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From forecasting presidential elections to predicting disease outbreaks, analysts are finding ways to turn Big Data — the immense stocks of information collected in computers worldwide — into an invaluable resource for planning and decision-making. Now, scientists at the International Center for ...

The AgTrials database collects decades of agricultural field experiments to help understand and adapt to climate change impacts.

Reliable and timely crop yield forecasts is critical for informed planning and policy decisions on food production, marketing, export/import, distribution and the overall food security in the country. The conventional approach of crop yield forecasting is a time consuming, costly exercise and suf...

Despite government subsidies, many farmers remain uninsured and dissatisfied with current insurance products. In the case of weather-based index insurance, spatial variability of weather, lack of historical data to develop appropriate insurance triggers at local level, and poor insurance delivery ...

Livestock development and climate change outcomes can support each other. More productive and e cient farm systems generally produce food at much lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of product. However, many countries use simple (Tier 1) methods for estimating livestock emissions in th...

El TeSAC Cauca se ubica en el noroccidente del municipio de Popayán, capital del departamento del Cauca. Las comunidades de estas veredas se han fortalecido y empoderado a través de la Asociación de Juntas de Acción Comunal (JAC) para buscar mecanismos que generen sostenibilidad y mejoren su cali...

South Asia is a hotspot of climate vulnerability due to its large and growing population, widespread poverty, low rural social capital, depleting natural resources, and climatic variability. By the end of this century, South Asia alone is projected to face a 4-10% reduction in net cereal producti...

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Solar irrigation systems offer a climate-smart and sustainable approach to extend the area under irrigation while using a renewable source of energy. They strive to break the vicious cycle of excessive green-house gas emissions (GHG) due to the usage of electricity or diesel operated pumps, which...