CCAFS (through the International Livestock Research Institute and the International Research
Institute for Climate and Society) and the Africa Climate Policy Center sponsored a workshop
on ‘Strengthening Regional Capacity for Climate Services in Africa’, held on 27th October
2015 at Victoria Fall...
Mungai C
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Atakos, Vivian
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Hansen, James
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[Strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015.]
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Strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015.
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop; “Developing a Methodology to Communicate Climate Services At Scale Through Intermediaries for Farmer Communities in Africa and South Asia,” held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 12-14, 2013. The workshop brought together experts from different coun...
May S
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Hansen, James
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Tall, Arame
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[Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale]
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Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale
This report presents lessons learned from 18 case studies across Africa and South Asia that have developed and delivered weather and climate information and related advisory services for smallholder farmers. The case studies and resulting lessons provide insights on what will be needed to build e...
Tall, Arame
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Hansen, James
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Jay, Alexa
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia]
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Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop; “Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural
Insurance Research Community,” held in Washington, D.C., January 20-22. 29 participants
representing 14 CGIAR Centers (AfricaRice, CIAT, CIMMYT, ICARDA, ICRAF, IFPRI,
ILRI, CCAFS, IWMI, IRRI) came together to...
Garvin, S
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Hansen, James
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[Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community]
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Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community
Adaptation to anthropogenic climate change is the biggest challenge that humankind faces. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a synthesis of the state of the science, impacts, and policy, with a focus on long-term climate trends. However, the worst impacts of climate cha...
On 21 September 2016, the Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), the
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the CGIAR research
program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the International
Research Institute for Climate and Society ...
Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa’s agricultural sector to
manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence regarding WCS prevents
a realistic analysis of whether services are delivering on their potential. This p...
Vaughan, Catherine
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Hansen, James
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Roudier, Philippe
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Watkiss, Paul
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Carr, Edward
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[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: A learning agenda on climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: A learning agenda on climate information services in sub-Saharan Africa
This report explores evidence and insights from five case studies that have made significant recent progress in addressing the challenge of insuring poor smallholder farmers and pastoralists in the developing world. In India, national index insurance programmes have reached over 30 million farmer...
Greatrex H
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Hansen, James
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Garvin S
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Diro, R.
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Le Guen M
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Blakeley S
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Rao, Kolli
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Osgood, D.
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[Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and insights]
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Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and insights
In October 2011, the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and the Index Insurance Innovation Initiative (I4) organized a joint workshop hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The workshop was designed to identify and address issues su...
Nicola, F. de
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Hill, R.V.
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Carter, M.
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Choularton, R.
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Hansen, James
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Osgood, D.
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[Index insurance for managing climate-related agricultural risk: toward a strategic research agenda]
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Index insurance for managing climate-related agricultural risk: toward a strategic research agenda
This report presents the work done during farmer training workshops on probabilistic seasonal forecasting and forecast-based advisories, in Wote, Makueni County, Kenya. This activity took into consideration the fact that farmers in Mahueni County in semi-arid eastern Kenya mainly rely on rainfall...
Njiru E
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Ariithi CKK
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Mutinda D
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Hansen, James
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[Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011]
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Farmer training workshops on understanding probabilistic seasonal forecasts: Wote, Kenya, 14-16 and 20-23 September 2011