C-SUCSeS at a Glance

Consortium for Scaling-up Climate Smart Agriculture in South Asia (C-SUCSeS) is a four-year joint initiative between the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Agriculture Centre (SAC), the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), and is co-financed by the SAARC Development Fund (SDF). The programme fosters partnership and cooperation between the SAARC, National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES), IFPRI, and SAARC governments on the Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) agenda. The programme aims to promote sustainable and resilient agricultural intensification in South Asia through enhanced capacity to scale up CSA strategies and technologies.

The specific objectives of this programme are:

1. to accelerate the identification and scaling up of viable CSA interventions through national policies and programmes in South Asia; and,
2. to set up effective and efficient mechanisms for knowledge-sharing, policy dialogue, and cooperation in research and development programmes among SAARC countries on CSA.

The programme consists of four components with the relevant activities being implemented under the leadership of SAC and guided by the regional coordination platform to achieve four specific outcomes and thirteen outputs.