Climate-Smart Agriculture Papers: new book answers decade-old questions
A new open-source book containing previously undocumented scientific evidence that could help practitioners bring CSA to scale is published.
Agroforestry to meet the Paris Agreement
Growing more trees on agricultural land will help farmers and the world adapt to, and mitigate, climate change, something the world’s nations began to implement at the 23rd climate-change conference as they brought agriculture onto the agenda In...
Smallholder farmers in Kenya in the race against climate change
By adopting agroforestry and improved agricultural practices, a community in western Kenya has increased their income and improved their living standards. They are now training other farmers to do the same.
Connecting research, practice and policy to upscale climate-smart agriculture
A group of women in Kamotony area in Kenya were worried that they were unable to provide food for their children in the face of climate change impacts. They would ask themselves, “Sasa sisi tutafanya nini kutoka hali...
Stakeholders move to enhance productivity and efficiency in Kenya’s dairy sector for lower greenhouse gas emissions
As part of the historic UN Paris Climate Agreement of 2015, countries committed to fight climate change by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions from various sectors, including agriculture. Kenya is not being left behind. Stakeholders from the dairy...
World’s most popular greenhouse gas calculators for agriculture are 60% accurate in tropical developing countries
Originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS) Over half of developing countries intend to decrease greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, but commonly used methods to estimate agricultural emissions...
Starting small, thinking big: seven ingredients that help smart agriculture thrive
A blog by Kristi Foster Rural farmers in many parts of the world are already using ‘smart’ agricultural practices like intercropping, agroforestry and rainwater harvesting. But what if those practices benefitted the livelihoods and landscapes of millions...
Better weather information helps save animals during cold spells
In February, as northern Viet Nam was hit by the coldest weather in 40 years, villagers popped by Mr Trong’s house to ask about the temperature and the diligent village leader, Mr Tham, used the locally updated...
Setting the benchmark: the scientific basis of climate-smart agriculture
Little empirical evidence has been put forth to systematically evaluate the outcomes of climate-smart agriculture practices. A team of experts evaluated the scientific substantiation on the impacts of climate-smart agriculture. It is expected that this systematic review...
Climate-smart landscapes: can REDD+ create them?
To help farmers, governments and companies adapt to a changing climate, researchers have been studying different ways of ensuring any given landscape can be ‘climate proofed’. At Asia-Pacific Forestry Week, SNV and the World Agroforestry Centre shared some...
Partnering to scale-up climate-smart agriculture in Africa
Blog originally published on the website of the CGIAR Research Program for Climate Change and Food Security (CCAFS) Coordinated by the World Farmers’ Organisation in collaboration with the UNFCCC Secretariat, Farmers Day marked on 2 December 2015 brought together farming...
Meeting the SDGs with climate-smart agriculture
“No goal is more complicated than the goal of sustainable development,” writes Bruce Campbell, director of the CGAIR research programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in an article on the website of the World Economic...
Using science to support the development of climate-smart agriculture in East Africa
The connection between food security and climate change cannot be understated. Governments, development organizations and scientists are teaming up to search for solutions to address this challenge. In the process, the concept of climate-smart agriculture has emerged as...
Farms with trees and crops recover quicker from natural disasters
New evidence shows that having trees on farms helps farmers be more resilient to most types of natural disasters. But to support farmers making the gradual change to more trees, land-use planners themselves need support. Although tree-based...