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Building resilience to climate change for agricultural producers is an urgent priority, especially in countries like Indonesia where agriculture employs almost 30% of all workers. The stakes are particularly high for smallholders, most of whom lack the resources to adapt effectively. This report discusses how climate field schools served as an effective tool to support smallholder coffee growers in Indonesia with education about ecosystem-based adaptation and climate-smart practices.
This five-chapter publication distils insights from the EbA Enhanced Climate Field Schools for Climate Resilience (EECCLiRe) project. Funded by the Global EbA Fund, this was a collaboration between Indonesia’s Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG), su-re.co (Sustainability and Resilience Ltd.), SEI, and other civil society actors to help coffee growers in Indonesia, particularly in Flores (East Nusa Tenggara) and Bali, manage climate risks through ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA).
Building on BMKG’s existing approach to supporting farmers in Indonesia through “climate field schools”, EECCLiRe delivered knowledge about EbA principles, agroforestry and climate-smart technologies, connecting them with local and traditional knowledge. It also explored other ways to enhance farmers’ livelihoods sustainably and assisted BMKG in developing policies to improve climate field schools and bring them to more farmers.
Beginning with an introduction to EbA and an overview of the project’s work in Indonesia (Chapter 1), the authors then move into topical discussions of climate field schools (Chapter 2), agroforestry (Chapter 3), biogas and biodigesters (Chapter 4), and ecolabels and sustainability standards (Chapter 5). These chapters provide a deep dive into the local context surrounding each topic, followed by lessons learned from the project and ways forward.
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