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Agriculture is central to Kenya’s economic development, constituting 28% of the country’s GDP and accounting for 65% of total export earnings. The crop, livestock, and fishery sub-sectors contribute approximately 78%, 20%, and 2% to the agricultural GDP, respectively. The sector employs more than...

2011 was the first year of operation of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS brings together the work of all 15 international Centres in the CGIAR, and is a joint programme between the CGIAR and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). 201...

The CCAFS South Asia Climate-Smart Agriculture Learning Platform is a quarterly newsletter that features research highlights and field stories from CCAFS’ work in the South Asia region. In this edition, you can learn how CCAFS is working with the Agriculture Insurance Company in India to improve ...

The CCAFS South Asia Climate-Smart Agriculture Learning Platform is a quarterly newsletter that features research highlights and field stories from CCAFS’ work in the South Asia region. In this edition, read about how our train-the -trainer workshops have resulted in more women leaders becoming a...

The agricultural sector will be hit hard by climate change. More than 265 million people are facing a five percent decrease in growing season duration in the next 40 years due to an increasingly variable and hotter climate sweeping across the globe. Climate change will affect all four aspects of ...

Knowledge about future weather conditions, such as when the rains will fall and for how long, is crucial for farmers’ decision-making. In sub-Saharan Africa, 95% of farmland is rainfed agriculture. Persistent events such as drought and prolonged rainfall can spell disaster, which is why being abl...

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) ...

We bring you news on policy, science and from the field (CCAFS Climate Smart Villages) on climate change and food security matters from East Africa. In the run up the World Economic Forum, CNBC Africa sought our views regarding food security in Africa. Read more about what Africa needs to move fo...