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For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and efficient use are necessary. Such strategies should align with the overarching principle of sustainable intensification and will need to co...


Farnworth, Cathy R.Stirling, Clare M.Sapkota, Tek B.Jat, Mangi LalMisiko, Michael T.Simon, Attwood[Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?]Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?

At the Paris climate summit in 2015, the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) announced a set of 2030 ambitions under the three pillars of climate smart agriculture (CSA), namely productivity, resilience and mitigation. Based on work under WBCSD’s workstream to improve busi...


Vermeulen, Sonja J.Frid-Nielsen, Snorre[Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA]Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA

Akem, C.Adewole, A.[Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa]Support to Agricultural Research for Development of Strategic Crops in Africa

A one-day planning and review meeting took place on December 14th 2016 for the Kondoa District and on December 15th for the Kiteto District. Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) training aims to build the capacity of end users of climate services in the agriculture an...


Gathenya, John[Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA): Planning and Review Meetings for Kondoa and Kiteto Districts, Tanzania]Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA): Planning and Review Meetings for Kondoa and Kiteto Districts, Tanzania

A Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) intermediary training workshop was held in Zomba District, Malawi in July 2016. The workshop aimed to train intermediaries to understand the PICSA approach so they can train other intermediaries. The intermediaries are expected t...


Gathenya, John[Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Intermediary Training, Zomba District, Malawi]Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) Intermediary Training, Zomba District, Malawi

Coffee is an important crop for the Ugandan economy, as it earns the country US$415 million in foreign export revenues and supports 1.7 million smallholder farmers (UCDA, 2016). Nevertheless, coffee yields have stagnated for over a decade, despite concerted efforts to improve productivity. Climat...


Jassogne, Laurence T.P.Mukasa, DavidBukomeko, HanningtonKemigisha, ElizabethKirungi, DianaGiller, OnnoAsten, Piet J.A. van[Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool]Redesigning Delivery: Boosting Adoption of Coffee Management Practices in Uganda. The climate smart investment pathway approach and the farmer segmentation tool

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. This book explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between a...


Frison, C.López, F.Esquinas-Alcazar, J.T.[Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture]Plant genetic resources and food security: Stakeholder perspectives on the international treaty on plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million he...


Vergara, WalterGallardo Lomeli, LucianaRios, Ana R.Isbell, PaulPrager, Steven D.Camino, Ronnie de[The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America]The Economic Case for Landscape Restoration in Latin America

Dear readers, We are pleased to share with you our SmartAg Partner newsletter, highlighting policy engagement and ongoing research in the second quarter of 2017. In May, we hosted a seminar that explored the state of climate adaptation and mitigation efforts in African agriculture. The seminar cr...


CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security[The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2017]The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2017

Data presented here are the result of an analysis of the adaptation and mitigation contributions of the 162 INDCs (representing 189 Parties) submitted to the UNFCCC as of 28 April 2016, and then revised using information submitted through 31October 2016. Related Info Notes were written using the ...


Richards, MerylBruun, T.B.Campbell, Bruce M.Gregersen LEHuyer, SophiaKuntze, V.Madsen STNOldvig MBVasileiou, Ioannis[How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation: An analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. CCAFS dataset]How countries plan to address agricultural adaptation and mitigation: An analysis of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions. CCAFS dataset

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