The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East African regional program has selected six sites to test interventions that address risks related to climate change and variability. Featured here is the Lower Nyando, Kenya site. Photo: K. Trautmann Please cr...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[East African farms: battling climate change with diversity]
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East African farms: battling climate change with diversity
On 4 June, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) convened a side event on Agriculture and Mitigation: Towards Low Emissions Development. The side event was well-attended and sparked interesting discussions on new tools and methods for low emissions de...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Visit to SAMPLES project site, Bulacan Province, Philippines]
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Visit to SAMPLES project site, Bulacan Province, Philippines
The new Latin America Greenhouse gas Mitigation Research Network Network (LAMNET) invited students from Latin American countries, currently enrolled in PhD programs, to attend a short course on greenhouse gas mitigation and also to conduct greenhouse gas measurements in livestock and rice product...
Visit to Western Kenya discussing changes in the climate and weather with men and women farmers. Session part of an upcoming Practitioner's Guide uncovering gender differences and roles.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Discussing changes in the climate with men and women farmers in Kenya]
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Discussing changes in the climate with men and women farmers in Kenya
Gender research in the province of Cauca, Colombia conducted by the Gender & Climate Change team from CIAT/CCAFS. The aim is to create gender sensitive mapping of household farming systems to identify the productive activities, decision-making and resource use.
The Learning Route, “Learning from climate change adaptation innovative experiences of communities and local governments in ASALs”, aimed to faciliate learning by national decision makers in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda from community and local level experiences in ongoing climate change ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Learning Route: Learning from climate change adaptation innovative experiences of communities and local governments in ASALs]
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Learning Route: Learning from climate change adaptation innovative experiences of communities and local governments in ASALs
As part of ongoing research in East and West Africa and Latin America, CCAFS spent time in the field in Colombia to determine the challenges that could prevent farmers from adopting climate-smart agricultural techniques. August 2013. Photos: C Peterson (CIAT-CCAFS)
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture: Colombia]
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Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture: Colombia
Since 2011, farmers in Nyando Climate Smart Villages have been working with researchers, development partners, and government extension agents to test a portfolio of promising climate change adaptation, mitigation, and risk management interventions. On 5th and 6th September 2013, nine local and i...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Nyando Climate Smart Villages Media Visit]
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Nyando Climate Smart Villages Media Visit
En Septembre 2013 un groupe d’acteurs clefs du secteur agricole colombien s’embarquent pour un voyage de 10 jours au Sénégal dans le but d’apprendre comment les agriculteurs et institutions locales font face et gèrent les difficultés liées à la forte variabilité de leur climat. La délégation lati...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Quand la Colombie rencontre le Sénégal: Photo- reportage]
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Quand la Colombie rencontre le Sénégal: Photo- reportage