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On 21 September 2016, the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the CGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society ...


Dinh, DannieHansen, James[Climate Week NYC Panel Event: Innovative Approaches for Scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture]Climate Week NYC Panel Event: Innovative Approaches for Scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture

Climate information services (CIS) involve the production, translation, transfer, and use of climate information for individual and societal decision-making. After years of focus on building CIS around available information, today the CIS community recognizes that effective CIS are aimed at speci...


Carr, EdwardGoble, RobRosko, Helen M.Vaughan, CatherineHansen, James[Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda]Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda

Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence prevents a realistic analysis of whether such services are delivering on their potential. This paper revi...


Vaughan, CatherineHansen, JamesRoudier, PhilippeWatkiss, PaulCarr, Edward[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda]Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda

Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa’s agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence regarding WCS prevents a realistic analysis of whether services are delivering on their potential. This p...


Vaughan, CatherineHansen, JamesRoudier, PhilippeWatkiss, PaulCarr, Edward[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: A learning agenda on climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa]Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: A learning agenda on climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa

Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists, particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the extent and the persistence of rural poverty in these environments. Stochastic shocks erode smallholder farmers' long...


Hansen, JamesHellin, JonRosenstock, Todd S.Fisher, EleanorCairns, Jill E.Stirling, Clare M.Lamanna, ChristineEtten, Jacob vanRose, AlisonCampbell, Bruce M.[Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction]Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

The development of sustainable climate services is acknowledged as a key step in building climate-smart practices. Further, it has been noted that successful and sustainable climate services have structures of governance that are coherent and transparent for the stakeholders involved. To facilita...


Kruczkiewicz, AndrewSayeed, SyedHansen, JamesFurlow, JohnRose, AlisonDinh, Dannie[Review of Climate Services Governance Structures: Case Studies from Mali, Jamaica, and India]Review of Climate Services Governance Structures: Case Studies from Mali, Jamaica, and India

Human activities and their relation with land, through agriculture and forestry, are significantly impacting Earth system functioning. Specifically, agriculture has increasingly become a key sector for adaptation and mitigation initiatives that address climate change and help ensure food security...


Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaCampbell, Bruce M.Cooper, Peter J.M.Hansen, JamesRosenstock, Todd S.Wollenberg, Eva K.[Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems]Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems

This report summarizes the results of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) commissioned evaluation of India’s Integrated Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS). Conducted June-July of 2012, this assessment was a joint endeavour of CCAFS, the Inte...


Venkatasubramanian, KTall, ArameHansen, JamesAggarwal, Pramod K.[Assessment of India's Agrometeorological Advisory Service from a farmer perspective]Assessment of India's Agrometeorological Advisory Service from a farmer perspective

This report captures a process of shared South-South learning and planning towards defining priorities for strengthening and scaling-up climate information and advisory services for agriculture and food security in West Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, and South Asia. The process began at ...


Sivakumar, MVKCollins, CJay, A.Hansen, James[Regional priorities for strengthening climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia]Regional priorities for strengthening climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia
Aggarwal, Pramod K.Jarvis, AndyCampbell, Bruce M.Zougmoré, Robert B.Khatri-Chhetri, ArunVermeulen, Sonja J.Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaSebastian, Leocadio S.Kinyangi, JamesBonilla Findji, OsanaRadeny, Maren A.O.Recha, John W.M.Martínez Barón, DeissyRamírez Villegas, JuliánHuyer, SophiaThornton, Philip K.Wollenberg, Eva K.Hansen, JamesÁlvarez Toro, PatriciaAguilar-Ariza, AndrésArango-Londoño, DavidPatiño-Bravo, VictorRivera, OvidioOuédraogo, MathieuYen, Bui Tan[The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture]The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture

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