Droughts, erratic rains, pest shifts and rising input costs are reshaping farming and the businesses that depend on it. Leaders must choose where to invest, which practices to promote and how to bring innovations to scale. This five-day programme builds that strategic capability. You assess climate risk and vulnerability along value chains, compare options such as conservation agriculture, agroforestry, drought-tolerant seed, efficient irrigation, digital advisory and index insurance, and weigh them with cost-benefit and marginal abatement thinking. Sessions on innovation systems, pilots, scaling pathways, public-private partnerships and climate finance sources, including carbon markets and blended finance, show how ideas move from trial plots to national programmes.
The course is designed for agriculture ministry and county planners, programme directors, agribusiness executives, cooperative and farmer organisation leaders, donor and development bank officers, researchers and consultants. It is delivered in classroom format in 18 cities, online, or in-house for an institution, with a CPD-accredited certificate. Afterwards you can draft a climate-smart strategy, structure a pilot with clear learning goals, and present an investable scaling case to boards and funders.
Food systems face a double demand: produce more for growing populations while adapting to a changing climate and reducing emissions. Smallholders, agribusinesses and governments all make decisions under that pressure, often with limited evidence on which practices pay off locally. Strategies that ignore climate risk, or that promote a technology without a plan for adoption and finance, tend to stall after the pilot stage.
This programme gives senior practitioners a framework to move from analysis to action. It begins with climate risk and vulnerability assessment across crops, livestock, fisheries and the supply chains around them. Participants then evaluate adaptation and mitigation options, learn how innovation systems function, and design pilots with hypotheses, indicators and decision rules for scaling or stopping. The later part of the course examines policy alignment, extension and digital delivery models, partnerships, and the financing instruments that can carry successful models to scale.
Teaching uses strategy workshops, regional case studies and structured peer challenge. Participants build a prioritised strategy outline, a pilot design and a funding pitch tailored to their institution and context.
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Participants complete the course with:
The programme is organised as a strategy workshop for senior participants. It uses:
Day 1: Climate Risk and Food System Strategy
Day 2: Options Appraisal
Day 3: Innovation Systems and Piloting
Day 4: Policy, Partnerships and Scaling
Day 5: Finance and Strategic Decisions
The course targets decision makers and advisers in food and agriculture, including:
Attendance and satisfactory completion of the workshops and final pitch earn a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.
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By the end of the Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems programme, you'll be able to assess climate risk and vulnerability for crops, livestock and value chains in a given area, prioritise climate-smart practices and technologies using cost, benefit, risk and adoption criteria, design innovation pilots with testable hypotheses, indicators and scale-up triggers, and analyse the agricultural innovation system and identify partners for research, extension and markets. The full breakdown of topics is covered session by session in the Course Outline tab above.
The course targets decision makers and advisers in food and agriculture, including: Ministry and county agriculture directors and planners, Agribusiness executives and sustainability managers, Programme directors in NGOs and development agencies, Cooperative, union and farmer organisation leaders, Agricultural research and extension managers, Development bank and climate fund officers, Agri-finance and insurance product managers, and Policy analysts and consultants working on food systems.
Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course typically runs as 5 Days. It's available as in-person classroom, live virtual, and in-house corporate training — every course can also be delivered on-site for your team on dates that suit you.
Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course is scheduled in-classroom in Nairobi, Kenya, Mombasa, Kenya, Naivasha, Kenya, and Kisumu, Kenya, and 14 other locations, plus a live interactive virtual classroom you can join from anywhere. Check the schedule panel above for exact upcoming dates and fees in each location.
The next live virtual cohort of Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems starts October 26, 2026, with new classroom cohorts also running on a rolling basis. Pick a date and location in the schedule panel above, then click "Register for the Course" — it takes a few minutes and your seat is confirmed once payment or a signed purchase order is received.
Yes — delegates who meet the attendance requirement receive a Certificate of Completion for Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course from Vision Reach Global Consultancy, issued in the name you register with, so double-check the spelling at checkout.
Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course is pitched at advanced professionals. If you're unsure whether it's the right fit for your current role or background, message our training advisors before you register and they'll help you confirm.
Fees for Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course vary by delivery location and format and are shown in real time in the schedule panel above once you pick a date. Register 3 or more delegates on the same course together and a 5% team discount is applied automatically — larger cohorts can request a custom corporate quote.
Yes — Strategy and Innovation in Climate-Smart Agriculture & Food Systems Training Course can be delivered on-site at your offices (or virtually for distributed teams), with case studies and examples tailored to your industry and the specific challenges your team is working through. Switch to the "In-House" tab in the schedule panel above to request a proposal.
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