On 2 September 2014 the Africa Agricultural Status Report was launched in Addis Ababa and The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), East Africa program leader who was a panelist during the launch. The report was officially launched by H.E. John Kufour, t...
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[Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014 Launch]
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Africa Agriculture Status Report 2014 Launch
Climate information services are a concrete and powerful tool that live up to the promise of adaptation—helping farmers adjust to the impacts of climate variability and change—to both protect against drought and take advantage of good conditions. Across Africa and Asia, the CGIAR Research Pro...
This set features Mwanaisha Said Mbogolo, an 85 year old widow, who lives with her seven grandchildren in Mbuzii village, Lushoto in the Northern part of the Tanga region. Mwanaisha relies on agriculture to feed her large family. She experiences many problems as the head of the family since she i...
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[Recognising efforts by a woman farmer]
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Recognising efforts by a woman farmer
This side event took place at the UNFCCC 40th Session of the Subsidiary Bodies (SB40) and was organized by CCAFS East Africa. To fast-track early action on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), countries need to address readiness for CSA, transform their policies and strengthen institutions to ensure ...
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[#SB40 Side event: Advancing readiness to fast-track climate-smart agriculture in Africa]
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#SB40 Side event: Advancing readiness to fast-track climate-smart agriculture in Africa
This set features women from across the globe: women working directly with growing our food, planting trees on their farms, participating in building knowledge and capacity in the communities and women scientists working with agriculture and climate change research. The set is a way to highlight ...
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[International Women's Day: Celebrating women across the globe]
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International Women's Day: Celebrating women across the globe
In an effort to gather the needed evidence for social learning, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) organised a workshop together with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in June, together with other partners, to present r...
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[Social learning evidence gathering workshop June (Instagram photos)]
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Social learning evidence gathering workshop June (Instagram photos)
The first National Adaptation Planning (NAP) Meeting in 2014 took place on February 10th at the Sarova Panafric Hotel in Nairobi, bringing together key stakeholders in the agriculture sector. The meeting was geared at taking forward the implementation of agricultural priority actions in the Natio...
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[Kenya National Adaptation Process Meeting]
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Kenya National Adaptation Process Meeting
CCAFS EA organized a followup training workshop for selected professionals from agricultural research organizations, line ministries and policy institutions in Kenya in November 2013.
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[Climate Scenarios and Analogues for designing adaptation strategies in agriculture]
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Climate Scenarios and Analogues for designing adaptation strategies in agriculture
High profile seminar in Ghana, Accra, together with parliamentarians and policy makers trying to identify how climate change will affect the country's, and the region's, agriculture sector
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[Seminar West Africa vulnerability Ghana]
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Seminar West Africa vulnerability Ghana
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[Prioritising farmers' preferences for climate-smart agriculture technologies]
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Prioritising farmers' preferences for climate-smart agriculture technologies