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How the ACI Was Built
The ACI was built on the ground, not in a vacuum. It is developed with insights from scholars, program practitioners, and entrepreneurs.
60+
Agricultural Entrepreneurs
40+
Global Development Experts
This knowledge translates directly into our core framework: the measurable parameters of Information, Skills, and Assets.
The Three Pillars of Adaptive Capacity
Information
The ability to understand and interpret weather insights and climate-risk knowledge.
Skills
The technical capabilities needed to implement adaptive strategies.
Assets
The financial, physical, and social resources that prevent shocks and stressors.
The Challenge of Climate Variability
Climate risk is highly local. Effective climate adaptation practices and measurement seem impossible to standardize.
Expert conversations revealed that climate stressors in agriculture can in fact be boiled down to a few shared risks.
Predicting Rainfall
Protection from flooding and timing of harvest, sowing, and cropping
Extreme Heat
Protecting crops from heatwaves and resilience against droughts
Soil Health Management
Keeping soil nutrient-rich for longevity and against changing climate
By focusing on these shared critical threats, it became possible to create a universal, standardized measurement tool.