Land degradation is rampant in Africa, accounting for 46% of the total land area. Land degradation at the current pace is projected to render more than half of the cultivated land in Africa unusable by 2050. Land degradation and climate change mutually reinforce each other, creating serious…

This information note summarizes the state of livestock farming in the Orinoco region and the conditions that combine there to develop GANSO (abbreviation for sustainable livestock farming in Spanish, Ganaderia Sostenible), an innovative technical and financial assistance program aimed at a…

The present report aims to provide a climate and vulnerability analysis of the Green Innovation Centres (GIC) target commodity value chains. Herein we identify climate change- related vulnerabilities, hazards, and opportunities for adaptation to the same. Ultimately, our goal is to foster…

Under the Paris Agreement, countries should update their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) every five years, with progressive ambition in each new submission. Kenya plans to review and revise its NDC in June 2020. The State Department for Livestock has undertaken a stock-taking exercise…

Recent literature is reviewed to assess if and how crop diversification −one of the strategies to put agrobiodiversity to good use− contributes to stronger adaptive capacity and increased resilience. The aim is to generate new insights that could make the use of crop diversification more…

This report is the result of the joint impact study of CTA support to ACP partner organisations and networks led by the CTA in Wageningen, which details the impact of the relationship and collaboration between IPACC and CTA over 7 years beginning from 2007. It follows the early stages of this…

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