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y CCAFS researchers map power and influence in Ghana’s agricultural adaptation policy space. They find that a technical ‘adaptation establishment’ dominates decision making, sometimes neglecting political groups, the private sector, and farmers. y In climate change adaptation and development circles we often speak of ‘politics’ and ‘power’ as things that stand in the way of… Read more »
Responding to this challenge, the CCAFS-supported project ‘Mainstreaming CSA practices in cocoa production in Ghana‘ (2015-2019) assesses the climate change exposure of cocoa systems in Ghana by using a transect approach to identify sites with high, medium, and low climate change impacts. Key actors from the Ghanaian cocoa sector are involved in developing locally relevant… Read more »
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The world must move quickly to fulfill the promise of the climate change agreement reached in Paris four months ago and accelerate low-carbon growth, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim said on the opening day of the Spring Meetings. More than 190 countries came together last December to pledge to do their part to… Read more »
By Morgan Winsor Visitors look at exhibits at the U.S. stand at the COP21, the United Nations conference on climate change on the outskirts of Paris, Dec. 3, 2015. More than 150 world leaders are meeting for the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change from… Read more »
By Africa Development Bank (AFDB) “It is amazing that many women in Africa continue to use hoes to till the soil in their small-scale farms in this age of technological advancement,” Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, said Tuesday as she addressed officials at the launch of the African Renewable Energy Initiative… Read more »
Prioritising Climate Smart Agriculture from CCAFS | CGIAR program – Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Presentation by Andy Jarvis, Theme Leader, CCAFS at the at the CCAFS Workshop on Institutions and Policies to Scale out Climate Smart Agriculture held between 2-5 December 2013, in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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As Kenya continues the process of devolution, the bill and policy proposes that County governments integrate climate change action plans into their County Integrated Development Plans. Consultations with county government officials reveal that counties need technical and financial support to integrate climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in their development plans. Specifically, the counties call… Read more »
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