Proposed agenda from Jessica
Short intros (as needed)
Any strategic context developments (Digital Green)
Project updates & discussion (Digital Green)
Sequoia update (Sequoia)
Reporting Overview/Next Steps
Other
Slides (pending) Falguni Ganguli (Unlicensed)
Open questions
Re: strategic context, anything we should highlight re: agriculture and state level climate action plans or dialogue around agriculture and emissions at a national level Richie Ahuja (Unlicensed)
What is the status of DG’s FCRA renewal? Krishnan Pallassana (Unlicensed)
Status of post-doc hire to support model inter-comparison (if you can share CV and expected start date, that would be awesome). Andrew McDonald (Unlicensed)
Talking Points: Learnings and impact on approach
To drive adoption of CSA among farmers, critical to communicate how “win-win” practices deliver productivity and adaptation/resilience benefits for farmers bc GHG emission not a focus
Farmer scorecard as a hook to engage farmers on link between practices and yield by comparing performance vs nearby peers
Awareness of CSA is critical and often exists but is not sufficient where access barriers exist. In this project, we can document and amplify access gaps for most impactful practices in order to send a demand signal that can mobilize supply/service providers (eg, Zero Tillage case study)
Continuing to build awareness and buy-in within JEEViKA on climate focus and starting to forge intersections with others in the ecosystem
Invited to train VRPs and JEEViKA staff on GHG emissions from agriculture. This is a great opportunity but important to flag that enhancing farmer productivity / income and VRP productivity are the primary levers to keep JEEViKA engaged
Convergence platform brings together research and implementing agencies; for kharif 2022 we expect the meeting of convergence platform in March 2022. Akash Asthana (Unlicensed)
Implementing agencies in the domain of GHG emission and CSA are not collaborated on single platform. What do we plan to do here? Starting with a mapping of the ecosystem and introductory conversation to develop an approach and on-board critical partners. [Anything to add]Akash Asthana (Unlicensed)
Interest in carbon offsets remains high but pathway for smallholders to participate still long / uncertain; our standards and model inter-comparison work should be beneficial
Crypto is a driver: Toucan protocol to tokenize registered offsets into BTC and KlimaDAO and its ilk which are currencies backed by offsets are driving demand; not sure about its durability. Exploratory discussion with these groups to learn more.
SOC is a major focus for registries (VM 042) and expect methodology changes in coming months.
Farmer groups / FPOs remain a focus for government given their potential (increased bargaining power for input and output) but are still fledgling. FPOs that build upon SHGs rails is a theme among SRLM partners (eg, JEEViKA) as well. DG exploring how we can empower such groups to leverage data and deliver a tangible member prop (achieve 1cr in sales at improved offtake prices vs current options)
Most digitization efforts are top down/extractive and siloed which limits their utility. DG exploring incentives and capacity building for farmers groups to take this on themselves. Some potential entry points: financing for durable assets esp mechanization that enables CSA (see above on access issues) access to climate adaptation / resilience grant funding