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CCAFS Climate-Smart Villages (CSV) have successfully combined global knowledge with local action to help farmers sustainably produce more food, while curbing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing resilience to climate change. In CSVs farmers and researchers test and implement portfolios of clim...

Agriculture is the backbone of West African economies, providing employment and income to about 70% of the population. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is cognizant of the important role that the sector plays for its member states and the challenges posed by climate change. ...

Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) is a rice production practice which moves away from continuous flooding of rice paddies to periodically draining and wetting the soil, so that the soil does not dry out. The practice reduces the amount of water needed for cultivation by up to 30%, which translat...

With CCAFS support, vital seasonal rainfall forecasts are reaching around two million people across Senegal, helping smallholder farmers make better-informed decisions about agricultural management in a changing climate.

In sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the limited availability of climate data and networks for sharing information can serve as a constraint to agricultural research and development. The lack of basic understanding of earth processes needed to detect flaws in climate models and decide how best t...

The significant role of agriculture in climate change has been underrepresented in previous years’ discussions and agreements under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). CCAFS and partners in the global agriculture community have strived to address this imbalance thr...

Coffee production in Costa Rica employs up to 150,000 people, representing 8% of the Costa Rican workforce, and accounts for nearly 10% of national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to reach the national goal of carbon neutrality by 2021 and contribute to international climate protection m...

The potential impacts of climate change threaten African agricultural systems, including export crops like cocoa and subsistence agriculture. Investments in the sector are more and more vulnerable to climate change and should take these impacts into consideration to safeguard long-term sustainabi...

The food security of millions of people in East Africa is threatened due to climate events that shock the mainly agricultural system. Under a changing climate, these shocks will increase in severity and frequency, further destabilizing food security in the region. In the past, climate and food se...

Crop yield forecasting uses meteorological data, soil properties, management practices and genotype data to predict crop yields in a given area prior to harvest. Crop yield forecasting is an important tool for food security planning as it allows decision makers to make decisions related to pricin...