Assessment to Design and Develop Climate Smart Village

Contents

1.0 Introduction – Climate Smart Village (CSV) Approach Assessment : 3

1.2 Objectives of the assessment of CSV approach: 3

2.0 Proposed scientific Methodology for the assessment of the CSV approach. 4

2.1 Rationale of MHEWC engagement with the assessment. 4

2.2 Prepare CERVA tools for developing baseline climate/multi-hazards exposure, risk, and vulnerability (CERVA) scenarios: 4

2.2.1 CERVA database development (for the most vulnerable/model village ) : For developing the base case CSV scenario, 1 village-level detailed CERVA database will be developed to inform the CSV development plan at the end of the day. 4

2.3 Linking socioeconomic and statistical data with the CERVA database: 5

2.4 Geospatial platform for tailormade, informed tools for CSV governance : 5

2.5 Conduct conclusive consultation with the actors/stakeholders/front-line community and village 9

3.0 Proposed activities: 22

4.0 Proposed Milestone: 23

5.0 Deliverables and Timeline: 23

1.0 Introduction – Climate Smart Village (CSV) Approach Assessment :

The changing climate is primarily caused by Global warming. Consequently, multi-hazard events are becoming increasingly recurrent in Bangladeshi climate frontline communities. As a result, the changing local climate paradigm is hardest hitting their livelihood assets. Therefore, a systemic and sustainable “Climate Smart Village (CSV)” approach, along with a frontline climate governance mechanism, needs to be implemented to make vulnerable livelihoods resilient to climate change. However, considering the endowed Bangladeshi agroecological resources, deltaic geographical and geomorphological settings, and prevailing local agroclimatic conditions, the proposed CSV concept and outset approach would be highly imperative for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Climate Change Adaptation (CCA), Mitigation, and Resilience building. At the same time, CSV components e.g. climate smart/innovative agricultural, weather, sustainable water management, low /zero carbon, organic soil/nitrogen, clean energy and self-sufficient green energies for household cooking, knowledge-smart related schemes could be fully implemented at household and community level for boosting household and village level economies.

1.1 Understanding the assignment:

From the above perspectives, primarily the CSV approach being pioneered by the CGIAR Research Program being undertaken by the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) partners through providing the village communities with greater facilities for resilient agriculture, mass education & employment, sustainable clean energy, clean water, healthcare facilities, empowerment of women, transportation, communication, and coping mechanisms from multi-hazard induced impacts. However, MHEWC intended to customize the approach by harmonizing local contexts and settings with a more robust approach, instrumentalizing the inclusive process, promoting proactive engagement, and implementing self-estimated CSV governance mechanisms, thereby suitably fitting into the regional context.

The intended CSV approach can be materialized by conducting the conclusive assessments, participatory and technical consultations (with frontline/actors/stakeholders), recurrent reviews, site visits etc., and essentially to prepare the detailed CSV masterplan for villages of the intervention areas and feasibly to implement CSV centric actions/schemes/projects for making climate frontline villager’s livelihoods resilient to changing climate in Bangladesh. The technical aspects of designing CSV approach are based on inclusive locally led solutions (sustainable utilization of geological resources, establish the best practices, promote sustainable technologies, introduce smart climate services, undertaking suitable programs, and inclusively engage frontline community in informed-local planning and decision-making process) essentially enabling frontline villagers sustaining against the persistent local climate risk and vulnerabilities.

Addressing the persistent climate risks and vulnerabilities, sustainably harnessing the local agroecological resources with inclusive village level engagement, the proposed CSV can be suitable approach to reduce poverty, ensure persistent food, energy, water, and environmental security. The CSV concept is the most transformative and paradigm shift from traditional/primitive livelihood to more sustainable, climate resilient, ecologically friendly, inclusive, participatory livelihood options governed by local agroecological resources and mitigating the persistent and incrementally impending climate change risks over the frontline villagers in Bangladesh.

