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The Eastern African Farmer Innovation Fair was held on 28th and 29th May 2013 and showcased innovations by smallholder farmers – women and men – giving them public recognition. The event highlighted the importance of farmer innovation in agricultural development, brought policymakers and the gene...

Coorganised by Joint Learning in Innovation Systems in African Agriculture (JOLISAA), CCAFS and other partners, the Agricultural Innovation Systems in Africa (AISA) was held on 29–31 May 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya. AISA brought together researchers and development practitioners who held discussions...

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...

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...

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.

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 ...

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)