Oluyede Ajayi
Sr Programme Coordinator, Agriculture & Climate Change, CTA
Biography
Oluyede Ajayi (PhD) is an experienced international development professional, with extensive experience spanning scientific research in agriculture & NRM, project cycle & grant management, partnership contract preparation, and private sector engagement. He is Senior Programme Coordinator in charge of agriculture and climate change programme area in CTA. He has designed and managed global projects to build resilience of farmers across ACP countries. He is multi-lingual and a widely cited author.
Articles
Weather-based index insurance: a climate-smart agricultural solution for smallholder farmers
by Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira
Dr Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira, explain how CTA has been bundling weather-based index insurance with other services to increase the resilience of 140,000 smallholder households in Southern Africa to climatic changes.
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Harnessing synergies of crop-livestock integration for climate-smart agriculture
by Joyce Mulila-Mitti , Kolawole Odubote and Oluyede Ajayi
Integrated crop-livestock systems that provide synergies towards more resilient climate-smart agricultural production systems are possible despite the recognised competition between crops and livestock enterprises. To make this work, it is necessary to understand the trade-offs and capitalise on the opportunities provided through integration.
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Seed fairs: an innovative climate-smart practice to obtain stress-tolerant seeds
by Kolawole Odubote , Joyce Mulila-Mitti , Oluyede Ajayi and Mariam Kadzamira
A major concern for smallholder farmers at the start of each season is to choose and source seeds, and with the advent of climate change, this is more critical than ever. As part of a CTA-led initiative to help farmers counter drought and other extreme weather events, seed fairs are being organised in Zambia to improve access to quality seed of stress tolerant maize varieties for smallholder farmers.
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Multi-stakeholder platforms and alliances advance climate-smart agriculture in Africa
by Catherine Mungai , Clément Ouedraogo and Oluyede Ajayi
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is increasingly gaining momentum as countries develop technologies and practices to combat the impacts of climate change. But while the concept of CSA may seem obvious, it is more complex than it appears. This is compounded by the fact that most countries have not developed clear indicators for CSA technologies and practices. Questions remain as to how CSA differs from other types of agriculture, and what needs to be done differently to qualify as CSA.
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Publications
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Putting the private sector at the centre of climate-smart agriculture
This brief draws on three cases to show how the private sector contributes to the conceptualisation, design, delivery and evaluation of climate-smart agricultural interventions and can help bring them to scale.
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Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Priority Value Chains in the Caribbean
To support the implementation of CTA’s flagship project for the Caribbean, this report is aimed at developing capacity-building efforts for specific groups of farmers engaging in specific production activities in priority value chains so they may improve their access to key markets.
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A business case for engaging the private sector in climate-smart solutions for smallholder farmers
Large and growing numbers of poor rural households depend on climate-sensitive agriculture and operate on the margins of the mainstream economy. This combined with a broken public extension service and faltering international development efforts places millions of smallholder farmers at disproportionately high risk from a changing climate.
events
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Dec 6
Promoting climate finance for agriculture in East & Southern Africa
CTA in collaboration with NEPAD and FANRPAN organises a regional workshop bringing together countries in East and Southern Africa and other relevant stakeholders to discuss cross-country issues and lessons learnt in increasing finance to support climate action for agriculture, pa… -
Dec 6
Business opportunities in climate action - COP25 side event
CTA and SNV Netherlands co-organise a session on "Business opportunities in climate action" following the approval of the application for side event as approved by UNFCCC. The topic builds on some of CTA's project activities to promote climate finance in the agricultural sector.
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Dec 6
COP25
The UN Climate Change Conference COP 25 takes place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and is held with logistical support from the Government of Spain.
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Dec 6
Working session on strategic priorities on climate change in West Africa
Several institutions are implementing various projects to help address the challenges of climate change in West Africa.
