Climate field schools adaptation

The document examines the evolution of Climate Field Schools (CFS) in Indonesia, from their origins in pest management to their current role in delivering climate information via the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG). Drawing on the EECCLiRe project, it advocates for integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) strategies—specifically agroforestry and biodigesters—into the CFS curriculum. It highlights the role of farmer cooperatives in facilitating certification, market access, and financial resilience, and suggests that combining climate forecasts with market data can empower farmers as sustainable agro-businesses.

• Climate Field Schools (CFS) have scaled significantly in Indonesia; by 2022, over 18,600 participants had attended sessions across 607 locations in 33 provinces.
• The EECCLiRe project demonstrated that integrating agroforestry into CFS provides multiple benefits, including cooling shade for Arabica coffee, soil enrichment, biodiversity promotion, and income diversification through the planting of cash crops like avocado, cacao, durian, and cinnamon.
• The introduction of biodigesters through CFS helps rural households reduce reliance on chemical fertilizers and fossil fuels, though the EECCLiRe project found that small-scale systems produced insufficient biogas for routine cooking needs, indicating a need for larger digesters and better technical support.
• Farmer cooperatives (Koperasi Produsen and BUMDes) are essential for smallholders to achieve sustainability certifications—such as Rainforest Alliance, Fairtrade, and USDA Organic—and to comply with international regulations like the EU's Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products (EUDR).
• Integrating BMKG's climate forecasts with yield estimation and market information can improve farmers' bargaining power and income by allowing them to better time harvests and negotiate contracts.
• Indonesia's agricultural sector is highly vulnerable to climate change, with the country ranking 97th out of 188 in the 2022 ND-GAIN Index, and rural populations facing significantly higher poverty rates than urban residents.

APA

Salamanca, A., & Crouse, C. (2025). Climate field schools adaptation. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-field-schools-adaptation/

Chicago

Salamanca, Albert, and Cynthia Crouse. Climate field schools adaptation. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2025. https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-field-schools-adaptation/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{salamanca2025climate, author = {Salamanca, Albert and Crouse, Cynthia}, title = {{Climate field schools adaptation}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/climate-field-schools-adaptation/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }