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“We are here to make a breakthrough in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies,” announced Ato Dejene Abesha, Secretariat Coordinator for the Rural Economic Development and Food Security (RED&FS) Sector Working Group at the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), at the kick-off of the CSA Platform M...

To exchange learnings in strengthening the research for development (R4D) on climate change towards achieving a climate-resilient Southeast Asia (SEA), the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia (CCAFS SEA), in cooperation with the ASEAN Climate ...

Extreme climate events can undermine agricultural and rural development progress. Even in years when extreme events do not occur, the uncertainty that results from climate-related risk is an impediment to sustainable intensification of agriculture and adoption of climate-smart agricultural produc...

As an impact of the ongoing El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, severe drought and salinity intrusion has been occurring in Mekong River Delta (MRD) of Vietnam and has caused varying degrees of damage to agriculture, fisheries and the livelihoods of people in the region. On 15 March 2...

As an impact of the ongoing El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) phenomenon, serious drought has been occurring in the Central Highlands of Vietnam and has caused varying degrees of damage to agriculture and the livelihoods of people in the region. On 15 March 2016, the Vietnamese government and t...

Establishing well-designed insurance schemes in agriculture not only enhances resilience when climatic shocks occur, the presence of a safety net can help farmers overcome the risk of investing in climate-smart technologies. In India, 12 million farmers are already insured through weather-index s...

Climate change impacts bring great uncertainty, raising the need to plan for the future. As the impacts of climate change are complex and far-reaching, it can be extremely difficult to foresee exactly what the consequences will be, and how they will affect different regions and sectors. However, ...

In Cambodia, agriculture plays an important role in poverty reduction, employment and national development goals, with 85% of the labour force still engaged in agriculture. However, the country’s agricultural sector is highly sensitive to the impacts of climate change, requiring urgent action. In...

IWMI and its partners, Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) and National Council for Disaster Management, Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights, Sri Lanka, conducted a study ‘Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Agriculture in Sri Lanka: A Review and Preliminary Vulnerability ...

How will we achieve food security as climate change approaches? To help answer this fundamental question, CCAFS convened the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, with support from the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development. The Commission, consisting of thirteen senior s...