Guatemala

Introduction

Guatemala is particularly vulnerable to climate change and extreme weather events. Heavy rains, violent storms and prolonged droughts are threatening the agricultural sectors and consequently the food security in the country. It is not just the country’s geographical location that leaves it susceptible, but poor housing, high malnutrition and unemployment also compound the situation to make the country’s inhabitants more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with indigenous communities and farmers being among the most affected.

To support these communities build resilience to the effects of climate change and the natural hazards that are increasingly more likely to strike as a result, the Government of Guatemala is developing a policy framework to underpin adaptation efforts, and welcomes the support of the NAP-Ag Programme in mainstreaming the planning of adaptation strategies into national planning and budgeting processes.

Project details

Adaptation policies

In an effort to increase resilience, Guatemala developed a National Climate Change Action Plan (Plan de Acción Nacional de Cambio Climático, PANCC) that incorporates mitigation and adaptation priority actions. Some of the activities that the country is looking to implement include: increasing the production of grains; (2) strengthening early warning systems for food and nutrition insecurity; and providing technical assistance to the farmers to improve resilience and adaptation to climate change.

NAP-Ag activities

The NAP-Ag Programme is supporting the NAP Agricultura Guatemala with the aim to strengthen the adaptation component linked to agriculture, livestock and food security (Result 1) within PANCC. Activities include: (1) dialogues efficient water use for irrigation; (2) capacity development on water use; (3) cost-benefit analysis; and (4) integration of agriculture in the sectoral monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

Dialogues on efficient water use for irrigation

Discussions on the legal, political and institutional framework associated with water use for irrigation include:

• Promotion of the efficient use of water in irrigation units through the National Federation of Irrigation Users -FENURGUA-, as practices of adaptation to climate change in the agricultural sector.

• Promotion of agricultural adaptation practices to climate change at the community, institutional and national levels.

Capacity development of policy makers and extension agents

Capacity development for ministry professionals on efficient use of water for irrigation, as a practice for adapting to climate change in agriculture.

Development of a training program aimed at MAGA extension agents, with the theme of adapting agriculture to change climate.

Cost-benefit analysis and monitoring and evaluation frameworks

Capacity development at the inter-institutional level through workshops on cost-benefit analysis and integration of agriculture in the sectoral monitoring and evaluation frameworks.

Signature programmes:

Mainstreaming Adaptation

National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP)

Thematic areas:

Rural Development

Climate-related hazards addressed:

Land Degradation and Deforestation

Level of intervention:

National

Key collaborators:

National governments

Implementing agencies and partnering organizations:

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Project status:

Completed

Location:

Urban

News

Introducing the NAP-Ag Project in Guatemala

Presentan Proyecto NAP-Agricultura en Guatemala

> FAO y PNUD ejecutan en Guatemala proyecto de adaptación al cambio climátic (EFE Verde)

20 December 2017 - La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) y el Programa de Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), con el apoyo financiero de Gobierno de Alemania, ejecutarán en Guatemala un proyecto de adaptación al cambio climático, informó hoy una fuente de la ONU. Según la FAO, se trata del Plan Nacional de Adaptación (NAP-Agricultura) que también se ha desarrollado en Colombia, Gambia, Kenia, Nepal, Filipinas, Tailandia, Uganda, Uruguay, Vietnam y Zambia. El programa, que tendrá una duración de dos años, se ejecutará en regiones del denominado Corredor Seco, en el oriente de Guatemala, en apoyo al gobierno, dijo el organismo de las Naciones Unidas en un comunicado.

> Introducing the NAP-Ag Project in Guatemala

8 December 2017, Guatemala City - The Government of Guatemala presented on the NAP-Ag on 30 November 2017 in Guatemala City. Under the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA) the NAP-Ag project aims to strengthen the issues related to the adaptation to climate change in the country's agricultural sectors and strengthening of institutional capacities through the development or updating of policy and planning instruments at the national, sectoral and local level.

> Presentan Proyecto NAP-Agricultura en Guatemala

08 December 2017 - La Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO) en conjunto con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) presentaron el Proyecto de Integración de la Agricultura en los Planes Nacionales de Adaptación (NAP, por sus siglas en inglés) que apunta a fortalecer los temas relacionados con el riego, adaptación ante el cambio climático en el sector agropecuario del país y el fortalecimiento de las capacidades institucionales a través del desarrollo o actualización de instrumentos de política y planificación en el ámbito nacional, sectorial y local, para contribuir con el Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación (MAGA).

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