Oluyede Ajayi
Coordonnateur de programme Sr, Agriculture & changement climatique, CTA
Coordonnateur de programme Sr, Agriculture & changement climatique, CTA
Biographie
A senior-level, multi-linguist professional offering over 25 years of progressive experience in designing and implementing development solutions in food security, agriculture-climate change nexus, policy and natural resource management. Experience spans scientific research, project & grant management, partnership development, multi-stakeholder & private sector engagement, micro-finance. Olu is presently Senior Programmes Coordinator & Specialist on Climate Smart Agriculture at the EU-ACP Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), The Netherlands from where he designs and manages development projects for Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions. Previously, he worked as Senior Scientist in three CGIAR Centres (ICRAF, Africa Rice and IITA) and, rural finance & capacity building in the NGO sector. A PhD graduate in Agricultural Economics from University of Hannover Germany, he has published over one hundred and seventy (170) journal articles, books and other publications. He won the “Diamond Author Award” in 2007 & 2008 respectively. He is a board member of an international journal and, reviewer for several others. His publications have attracted interviews with international media including Voice of America, BBC World (Science) and Farm Radio International. He is a Designated Contact Point for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNCCC); Fellow of the University of Leiden, Netherlands; Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of “Climate Research for Development” (CR4D) of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) & World Meteorological Organization (WMO); Member of Advisory Board of Brazil-Africa Institute. Olu has lived/worked in several countries in Southern Africa, Eastern Africa, Western Africa and Europe. He is proficient in English, French, Yoruba, and has a fair knowledge of German and basic Dutch.
Articles
Les plateformes et les alliances multi-acteurs font progresser l'agriculture intelligente face au climat en Afrique
par Catherine Mungai , Clément Ouedraogo et Oluyede Ajayi
L'agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) gagne du terrain à mesure que les pays développent des technologies et des pratiques pour lutter contre les effets du changement climatique. Si le concept d’AIC peut sembler évident, il est complexe, d’autant que la plupart des pays n'ont pas mis au point des indicateurs précis pour les technologies et les pratiques dans ce domaine. Des questions subsistent sur les aspects particuliers à l’AIC et aux pratiques spécifiques qui doivent être mises en œuvre pour qu’on puisse parler d’AIC.
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Les partenariats innovants basés sur la valeur partagée accélèrent la mise à l’échelle des solutions d’AIC
par Oluyede Ajayi et Mariam Kadzamira
De nombreuses innovations en matière d’agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) ont été développées pour aider les agriculteurs à atteindre le triple objectif de l’adaptation au changement climatique, du renforcement de la productivité et, si possible, de la réduction des émissions. Les enseignements tirés par des projets d'AIC dans trois pays soulignent à quel point le développement de valeur partagée entre les partenaires contribue à l’élargissement de l’AIC.
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Adoption d’innovations agricoles climato-intelligentes en Afrique australe : être au courant ne suffit pas
par Mariam Kadzamira et Oluyede Ajayi
Certains disent que le savoir, c'est le pouvoir. A l'ère de la connaissance, information et idées sont présentées comme des « matières premières » aussi importantes que des ressources tangibles comme la terre, le travail et l'argent. Cela vaut également pour le secteur agricole. L’expérience acquise dans le cadre d’un projet visant à développer l’agriculture intelligente face au climat (AIC) en Afrique australe montre qu'à elles seules, la connaissance des innovations agricoles climato-intelligentes ne suffit pas à assurer leur adoption.
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Engager les femmes dans l’agriculture intelligente face au climat
par Deborah Rubin et Oluyede Ajayi
La production agricole doit augmenter au moins de 50 % d’ici les 30 prochaines années pour faire face à la croissance démographique et à l’évolution des habitudes alimentaires. Ces phénomènes entraînent un accroissement de la demande de fruits, de légumes et d’aliments riches en protéines. C’est déjà un défi colossal, mais les incertitudes climatiques et le fait que les agriculteurs sont de plus en plus exposés au risque de sécheresse, d’inondation et autres épisodes dévastateurs le rendront encore plus difficile à relever.
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Publications
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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.
Evénements
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nov. 27
National workshop on NDCs, climate finance and co-investments for agriculture in Jamaica
Agriculture is central to any debate on climate change given the enormous responsibility placed on the sector to produce 60% more food by 2050 despite changing climatic uncertainties. The case for increased investment in climate-smart agriculture has been articulated in different forums as a way to promote agricultural transformation and chart a path to scale u… -
nov. 27
Supporting ACP countries to meet their NDCs through agroforestry
Following the initial consensus reached by climate negotiators in CoP21 dubbed “Paris Accord” and recent key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Katowice during CoP24, the Paris rulebook has been generally agreed upon, (although some areas have been pushed to COP 25). The new international climate regime that has been agreed upon mandating countries to report… -
nov. 27
Project review and cross-country learning on climate-smart agriculture
The regional project to scale-up climate-smart agriculture (CSA) solutions in southern Africa is implemented by CTA in collaboration with a consortium of partners in southern Africa. The field implementation has been taking place in Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe to improve the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change, with a reach targeting 140,000 farmers. … -
nov. 27
National workshop: Climate finance for agriculture in Nigeria
Agriculture is central to any debate on climate change given the enormous responsibility placed on the sector to produce 60% more food by 2050 despite changing climatic uncertainties. The case for increased investment in climate-smart agriculture has been articulated in different forums as a way to promote agricultural transformation and chart a path to scale up climate actions in agr…