1.2 Objectives of the assessment of CSV approach:

From the above conceptual approach, the overall objective of this assignment is to conduct a “climate smart village” approach assessment of the project area in Bangladesh and propose a set of recommendations in terms of climate smart village approach initiated and implement at different parts of Africa and Asia and South Asia continents that can be feasibly implemented by smallholder farmers/farmers groups to increase their resilience and adaptation to climate change.

2.0 Proposed scientific Methodology for the assessment of the CSV approach.

To implement the CSV approach, the assessment needs to be designed and conducted in a conclusive manner so that every element or component of the strategy is well captured and documented. Complying with the necessary tools and processes, the MHEWC intended to conduct robust scientific methods, participatory consultations, and field interactions regarding the APs.

2.1 Rationale of MHEWC engagement with the assessment

The CSV approach encompasses a wide range of technical structures and processes that need to be implemented at the local government level, specifically at the village level, in climate governance. This aligns with MHEWC’s specialization in the local government system and technical service delivery expertise.
MHEWC has technical expertise in GIS (GPS and Remote Sensing) mapping and conducting geospatial technology-based rural and local assessments, as well as developing informed planning tools for project planning capacity. Our professionals have worked closely with the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) and other international agencies.
MHEWC having professional knowledge on the key local governments sectoral department working at District and Upazila, Union Local Governments with thematic sectors e.g., Agriculture, Fisheries, livestock, Rural communication and infrastructures development, Public health infrastructure, Rural development & Cooperatives, Health and Family Planning, Water resource management, forestry etc., conducting climate risk and vulnerability assessment(CERVA), risk reduction action planning (RRAP), budgeting and project/scheme implementation.
Having professional experience in risk-informed sector integrated local development planning (LDP) , budgeting, and project implementation at the community level.
Having professional experience in multi-hazard risk assessment, risk management, early warning, impact-based forecasting, and disaster risk management.

2.2 Prepare CERVA tools for developing baseline climate/multi-hazards exposure, risk, and vulnerability (CERVA) scenarios:

The key components of CSV deal with Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), therefore, the tailored CERVA informed tools are essential for undertaking climate-smart actions/projects/schemes at the village level. To do so, MHEWC intended to apply the most strategic methods to capture the CERVA scenarios and spatially interpret the GIS Base Map on the Aps. The CERVA process involves GIS and Remote Sensing Technology, followed by the elements being captured using GPS, Kobo Toolbox, drones, and other survey apps. During consultations with local actors, stakeholders, and frontline communities, as well as field visits, the GIS-based map will be utilized to verify the secondary-sourced CERVA maps. MHEWC intended to develop a village-level GIS base map and robustly develop climate risk-informed tools for detailed CSV planning (micro-level land use and land cover).

MHEWC having archives of Union GIS-based maps to be used for CERVA purposes and all those Union base maps to be further customized with necessary geospatial elements of physical infrastructures, communication networks, land use data compiled from Remote sensing Google Earth Engine, drone captured images etc., and ultimately to develop comprehensive GIS maps for capturing climate and multi-hazards exposure, risks, and vulnerabilities from the households and community level( followed by FGD/KII/Transact-walk, field visits).

2.3 CERVA database development (for the most vulnerable/model village ) :

For developing the base case CSV scenario, 1 village-level detailed CERVA database will be developed to inform the CSV development plan at the end of the day.

a) Linking socioeconomic and statistical data with the CERVA database:

MHEWC aimed to utilize the most robust assessment mechanism to facilitate a conclusive assessment for inclusive planning. Since the CSV robust approach encompasses a roadmap of hypotheses are currently being informed by the multi-factorial analytics, multiple-indicators analytics through backlogged composite informed-tools analytical recommendations based decision-supports, and consultative process( residual CERVA scenarios, Socioeconomic conditions, analysis of paradox of climatic and non-climatic risks over the agroecological, endowed resources can be harnessed, enabling capacity of frontlines, local actors/stakeholders/group, village level cooperative mannered entrepreneurships development, women empowered green entrepreneurship development for earning inclusive green growth with transforming a traditional village to climate smart and inclusive green growth and product village at the end of the day. To achieve this, the CERVA repository database will be developed using hybrid sources of information and local consultations.

