CCAFS scientists developed, tailored and implemented actions to support the implementation of climate services for agriculture in Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. These include the creation of 22 Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs), the automation of the Climate Predictabi...
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[Agro-climatic services help 500,000 farmers in Latin America better plan their crops]
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Agro-climatic services help 500,000 farmers in Latin America better plan their crops
The CCAFS South Asia Regional Program piloted the Climate-Smart Village approach of generating evidence on the utility of climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices and services in building resilient agricultural production systems in Nepal. The team has provided partners with technical g...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Two states in Nepal implement Climate-Smart Villages, aiming to reach 6,000,000 farmers]
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Two states in Nepal implement Climate-Smart Villages, aiming to reach 6,000,000 farmers
Based on previous success stories from collaboration with CCAFS, Esoko, a private ICT company, has taken up a public-private partnership business model proposed by CCAFS to allow sustainable and equitable dissemination of climate information services.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Informing the adoption of a public-private partnership business model for climate information services in Ghana]
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Informing the adoption of a public-private partnership business model for climate information services in Ghana
The Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project supported the Twigire Muhinzi agricultural extension service to scale up the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach in 27 of Rwanda’s 30 districts, facilitating 106,000 Rwandan farmers to understand and act on...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Face-to-face training on climate services reaches 106,000 farmers in Rwanda]
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Face-to-face training on climate services reaches 106,000 farmers in Rwanda
In 2018 alone, technical advice and knowledge products from CGIAR centers and CCAFS shared with project design teams contributed to improvements in at least 52 large agricultural projects and programs in low- and middle-income countries supported by World Bank grants and loans.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CCAFS knowledge and evidence inform World Bank investments in agricultural development]
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CCAFS knowledge and evidence inform World Bank investments in agricultural development
Bihar’s agricultural production is regularly affected by droughts and floods. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) showcased climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to high-level governm...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
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[Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar]
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Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar
To highlight the presence of agriculture in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in December 2015, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and several partners systematically revi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations]
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Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations
In the past, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) of Costa Rica worked with paper-based data, which hindered their response to emergencies. To increase adequate emergency responses to extreme climate events, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (...
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Bioversity International
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[Supporting the adoption of a digital emergency response system in Costa Rica]
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Supporting the adoption of a digital emergency response system in Costa Rica
Niger’s population is highly dependent on agriculture but faces constant risks aggravated by climate change. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) West Africa Program set up the Kampa Zarma Climate-Smart Village (CSV) in Niger to test climate-smart ag...
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World Agroforestry Centre
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[The World Bank scales up insights from Climate-Smart Villages in Niger]
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The World Bank scales up insights from Climate-Smart Villages in Niger
Agriculture represents a large part of Kenya’s gross domestic product (GDP). The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) developed a national climate-smart agriculture (CSA) profile for the World ...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Country level climate risk profiles guide USD 250 million investment in Kenya]
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Country level climate risk profiles guide USD 250 million investment in Kenya