With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk resea...
Gonsalves, Julian
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Wilson John Barbon
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Chan Myae
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Yinn Minn Latt
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[Capitalizing on local livelihood diversity: Enhancing resilience building of small highland farms]
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Capitalizing on local livelihood diversity: Enhancing resilience building of small highland farms
With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk resea...
Gonsalves, Julian
,
Wilson John Barbon
,
Chan Myae
,
Yinn Minn Latt
,
[Regenerating drylands in response to a changing climate]
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Regenerating drylands in response to a changing climate
How to make 500 million farmers climate-resilient in 10 years while also reducing their agricultural emissions. Lessons learnt from five years of CCAFS.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Six Steps to Success: Lessons Learnt from Five Years of CCAFS]
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Six Steps to Success: Lessons Learnt from Five Years of CCAFS
The food system of the Pacific region is undergoing profound changes that will be felt for generations. The main pillars of food security –
availability, access, and consumption of nutritious food – are being challenged by rapid population growth and urbanisation, shortages of
arable land, and ch...
In many developing countries, female farmers comprise up to half or more of the
agricultural workforce. However, their lack of access to key agricultural development
technologies and information not only undermines their ability to make a living, it also
hurts the entire agricultural sector and i...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Supporting gender-sensitive climate research]
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Supporting gender-sensitive climate research
Baseline surveys, designed by CCAFS, were carried out as part of the process in setting up Climate-Smart Villages in the Indo-Gangetic Plains in South Asia.
This survey aimed to provide baseline information at the village level about socio-economic indicators, natural resource utilisation, organi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Baseline survey of CCAFS sites: monitoring and planning for climate-smart interventions]
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Baseline survey of CCAFS sites: monitoring and planning for climate-smart interventions
With the help of researchers from the University of Oxford, CCAFS designed a participatory and interactive method to develop future scenarios for agricultural development and food security. This initiative brought together policymakers, researchers, private sector partners, NGOs, and other stakeh...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Developing future scenarios for climate-smart agriculture and food security]
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Developing future scenarios for climate-smart agriculture and food security
CCAFS together with our partner organisations conducted studies on farmers’ preferences and willingness to pay, using priority setting tools developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Studies in South Asia explored the potential technological options for climate risk m...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Which climate-smart agriculture technologies are farmers willing to put their money on?]
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Which climate-smart agriculture technologies are farmers willing to put their money on?
The CCAFS team in collaboration with research teams from Oxford University and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and local partners initiated the ‘Farms of the Future’ field-based research program in the Indo-Gangetic Plains in 2012. The team used the climate analogue tool i...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Farms of the future: preparing farmers for a believable climate future]
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Farms of the future: preparing farmers for a believable climate future