2.4 Geospatial platform for tailored, informed tools for CSV governance :

The Proposed platform to facilitate the ICT-driven Evidence-based geospatial services enabled facilities MHEWC, intended to be an online Open-source Geospatial platform for supporting inclusive CSV-level planning, scheme design, and implementation.

2.5 Conducting Consultation with relevant stakeholders for identifying strategy/recommendations:

2.5.1 Identify governing structure and process:

SL	CSV components	Consultation method	Participants
	Review the stakeholder mapping, engagement strategies, and charter of responsibilities for promoting CSV governance	Conduct FGD/KII	Conduct a consultation with the following TWGs at the Upazila (sub-District) level; Upazila Communication and Physical Infrastructure Development CommitteeUpazila Agriculture and Irrigation CommitteeUpazila Primary and Mass Education CommitteeUpazila Health and Family Planning CommitteeUpazila youth and sport committeeUpazila Women and Children Development CommitteeUpazila social welfare committeeUpazila market price observation, monitoring, and control committeeUpazila Finance, budget planning, and local resource-based revenue earning committee.Upazila public health, sanitation, and pure drinking water supply committeeThe sub-District forest department, sub-District Cooperative Department Conduct consultation with UP member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, commercial vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders. Conduct FGD/KII with educated people and identify the understanding level of rural development planning, delegation of activities, participation, coordination, and logistic supportsConduct FGD/KII with NGO-led IGA groups, Local Government Union Council/Village Council member-led farmers, with a participatory & inclusive, and cooperative mannered agricultural framing, livestock farming, fish culture, sector level local value chain operators, local service providers, local commercial installations, local smallholder farmers engaged in Integrated Farm Management(IFM), Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Integrated Nutrition Management (INM), Organic Farmers and Farmyard manure producers-FYM ( Compost biofertilizer, vermicomposting fertilizer), Integrated water resource management (IWRM) committees, village development committees local smallholder livestock herder, Poultry farmers, commercial fish-farmers, village level market players/market promoters, local level SMEs/credit operators, local level financial institutions, village level cooperative body, local level agriculture extension department running horticulture/commercial horticulture, local nurseries, local level seedling & sapling producers/suppliers, local level cold-storage operators, local level seed certification agency, local level commercial seed suppliers, local level agriculture input suppliers( fertilizer dealers, seed dealers, pesticides dealer) , local level livestock input suppliers( veterinary strollers), livestock service providers, livestock market promoters, local meat/milk market association/promoters, local fish fingerling supplier, local level poultry farmers & input suppliers etc. .
	Determine climate-smart village governance:	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Union/Village council member, Agriculture-extension department designated lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, commercial vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders. Conduct FGD/KII with educated people and identify the understanding level of rural development planning, delegation of activities, participation, coordination, and logistic supportConduct FGD/KII with NGO-led IGA groups, UP member-led farmers, adopting a participatory, inclusive, and cooperative style of agricultural risk culture, focusing on livestock farming, IFM, IPM, INM, FYM, IWRM, and other organic agriculture practices. Incentive and credit facilities for individual entrepreneurs.
	Determine Participatory streeting structures (completely non-political and unbiased)	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Union/Village council member, Agriculture-extension department designated lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, commercial vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stockers, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	CSV Component/thematic area-based Technical Working Group (TWG)	Conduct FGD/KII	Conduct FGD/KII with educated individuals to identify their understanding of rural development planning, delegation of activities, participation, coordination, and logistical support.Local Union/Village council member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, commercial vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Cooperative mannered fundraising and local financing (public/private ) mechanism	Conduct FGD/KII	Local banks, NGO running credit facilities, insurance, SME loans, agricultural loans, the Agriculture Extension Department running subsidies/loans, and the local Digital Finance System (DFS).Local Union/Village council member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT designated lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.

2.5.2 Identify the level of climate / multi-hazard risk & vulnerability perception and conduct CREVA and planning tools development.

