The significant role of agriculture in climate change has been underrepresented in previous years’ discussions and agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). CCAFS and partners in the global agriculture community have strived to address this imbalance thr...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Agriculture is integrated into the Paris agreement]
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Agriculture is integrated into the Paris agreement
Coffee production in Costa Rica employs up to 150,000 people, representing 8% of the Costa Rican workforce, and accounts for nearly 10% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to reach the national goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 and contribute to international climate protection m...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Informing Costa Rica’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the coffee sector]
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Informing Costa Rica’s Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions in the coffee sector
The potential impacts of climate change threaten African agricultural systems, including export crops like cocoa and subsistence agriculture. Investments in the sector are more and more vulnerable to climate change and should take these impacts into consideration to safeguard long-term sustainabi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Informing over USD 75 million investments for farmers’ resilience]
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Informing over USD 75 million investments for farmers’ resilience
The food security of millions of people in East Africa is threatened due to climate events that shock the mainly agricultural system. Under a changing climate, these shocks will increase in severity and frequency, further destabilizing food security in the region. In the past, climate and food se...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Providing high resolution quantified seasonal forecasts in East Africa]
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Providing high resolution quantified seasonal forecasts in East Africa
Crop yield forecasting uses meteorological data, soil properties, management practices and genotype data to predict crop yields in a given area prior to harvest. Crop yield forecasting is an important tool for food security planning as it allows decision makers to make decisions related to pricin...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Real-time crop yield monitoring in Nepal for food security planning and climatic risk management]
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Real-time crop yield monitoring in Nepal for food security planning and climatic risk management
COP17 in Durban gave agriculture a foothold within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, particularly through its Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). Building on this momentum, CCAFS East Africa helped create cohesion within ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[African Group of Negotiators play major role in agricultural negotiations at COP18]
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African Group of Negotiators play major role in agricultural negotiations at COP18
Shames, Seth
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Wekesa, Amos
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Wachiye E
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[Institutional analysis and capacity building of African agricultural carbon projects case study. Kenya smallholder agriculture carbon finance project: Vi agroforestry]
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Institutional analysis and capacity building of African agricultural carbon projects case study. Kenya smallholder agriculture carbon finance project: Vi agroforestry
Masiga, Moses
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Yankel C
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Iberre C
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[The international small group tree planting program (TIST) Kenya]
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The international small group tree planting program (TIST) Kenya
In Senegal, CCAFS has worked closely with the National Meteorological Agency (ANACIM) to develop downscaled climate information services, and enhance the capacity of partners who are tasked to undertake longer-term analysis and communicate information to farmers. Climate information includes deta...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Scaling up climate advisories in Senegal and Colombia]
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Scaling up climate advisories in Senegal and Colombia