing, Technical operational implementation (ex-post)
Indicators	Financing — Funds disbursed Year 2016 Value (MUS$) 285
Goals	As per April 2016, financing for 35 ASAP-supported investment programmes is committed. By late December 2016, the objective is to reach 47 projects in line with IFAD programming cycle and covering 5 continents. We are foreseeing to present our achievement at LPAA special event during COP22 such as the one which was successfully organized at COP21. We are foreseeing top level representation from IFAD. We can present achievement in terms of financial resources, in terms of concrete examples of successful investments at the field level, in terms of concrete achievements of national institutional processes (e.g. building codes). With resources mobilized till COP21, ASAP aims at increasing the climate resilience and food security of 8 million smallholders by 2020. With additional support of US$ 300 million, IFAD would be able to reach an additional 15 million smallholders by 2025. Since 2015, IFAD has already received US$ 92 million additional pledges to increase climate resilience ofsmallholders in the context of IFAD10 replenishment. The ASAP programme and the 100% mainstreaming target for IFAD 10 are the tools to achieve delivery to our beneficiary smallholders. Climate mainstreaming activities are now progressively fully blended into the regular IFAD programming cycle.
Comments on indicators and goals
How will goals be achieved
Have you changed or strenghtened your goals
Progress towards the goals	As per April 2016, financial support amounting to US$ 285 million has allowed for integrating the following targets into the logical framework of 35 ASAP-supported investment programmes (+ 7 projects since COP21) to build climate resilience of poor smallholders: • 6 million household members whose climate resilience has been increased (+ 500,000 beneficiaries since COP21) • 1.7 million hectares of land (+150,000 ha since COP21) and 15 watersheds managed under climate resilient practices • 99 thousand households and 2.6 thousand production and processing facilities with increased water availability (+ 27 facilities since COP21) • 600 thousand individuals (+ 20,000 individuals since COP21) and 9 thousand community groups engaged in climate risk management, ENRM or DRR activities • US$ 54 million worth of new or existing rural infrastructure and 827 kilometres of rural roads made climate resilient (+202 km since COP21) • 51 dialogues international and country dialogues on climate issues where ASAP supported projects or project partners make an active contribution (+ 2 dialogues since COP21) Since January 2016, IFAD 10th cycle is on-going and aims to achieve 100% climate resilience of its annual investments by 2018. New and additional financial support has allowed for supporting 35 ASAP investment programmes to build climate resilience of poor smallholders: • 6 million household members whose climate resilience has been increased ; • 1.7 million hectares of land and 15 watersheds managed under climate resilient practices; • 99 thousand households and 2.6 thousand production and processing facilities with increased water availability ; • 600 thousand individuals and 9 thousand community groups engaged in climate risk management, ENRM or DRR activities • US$ 54 million worth of new or existing rural infrastructure and 827 kilometres of rural roads made climate resilient • 51 dialogues international and country dialogues on climate issues where ASAP supported projects or project partners make an active contribution 30 MtCO2eq. avoided: https://www.ifad.org/documents/10180/3610585/mitigation_advantage.pdf/06ea9d33-c848-417f-8a35-f9823deccdb5 Funds disbursed: As per April 2016, financial support amounting to US$ 285 million has been deployed in partner countries for adaptation investments.
How are you tracking progress of your initiative	Progress is tracked by the corporate IFAD’s Results and Impact Management System (RIMS) with specific climate markers/indicators.
Available reporting	Progress is tracked by the corporate IFAD’s Results and Impact Management System (RIMS) with specific climate markers/indicators. Results and impacts are disclosed annually in the Report on IFAD's Development Effectiveness (RIDE). The Mitigation Advantage Report shows the CO2 reduction potential: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/mitigation_advantage.pdf

Participants

Participants	Number	Names
Members	53
Companies	0
Business organisations	5
Research and educational organisations	0
Non-governmental organisations	6	CGIAR Research Programme on climate Change,  Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS),  Adaptation Learning Mechanism,  Climate & Development Knowledge Network (CDKN),  World Agroforestry Center
National states	0
Governmental actors	42	Benin,  Bhutan,  Bolivia,  Burundi,  Cape Verde,  Cambodia,  Chad,  Comoros,  Ivory Coast,  Djibouti,  Ecuador,  Egypt,  El Salvador,  Ethiopia,  Gambia,  Ghana,  Kenya,  Kyrgyzstan,  Laos,  Lesotho,  Liberia,  Madagascar,  Malawi,  Mali,  Mauritania,  Moldova,  Morocco,  Mozambique,  Myanmar,  Nepal,  Nicaragua,  Niger,  Nigeria,  Paraguay,  Rwanda,  Sudan,  Tajikistan,  Tanzania,  Uganda,  Vietnam
Regional / state / county actors	0
City / municipal actors	0
Intergovernmental organisations	0
Financial Institutions	0
Faith based organisations	0
Other members	0
Supporting partners	10	Belgium,  Canada,  Finland,  Netherlands,  Norway,  Sweden,  Switzerland,  South Korea,  United Kingdom,  and Flanders.
Number of members in the years	2018 53
Have only national states as participators	No

Theme

Transport	Agriculture	Forestry	Business	Financial institutions	Buildings	Industry	Waste	Cities and subnational governments	Short Term Pollutants	International maritime transport	Energy Supply	Fluorinated gases	Energy efficiency	Renewable energy	Supply chain emission reductions	Adaptation	Other	Resilience	Innovation	Energy Access and Efficiency	Private Finance
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Last update: 25 July 2022 08:37:54

Not only have national states as participators