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We are pleased to share with you the third issue of the SmartAg Partner quarterly newsletter, highlighting ongoing research and policy engagement from July to September 2016. To mark World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on July 15, CCAFS held an online discussion forum on Youth Engagement in Climate Sma...

O Projeto TerraCert vem desenvolvendo uma proposta inovadora para a sustentabilidade na Amazônia: a certificação da trajetória dos territórios. Quatro conceitos fundamentam as atividades: Transição agrária e ecoe ciência Os territórios da Amazônia, especialmente aqueles no Arco do des...

Future Earth is interested to establish a research area on food systems. This one day workshop, hosted by the CCAFS Coordinating Unit at the University of Copenhagen in collaboration with Future Earth, was intended to contribute to that aim. Two objectives were agreed for the meeting, namely (i) ...

The TerraCert Project is developing an innovative approach to achieve sustainability in the Amazon region through the certification of territories. The project embraces four key dimensions: Agricultural transition with eco-efficiency in the Amazon The territories in the Amazon, mainly those in th...

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) aims to achieve the goals of increased productivity / food security, adaptation / resilience, and mitigation. The different weights put on each goal depends on the context. CSA investors and implementers are now seeking methods and sets of indicators to monitor pro...

Climate-Smart Villages are sites where researchers, farmers’ cooperatives, government offi cials and private sector partners come together to identify the most appropriate climate-smart interventions in agriculture based on its agro-ecological, climate risk profi le and socio-economic conditions. T...

La prévision des précipitations saisonnières peut aider les agriculteurs à s’adapter au changement climatique et à améliorer leur résilience face aux chocs climatiques. Le programme de recherche du CGIAR sur le changement climatique, l’agriculture et la sécurité alimentaire (CCAFS) en collaborati...

Seasonal rainfall forecasts can help farmers adapt to climate change and improve their resilience to climate shocks. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) collaborated with the Senegalese National Meteorological Agency (ANACIM) to develop climate info...

Efforts to ensure the use of CCAFS climate science and site-­‐specific Climate-­‐Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices in the Rainforest Alliance voluntary certification scheme and in impact investment approaches implemented by Root Capital began in 2015. The project leverages existing smallholder va...

CCAFS scientists at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), the International Livestock Research institute (ILRI) and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), provided inputs into the development of Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agri...