The CCAFS South Asia Regional Program piloted the Climate-Smart Village approach of generating evidence on the utility of climate-smart agricultural technologies, practices and services in building resilient agricultural production systems in Nepal. The team has provided partners with technical g...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Two states in Nepal implement Climate-Smart Villages, aiming to reach 6,000,000 farmers]
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Two states in Nepal implement Climate-Smart Villages, aiming to reach 6,000,000 farmers
Based on previous success stories from collaboration with CCAFS, Esoko, a private ICT company, has taken up a public-private partnership business model proposed by CCAFS to allow sustainable and equitable dissemination of climate information services.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Informing the adoption of a public-private partnership business model for climate information services in Ghana]
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Informing the adoption of a public-private partnership business model for climate information services in Ghana
The Rwanda Climate Services for Agriculture project supported the Twigire Muhinzi agricultural extension service to scale up the Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach in 27 of Rwanda’s 30 districts, facilitating 106,000 Rwandan farmers to understand and act on...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Face-to-face training on climate services reaches 106,000 farmers in Rwanda]
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Face-to-face training on climate services reaches 106,000 farmers in Rwanda
In 2018 alone, technical advice and knowledge products from CGIAR centers and CCAFS shared with project design teams contributed to improvements in at least 52 large agricultural projects and programs in low- and middle-income countries supported by World Bank grants and loans.
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CCAFS knowledge and evidence inform World Bank investments in agricultural development]
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CCAFS knowledge and evidence inform World Bank investments in agricultural development
This review was commissioned to evaluate European Commission (EC)
contributions to the CGIAR Research Programme (CRP) on Climate Change, Agriculture
and Food Security (CCAFS) in 2013-2015. EC contributions were €2.5 million per year,
which represented around 3% of the total budget of the CCAFS du...
Bihar’s agricultural production is regularly affected by droughts and floods. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) showcased climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to high-level governm...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
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[Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar]
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Scaling up of Climate-Smart Villages across the 38 districts of Bihar
To highlight the presence of agriculture in the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of the Conference of the Parties (COP) in Paris in December 2015, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and several partners systematically revi...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations]
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Analysis of Paris Agreement pledges informs UNFCCC negotiations
Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing conditions. Addressing gender inequality is key to ensuring this outcome. Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods globally, most markedly ...
Huyer, Sophia
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Koningstein, Manon
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Hill, Catherine
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[Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate]
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Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate
The case study focuses on CCAFS CSVs in Nyando, Kenya and the approaches the initiative has taken to reach women -- through SMS and the kinds of technologies they have adopted, e.g. drip irrigation).
Global Gender and Climate Alliance
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[From Concept to Action: Stories of Gender and Climate Change]
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From Concept to Action: Stories of Gender and Climate Change
In the past, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MoAL) of Costa Rica worked with paper-based data, which hindered their response to emergencies. To increase adequate emergency responses to extreme climate events, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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Bioversity International
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[Supporting the adoption of a digital emergency response system in Costa Rica]
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Supporting the adoption of a digital emergency response system in Costa Rica