SL	CREVA Perception of CSV stakeholders	Consultation method	Participants
	Level of understandability/perception/indigenous knowledge of Climate and Multi-hazard exposure, risk, vulnerability, and sensitivity to food and livelihood sector elements	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Union/Village council member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Persistent Climate and Multi-hazard exposure, risk, vulnerability and sensitivity	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Union/Village council member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Community indigenous knowledge on copping capacity and risk reduction strategy	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Union/Village council member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.

2.5.3 Identify the level of climate-smart subsistence farming :

SL	CREVA Perception of CSV stakeholders	Consultation method	Participants
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	Knowledge/practices on Climate Smart Agriculture : Understandability of design the applicability of natural protection/fruit trees surrounding canopies to climate sensitive vegetables gardens (round the year) homestead/orchard for protecting weather stress	Conduct FGD/KII	Conduct consultation with SMEs, engaging rural development sectors, rural market promoter, business entities, small holder farmers, local NGO credit supported women headed IGA groups, household IGA groups, local cooperative societies, fisheries communities, fish pond owner, Union/Upazila land office, Union/Upazila 17 local government sector departments ( Agriculture, Fisheries, livestock, LGED, DPHE, Rural development & Cooperatives, Health and Family Planning, Local Government Engineering Department( extension dept.), Local government water management authority, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-officer, public health Technicians, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Access to agroclimatic, agricultural operational forecasts, weather warning/alerts : Review the information tools, disseminations tools and knowledge level of villagers/farmers.	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Government Engineering Department( extension dept.), Local government water management authority, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, public health Technicians, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT designated lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Water smart: Sustainable Water harvesting techniques and judicial management of water resources.	Conduct FGD/KII	Local Government Engineering Department( extension dept.), Local government water management authority, , AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, DPHE SAE/Technicians, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers
	Carbon smart AVC: Low Carbon/Methane emission from agriculture,	Conduct FGD/KII	Union AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Nitrogen smart: Enriching soil nitrogen with changing cropping patterns, nitrogen fixing cropping.	Conduct FGD/KII	Union AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Energy smart: Potentially to harness clean energy (Renewable energies e.g., biogas/biomass standalone windmill, Solar PV etc.) and reducing indoor air pollution from traditional cooking using firewood/coal/dung cake/agricultural residues)	Conduct FGD/KII	Upazila PIO, LGED/BMDA SAE, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, DPHE SAE/Technicians, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.
	Knowledge smart: Enhance marginal farmers knowledge on IFM, IOM, INM, FYM	Conduct FGD/KII	Upazila PIO, Union AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders, energy & electronics equipment/accessories traders.
	CSV Component/thematic area based Technical Working Group (TWG)	Conduct FGD/KII	UP member, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.

2.5.4 Identify Village level disaster management mechanism, copping capacity, emergency response and recovery capacity

SL	CREVA Perception of CSV stakeholders	Consultation method	Participants
	Level of understandability/perception/indigenous knowledge of Climate and Multi-hazard exposure, risk, vulnerability and sensitivity to food and livelihood sector elements	Conduct FGD/KII	Conduct consultation with Disaster Management Committees: Union Disaster Management Committee (UDMC), Ward Disaster Management Committee (WDMC) member and NGO servicemen, volunteer groups, frontlines, local actors/stakeholders/group, village level cooperatives, NGO running cooperatives, green entrepreneurs, women headed entrepreneurs.
	DRR/DRM activities, community built structures, DRR related schemes etc.		Upazila PIO, LGED/BMDA SAE, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT-SAAO, DPHE SAE/Technicians, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT lead farmer, Lead fish farmer, middle class landowner, poultry farmer, livestock farmer, vegetable growers, agricultural input supply dealers, stocker, SMEs, rice mill owner, business community, wholesaler, and other stakeholders.

2.6 Conduct comprehensive consultation with the actors/stakeholders/front-line community and village

Considering the different agroecological context, types of climate risk and vulnerability paradigm, MHEWC intended to contextualize the assessment based on aforementioned context.

