| Date | Venue | Fees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 - 16 Oct 2026 | Nairobi - Kenya | $ 5,950 | |
| 15 - 19 Mar 2027 | Bali - Indonesia | $ 5,950 | |
| 05 - 09 Jul 2027 | Cape Town - South Africa | $ 5,950 | |
| 11 - 15 Oct 2027 | Nairobi - Kenya | $ 5,950 |
Introduction
Climate is now the dominant medium-term threat to agricultural output across all three regions. Asia hosts a disproportionate share of the world's most climate-vulnerable economies. The Middle East faces water stress and rising temperatures that have made open-field agriculture increasingly difficult in many areas. Africa is exposed to drought, flood, shifting rainfall and pest outbreaks — and the smallholder economies that bear the heaviest cost. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is the integrated response: it combines productivity, adaptation and emissions reduction in a single framework.
This GLOMACS Climate-Smart Agriculture & Resilient Production Systems training course covers the practical CSA toolkit. What works in dryland, tropical and rangeland systems. The policy, finance and operations frameworks needed to deploy it at scale. The training course is built for the agronomists, sustainability officers, water authorities and policymakers responsible for getting CSA into the ground.
Objectives
By the end of this Climate-Smart Agriculture & Resilient Production Systems training course, delegates will be able to:
- Apply the climate-smart agriculture framework across productivity, adaptation and mitigation
- Diagnose climate exposure of a specific production system using current climate projections and regional models
- Select adaptation practices appropriate to dryland, tropical and rangeland contexts
- Design solar-powered irrigation systems and water-harvesting infrastructure
- Apply conservation agriculture, agroforestry and integrated pest management at farm level
- Structure climate finance instruments including adaptation grants, green bonds and carbon credits
- Evaluate drought-tolerant and heat-tolerant variety options for staple crops
- Build a national or corporate CSA implementation plan
Training Methodology
A technically grounded Climate-Smart Agriculture & Resilient Production Systems training course combining climate-science content with practical agronomy and finance frameworks. The trainer adapts content delivery to the climate zones and production systems most relevant to the delegate cohort.
Who should Attend?
This GLOMACS Climate-Smart Agriculture & Resilient Production Systems training course is built for:
- Agronomists, farm operations directors and large-estate managers
- Sustainability and ESG officers in food, agri and FMCG companies
- Ministry of Agriculture and Environment officials shaping CSA policy
- Water authority and irrigation infrastructure leaders
- Climate-finance and adaptation project teams in development finance and donor agencies
- NGO programme leads in agricultural climate adaptation
- Insurance product designers covering parametric and weather-indexed products
The Climate-Agriculture System
- The state of the climate science: current findings relevant to agriculture
- Climate exposure mapping: temperature, rainfall, extreme weather, pest range shifts
- The climate-smart agriculture framework: productivity, adaptation and mitigation as integrated goals
- CSA, sustainable agriculture and regenerative agriculture: where they overlap and where they differ
- Regional outlook: Asia, Middle East and Africa climate exposure
Adaptation at Farm and Landscape Level
- Conservation agriculture: minimum tillage, cover crops, residue retention
- Agroforestry systems: alley cropping, silvopasture, fruit-tree integration
- Crop diversification and rotation as adaptation strategy
- Integrated pest management and biological controls
- Soil health management and organic matter restoration
Water, Irrigation and the Arid-Region Toolkit
- Water stress diagnostics: rainfall, evapotranspiration, groundwater
- Solar-powered drip irrigation: system design, pumping, distribution
- Rainwater harvesting and zai pit techniques
- Greywater and treated wastewater use in agriculture
- Controlled-environment agriculture as adaptation: vertical farming, hydroponics, greenhouses
Resilient Varieties, Pests and Climate-Resilient Livestock
- Drought-tolerant and heat-tolerant variety options: maize, sorghum, millet, wheat
- Pest and disease range shifts and management responses
- Climate-resilient livestock: feed, water, shelter, breed selection
- Pastoralist systems under climate stress
- Aquaculture in warming oceans and freshwater systems
Finance, Policy and the CSA Roadmap
- Climate finance landscape: multilateral adaptation funds, bilateral support, blended finance
- Carbon markets and agricultural offsets
- Weather-indexed and parametric crop insurance
- National adaptation plans and the role of agriculture
- CSA in corporate sustainability strategy
- Upon successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates. Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE): In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
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