Tom Klotzbach recommends taking a 'no regrets' approach to climate change when working with smallholders in his opinion piece in Devex. The five essential pieces of advice he offers are:
1. Promote good agricultural practices to increase incomes.
2. Implement adaptation methods that reduce loss risk from extreme weather events.
3. Incorporate a whole-farm integrated crop management approach.
4. Support research, development and adoption of new varieties
5. Expand capacity in remote weather stations, disease modeling and index insurance systems
Tom Klotzbach is a primary contributor to Fintrac’s methodological field approach and has designed numerous multi-year agricultural development programs worldwide. He is the recent author of a white paper on reducing smallholder vulnerabilities to climate change, and original architect of the Fintrac M&E system, which is cited by donors as a model for measuring the impact of new technologies on food security and smallholder income generation.
Read his full opinion piece on the website of Webex.