We are pleased to share with you the third issue of the SmartAg Partner quarterly newsletter, highlighting ongoing research and policy engagement from July to September 2016. To mark World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on July 15, CCAFS held an online discussion forum on Youth Engagement in Climate Sma...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, July - September 2016]
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, July - September 2016
O Projeto TerraCert vem desenvolvendo uma proposta inovadora para a sustentabilidade na Amazônia: a certificação da trajetória dos territórios. Quatro conceitos fundamentam as atividades:
Transição agrária e ecoe ciência
Os territórios da Amazônia, especialmente aqueles no Arco do des...
Project TerraCert
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Territórios inovando para monitorar e comprovar progressos rumo à sustentabilidade]
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Territórios inovando para monitorar e comprovar progressos rumo à sustentabilidade
Future Earth is interested to establish a research area on food systems. This one day workshop, hosted by the CCAFS Coordinating Unit at the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with Future Earth, was intended to contribute to that aim. Two objectives were agreed for the meeting, namely (i) ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Future Earth
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[Towards a global research program on food systems]
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Towards a global research program on food systems
The TerraCert Project is developing an innovative approach to achieve sustainability in the Amazon region through the certification of territories. The project embraces four key dimensions:
Agricultural transition with eco-efficiency in the Amazon
The territories in the Amazon, mainly those in th...
Project TerraCert
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Territories innovating to monitor and assess progress towards sustainability]
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Territories innovating to monitor and assess progress towards sustainability
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims to achieve the goals of increased productivity / food security, adaptation / resilience, and mitigation. The different weights put on each goal depends on the context. CSA investors and implementers are now seeking methods and sets of indicators to monitor pro...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Metrics to measure progress towards climate-smart agriculture (CSA) goals]
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Metrics to measure progress towards climate-smart agriculture (CSA) goals
Climate-Smart Villages are sites where researchers, farmers’ cooperatives, government offi cials and private sector partners come together to identify the most appropriate climate-smart interventions in agriculture based on its agro-ecological, climate risk profi le and socio-economic conditions. T...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Climate-Smart Villages: A community approach to sustainable agricultural development]
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Climate-Smart Villages: A community approach to sustainable agricultural development
La prévision des précipitations saisonnières peut aider les agriculteurs à s’adapter au changement
climatique et à améliorer leur résilience face aux chocs climatiques. Le programme de recherche
du CGIAR sur le changement climatique, l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire (CCAFS) en
collaborati...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[L’impact des services d’information climatique au Sénégal]
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L’impact des services d’information climatique au Sénégal
Seasonal rainfall forecasts can help farmers adapt to climate change and improve their
resilience to climate shocks. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) collaborated with the Senegalese National
Meteorological Agency (ANACIM) to develop climate info...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[The impact of climate information services in Senegal]
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The impact of climate information services in Senegal
Efforts
to
ensure
the
use
of
CCAFS
climate
science
and
site-‐specific
Climate-‐Smart
Agriculture
(CSA)
practices
in
the
Rainforest
Alliance
voluntary
certification
scheme
and
in
impact
investment
approaches
implemented
by
Root
Capital
began
in
2015.
The
project
leverages
existing
smallholder
va...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Mobilizing private sector partners for climate action in the cocoa value chain]
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Mobilizing private sector partners for climate action in the cocoa value chain
CCAFS scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the International Livestock Research institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), provided inputs into the development of Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agri...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Kenya integrates Climate-Smart Agriculture into its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution]
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Kenya integrates Climate-Smart Agriculture into its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution