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More than 4.5 billion people receive at least 15% of their average per capita intake of animal protein from fish. Fish is therefore a key element in food security and human nutrition. Analysis of future fish supplydemand scenarios suggest that farming of fish and other aquatic products will need ...


Mohan, Chadag V.[Climate change and aquatic animal disease]Climate change and aquatic animal disease

Le secteur agricole joue un rôle primordial au sein de la Communauté économique des États d’Afrique de l’Ouest (CEDEAO). En tant que pilier de l’économie, il touche à la vie de la société à plusieurs niveaux, dans la mesure où les économies nationales et les emplois, les revenus et la sécurité al...


Zougmoré, Robert B.Traoré, Alain S.Mbodj, Yamar[Paysage scientifique, politique et financier de l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat en Afrique de l’Ouest]Paysage scientifique, politique et financier de l’Agriculture Intelligente face au Climat en Afrique de l’Ouest

The agricultural sector plays a key role in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). As the backbone of the economy, it affects society at many levels since national economies and people’s jobs, incomes and food security depend upon it. Climate change and variability pose a major t...


Zougmoré, Robert B.Traoré, Alain S.Mbodj, Yamar[Overview of the Scientific, Political and Financial Landscape of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa]Overview of the Scientific, Political and Financial Landscape of Climate-Smart Agriculture in West Africa

We apply a systematic review of peer-reviewed literature to assess constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- to long-term climate information in a wide range of sectoral investment and planning decisions. Common applications of climate information are shown to relate to adaptatio...


Jones, LindseyChampalle, ClaraChesterman, SabrinaCramer, LauraCrane, Todd A.[Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making]Identifying constraining and enabling factors to the uptake of medium- and long-term climate information in decision making

Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to climate change and cope with climate variability. This paper assesses farmer uptake of climat...


Nyasimi, MaryRadeny, Maren A.O.Kimeli, PhilipMungai, CatherineSayula, GeorgeKinyangi, James[Uptake and dissemination pathways for climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices in Lushoto, Tanzania]Uptake and dissemination pathways for climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices in Lushoto, Tanzania

This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, heath and disaster risk reduction, is implemented in Tanzania...


Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.Mango, JoashSwamila, MTall, ArameKaur, HarneetHansen, James[What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?]What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?
Autor: Smith, Julian

Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until the destabilising nature of crop pest1 events, especially shock outbreak events, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence of crop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events will increase, puttin...


Smith, Julian[Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared]Crops, crop pests and climate change – why Africa needs to be better prepared

Extreme climate events can undermine agricultural and rural development progress. Even in years when extreme events do not occur, the uncertainty that results from climate-related risk is an impediment to sustainable intensification of agriculture and adoption of climate-smart agricultural produc...


Coffey, KevinHaile, MenghestabHalperin, MeaWamukoya, GeorgeHansen, JamesKinyangi, JamesTesfaye Fantaye, Kindie[Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa]Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa

This paper presents results of a workshop on partnerships in agricultural research for development (AR4D) organized by the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The workshop brought together members of the ILA...


CGIAR Institutional Learning and Change Initiative[Partnering in international agricultural research for development: lessons from the ILAC learning laboratory]Partnering in international agricultural research for development: lessons from the ILAC learning laboratory

Throughout the world, the pace of environmental, social and technological change is accelerating, and this in turn has major implications for the poor and their development prospects. Traditional transfer-of-technology approaches to agricultural research can no longer keep pace with the complex, ...


Watts, J.Mackay, R.Horton, D.Hall, A.Douthwaite, BoruChambers, RobertAcosta, A.S.[Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction]Institutional Learning and Change: an introduction

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