The East Africa regional program of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) hosted a three-day workshop to engage with partners from agricultural research, agricultural extension, climate services and products, food security, and early warning systems i...
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[CCAFS East Africa Regional Science Workshop Report]
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CCAFS East Africa Regional Science Workshop Report
We share with you program updates on climate change, agriculture and food security
matters based on our work and that of partners. As world leaders look forward to the September 2014 UN Climate Summit that is part of a global effort to mobilize action and ambition on climate change, 26 African co...
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[The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2014]
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2014
En Afrique de l’Ouest, les changements climatiques font peser des menaces additionnelles sur le quotidien déjà précaire des populations. Pour atténuer l’impact de ces changements et assurer la sécurité alimentaire des populations de la sous-région, le renforcement du dialogue entre acteurs clés p...
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[Promouvoir une agriculture intelligente face au climat : Agir ensemble, pour faire la différence]
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Promouvoir une agriculture intelligente face au climat : Agir ensemble, pour faire la différence
Climate change hits smallholder farmers hard. More variable weather patterns cause crops to fail, undermining livelihoods and food security. At the same time, farming generates greenhouse gases (GHGs) that contribute to the problem. What practical steps can smallholder farmers take to adapt their...
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[Climate-smart villages: practical adaptation options to improve food security and resilience]
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Climate-smart villages: practical adaptation options to improve food security and resilience
Since 2010, the team has built regional scenarios for East and West Africa, South and Southeast Asia, Central America and the Andes. Recently their focus has shifted to helping national officials develop their own scenarios to improve specific policies. That work is now starting to pay off in sce...
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[Análisis de políticas sobre el clima y
la agricultura, visto desde escenarios
futuros]
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[Testing climate and agriculture policy against future scenarios]
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Testing climate and agriculture policy against future scenarios
Almost every aspect of trying to reduce climate change involves weighing alternatives and then setting priorities. For example, you could plant trees to store carbon, but that might reduce the amount of food you can grow on the same land. Or you could add fertilizers to boost food production, but...
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[Tools to balance increased food security with decreased emissions]
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Tools to balance increased food security with decreased emissions
Smallholder farmers provide up to 80 percent of the food supply in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Yet very little is known about either the contribution of smallholder systems to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or the options for smallholders to mitigate their emissions and benefit from doing so. Th...
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[Better methods to measure the emissions of small-scale farming: smallholder farmers and climate change: options and information]
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Better methods to measure the emissions of small-scale farming: smallholder farmers and climate change: options and information
It is no great secret that climate change presents a massive challenge to agriculture. While some regions will develop a climate that favours agriculture, most will not. Even in places where conditions improve, many resource-poor smallholders will be hard pressed to take advantage of the addition...
Through the ages, farmers have used indigenous knowledge and traditional coping strategies to adapt to changes in weather and climatic conditions. Now, increasingly erratic climate variability is making it difficult for farmers to keep up.
Climate uncertainty often influences farmers’ decisions. ...
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[Climate services for smallholder farmers: helping farmers cope with risk]
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Climate services for smallholder farmers: helping farmers cope with risk
Bad weather is a serious risk for low-income farmers, pastoralists, fisherfolk and others whose livelihoods depend on the natural resource base. CCAFS is working with partners around the world to develop weather index-based insurance schemes that help secure farmers’ livelihoods and give them the...
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[Weather index-based insurance: a tool for managing climate risk]
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Weather index-based insurance: a tool for managing climate risk