The rapid pace of climate change, and its impact on global food security, means a greater sense of urgency needs to be applied to putting adaption and mitigation measures in place. • Scientific experts and farmers in Asia face a communication gap which prevents the sustainable scaling out and ado...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[The climate-smart agriculture implementer]
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The climate-smart agriculture implementer
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Temas prioritarios y mecanismos de cooperación en investigación agropecuaria en América Latina y El Caribe: memorias del seminario internacional celebrado en el CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 25-29 de agosto de 1986]
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Temas prioritarios y mecanismos de cooperación en investigación agropecuaria en América Latina y El Caribe: memorias del seminario internacional celebrado en el CIAT, Cali, Colombia, 25-29 de agosto de 1986
MarkSim is a tool that generates simulated daily weather data specifically designed for use in the tropics, including rainfall, maximum and minimum temperatures and solar radiation. It provides files of daily weather data.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Livestock Research Institute
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[MarkSim DSSAT weather file generator]
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MarkSim DSSAT weather file generator
Fondo Nacional de Fomento Hortifruticola de Colombia
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Plantain harvest events for Colombia]
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Plantain harvest events for Colombia
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
Providing climate information services to the most vulnerable communities remains a challenge. To overcome this challenge, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) together with the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), set up Local Techn...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[330,000 farmers in Honduras and Colombia use tailored seasonal forecasts]
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330,000 farmers in Honduras and Colombia use tailored seasonal forecasts
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Agreement among CATIE-CIAT-IICA on management of renewable natural resources for the sustainable agricultural development of the American tropics]
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Agreement among CATIE-CIAT-IICA on management of renewable natural resources for the sustainable agricultural development of the American tropics
Recent studies show that carbon
sequestered by trees on agricultural
land is not well accounted for. If it was,
researchers argue in a new study: “Global
Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on
Agricultural Land: The contribution
of agroforestry to global and national
carbon budgets,” total carbon estim...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Big win: Trees on agricultural land sink four times more carbon]
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Big win: Trees on agricultural land sink four times more carbon