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In 2014, India began the implementation of its National Food Security Act, which was signed into a law in 2013. The new law aims to provide subsidised food grains to more than 800 million people in the country. While this law will have obvious implications to the food security of the Indian popul...

Climate services are highly practical tools, improving farmer decision-making and strengthening their ability to cope with increased climate variability and extreme weather events. By providing climate advisories and weather forecasts, these services enhance farmers’ capacity to deal with risk. T...

CIMMYT’s research has informed the agenda of maize breeding programs in sub-­‐Saharan Africa, to ensure that new varieties developed will be tolerant to heat stress as well as drought. CIMMYT’s climate projections for maize-­‐producing areas in sub-­‐Saharan Africa highlighted the increasing prev...

CCAFS Climate-Smart Villages (CSV) have successfully combined global knowledge with local action to help farmers sustainably produce more food, while curbing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing resilience to climate change. In CSVs farmers and researchers test and implement portfolios of clim...

Agriculture is the backbone of West African economies, providing employment and income to about 70% of the population. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is cognizant of the important role that the sector plays for its member states and the challenges posed by climate change. ...

Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a rice production practice which moves away from continuous flooding of rice paddies to periodically draining and wetting the soil, so that the soil does not dry out. The practice reduces the amount of water needed for cultivation by up to 30%, which translat...

The significant role of agriculture in climate change has been underrepresented in previous years’ discussions and agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). CCAFS and partners in the global agriculture community have strived to address this imbalance thr...

Coffee production in Costa Rica employs up to 150,000 people, representing 8% of the Costa Rican workforce, and accounts for nearly 10% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to reach the national goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 and contribute to international climate protection m...

The potential impacts of climate change threaten African agricultural systems, including export crops like cocoa and subsistence agriculture. Investments in the sector are more and more vulnerable to climate change and should take these impacts into consideration to safeguard long-term sustainabi...

The food security of millions of people in East Africa is threatened due to climate events that shock the mainly agricultural system. Under a changing climate, these shocks will increase in severity and frequency, further destabilizing food security in the region. In the past, climate and food se...