This presentation was given at an internal workshop in September 2020.

1. CCAFS | University of Vermont
September 8, 2020
USDA EC LEDS Project
Delivering Information for National Low-Emission
Development Strategies

2. Purpose of the Project (Overview)
To improve the impact of EC-LEDS research outputs in the selected
countries (Colombia, Kenya and Vietnam)
Research
output
Policy makers use
output to inform LED
decisions
Output Outcome Impact
LED decisions
reduce emissions
Project Duration: 9 months (Jan – Sep 2020)
Project Partners: Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Environment, NDC
developers and implementers and producer federations

3. Project Objectives:
1. Deliver outcomes for country
projects: increase policy makers’ use of
EC-LEDS research outputs.
2. Improve policy makers’ access to LED
knowledge: Enable national policy
makers to better use LEDS research
outputs, for examples, CSA guidebook,
activity data for fertilizer use
3. Synthesize lessons about how to best
link EC-LEDS research outputs and
policy makers to generate outcomes.

4. Project Implementation:
• Evaluate Impact Pathways
• Co-design Action Plan
• Implement Actions
• Synthesis

5. Key Lessons:
• Co-developing LED outputs
• Co-developing outcomes
• Fitness to policy needs and
contribution to LED strategies

6. Potential Areas for
Future Work
• Mobilization of domestic and
international finance for supporting
NDC
• Bundling of EC LEDS research outputs
with other promising mitigation (and
adaptation) options in agriculture, and
• Identify the co-benefits of research
outputs to crowd in different actors for
scaling up and investment