This brief summarizes preliminary findings and recommendations from an ongoing review of literature and CCAFS experience on gender-related challenges in empowering smallholder farming communities through climate services.
Huyer, Sophia
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Hansen, James
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Rose, Alison
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Huysen, Tiff van
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[What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance]
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What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance
In March 2017, a training was provided in Rwanda as part of the Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project, a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded initiative that seeks to improve agricultural planning and food security management in the face of a variable and changing cl...
Corral, John del
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Rose, Alison
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[Training in development and use of Growing Season Onset and Downscaled Seasonal Forecast Maprooms, Kigali, Rwanda, March 2017]
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Training in development and use of Growing Season Onset and Downscaled Seasonal Forecast Maprooms, Kigali, Rwanda, March 2017
This report describes training activities in Kigali, Rwanda, February 2018, led by Dr. Asher Siebert from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). The training visit was part of the Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project, a four-year initiative (2016-2019) fund...
Siebert, Asher
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Rose, Alison
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[Training and Discussions on Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts for March- May 2018 in Rwanda and September- December 2017 Verification]
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Training and Discussions on Seasonal Rainfall Forecasts for March- May 2018 in Rwanda and September- December 2017 Verification
This report describes training activities in Kigali, Rwanda, January 2018, led by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI)’s John del Corral. The training visit was part of the Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project – a four-year initiative (2016-2019) funded by...
In much of the developing world, climate change is expected to increase the risk from extreme weather events, and scaling insurance is vital to enhance agricultural risk management and adaptation among the rural poor. Insurance program impacts however too often claim impacts based on the number o...
Kramer, Berber
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Hellin, Jon
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Hansen, James
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Rose, Alison
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Braun, Mélody
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[Looking beyond loss and damage: Reframing insurance to promote adaptation and resilience]
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Looking beyond loss and damage: Reframing insurance to promote adaptation and resilience
The unpredictability of crop yields in climate vulnerable regions is damaging in many ways,
negatively impacting food security as well as imports, exports, food prices, and people’s
livelihoods. The CCAFS Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolbox (CRAFT) is an open
source, flexible crop-forecasti...
Gyawali, Dhiraj Raj
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Shirsath, Paresh Bhaskar
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Kanel, Damodar
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Burja, Kurt
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Arun, K.C.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Hansen, James W.
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Rose, Alison
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[Inseason crop yield forecasting for early warning planning of food security using CCAFS Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolbox (CRAFT) in Nepal]
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Inseason crop yield forecasting for early warning planning of food security using CCAFS Regional Agricultural Forecasting Toolbox (CRAFT) in Nepal
Our belief that index insurance holds significant potential to reduce climate risk for small-holder farmers through its protection and promotion roles, significantly improving the welfare of farm households, is why we are bringing together experts from across the insurance, agriculture and climat...
Hellin, Jonathan
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Hansen, James W.
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Rose, Alison
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Braun, Mélody
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[Scaling up agricultural adaptation through insurance: Bringing together insurance, big data and agricultural innovation]
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Scaling up agricultural adaptation through insurance: Bringing together insurance, big data and agricultural innovation
Climate change is expected to increase the risk from extreme climate events, such as drought, flooding and heat waves, in much of the developing world (IPCC 2012, 2014). Extreme events erode farmers’ livelihoods through loss of productive assets, while the uncertainty associated with climate vari...
Hansen, James
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Rose, Alison
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Hellin, Jonathan
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[Prospects for scaling up the contribution of index insurance to smallholder adaptation to climate risk]
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Prospects for scaling up the contribution of index insurance to smallholder adaptation to climate risk
Immediately prior to the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019, held in Bali, Indonesia, the team responsible for Flagship 4 gathered the diverse group of scientists and practitioners responsible for the portfolio of projects together in order to explore avenues to produ...
Vaughan, Catherine
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Rose, Alison
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Zebiak, Stephen E.
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[Toward synthetic learning across the CCAFS Flagship on Climate Services and Safety Nets]
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Toward synthetic learning across the CCAFS Flagship on Climate Services and Safety Nets
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...