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Climate change is projected to have serious impacts on the agriculture of southern Africa, affecting food availability, creating local production shortfalls and resulting in rising commodity prices. This report highlights the risks to agriculture and food systems that may occur in two counties of...


Vergage, FabianCramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.Campbell, Bruce M.[Climate risk assessment and agricultural value chain prioritisation for Malawi and Zambia]Climate risk assessment and agricultural value chain prioritisation for Malawi and Zambia

Agricultural production systems in East Africa are mainly rain-fed and highly vulnerable to climate change and variability. Moreover, the smallholder subsistence production base increases the vulnerability of the agricultural sector in East Africa to climate risks. The frequency and severity of c...


Nzuma, JMRadeny, Maren A.O.Kinyangi, JamesCramer, Laura[A review of agricultural, food security, food systems and climate change adaptation policies, institutions and actors in East Africa]A review of agricultural, food security, food systems and climate change adaptation policies, institutions and actors in East Africa

We apply a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to assess constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- to long-term climate information in a wide range of sectoral investment and planning decisions. Common applications of climate information are shown to relate to adaptatio...


Jones, LindseyChampalle, ClaraChesterman, SabrinaCramer, LauraCrane, Todd A.[Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making]Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making

En las últimas décadas la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe se ha fortalecido, pasando de un 14.7% de población afectada por el hambre en 1990 a un 5.5% en 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), cumpliendo con la meta del hambre de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Sin embar...

In recent decades, food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean has strengthened, decreasing the number of the population affected by hunger from 14.7% in 1990 to 5.5% in 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), meeting the hunger goal of the Millennium Development Goals. However, climate change, ...


Cramer, LauraHuyer, SophiaLavado, AngelaLoboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaMartínez Barón, DeissyNyasimi, MaryThomas, Timothy S.Thornton, Philip K.Etten, Jacob vanWijk, Mark T. van[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana]Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana

Decision makers in developing countries need evidence of the impacts climate change is having and will continue to have on agriculture and food systems as well as knowledge on how to design better policies to deal with such impacts. Research for development scientists are generating this evidence...


Cramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.Dinesh, DhanushJat, Mangi LalKhatri-Chhetri, ArunLaderach, PeterMartínez Barón, DeissyOuédraogo, MathieuPartey, SamuelTotin, EdmondVasileiou, IoannisVeeger, Marieke[Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries]Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries

Climate change is currently acknowledged as one of the pressing global threats to the environment and humanity. This threat has moved the global community to take action on adaptation and mitigation efforts to cushion its devastating effects. Cognizance has been taken of the disproportionate impa...


Aura, RuthNyasimi, MaryCramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.[Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa]Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa

This paper reports on a networking meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Flagship held at the university of Canberra, Australia on 1-2 April 2019. The meeting helped to identify opportunities for gender-tra...


Huyer, SophiaGumucio, TatianaChanana, NityaCramer, LauraMungai, CatherineOuedraogo, MathieuSimelton, ElisabethTavenner, KatieTwyman, Jennifer[Learning and action for gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture]Learning and action for gender-transformative climate-smart agriculture

Cramer, LauraHuyer, SophiaLavado, AngelaLoboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaMartínez Barón, DeissyNyasimi, MaryThomas, Timothy S.Thornton, Philip K.Etten, Jacob vanWijk, Mark T. van[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana][Methods Proposed to Evaluate the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic]Methods Proposed to Evaluate the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic

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