Regional stakeholders from governments, development organizations, civil society and academia came together from 25 to 27 June in Entebbe, Uganda for a workshop that focused on scenario-guided policy analysis on the future of development, food security and the environment under climate change in ...
In June of 2014, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) together with CARE trained and tested an upcoming Participatory Action Research Manual collecting valuable gender and social information about farmers. The manual is targeting researchers and deve...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CARE-CCAFS in Gender & Participatory Research in Ghana]
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CARE-CCAFS in Gender & Participatory Research in Ghana
A partnership was developed between the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI), the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) and local smallholder farmers to undertake a participatory evaluation and promotion of inte...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Sorghum - Legume trials in Wote - Makueni, Eastern Kenya]
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Sorghum - Legume trials in Wote - Makueni, Eastern Kenya
CCAFS-CIMMYT scientists are undertaking experiments to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder agriculture systems, in Karnal, Haryana. Researchers from CIMMYT and the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) have brought out a guideline of protocols to standardize the methodolo...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Measuring greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder systems]
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Measuring greenhouse gas emissions from smallholder systems
Visit to the Nyando Climate Smart Villages with journalists from the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation to document ongoing climate change adaptation and mitigation work. Photos: V. Atakos (CCAFS)
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Media visit to Nyando Climate-Smart Villages - June 2014]
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Media visit to Nyando Climate-Smart Villages - June 2014
Project with 15 young farmers in Somotillo, northern-Nicaragua around the themes of climate change and the conservation of the ecosystem. A project in collaboration with CIAT and Humidtropics. Photocredits: Gian Betancourt (CIAT)
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Participatory video project in Somotillo, Nicaragua]
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Participatory video project in Somotillo, Nicaragua
The first activities around the new CCAFS site in Colombia. During this first meeting, the vision and activities for the first 6 months were planned. Also did the farmers mention action points for themselves and for the CCAFS team. Photocredits: Manon Koningstein (CIAT)
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Climate-smart village selection team in Northern Vietnam]
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Climate-smart village selection team in Northern Vietnam
This regional workshop provided an opportunity for consolidating and sharing of experiences that could inform the emerging CSA global efforts and the on-going UNFCCC negotiations.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Regional Workshop on African Agriculture in a Changing Climate]
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Regional Workshop on African Agriculture in a Changing Climate