From forecasting presidential elections to predicting disease outbreaks, analysts are finding ways
to turn Big Data — the immense stocks of information collected in computers worldwide — into an
invaluable resource for planning and decision-making. Now, scientists at the International Center
for ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Big Data for climate-smart agriculture]
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Big Data for climate-smart agriculture
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[AgTrials: Repurposing data for adaptation research]
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AgTrials: Repurposing data for adaptation research
Reliable and timely crop yield forecasts is critical for informed planning and policy decisions on food production, marketing, export/import, distribution and the overall food security in the country. The conventional approach of crop yield forecasting is a time consuming, costly exercise and suf...
Despite government subsidies, many farmers remain uninsured and dissatisfied with current insurance products. In the case of weather-based index insurance, spatial variability of weather, lack of historical data to develop appropriate insurance triggers at local level, and poor insurance delivery ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Weather-based index insurance for climate risk management in agriculture]
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Weather-based index insurance for climate risk management in agriculture
CSA initiatives aim to sustainably increase productivity, enhance resilience, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases (GHGs), and require planning to address trade-offs and synergies between these three pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation (CIAT; BFS/USAID. 2016). The CSV concept reflects...
Sanogo, Diaminatou
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Camara, Baba Ansoumana
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Diop, Mouhamadou
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Ndiaye, Ousmane
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Ky-Dembele, Catherine
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Bayala, Jules
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Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Partey, Samuel T.
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[Field Tour Guide for the CCAFS Independant Science Panel Meeting]
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[Developing a Climate-Smart Village for Reduced Climate Risk and Food Insecurity in Daga-Birame, Senegal]
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Developing a Climate-Smart Village for Reduced Climate Risk and Food Insecurity in Daga-Birame, Senegal
Livestock development and climate change outcomes can support each other. More productive and e cient farm systems generally produce food at much lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per unit of product.
However, many countries use simple (Tier 1) methods for estimating livestock emissions in th...
Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Livestock development and climate change: The benefits of advanced greenhouse gas inventories]
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Livestock development and climate change: The benefits of advanced greenhouse gas inventories
En las últimas décadas, Perú y el CIAT han cultivado una relación de colaboración mutua, la cual ha generado logros significativos en el co-diseño de sistemas agroforestales y silvopastoriles resilientes frente al cambio climático, el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de predicción agroclimática y ...
The brochure contains details of a project intervention funded by USAID, to scale out the Climate-Smart Villages in three Indian states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Pande, Kunal
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Pant, Anjali
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Sahin, Shehnab
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[Scaling up resilient agricultural practices, technologies and services in the vulnerable areas of India]
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Scaling up resilient agricultural practices, technologies and services in the vulnerable areas of India
With more than 60 percent of Asian population either directly or indirectly relying on agriculture for livelihood, agriculture remains key to uplifting lives of many people in the region, as well as to providing sufficient and nutritious food for all.
In Asia, CIAT undertakes scientific research...
El TeSAC Cauca se ubica en el noroccidente del municipio de Popayán, capital del departamento del Cauca. Las comunidades de estas veredas se han fortalecido y empoderado a través de la Asociación de Juntas de Acción Comunal (JAC) para buscar mecanismos que generen sostenibilidad y mejoren su cali...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Territorio Sostenible Adaptado al Clima (TeSAC) Cauca, Colombia]
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Territorio Sostenible Adaptado al Clima (TeSAC) Cauca, Colombia