CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has introduced the model of "Climate Smart Villages (CSVs)" in India, and is slowly scaling up and expanding to other countries in the South Asia region. The idea is to raise awareness among farming communities in Sou...
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[Climate Smart Village Project: Farmer testimonial on minimum tillage]
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Climate Smart Village Project: Farmer testimonial on minimum tillage
50 smallholder farmers from East Africa showcased a number of interesting agricultural innovations at a farmer fair held in May 2013. De Jake Olwendo was one of the innovators under the livestock production category. He has combined aspects of the Kenya Top Bar Hive (KTBH) and the Langstroth beeh...
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[Hybrid Beehive Innovation - De Jakes Olwendo, Kenya]
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Hybrid Beehive Innovation - De Jakes Olwendo, Kenya
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) talked with Tonny Njuguna, presenter of the East African TV Show Shamba Shape-Up about the problems that farmers are facing, and how Shamba Shape-Up is helping them adapt to climate change. Learn more: ccafs.cgiar....
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[Tonny Njuguna of Shamba Shape Up talks about farming and climate change in East Africa]
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Tonny Njuguna of Shamba Shape Up talks about farming and climate change in East Africa
Video interview with Fatuma Hussein, acting Director Climate Change Secretariat within the Ministry of Environment, Water and Natural Resources in Kenya
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[Fatuma Hussein speaks about Kenya's National Adaptation Planning Process]
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Fatuma Hussein speaks about Kenya's National Adaptation Planning Process
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[Live Seminar: Managing pests and disease under climate change: What do we need to learn?]
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Live Seminar: Managing pests and disease under climate change: What do we need to learn?
Interview with Mamadou Khouma from IDEV-Senegal (Private Sector). Filmed at The Conference on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security, 4 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
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[Climate Change - Uniting the Research and Private Sectors]
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Climate Change - Uniting the Research and Private Sectors
Interview with Roberto Quiroz from CIP (International Potato Centre). Filmed at The Conference on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security, 4 May 2010, Nairobi, Kenya
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[How is the CGIAR Approaching Climate Change Issues?]
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How is the CGIAR Approaching Climate Change Issues?
Helene Nana is a female farmer from the Yatenga province in Burkina Faso. She describes in the video how she moved from famine to have more than enough income to get her children to school. This was accomplished through crop diversification and from growing vegetables to complement the rainy's se...
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[Nana Helene - Ninigui (Yatenga province), Burkina Faso]
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Nana Helene - Ninigui (Yatenga province), Burkina Faso
Hermann Togo, a social worker in charge of CEF the "Conseil Á l'Exploitation Familiale" (Advise for Family Enterprises), a farmers' union, talks about how they help farmers make informed decisions, and adapt to changes in the climate. One way the union has helped the farmers is through the farme...
A new research project by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) will be looking at the linkages between climate adaptation and livestock science, policy and practice. The three-year project is part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCA...
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[Uncovering the links between climate adaptation policy, science and practice]
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Uncovering the links between climate adaptation policy, science and practice