The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa is working with partners to empower communities in lower Nyando manage climate risk. Agro-forestry is one of the mitigation interventions employed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Nyando basin...
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[Multipurpose trees for climate change mitigation in lower Nyando]
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Multipurpose trees for climate change mitigation in lower Nyando
Infografía sobre los principales hallazgos de la encuesta de línea base adelantada por el proyecto Proyecto “Servicios agroclimáticos e información de seguridad alimentaria
para una mejor toma de decisiones” (AgroClimas) del Programa de Investigación de CGIAR en Cambio Climático, Agricultura y S...
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[Resultados encuesta de línea base a nivel municipal en Santander, Colombia]
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Resultados encuesta de línea base a nivel municipal en Santander, Colombia
The Dublin Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Climate Justice aimed to facilitate dialogue between key policy makers and global thought leaders with local people and practitioners facing the realities of rising food prices, failed crops, undernutrition and voicelessness.
CCAFS tested a number of participatory action research sessions in Western Kenya. These sessions will be included in an upcoming Practitioner's Guide that will help researchers and development workers pick-up on gender and social differences in rural communities related to climate change and agri...
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[Identifying community strengths and goals in Lower Kamula village]
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Identifying community strengths and goals in Lower Kamula village
Last year our South Asia office went for a field visit to learn more about current farming activities, and here are some of the pictures from that visit, showing farmers working hard in the field. Photo : Nirmal Sigtia (CCAFS SA).
The lower and upper regions of the CCAFS Nyando site are located in western Kenya near Lake Victoria. This site is comprised of two tribes and two main agro-ecological regions. The Luo, traditionally a fishing tribe, live in lower Nyando, which is characterized by soil erosion and lower agricultu...
Female Empowerment session. The session was held as part of a testing of an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide that will help researchers and development practitioners pick up gender and social differences in communities. It also aspires to help both researchers and community members sort out the ne...
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[Visit to Lower Kamula village in Kenya: Session on Female Empowerment]
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Visit to Lower Kamula village in Kenya: Session on Female Empowerment
The Climate-Smart Village (TeSAC - Territorio Sostenible Adaptado al Clima in Spanish) is located in El Bendito village, municipality of Olopa in East side of Guatemala. The villagers are from the chortà ethnicity and cultivate coffee and basic grains (maize and beans) Photos: J.L.Urrea (CCAFS)
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[Climate-Smart Village in Olopa, Guatemala]
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Climate-Smart Village in Olopa, Guatemala
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[Climate smart village project in Vaishali, Bihar in India]
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Climate smart village project in Vaishali, Bihar in India
In February of this year, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) South Asia program ventured out to visit farmers in Karnal, India, to learn more about their practices and activities. These pictures showcase what we encountered during this field visit ...