The Climate-Smart Village (TeSAC - Territorio Sostenible Adaptado al Clima in Spanish) is located in El Bendito village, municipality of Olopa in East side of Guatemala. The villagers are from the chortà ethnicity and cultivate coffee and basic grains (maize and beans) Photos: J.L.Urrea (CCAFS)
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[Climate-Smart Village in Olopa, Guatemala]
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Climate-Smart Village in Olopa, Guatemala
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[Climate smart village project in Vaishali, Bihar in India]
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Climate smart village project in Vaishali, Bihar in India
In February of this year, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) South Asia program ventured out to visit farmers in Karnal, India, to learn more about their practices and activities. These pictures showcase what we encountered during this field visit ...
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[Household Baseline Training in West Africa]
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Household Baseline Training in West Africa
On December 4 2010, in connection to the COP 16 in Cancún, Mexico, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and partners organised a one-day event with the objective to identify policies and practical solutions to reduce agriculture-related greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen glo...
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[Agriculture & Rural Development Day 2010]
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Agriculture & Rural Development Day 2010
Through including conservational farming techniques in the field farmer Margaret Silas was able to increase her yields. Conservational farming has now become integral in her farming activities.
Tanzanian policy makers came together from 16 to 17 February in Morogoro, Tanzania for a workshop that focused on scenario-guided policy development in the context of climate change to work on Tanzania’s New Environmental Policy. This workshop is part of CCAFS’ PACCA project (Policy Action for Cl...
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[Scenario-guided policy development in Tanzania]
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Scenario-guided policy development in Tanzania
Report back from Farmers Day Africa CSA Alliance side event at the UN Climate Change Conference. Photos: V. Atakos (CCAFS). Read more about this meeting: Innovative climate change partnerships bring hope for smallholder farmers in Africa.
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[Farmers Day Side Event: Partnering to Scale-Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa]
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Farmers Day Side Event: Partnering to Scale-Up Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
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[Developing community-based climate smart agriculture through participatory action research in benchmark sites in West Africa]
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Developing community-based climate smart agriculture through participatory action research in benchmark sites in West Africa