The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, East Africa Program, recently held a national adaptation meeting for the agriculture sector, together with the Kenyan Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (MEWNR) and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock an...
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[National Adaptation Planning Meeting for the Agriculture Sector]
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National Adaptation Planning Meeting for the Agriculture Sector
CCAFS East Africa hosted an outcome mapping workshop on 5th – 9th August 2013 for research and development partners engaged in participatory action research (PAR) at the Nyando Climate Smart Village. The objective of the workshop was to map the output-outcome-impact pathways and to build stronger...
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[Outcome Mapping Workshop in Kisumu, Kenya]
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Outcome Mapping Workshop in Kisumu, Kenya
A number of farmers in arid and semi arid lands in Kenya are undertaking intensive crop production in greenhouses. Shown here are pictures taken from Kitengela, a semi arid area in Kenya. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program is un...
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[Greenhouse Farming in Kitengela, Kenya]
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Greenhouse Farming in Kitengela, Kenya
As part of ongoing research in East and West Africa, CCAFS spent time in the field in Ghana to determine the challenges that could prevent farmers from adopting climate smart agricultural techniques. Lucy, a farmer in Lawra, Ghana, has enthusiastically adopted composting to increase soil fertilit...
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East African regional program has selected six sites to test interventions that address risks related to climate change and variability. Featured here is the Lower Nyando, Kenya site, where farmers harvest rain wa...
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[Working with water harvesting and terracing in Lower Nyando, Kenya]
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Working with water harvesting and terracing in Lower Nyando, Kenya
On 3rd February 2015, Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) scientists visited Wote, Makueni County in Kenya. They held discussions with county policy makers on adaptation packages for the region. Learn more about AgMIP. Photos: V. Atakos (CCAFS).
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[Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) policy maker meeting in Makueni, Kenya.]
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Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) policy maker meeting in Makueni, Kenya.
CCAFS held a side event and participated in the 18th Conference of Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP18) in Doha, Qatar. 26 November to 7 December 2012. Photo:C.Schubert (CCAFS)