ECREA project concludes with major gains in climate resilience for East African farmers
Date: 2026-04-01
By: Robert Kwaku Annor
The
Enhancing Climate Resilience in East Africa (ECREA) project has concluded after
delivering significant impact across Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania,
strengthening the use of climate information in agriculture.
Implemented by the Alliance
of Bioversity International and CIAT with funding from the UK’s Foreign,
Commonwealth and Development Office through the WISER programme, the initiative
focused on bridging the gap between climate science and practical agricultural
decision-making.
Project outcomes indicate that more than 326,000
farmers directly benefited from Participatory Integrated Climate Services for
Agriculture (PICSA) training, while over four million farmers were reached
indirectly through media platforms such as the television programme Shamba
Shape Up.
According to stakeholders, the
project also contributed to strengthening institutional capacity and promoting
inclusive engagement to ensure broader access to weather and climate
information services.
Speaking on the initiative, WISER
Global Programme Manager Graham Banton described the project as a critical
example of how collaboration and market systems can translate research into
real-world impact, enabling communities to convert climate data into actionable
insights.
The final workshop brought together
partners to review achievements and identify pathways for scaling
interventions, with emphasis on sustaining the systems and partnerships
established during the project.
