This two-year initiative addressed a lack of recognition of the role of meso-level organizations (MLOs) in enabling transformative, locally-led climate change adaptation.
The ACAMI project identified leverage points and bottlenecks affecting the capacity of MLOs to facilitate equitable and effective adaptation for small-scale producers. By co-creating tools and metrics that capture the attributes and strategies of MLOs, the project supports partnership opportunities and improves risk management and sustainable livelihoods under climate change.
ACAMI envisions a transformed institutional context for inclusive and effective adaptation in African small-scale farming systems, in which “Meso-level” Organizations – connecting financial sponsors and policy makers to farmers -- use and share knowledge on their capacities and strengths in novel partnerships, helping farmers access the knowledge, data, climate services, and other resources they value for improved risk management and sustainable livelihoods under climate change.
ACAMI’s mission is to identify leverage points and bottlenecks to enable Meso-level Organizations to serve as catalysts of equitable and effective adaptation for small-scale African producers. Through collaborative approaches, ACAMI integrates knowledge and develops decision-support tools that will facilitate the mobilization of Meso-level Organizations’ capacities, thus enhancing communities of practice in relation to resilient and sustainable small-scale farming systems.
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This project, funded (in part) by a $1.25 million grant to ASU from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation looks at the ways in which organizations help African farmers adapt to Climate Change. The findings and conclusions contained within are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
