The World Food Programme in Lao PDR has been implementing nutrition-focused interventions targeted for school kids through its School Meal Program targeted with complementary nutrition-sensitive interventions targeted for communities through its Agriculture for Nutrition Program and the Local and Regional Procurement Program.

This primer showcases the lessons learned from implementing climate-smart agriculture in Sakta village in Chin State, Myanmar. Sakta village is one of the Climate-Smart Village project sites operated by the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) and Karuna Mission Social Solidarity (KMSS Hakha).

A workshop on partnership in scaling-up livestock technologies has been conducted on December 17 and 18, 2021 in Hawassa, at Haile Hotels and resorts. The workshop was attended by 23 participants (21 in person and two online) representing higher learning institutions, federal and regional research, the Ministry of Agriculture, CGIAR and an NGO.

There is increasing recognition of the need to bring about changes across the full spectrum of agricultural practices to ensure that, in future, food production systems are more diverse, sustainable and resilient. In this context, the objectives of irrigation need to be much more ambitious, shifting away from simply maximizing crop yields to maximizing net benefits across a range of uses of irrigation water, including ecosystems and nature-based solutions.

Shifting and intensifying migration flows are causing profound changes in household structures, livelihood portfolios, and rural landscapes worldwide. Yet, migration trends, including who migrates within the household, whether migration is permanent or temporary, and the relationship the migrant maintains (or not) with the household, have strong geographic particularities.

This analysis covers the Major challenges for climate change adaptation for the agriculture sector of Honduras, Including the understanding of the plausible future scenarios and threats and the role of institutional networks and their links with vulnerable spaces.

Climate information services (CIS) are critical for making important decisions in agriculture in order to assess and manage risks associated with climate change and climate variability. The partnership between RUFORUM and IRI aims to develop and increase accessibility of climate information services curricula for training in African universities as well as ensure utilization of among key stakeholders in agriculture such as extension workers and farmers. The CIS for agriculture is piloted to increase awareness and adoption of climate relevant curricula in African Universities.

The Darwin Initiative funded project “Bridging Agriculture and Environment: The Southern African Crop Wild Relatives Network” aims at establishing strategic partnerships and networks of protected areas for Crop wild relatives’ (CWR) conservation and use. One of the key components of this project is “Access and Benefit Sharing” (ABS).

The aim of this study is to investigate the ex-ante impact of the revision of the Multilateral System of Access and Benefit Sharing (MLS) of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture on CGIAR Centers, and to identify measures to respond to possible negative impacts on CGIAR Centers as recipients and providers of germplasm and associated information under the multilateral system. A process to revise the multilateral system of access and benefit sharing was launched in 2013 and continued until November 2019.

RUFORUM conducted a scoping study to identify areas of CSA/CIS convergence for member universities from 20th November to March 2022. Consultations were made with the Deans of the Faculties of Agriculture and related disciplines of Congolese member universities in eastern DRC, through zoom and then individual questionnaires to identify the focal persons who are involved in Climate Smart Agriculture teaching and research.

The detrimental impact of hydro-meteorological risks on agriculture frequently leads to food insecurity, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Policy-makers should, therefore, adopt suitable policies that reduce the consequences of hydro-meteorological hazards on communities and economies. Moreover, there is an urgent need for timely and targeted climate-related knowledge, information, and solutions to help decision-makers prevent climate-related losses and maximize benefits.

This proposal on how to integrate the development and implementation of CS-MAP into the government’s policy framework was drafted by Former Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Dr. Bui Ba Bong. In the policy document, CS-MAP can be integrated into national and sectoral policies and plans, such as in the National Plan to adapt to climate change, Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to climate change mitigation in the agricultural sector, and in the national and regional agricultural restructuring plan for the period 2021-2025.