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Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for 
Development Programmes in the Agriculture & Food Sector

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<table><tbody><tr><td>The Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for Development Programmes in the Agriculture & Food Sector (CRISP) project aims to develop a climate risk tool that considers the specific characteristics of agriculture and agricultural land use systems. The tool will be freely available, quick and simple to use, interactive and web-based for use by agricultural and rural development project planners and managers. The tool will be strongly based on the impact chain method developed by the Eurac Climate and Disaster Research Group and published in the Vulnerability Sourcebook and its Risk Supplement (Zebisch et al., 2014 and GIZ and EURAC, 2017). The tool will link to a range of external tools and databases that can be used for more in-depth analysis of specific actions.The project is conducted in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).The project is financed by GIZ (German Development Cooperation). The envisaged tool should provide an entry point for agricultural and rural development projects for an initial, simple and quick exploration of climate implications. Eurac uses its expertise in the impact chain methodology to understand the relevant climate risks for agriculture in the context of a given project or program. Eurac’s objective is to design and implement impact chains in the agricultural sector that are to a certain degree standardised and can be flexibly adapted to user’s needs. Contact: kathrin.renner@eurac.edu</td></tr></tbody></table>

The Climate Risk Planning & Managing Tool for Development Programmes in the Agriculture & Food Sector (CRISP) project aims to develop a climate risk tool that considers the specific characteristics of agriculture and agricultural land use systems. The tool will be freely available, quick and simple to use, interactive and web-based for use by agricultural and rural development project planners and managers. The tool will be strongly based on the impact chain method developed by the Eurac Climate and Disaster Research Group and published in the Vulnerability Sourcebook and its Risk Supplement (Zebisch et al., 2014 and GIZ and EURAC, 2017). The tool will link to a range of external tools and databases that can be used for more in-depth analysis of specific actions.The project is conducted in partnership with the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).The project is financed by GIZ (German Development Cooperation). The envisaged tool should provide an entry point for agricultural and rural development projects for an initial, simple and quick exploration of climate implications. Eurac will use its expertise in the impact chain methodology to understand the relevant climate risks for agriculture in the context of a given project or program. Eurac’s objective is to design and implement impact chains in the agricultural sector that are too a certain degree standardised and can be flexibly adapted to user’s needs.Contact: kathrin.renner@eurac.edu

<table><tbody><tr><td>Eurac was working together with the Alliance in all work packages and lead work packages (WP) 4 and 6. The work was conducted in two phases. Phase 1 ran from August 2021 to January 2022 and phase 2 from February 2022 to September 2023. All WPs except WP6 were being worked on in both phases. The work packages are the following:WP1&5: Project ManagementWP2: User characterisationWP3: Knowledge BaseWP4: Climate risk assessment using impact chainsWP6: Develop the interactive online CRISP ToolWP7: Continued expansion of the CRISP knowledge baseWP8: Test, evaluate, document and disseminate the CRISP ToolWP9: Maintenance and sustainability of the CRISP Tool A core part of the project was the co-design of the CRISP-Tool’s scope and user-oriented features and constrains in collaboration with end-users and other stakeholders. This was be conducted in WP2 and involved the tasks of setting up an end-user pool, to engage with end-users and to co-develop a project typology and needs assessment. Expected outcomes were user profiles characterising their needs and requirements and a working paper on project typology that guided the tool development. The user group was consulted on different aspects of content and usability as the tool was developed and tested. Moreover, a set of representative user profiles and sample project typologies and descriptions were used for testing and validation. Activities in this WP were led by the Alliance.In WP3 a knowledge database on climate-resilient agricultural interventions was assembled. Key outcomes are an inventory and internal portal of material, data and tools for adaptation planning at the different scales of intervention/project typologies and a working paper synthesising knowledge about specific climate risk factors in different contexts, linked to the adaptation project developed in WP2 and based on the IPCC risk framework. Activities in this WP are lead and to a large degree conducted by the Alliance.In WP4, led by Eurac, we worked on defining a standardised conceptual framework for climate risk for the agricultural sector, developed a climate impact knowledge base based on impact chains as well as detailed specifications for the CRISP-Tool. The main outcomes are an inventory and portal of material, data and structured knowledge for climate risk proofing and a set of standardised impact chains including information on linkages. Furthermore, a prototype (mock up and back-up platform) of the Tool based on the assembled knowledge base and a set of test user / project profiles was created.In WP6 the interactive online CRISP-Tool was developed. This work was conducted by the University of Bolzano developing the backend in collaboration and a freelance consultant taking care of the frontend component of the tool. Key outcomes are a web-based tool with a user-friendly frontend and the required back-end functionality according to the specifications defined in WP4. The tool was tested and evaluated and modified where appropriate. Another key output is a user manual outlining the tool and its uses as well as reflecting on the development and testing. Eurac was working together with a small number of project planners and managers to test and evaluate the tool for its utility and effectiveness.WP7 was led by the Alliance. In this WP a Guideline detailing recommendations and practical implications for expanding the CRISP knowledge base was developed.In WP8 the consortium organised, prepared and conducted user trials with the aim to collect feedback on the tool’s usability and user friendliness. The results from the user tests were discussed with the developers and modifications to the tool were made to accommodate the feedback.WP9 was led by the Alliance. A Maintenance and sustainability plan for developed documenting the architecture and working of the technical setup, the hosting by the Alliance as well as a plan of hosting and supporting the tool’s functioning for one year after the end of the project. Since the project started Eurac conducted a literature review, analysed the work that was done by a consultant on this subject in 2020 and held a project kick-off meeting together with the partners from the Alliance. With GIZ, who is one of the end users keen on having such an interactive tool we held several meetings to discuss the desired tool capabilities. Eurac together with the Alliance and the University of Bolzano plan to write a scientific publication on standardised impact chains in the agricultural sector and the definition of major context-specific climate hazards and risk factors. </td></tr></tbody></table>

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