Livestock and Climate
Refresher Training Workshop on Feeds and Forage for Dairy Development
Report on Refresher Training Workshop on Feeds and Forage for Dairy Development
27-28 March 2023| Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Strategic Communications and Media for Climate-smart Agriculture Toolkit. Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa
This toolkit covers topics such as: the impact of climate change on African agriculture and food systems; how we can transform African agriculture and food systems for a more sustainable and climate resilient future; the important national, regional, continental, and global initiatives to promote climate-smart agriculture, in Africa and worldwide; how to investigate and report key developments to target specific stakeholders, decision makers, networks towards desired behavior change; how to engage and report upcoming policy events (e.g., COP28); and how to engage with AICCRA partners on h
Pathways to wheat self-sufficiency in Africa
A growing urban population and dietary changes increased wheat import bills in Africa to 9% per year. Though wheat production in the continent has been increasing over the past decades, to varying degrees depending on regions, this has not been commensurate with the rapidly increasing demand for wheat. Analyses of wheat yield
gaps show that there is ample opportunity to increase wheat production in Africa through improved genetics and
agronomic practices. Doing so would reduce import dependency and increase wheat self-sufficiency at national
Communication and Knowledge Management (CKM) in the Mixed Farming Systems Initiative
Investment guide for low-emission rice in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Rice production is an integral commodity to global food security, but it also contributes considerably to greenhouse
gas emissions (GHG). There are a variety of options to mitigate GHG emissions from paddy rice production but the
impacts and opportunities to finance such activities are not well-known or well-understood for global investors, and
much remains to be done to ensure that international climate finance can be used to attract private sector