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.
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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 ...
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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)
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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...
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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...
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[Quand la Colombie rencontre le Sénégal: Photo- reportage]
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Quand la Colombie rencontre le Sénégal: Photo- reportage
CGIAR organised a an interactive booth at the Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW) in Accra, Ghana 15-20 July. In the evening, CGIAR also organised a networking session, for people to learn more about the ongoing research and activities.
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[Learning and networking at the CGIAR Booth in Accra, Ghana]
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Learning and networking at the CGIAR Booth in Accra, Ghana
From 6 to 8 December, CCAFS theme 1 organized a workshop staged on the Addis Ababa campus of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). The workshop titled 'Developing climate-smart crops for 2030 world' involved over 40 participants from 16 countries, broadly divided along either sid...