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.

About the project

African countries are highly vulnerable to climate change due to reliance on rainfed farming, existing dry conditions, and limited capacity to adapt. Current adaptation strategies remain weak, threatening the livelihoods of rapidly growing rural populations, especially women and young farmers. Farmer organizations (FOs) may support climate adaptation, yet little is known about their impact or the mechanisms involved. Our project will generate new evidence on how FOs influence adaptation using state‑of‑the‑art social science methods, including a randomized controlled trial and complementary quantitative and qualitative approaches.

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Climate-Smart Futures in Rural Tanzania (CliFT) is part of: Section for Production, Markets and Policy

Work Packages

The project consists of the following work packages (WPs):

  1. 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.
  2. WP2 analyses the relationship between FOs and farmers' social capital, norms of cooperation and social networks.
  3. 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.
  4. WP4 designs and tests three interventions for improving climate adaptation and mechanisms aiming to promote climate adaptation among FO members.
  5. WP5 examines institutional arrangements that support efficient and inclusive design and implementation of FO-based climate adaptation policies and strategies.
  6. 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.

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Africa, Tanzania (SANREM)

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