Associate Professor
Arne Henningsen
Department of Food and Resource Economics
University of Copenhagen
Climate-Smart Futures in Rural Tanzania (CliFT)
We investigate the role of farmer organisations (FOs) in adopting climate-smart practices by smallholder horticultural farmers, particularly women and youth, in Tanzania.
African countries are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change as they are more dependent on rainfed agriculture, already face dry conditions, and have lower adaptive capacity. However, current climate change adaptation and coping strategies remain limited, which puts at risk livelihoods of the fast-growing rural population, especially women and young farmers. While it has been suggested that farmer organizations (FOs) could promote climate adaptation of their members, very little is known about the impacts and mechanisms through which FOs affect climate adaptation of their members, particularly the youth and women.
Our project aims to generate new knowledge on the role of FOs in climate adaptation and the underlying mechanisms linking FOs to climate adaptation using state-of-the-art social science methods. We will do this by using a randomized controlled trial (RCT), various other quantitative methods as well as qualitative methods.
- Department of Food and Resource Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH-IFRO)
- Development Economics Research Group (DERG) at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH-ECON)
- Department of Technology, Management and Economics, Climate Economics and Risk Management, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (DTU)
- Mzumbe University, Tanzania (Mzumbe)
- Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Africa, Tanzania (SANREM)
- Tanzania Horticultural Association, Tanzania (TAHA)
- Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute, Tanzania (TARI)
The project consists of the following work packages (WPs):
- WP1 investigates the impact of FO membership on climate adaptation and farmer livelihoods and explores the underlying mechanisms through which FOs can improve climate adaptation.
- WP2 analyses the relationship between FOs and farmers' social capital, norms of cooperation and social networks.
- WP3 explores climate risk perceptions and adaptation strategies of women and young farmers and investigates the role of FOs in forming social capital, climate adaptation and livelihood decisions of these groups.
- WP4 designs and tests three interventions for improving climate adaptation and mechanisms aiming to promote climate adaptation among FO members.
- WP5 examines institutional arrangements that support efficient and inclusive design and implementation of FO-based climate adaptation policies and strategies.
- WP6 aims to build high-quality capacity in research and teaching, disseminate the project's scientific knowledge to academic, policy and general audiences, and to build local capacity to adapt to climate change.
UCPH-IFRO:
- Arne Henningsen
- Goytom Abraha Kahsay
UCPH-ECON
- Neda Trifkovic
DTU:
- Marcella Veronesi
Mzumbe University
- Aurelia N. Kamuzora
- Coretha Luoga Komba
- Jennifer Kasanda Sesabo
- Mursali Ally Milanzi
- Theobald Frank Theodory
SANREM:
- Zacharia Malley
TAHA:
- Eric Mwesigwa
- Ndeoya N. Mungure
TARI:
- Adolph Katunzi
- Ndabhemeye Mlengera