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A consortium of partners led by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) held a stakeholder consultative workshop on 6 July 2015 at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, to solicit input into a proposal on measuring resilience in the Horn of Africa. The proposal...

Climate variability affects food security directly, as a result of failed or bumper harvests, and indirectly, for example when flash flooding damages a road vital for access to markets. To what extent does climate variability figure in the decision-making that underpins plans to cope with threats...

In the early 2000s, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) started developing a tool to capture key factors of farming systems in standardized, quantitative data sets, ready to feed into models. Their product, the Integrated Modelling Platform for Mixed Animal-Crop Systems (IMPACT)...

A pilot project in Honduras thwarts the recent epidemic of coffee leaf rust while also empowering women and supporting low-emission agriculture. Women farmers get access to small plots of land to plant with disease-resistant coffee and tree crops. The land and seedlings are paired with fuel-effic...

The proceedings document the highlights of the Climate-Smart Agriculture and Corporate Social Responsibility workshop conducted by CCAFS South Asia, CIMMYT, BISA in partnership with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Held in New Delhi, India, the event was a multi-stakeho...

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in partnership with Regional Office of the Society for International Development in Eastern Africa (SID-EA) hosted a Strategic Futures Workshop to use and discuss the regional scenarios that examine key future soc...

The purpose of the workshop was to support the development of national mitigation planning to advance climate smart agriculture. Key messages resulting from the workshop: 1. Agricultural NAMAs can be a pathway to green growth, food security and sustainable development. 2. Several Non-Annex 1 ...

We share with you program updates on climate change, agriculture and food security matters based on our work and that of partners. As world leaders look forward to the September 2014 UN Climate Summit that is part of a global effort to mobilize action and ambition on climate change, 26 African co...

En Afrique de l’Ouest, les changements climatiques font peser des menaces additionnelles sur le quotidien déjà précaire des populations. Pour atténuer l’impact de ces changements et assurer la sécurité alimentaire des populations de la sous-région, le renforcement du dialogue entre acteurs clés p...

Since 2010, the team has built regional scenarios for East and West Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Central America and the Andes. Recently their focus has shifted to helping national officials develop their own scenarios to improve specific policies. That work is now starting to pay off in sce...