04 Jan 2019
Weather, climate and gender: Promoting ...
By:Kathlee Freeman (CCAFS) and Tatiana Gumucio (IRI)
Newly produced materials from CCAFS to assist experts in implementing gender-based research in climate work in order to fulfill the needs of both men and women farmers.Climate change brings with ...
26 Dec 2018
Practical and innovative solutions to ...
By: Lili Szilagyi and Catherine Mungai (CCAFS)
Pre-event at the Seventh Climate Change and Development in Africa Conference reflects on the involvement of youth in agriculture.The recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ...
26 Dec 2018
Kenya launches framework to implement ...
By: Catherine Mungai and Maren Radeny (CCAFS)
Mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture to support the transformation of Kenya's agriculture sector into an innovative, commercially-oriented, competitive and modern sector.On 31 October 2018, the ...
Recent studies on agriculture and climate change in Africa point to a growing risk of failed seasons amongst farmers occasioned by a warmer climate. However, the situation is not all gloom and doom, as there are opportunities for innovation through adoption of appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and policies that can help smallholder farmers sustain and improve their livelihoods. CSA integrates the three dimensions of sustainable development (economic, social and environmental) and entails a suite of technologies and practices that can increase productivity and incomes, enhance adaptation and build resilience to climate change, and where possible reduce Green House Gas (GHG) emissions.