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Tracking change is how you stay on the path to a goal. That’s why the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) wants to measure how agricultural practices are evolving in response to climate change and other pressures. In 2010-2011 CCAFS worked with local pa...


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[A global baseline for changing farming practices]A global baseline for changing farming practices

At a weather research station in Makueni, Kenya, about a dozen farmers are gathered in an outdoor classroom. Scant and variable rainfall is a big problem in Makueni, so a training program from the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is tutoring the group on ...


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[A reality TV show with real impacts on farms]A reality TV show with real impacts on farms

Communications and knowledge management are essential activities to help the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) achieve its development outcomes. Strategic and complementary communication helps highlight success stories, support a change in behaviour i...


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[The CCAFS approach to communications]The CCAFS approach to communications

Crop varieties play an important role in climate adaptation, allowing farmers to adjust the varieties they use to suit new climate conditions. Several barriers stand in the way of this approach. First, variety recommendations are often based on data from trials done at research stations, which do...


Fadda, CarloEtten, Jacob van[Generating farm-validated variety recommendations for climate adaptation]Generating farm-validated variety recommendations for climate adaptation

Research shows that climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is beneficial in increasing productivity, promoting resilience and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving benefits in all three dimensions is difficult, and so necessary choices among competing investments and objectives must be made. The ...


Mwongera, CarolineLäderach, PeterAcosta, MariolaAmpaire, Edidah L.Eitzinger, AntonLamanna, ChristineMwungu, Chris MiyinziShikuku, K.M.Twyman, JenniferWinowiecki, Leigh A.[Assess whole-farm trade-offs and synergies for climate-smart agriculture]Assess whole-farm trade-offs and synergies for climate-smart agriculture

The main limiting factor impeding the operationalisation of the WEF nexus has been lack of metrics and tools to translate the concept into a fully-fledged operational framework to support policy and decision-making. This study developed a WEF nexus model by (i) defining WEF nexus sustainability i...


Nhamo, LuxonMabhaudhi, T.Mpandeli, S.[A model to integrate and assess water-energy-food nexus performance: South Africa case study]A model to integrate and assess water-energy-food nexus performance: South Africa case study
Rahn, EricVaast, PhilippeLäderach, PeterAsten, Piet J.A. vanJassogne, Laurence T.P.Ghazoul, Jaboury[Exploring adaptation strategies of coffee production to climate change using a process-based model]Exploring adaptation strategies of coffee production to climate change using a process-based model

United Nations Environment ProgrammeGlobal Environment Facility[Climate Change Adaptation - Factsheet]Climate Change Adaptation - Factsheet

Jha, AbhasLamond, JessicaBloch, RobinBhattacharya, NamrataLopez, AnaPapachristodoulou, NikolaosBird, AlanProverbs, DavidDavies, JohnBarker, Robert[ Five Feet High and Rising : Cities and Flooding in the 21st Century ]

World Bank[ Human Capital for a Knowledge Society Higher Education in the Maldives : An Evolving Seascape ]

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