An innovative initiative that seeks to integrate stakeholders from the agricultural sector at regional and local levels with the goal of informing smallholder farmers about the expected changes in the climate of their region, about how they can affect their crops and what they can do to reduce negative impacts.

1. What are the Participatory Agroclimatic Committees?
An innovative initiative that seeks to integrate stakeholders from the agricultural sector at regional and local levels with the
goal of informing smallholder farmers about the expected changes in the climate of their region, about how they can affect
their crops and what they can do to reduce negative impacts.
Who are part of them?
The organizational structure of a Participatory Agroclimatic Committee is made up by representatives of all the key
stakeholders in the regions: government, civil society, non-governmental organizations, international cooperation
agencies, professional associations, entrepreneurs, farmers, academics, micro-enterprise, women and youth networks, etc.
The committes have an integral and participative vision, therefore, any interested stakeholder can be part of this initiative.
Honduras advances with Participatory Agroclimatic
Committees
With the support of
Intibucá - La Esperanza committee. Photo: JM del Cid / SAG
INFOAGRO

2. Climate
outlook
How the crops
would be
affected?
Which varieties
we should sow?
Which agronomic
management we
should do?
When we can
plant?
Expert
knowledge
Local
knowledge
Recommendations for farmers
of climate-smart practices based
on the combination of local and
scientific knowledge
How have the Participatory Agroclimatic
Committees been formed?
It began by the exchange of experiences in
methodologies to putting climate information into farmers’
hands in Senegal. This led to the implementation of Local
Agroclimatic Technical Committees (LTACs) in Colombia,
led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
(MADR) with the support of CIAT- CCAFS. This initiative
was as an example for the Agro-Environment Climate
Change and Risk Management Unit (UACC&GR) of the
Honduran Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (SAG)
that in 2016 started the establishment of the Participatory
Agroclimatic Committes in different departments of
the country. Each committee chooses its board of
directors, defines its area of influence, mission, vision and
operational plan.
Agroclimatic newsletter
The agro-climatic committees started to publish
regional bulletins for the production cycles, with specific
recommendations for the main crops of each region. The
newsletter describes the area of influence, the behavior
of El Niño/La Niña phenomena, the climatic conditions for
the season and the agroclimatic recommendations.
Testimonials of participating farmers
“These trainings are an essential tool
because we know the climatic conditions
and thus we prepare to the sowings.”
Amílcar Pérez, La Esperanza
“Knowing the situation of the climate, this
indicates that we have to store water in the
rainfall season to make use of it in this time
of drought”.
Ángel Gilberto Alemán, Comayagua
“We should make use of the drought-
tolerant seeds that the Government
disposes for us farmers.”
Nelson Orellana, Jesús de Otoro
More information
• Marlon Durón, UACC&GR Coordinator
marlon.duron@yahoo.es Teléfono 9810 8935
• Tirza Suyapa Espinoza, UACC&GR
espinozasalinast@yahoo.es Teléfono 9547 0642
• Jose Miguel del Cid, UACC&GR
josedel7@gmail.com Teléfono 9574 3034
• Paola Martinez, UACC&GR
paola1m@hotmail.com Teléfono 9510 1015
• Claudia Michelle Barahona, UACC&GR
claumibar@gmail.com Teléfono 2239 9739
• Diego Obando Bonilla, CIAT-CCAFS researcher
d.obando@cgiar.org Teléfono 33396147
www.ccafs.cgiar.org
Sobre CCAFS
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT),
brings together some of the world’s best researchers in agricultural science, development research, climate science and Earth System science, to identify and
address the most important interactions, synergies and tradeoffs between climate change, agriculture and food security. www.ccafs.cgiar.org.
CCAFS Latin America
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
Km. 17 Recta Cali-Palmira.
Palmira, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
CCAFS is led by Initiative led by
How the Committees work