Conducting Climate risk and vulnerability assessments based on the intervention areas;

Conduct Assessment for AVC components of Planning :

Land cover plan ( GIS tools supported) : Detailed village GIS base map to be developed to show the current land cover status which would be supportive for CERVA. With this tool the CSV would have convincing and negotiation power with Upazila/Union Land Office for accessing agroecological and other khash land-based resources to be sustainably used by the villagers.
Agricultural and land use management plan (GIS tools supported): Agricultural cropping plan (GIS tools supported) : Detailed plans to be developed based on Village GIS based map( plot) showing Where and what type of cropping are appropriate to which land. Detailed multi-hazard/season and livelihood IGA based calendars and soil suitable crop selection.

Agricultural crop management plan (GIS tools supported): Detailed village GIS base map on cropping to be developed (showing Agri plots) to show what type & location for seedling, sapling, type of crops are suitable to which plots considering agro-climate, impeding nature & types of multi-hazards, agroecology, agrotechnology, cropping season, less water consuming factors, high market value (ahead of season) etc. Selection of intercropping agri-plots, one/tow/multi-season cropping etc.

Agriculture horticulture development plan (GIS tools supported): Suitable site selection for developing permanent horticulture for supplying round the year seedling, sapling etc. Site selection for climate Protective Greenhouse development for round the year cropping. Selection of suitable location for IFM, IPM, INM, Stack-layer faring, road-side slope, fellow land, barren land, river/canal side etc.

Water Resources Management Plans ( GIS tools supported) : Detailed village water resource GIS map( plot) based to be prepared showing the waterbodies, wetlands, catchment, rainwater harvesting ponds, water retention ponds, dentification of proposed irrigation access point, drainage facility, wire structure over the drainage network, river tributaries, canals etc, for integrated surface water resource management(IWRM) planning so that the village to be well adapted to climate changing climates.

Village/ household (energy harness/management plans(GIS tools supported) : The Village GIS based ( Land cover/Land use ) maps can sufficiently inform what type of renewable energy can be harnessed from what type of renewable energy sources e.g. household/institutional cooking(biogas), parboiling(rice mills), power generation from bioenergy etc. MHEWC has professional expertise in implementing renewable energy projects (rainwater harvesting, Solar, Wind, Biomass, Micro hydro at the household and community level.
Agriculture Value Chain (AVC) development plans (GIS tools supported): The Village GIS based (Land cover/Land use ) maps can be informed tools for developing AVC with showing climate tolerant market place, storage facilities(depot) , cold storage facilities, seedling/sapling storage facilities, location of agro-dealers/input suppliers etc.
Conduct Assessment for developing CSV governance plans:

Promoting Innovative digital CSV governance:
Participatory cooperative-led entrepreneurship
Utilization of Digital inclusive finance from the financial institutions/credit operators
Scope of vertical and horizontal access to external finance

Assessment of developing a climate-resilient business model.
Northern agricultural drought-prone areas
Organic Agriculture (IFM, IPM, INM, Stacker agriculture, and other agriculture to fellow lands), soil health improvements etc.
Flood and river-bank erosion-prone areas
Women/marginal cooperative group-based Green entrepreneurship development, business scope, and market potential,
Sustainable agricultural management
Climate resilient AVC, Livestock Value Chain, Fisheries Value Chain, SME Value Chain, green entrepreneurship value chain

Coastal fragile landscape
The scope of villagers promoting ecotourism at the village level
Scope of the developing permanent shed for smart seedling /sapling
How to develop a greenhouse for year-round vegetable production

Review rural energy supply and utilization patterns
Review rural household sources of cooking
Level of firewood use.
Level of indoor air pollution
Review the sources of biomass potential
Review RE and Energy efficiency options

Climate-smart homestead vegetable gardening technologies:
Stack layer, vine, intercropping, intensify cropping density, multiple cropping, and sustainable uses of homestead land.
Smart technology for integrated livestock farming, Agro-forestry technology development,

Conduct a survey for a sustainable landcover map:
Existing land cover
Current land use practices
Identify the climate risks and vulnerabilities

