The workshop was held on the 5th and 6th of October 2022 at the Institute of Continuing Education conference hall at the Edward Moringe Campus, Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) as part of the activities of the Gender-Based Collaborative Development of Climate Services (COGENT) project.
The main objective of the workshop was to discuss opportunities and challenges in the collaborative production of climate services for improving food security, nutrition, and health.
Opening the workshop, Professor Maulid Mwatawala, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics, Research and Consultancy), among other things, said that the workshop is being held at a time when many countries including Tanzania are struggling with the consequences of climate change, especially on the food security and nutrition, therefore the quality of weather service is an important tool in dealing with climate change.
The workshop helped the participants to realize that the weather services needed are those that meet the needs of farmers and other stakeholders in rural areas of the country. Various recommendations were made to ensure that weather services reach various beneficiaries including farmers.
A total of 34 stakeholders (16 Female, 18 Male) from various institutions participated including project partners from Norway, Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA), researchers from SUA and TARI, agricultural experts at the district and village levels, skilled farmers of weather forecasting in a natural way, farmers from the areas where the project is implemented, nutritionists from TFNC and the council, representatives from non-governmental organizations, Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT) and Network of Tanzania Farmer Groups (MVIWATA).
About the Project
COGENT represents an interdisciplinary approach to improving household food security and nutrition-related health outcomes among women and children in the face of climate change in selected areas of Ethiopia and Tanzania.
COGENT will advance understanding of the key mechanisms that facilitate the co-production of usable climate information in two African case studies, with the potential to improve the quality of climate services across other African contexts.
Working together with local climate service practitioners in Ethiopia and Tanzania, we will generate knowledge that can help to address critical social, technical and institutional aspects that currently limit the co-production of usable and actionable climate services by men and women farmers in the two countries.
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