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The aim of the CCAFS Climate Change and Social Learning (CCSL) Initiative is to better understand and tap the potential of social learning for research on climate change, agriculture and food security. In June 2013, the CCSL “Plan-and- Writeshop” reviewed the prior 18 months of activities and pro...

Baseline surveys, designed by CCAFS, were carried out as part of the process in setting up Climate-Smart Villages in the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia. This survey aimed to provide baseline information at the village level about socio-economic indicators, natural resource utilisation, organi...

With the help of researchers from the University of Oxford, CCAFS designed a participatory and interactive method to develop future scenarios for agricultural development and food security. This initiative brought together policymakers, researchers, private sector partners, NGOs, and other stakeh...

CCAFS together with our partner organisations conducted studies on farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay, using priority setting tools developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Studies in South Asia explored the potential technological options for climate risk m...

The CCAFS team in collaboration with research teams from Oxford University and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and local partners initiated the ‘Farms of the Future’ field-based research program in the Indo-Gangetic Plains in 2012. The team used the climate analogue tool i...

CCAFS in South Asia is working with insurance companies and other stakeholders to help design innovative insurance products that are tailored to engage small-holder farmers in the management, reporting and verification of insurance schemes. The community managed insurance scheme is one such novel ...

Measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture activity requires expensive equipment and human resources to proceed on a continuous basis and to provide annual and seasonal emission estimates. Also, estimation of spatial-temporal distribution of agricultural emissions using field data is...

Farmers are often not able to quickly access and adopt new crop varieties that are developed and tested by scientists. Biodiversity International, supported by CCAFS, is working with farmers to evaluate crop varieties as part of the ‘Seeds for Needs’ project. This project aims to expose local far...

Desde el año 2010 el equipo ha construido escenarios regionales para el Este y Oeste de Africa, Sur y Sudeste de Asia, América Central y los países Andinos. Recientemente se ha concentrado en ayudar a los funcionarios gubernamentales a desarrollar sus propios escenarios con el fin de mejorar polí...