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This policy brief summarizes the process and main results of the development of Costa Rica´s INDC through a participatory process in which the building and use of future scenarios was the first step in a national dialogue to define, test and improve mitigation measures to lower emissions of green...


Veeger, MariekeVervoort, Joost M.Martínez Barón, DeissyLeón F. dePaniagua F[Shifting the paradigm: Narratives of the future guide the development of Costa Rica's INDC]Shifting the paradigm: Narratives of the future guide the development of Costa Rica's INDC

This Info Note summarizes the findings of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) interventions in Nyando Climate-Smart Village (CSV) targeting smallholder farmers with climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approaches to help them better manage their farms, a...


Musembi, Elly K[Demand for agricultural credit by rural households: Findings from a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) survey in the Nyando Basin, Kenya]Demand for agricultural credit by rural households: Findings from a climate-smart agriculture (CSA) survey in the Nyando Basin, Kenya

At the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Bali, CCAFS, IFAD and USDA-FAS organized the Side event “Accelerating innovation development and scaling climate-smart agriculture to drive a transformation in food systems”. High-level representatives of > 20 governments, resea...


Koerner, JanaDinesh, DhanushFirmian, IlariaCorner-Dolloff, Caitlin[Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation]Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation

Potatoes and sweetpotatoes are relatively climate-hardy and rapidly-growing crops. Crop breeders are using next-generation technologies to develop climate-smart varieties that mature quickly, resist many pests and diseases, and tolerate heat, drought or saline to provide more nutritious food and ...


International Potato Center[Case for investment: Climate change adaptation.]Case for investment: Climate change adaptation.

The International Potato Center (CIP) has reached 6.5 million households with biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato to improve vitamin A intake. Potato, a staple food in many developing countries, is a good source of zinc, iron, potassium, and vitamin C. Evidence shows that an integrated seed d...


International Potato Center[Case for investment: Nutrition.]Case for investment: Nutrition.

The brief documents the experience of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) and its farmer co-operator in implementing the Native Pigs Initiative in Guinayangan Climate-Smart Village in Quezon Province, Philippines. The main objective of the project is to develop an evidence-...


International Institute of Rural Reconstruction[Climate Smart Agriculture: Models for Empowering Women Livestock Producers]Climate Smart Agriculture: Models for Empowering Women Livestock Producers

The brief tackles the role of agroforestry in achieving food and nutritional security, climate change mitigation and environmental resilience. The publication is based on the small agroforestry project in Guinayangan Climate-Smart Village in Quezon Province, Philippines implemented by the Interna...


International Institute of Rural Reconstruction[Agroforestry for a Changing Climate]Agroforestry for a Changing Climate

Timely interventions and support to farmers are urgently required to mitigate these events. Given the national economic, food security, nutritional and health importance of crop production, there is an opportunity for national policies on agriculture and climate change to support a more robust an...


Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya[Policy options for building resilience of crop production under climate change]Policy options for building resilience of crop production under climate change

The System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP) of the CGIAR coordinated the development of a background study paper entitled ‘The Impact of Climate Change on Countries Interdependence on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture’ for the Twelfth Session of the FAO Commission on Genetic Resou...


Fujisaka, S.Williams, D.Halewood, Michael[The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture: An executive summary]The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture: An executive summary

The Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project has sought to build capacity of the country’s national institutions to provide climate information tailored to the needs of the agriculture sector, deliver climate services to farmers across Rwanda’s 30 districts, and help them to effectively us...


Gumucio, TatianaHansen, JamesRose, Alison[Access and use of weather and climate information by women and men farmers: Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture qualitative evaluation preliminary findings]Access and use of weather and climate information by women and men farmers: Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture qualitative evaluation preliminary findings

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