Improve climate smart agricultural governance and food security and agricultural value chain (AVC) at local level.
Village level sustainable agricultural policy, planning, practices inclusivity (complying government rules /regulations)
Transformation of traditional knowledge and practice from less-yielding agricultural to climate-adaptive/resilient, and sustainable agriculture by sustainable/optimal use of agroecological and environmental resources.
Market accessibility, market promotion,
Climate-tolerant seedling, sapling, cold storage facilities, and agricultural input supplies
Green Entrepreneurship development

2 ) Uses of climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices

Climate-smart IFM (combined organic farming, fish culture, livestock), Integrated Pest Management (IPM), integrated nutrition management, farm-yard manure production(FYM), for boosting agricultural yields and villagers’ food security.
Organic agriculture, intercropping, increasing cropping intensity, High-Yielding Variety (HYV), High-Value Cropping (HVC).
Judicial uses of water resources, rainwater harvesting, water retention, sustainable irrigation practices (AWD, Modular Drip system), less water, and high-value cropping.
Round the year seedling, sapling, agricultural with green shed, and climate adaptive agricultural practices
Green technology-based storage facilities (CSD/Silos)

3 ) Transforming traditional sources of household energy by harnessing sustainable renewable energy sources

Solar Home Living System, Solar Water Pumping (automatic)
The biogas digester uses slurry to support homestead organic farming.
Rainwater harvesting at the household level (diverse landscape and coastal areas)
Uses of improved and efficient cook stoves for reducing indoor pollution

4) Green entrepreneurship development

Promoting women-headed green entrepreneurships and cooperatives with financial inclusion to create an ideal and women-friendly smart agricultural community.
Promoting youth green entrepreneurship
Disseminate modern farming knowledge and technologies among female farmers to create an ideal and women-friendly smart agricultural community.
Promoting local fiscal facilities for encouraging entrepreneurship development, access to green finances, and green credit facilities for marginal farmers.

4) Explore the Climate Information Service

sector-specific operational forecasting,
community-based multi-hazard early warning,
weather alerts FM, AM Radio, SMS, Cell Broadcast, IVR, etc

6) Dissemination of tools, technical ideas, and best practices

Social networking group
Climate kiosk
Community Radio
Geospatial web portal

Consultation Process :

