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According to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, changes in the climate over the last 30 years have already reduced global agricultural production by 1 – 5 % per decade relative to a baseline without climate change. In addition, recent studies indicate that even a 2 degrees increase in global tem...


Dhanush, DBett, Bernard K.Boone, Randall B.Grace, DeliaKinyangi, JamesLindahl, Johanna F.Mohan, CVRamírez Villegas, JuliánRobinson, Timothy P.Rosenstock, Todd S.Smith, J.Thornton, Philip K.[Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases]Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases

Key messages ◼ The UNFCCC’s Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture creates an opening for agroforestry to take on an important role in Africa’s response to climate change. ◼ We reviewed measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry under the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli...


Rosenstock, Todd S.Wilkes, AndreasJallo, CourtneyNamoi, NictorBulusu, MedhaMboi, Damaris[Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions]Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions

Key messages ◼ Many developing countries recognize that agroforestry offers benefits for both people and planet and have integrated it into national policy to help meet development and climate goals. ◼ Despite this interest, technical and institutional barriers often prevent trees outside forests...


Rosenstock, Todd S.Wilkes, AndreasJallo, CourtneyNamoi, NictorBulusu, MedhaSuber, MartaGurwick, Noel[Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC]Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC

Key messages ◼ Forty percent of developing countries plan to use agroforestry to meet climate and development goals, yet available systems for measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) are not capable of counting trees in agroforestry systems. ◼ Before agroforestry can become an important res...


Daniel, JamesTenneson, KarisSuber, MartaMulia, RachmatVan Tranh, PhanArango, JacoboRosenstock, Todd S.[Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia]Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia

Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to incr...


Wilkes, AndreasWassie, Shimels EsheteVorlaufer, MiriamOdhong', Chalresvan Dijk, Suzanne[Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity]Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity

This brief summarizes findings from a network analysis using data from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Surveys (OBS) to analyze how organizations in CCAFS sites coordinate to work together on climate change and agriculture initiatives.


Rudnick, JessicaNiles, MeredithLubell, MarkCramer, Laura[Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey]Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey

Según el quinto informe del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas en inglés), la región de Centro América ha experimentado en los últimos años cambios en la variabilidad climática, aumentos en los extremos de temperatura, y en los episodios extremos,...


Acosta, MariolaHowland, Fanny CecileTwyman, JenniferLe Coq, Jean François[Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala]Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala

Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) furthers the objectives of Climate Smart Agriculture in cocoa production. These objectives are: increasing productivity and improving farmers livelihoods, adaptation to climate change, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Current cocoa production practices in Côte...


Bunn, ChristianFernández Kolb, PabloLundy, Mark[Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale]Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale

In Tanzania 6% of the land under production is used for the cultivation of sunflower. In areas like Mbeya (Southern Highlands) and Dodoma and Singida (Central Corridor), the area under sunflower varies from 1 - 10 acres per household. According to FAO, the average yield of sunflower is 979 kilogr...


Groot, AnnemarieDemissie, TeferiDuku, ConfidenceBudding-Polo, MonserratKabuka, GodfreyNkenja, EmanuelNinga, KasianLyimo, RaymondRecha, John W.M.Osumba, JoabSchonenberg, Pierre[Sunflower Tanzania: Climate change risks and opportunities]Sunflower Tanzania: Climate change risks and opportunities

It has been widely shown for most countries that high productivity growth in the agricultural sector is a key driver of structural transformation to promote long-term economic growth. Historically, low agricultural productivity growth has hindered economic growth and employment creation in the Ph...


Pérez, N.Rosegrant, Mark W.Pérez, N.Pradesha AThomas, Timothy S.[The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture]The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture

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