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This Info Note reports on the Climate Security Sensitivity Tool (CSST) case study application for the Mercy Corps' Regional Livestock Program in Eastern Africa. It highlights the recommendations formulated by the CSST for the implementation of this transboundary project bridging Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia and reports on the practitioners’ feedback on these results.

As part of the AICCRA, the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) are tasked to develop curricula and training materials to accelerate the mainstreaming of Climate Information Services (CIS) and Climate- Smart Agriculture (CSA) into University’s curricula in Africa.

Scaling up Gender and Nutrition Sensitive (GNS) Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies and Climate Information Services (CIS) is essential to reducing gender inequalities and empowering women in agriculture and food systems in West Africa.

Livestock production is at the center of adaptation to and mitigation of climate change. It also impacts the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A transition is thus needed for livestock systems to become more sustainable and climate resilient, with clear impacts on the SDGs.

Megathyrsus maximus is a species widely used as forage in livestock systems due to its high yield, good nutritional quality, and easy propagation.

INNOVATION PROFILE of Cactus pear as a drought-tolerant crop, provides food and livestock feed and thereby improves the livelihood of poor farmers in the dry areas.

Agriculture plays a major role in economic growth, but it is also an important source of greenhouse gas emissions in Kenya. To achieve Kenya’s NDC target of cutting GHG emissions by 32% by 2030 relative to business-as-usual (BAU) of 143 MtCO2 eq, there is need to identify and promote scalable innovations for food system emissions reduction.

Sustainable agricultural intensification (SI) seeks to address multiple development objectives at the same time, among them

About 85% of Bangladesh's land is plain land where the mixed farming system (MFS) is practiced in which crops and livestock, as major enterprises are integrated. The objectives of this study were to characterize Bangladesh's MFSs and identify their potential and problems at two representative locations in the country's north and south.

The food systems are not only central to our daily lives but also act as a major driver of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; it generates more than a third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.