A GIZ Agri-Business Facility for Africa Initiative
Good Practices for Climate-Resilient Agribusiness
Tried-and-tested climate-resilient approaches from Cocoa, Livestock and Maize value chains across Africa, ready to learn from, adapt and scale.
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climate-resilient value chain projects supported through the ABF Matching Grant Fund
What are Good Practices
A blueprint for innovation and climate resilience
Climate change is increasing the risks of droughts, floods, heat stress, pests, diseases and market volatility across the Cocoa, Livestock and Maize value chains, with rural populations and women bearing the greatest impact. This portal brings together Good Practices that help producers and agribusinesses anticipate, absorb and adapt to these risks, validated through an independent expert selection process.
- Climate-resilient crop varieties & improved livestock breeds
- Agroforestry & regenerative agriculture
- Renewable energy solutions
- Digital tools: traceability platforms & AI-assisted advisory
- Market linkages: contract farming & cooperatives
A Good Practice is a practical approach, tool or method with a working business model that has been implemented in the field, has demonstrated clear results, and can be shared, adapted and scaled.
Every practice is catalogued as a Knowledge Asset in the ACBF Knowledge Repository and independently scored by a panel of technical experts, so it is also discoverable through search, thematic collections and Communities of Practice across the Hub.
Three Levels of the Value Chain
Where Good Practices apply
From the individual farm or firm, through the support services around it, up to the policies and institutions that shape the whole sector.
Micro
Farm and firm level
Agronomic and business-model practices used directly by producers and firms.
Example: Soil fertility management using organic matter, biochar and mulching.
Producers & agribusinesses
Meso
Support services
Support functions such as training, advisory, technical and financial services.
Example: Cost-efficient extension training formats for agroforestry.
Extension & service providers
Macro
Policies and institutions
Policy design and institutional frameworks that enable resilience.
Example: Incentives for sustainable, deforestation-free cocoa production.
Policymakers & institutions
Browse by Value Chain
Three value chains, one collection
Explore validated Good Practice Knowledge Assets by the value chain they serve.
Cocoa
Agroforestry, traceability, deforestation-free production and farmer business models across West and Central Africa's cocoa belt.
Browse Cocoa practicesLivestock
Improved breeds, fodder and water management, and resilient husbandry across Cattle, Goat, Sheep and Dairy systems.
Browse Livestock practicesMaize
Climate-resilient varieties, regenerative agriculture, post-harvest handling and market-linkage models for maize systems.
Browse Maize practicesGender and climate vulnerability
Rural producers, and women in particular, bear the brunt of climate disruption across Africa's agricultural value chains. Good Practices in this collection are documented with attention to who adopts them, who benefits, and what it takes for women-led enterprises to scale them.
Knowledge Resources
Access the Good Practices Collection
Browse, search and filter validated Good Practice Knowledge Assets in the ACBF Knowledge Repository, sorted by most recent publication.