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New opportunities for farmers in the developing world to benefit from carbon payments for improved agricultural practices and planting trees on their farms now exist. However, engaging farmers in such carbon finance schemes is challenging, due to the need to establish ways of measuring, monitorin...


World Agroforestry Centre[Improving carbon initiatives aimed at smallholders: addressing opportunities and challenges through better communication]Improving carbon initiatives aimed at smallholders: addressing opportunities and challenges through better communication

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach to simultaneously addresses challenges of food security and climate change. It aims to increase agricultural productivity in sustainable ways, improve climate resilience, and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or sequester carbon. CSA promotes s...


World Agroforestry Centre[What works where]What works where

Wood has been used as fuel for millennia, meeting humanity’s basic needs for cooking, boiling water, lighting and heating. Today woodfuel, i.e. firewood and charcoal, accounts for around 10% of global energy supply, but it dominates energy provision in many parts of the developing world. In parti...


World Agroforestry Centre[Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet]Charcoal: a driver of dryland forest degradation in Africa? ICRAF Factsheet

Providing climate and weather services to help farmers plan production operations (e.g. select varieties, determine planting dates) is an important approach to climate-smart agriculture (CSA). These services refer to a broad set of information and products that help farmers understand the impacts...


World Agroforestry Centre[Delivering climate information to rural households: Forecasts and capacity building]Delivering climate information to rural households: Forecasts and capacity building

Billions of dollars have already been invested in CSA programs, with even more spending planned in coming years. These programs aim to help smallholder farmers increase productivity while also adapting to and mitigating climate change. Measuring the impacts of these programs, however, has proved ...


World Agroforestry Centre[Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)]Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA)

CSA programs aim to help smallholder farmers increase productivity while also building resilience and mitigating climate change. Agroforestry—the integration and use of trees in crop fields, farms and across agricultural landscapes—can support CSA in many ways, including: building resilience by b...


World Agroforestry Centre[Meeting climate-smart agriculture goals with agroforestry]Meeting climate-smart agriculture goals with agroforestry

International Center for Tropical AgricultureWorld Agroforestry Centre[Pedometrics Conference 2013 - Report 26 - 31 August 2013; co hosted by CIAT & ICRAF in Nairobi, Kenya: showcasing innovative research and application of the mathematical, spatial and temporal modeling of soil through interactive discussions and technical sessions]Pedometrics Conference 2013 - Report 26 - 31 August 2013; co hosted by CIAT & ICRAF in Nairobi, Kenya: showcasing innovative research and application of the mathematical, spatial and temporal modeling of soil through interactive discussions and technical sessions

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