Case Study

Ethiopia’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP) enables locally driven business cases to unlock $80,000 in climate finance

author(s)

Tesfaye, Lidya

themes
  • Climate action
regions
  • Ethiopia
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Tesfaye, L.; Jalango, D.; Otieno, F.; Girvetz, E. (2026) Ethiopia’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP) enables locally driven business cases to unlock $80,000 in climate finance. Study AFR- 2542. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International; Cali (Colombia): International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). 3 p.

Between 2024 and 2025, the Scaling up Climate Ambition on Land Use and Agriculture (SCALA) programme in Ethiopia (a joint FAO–UNDP–CIAT partnership) supported the operationalization of the Ethiopia Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan (CSAIP) through locally tailored community business cases. In coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture, the initiative translated national National Adaptation Plan (NAP) by converting climate-smart agriculture (CSA) priorities into concrete investments in three woredas, combining capacity development, input support, and participatory planning. The approach links national climate strategies with community-level implementation to strengthen adaptive capacity and promote climate-resilient livelihoods.