ToR Indicated Queries	FGD/KII Questionnaires	Consultation Tools	Consultation Process	Target Audiences/ Stakeholders
Identify the climate-smart (indigenous and technological) agriculture practice in different agroecological zones of Bangladesh in terms of yield increases, efficiency, environmental benefits, soil quality, and consideration of gender-responsive technology, etc.	Typically, Bangladesh is divided into 30 micro-agroecological zones. Areas under… district falling under the high Ganges river flood plain AEZAreas under… falling high Barind track/hillsAreas under… under the high Ganges River flood plain Areas under… falling under Chittagong Coastal Plain Areas under… falling under the Ganges tidal floodplain.	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review SRDI, BARC, BAMIS tools, process Conduct KII	Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)Soil Resource Development Institute SRDI Bangladesh Agro-Meteorological Information Service (BAMIS)Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Local agro-input supplier/dealer
Identify policy gaps and barriers in promotion of climate smart agriculture in Bangladesh.	AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT CERVA tools, risk gathering techniques, informed-tools development process.Identify AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT local level agriculture extension policy and programs and project barriers.Identify the limitation of AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT agro-met services agri-based operation weather forecasting process.Climate sensitive cropping calendar, water management calendar Multi-hazard calendar, impending weather risk, vulnerability, exposure, sensitivity to seasonal agricultural croppingLevel of implementation of Index based crop-agriculture, livestock and fisheries farming.Financial inclusion to small-holder farming, financial package for lead/marginal/ cooperative and individual farmers (Crop agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries)AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT perception/understandability to standing crop’s exposure risk, vulnerability, sensitivity to sudden on-set multi-hazards (flash flooding , waterlogging, tidal floods, landslide, agricultural droughts, high winds, high temperature/heat spell, high humidity, dry spell, high dense fogging, hailstorm, nor waster, tornadoes), level of damage, recovery option. Upazila level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT CSA scheme planning and implementation gapsLevel of barriers to CSA local-level planning being induced by in place environmental laws, land management laws, ecosystem, surface waterbody management policy/laws. Level of AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT led negotiation and conflict resolution process. Barriers of community access to the local agroecological resources, open waterbody(large), fellow(khash) land for sustainable farming, roadside slop, government khans canal (Coastal area), khash pond, khash wetland, khash barren land for sustainable farming.	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)Soil Resource Development Institute SRDI Bangladesh Agro-Meteorological Information Service (BAMIS)Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Identify crops that can be grown as alternatives to the most impacted crops based on the environmental conditions, farmer livelihoods, and future climate scenarios.	The methodologies include. MHEWC intended to develop a baseline scenarios agroecological resource endowment, harness able renewable and environmental resources (khash water canals at coastal areas, open waterbody in northern aeras) on climate change exposure, risk and vulnerabilities using GIS & Remote Sensing (RS) technology by conducting CERVA over the Program Areas (AP) In consultation with AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT officials, Lead farmers, marginal farmers, AVC operators, input suppliers, AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT/Private horticulture, commercial seedling/sapling producers identify the following factors affecting crops-agriculture. Identify the current traditional cropping patters, determine estimation from gross traditional crop yields, identify scope of less water consuming high-value cropping (based on soil condition), determine sudden-onset multi-hazards impact over the standing crops varieties.Summarizing the recommendations on the effectiveness and yielding of climate stress tolerant crop varieties.Identify the market demand of the early yielding varieties, round-the-year vegetable/fruits production (with makeshift model greenhouse) , new crop varieties suitable to agroecology, Identify the future climate risks over the round- the-year seedling/sapling and climate stress tolerant cropping. Identify the less nursing intensive and easily nursing vaties of cropping (homestead crop gardening, roadside, river side, lakeside, vine over the canal/pond/khash pond etc.	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan (ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Assess which amongst the climate-smart village approaches (weather-smart, water smart, carbon smart, nitrogen smart, energy smart, and knowledge smart) would be most appropriate to be implemented in the FH Bangladesh Area Programs.	Develop Sample survey questionnaires/FGD/KII template on each thematic area and conduct assessment/consultation. Weather-smart: Define/design the applicability of natural protection/fruit trees surrounding canopies to climate sensitive vegetables gardens (round the year) homestead/orchard for protecting weather stress. Water smart: Sustainable Water harvesting techniques and judicial management of water resources. Carbon smart AVC: Low Carbon/Methane emission from agriculture,Nitrogen smart: Enriching soil nitrogen with changing cropping patterns, nitrogen fixing cropping. Energy smart: Potentially to harness clean energy (Renewable energies e.g., biogas/biomass standalone windmill, Solar PV etc.) and reducing indoor air pollution from traditional cooking using firewood/coal/dung cake/agricultural residues) Knowledge smart: Enhance marginal farmers knowledge on IFM, IOM, INM, FYM Gap identification and strategy /tools development for enhancing knowledge on CSV, its components, practices etc. Traditional means of livelihood option	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Propose specific climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices, under the aforementioned CSV approaches, for smallholder farmers/farmers’ groups in the assessment areas aimed at productivity improvement, as well as adaptation to and/or mitigation of the effects of climate change.	Develop Sample survey questionnaires/FGD/KII template on aforementioned key thematic components of CSV and conduct assessment/consultation to solidify the findings over the following CSV components. a) Local consultation and strategy development on village based participatory local climate governance (mini constituency/governing body) Develop governance body/stakeholder map.Inclusive participatory mechanism for planning decision Ensure legal access to local government owned agroecological resources (khash properties) and land tenure mechanism. Ensure improved access to local government technical and utility services,How community will have increased knowledge in climate/multi-hazard risk-informed sustainable livelihood practices.Identify the options for developing Technical Working Group (TWG) for Union Disaster Management Committee (UDMC), Ward Level Disaster Management Committee, Village level disaster management committee (VDMC) would be mandated to implement village level standing orders on disaster (SoD) , DRM activities, risk reduction action plan (RRAP) Conducting CREVAConducting Post Disaster Damage, Loss and Needs Assessment (PDNA)Disaster Response and recovery Identify the scope of developing CSA and interventions, climate adaptive/resilient model households and households’ centric adaptive activities.How the household would be self-sufficient in harnessing renewable energies (cooking, home lighting) Sefl-sufficient CSV on climate smart agriculture Agroecology based adaptive agriculture Over the village administrative areas.How to implement IFM, IPM, INM, FYM stack layer farming, floating agriculture, Conducting CERVA capacity by CSV TWGsIdentify the scope of local agroecology based adaptive options. Following through above conclusive assessments, MHEWC intended to identify the CSA affordable suitable technology, new innovation, sustainable indigenous tools/practices, best practices and advocating for the model CSV approaches.Develop query formats to identify the climate smart strategies on the components CSV approaches. Identify all value chain approaches ( AVC, Fisheries, Livestock etc.)	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Develop feasibility of climate-smart village and climate-smart agriculture analyzing existing climate-vulnerability and future trends of climatic risks.	Conducting above assessment and develop findings	GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Assess farmer needs (access to inputs, trainings, etc.) to adopt climate-smart agricultural technologies and practices.		GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Assess the present climate information service (CIS) system in Bangladesh to promote climate- smart village and its effectiveness, best effective and viable solution for eart warbubg message (EWM) dissemination.		GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
10. Assess backward and forward linkage of the small farmer’s/farmers groups’ in the assessment Identify appropriate and efficient stakeholders (local/national/international) to assist climate smart village approach.		GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Identify appropriate and efficient stakeholders (local/national/international) to assist climate smart village approach.		GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Assess the environmental and social (including a gender and youth perspective) impacts of implementing the proposed climate-smart agricultural practices.		GIS Google MapGIS Base Map of Area Programs FGD/KII field query Template CERVA Questionnaire Template AEZ Maps of the AP	Review AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT plans, projects, field demonstration schemes, annual plan(ADP), ADP budgets, annual scheme budgets, number	Sub-District level AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT OfficesUnion level SAAO AGRICULTURE-EXTENSION DEPARTMENT Local Horticulture and Plant breeding services NGO led agro services. Lead farmer, fish culture farms, livestock farms, poultry farms,Local agro-input supplier/dealer Number of farmers receiving agriculture package/subsidies/benefitsNo of crop diversification projects
Disseminate modern farming knowledge, technologies among female farmers to create ideal and women friendly smart agricultural community.
Provide a feasible climate smart village model and considering environmental, ecological and climate change legislation and policies of Bangladesh.	Sample assessment Survey being followed by field visits to agroecology (Tanore , Godagari, Chapai Nawabganj, Barguna, Patuakhali, Ukhiya) ) Detailed assessment being intented to AP localtions to contextualse the CSV model based on

3.0 Proposed activities:

4.0 Proposed Milestone:

Union and Upazila GIS base maps on CRV, multi-hazards, and elements are likely to be impacted by the given types of multi-hazards and disaster onset.
Geospatial analytical tools on impact-based weather forecasts for sectors, livelihoods at the community level
5 km x 5 km grid resolution multi-hazard maps, CRV maps, and other purpose-driven customized GIS maps for supporting informed decisions from the geospatial evidence-based platform.
Detailed L&D spatially distributed, with a detained repository CRV database linked with geospatial portals with respect to the geographic location of Satkhira and Kurigram.
Digitalized geospatial platform with deliverable capacity of generating evidence to conclusively identify and declare L&D within the set geographic scale.
Union-wise geospatial-temporal comparison of the CRV data and analyses to track the trend of L&D
Preparation of the L&D maps and infographics as part of the evidence generation
Determining the deterioration/ accumulation/ assimilation of geographical properties of the areas
Using the study results as reference/evidence, devising policy recommendations/ advocacy/ communications regarding mitigation/ adaptation/ L&D negotiations.

5.0 Deliverables and Timeline:

Assessment to Desigin and Develop Climate Smart Village