Research of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners
shows that growing coffee and banana together is generating >50% more income
for smallholder farmers and can help them cope with the effects of climate change.
However, turning research into action on the grou...
Kabarole Research Centre (KRC, an NGO) started a radio food security awareness raising campaign for farmer groups in Western Uganda. More than 144 radio drama series on the topic of food security were performed and aired on radio as an entertaining means of discussing the topic. Listener demand ...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Garside, Ben
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Woodend, John
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Carlile, Liz
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[Creative communications campaign fostering social learning loops]
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Creative communications campaign fostering social learning loops
CCAFS and CIAT provided technical and policy recommendations on the land productivity component of the Colombian Green Growth Policy, which was launched in July 2018. The current National Development Plan states a focus on financial instruments for sustainable agricultural activities that include...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CCAFS science informs the Green Growth Policy in Colombia]
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CCAFS science informs the Green Growth Policy in Colombia
Improved understanding of animal nutrition allowed policy makers and a producer organization to develop low emissions forage options in Colombia. As part of CCAFS Low Emissions Development Flagship, CIAT’s LivestockPlus project adjusted a model for digestion and metabolism for the types of livest...
Based on directives issued by the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the Department of Crop Production, the rice planting calendar in the Mekong River Delta was adjusted to avoid salinity intrusion brought by the 2019 El Niño.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[600,000 hectares of rice planted earlier in Vietnam to avoid risk of salinity intrusion from the 2019 El Niño]
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600,000 hectares of rice planted earlier in Vietnam to avoid risk of salinity intrusion from the 2019 El Niño
The Ghanaian cocoa sector under the leadership of the Ghanaian Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) made important strides towards climate resilience. Exposure maps developed jointly with CCAFS were combined with exposure gradient specific climate-smart agriculture practices in a national training manual of obl...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CCAFS science supports Ghana's steps towards climate-resilient cocoa production for 800,000 farmers]
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CCAFS science supports Ghana's steps towards climate-resilient cocoa production for 800,000 farmers
Kenya’s State Department of Livestock is catalyzing investments of USD 223 million in Kenya’s dairy sector, based on CCAFS research and support, for the development of a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) in the dairy sector. After a two-year process, the government of Kenya has reac...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Kenya’s State Department of Livestock catalyzes investments of USD 223 million in the dairy sector]
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Kenya’s State Department of Livestock catalyzes investments of USD 223 million in the dairy sector
In June 2018, the NAMA Facility approved the EUR 14,900,000 funding for a pioneering NAMA Support Project on rice in Thailand. This 5-year project is expected to generate at least EUR 21.5 million more of private sector investments.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[EUR 15 million invested for mitigation action in Thailand's rice sector]
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EUR 15 million invested for mitigation action in Thailand's rice sector
Root Capital introduced CCAFS data on climate change risk into its process for underwriting and prioritizing loans to producer organizations in cocoa, coffee, and other commodity and food crop supply chains across 20+ countries. Climate vulnerability analysis by CCAFS identified regions of the gl...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Root Capital uses CCAFS data to evaluate 251 loans including 199 for coffee worth USD 146 million]
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Root Capital uses CCAFS data to evaluate 251 loans including 199 for coffee worth USD 146 million
CCAFS scientists developed, tailored and implemented actions to support the implementation of climate services for agriculture in Colombia, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. These include the creation of 22 Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTACs), the automation of the Climate Predictabi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Agro-climatic services help 500,000 farmers in Latin America better plan their crops]
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Agro-climatic services help 500,000 farmers in Latin America better plan their crops