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Live from Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20, 18 June 2012 http://www.agricultureday.org Speakers: - Mendes Ribeiro Filho, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply, Brazil - Rachel Kyte, World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development and CGIAR Fund Council Chair Join...

Dominique Charron from the International Research Center says that #AASW6 is a place for new opportunities for research on food security problems. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana will convene the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Wee...

Mr. Hon. Nyiira Mijumbi Zerubabel from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries of the Republic of Uganda talks about agriculture, commercial farming and peasant income. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana will conve...

Worlali Senyo highlights the importance of Social Media interactions during the Africa Agriculture Science Week. The Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) in collaboration with the Government of Ghana will convene the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week from July 15-19 in Accra, a cont...

Live from Agriculture and Rural Development Day at Rio+20, 18 June 2012 http://www.agricultureday.org Speaker: Izabella Vieira Teixeira, Minister of Environment, Brazil Join the discussion: #rio4ag http://www.twitter.com/agricultureday http://www.facebook.com/agricultureday

Presented in September 2015 at CSV Workshop, India by Rajbir Singh

In the past, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) of Costa Rica worked with paper-based data, which hindered their response to emergencies. To increase adequate emergency responses to extreme climate events, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (...

Niger’s population is highly dependent on agriculture but faces constant risks aggravated by climate change. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) West Africa Program set up the Kampa Zarma Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Niger to test climate-smart ag...

Solar irrigation systems offer a climate-smart and sustainable approach to extend the area under irrigation while using a renewable source of energy. They strive to break the vicious cycle of excessive green-house gas emissions (GHG) due to the usage of electricity or diesel operated pumps, which...

Agriculture represents a large part of Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP). The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) developed a national climate-smart agriculture (CSA) profile for the World ...