Equality in a post-pandemic era: gender, COVID-19, agriculture and climate change
Combined with climate change, pandemics threaten to slow down or reverse progress in gender equality, further threatening food, income, and nutrition security. COVID-19 is intensifying climate change impacts, adding extra pressure to food systems, livelihoods, and health. Women are especially affected by this added
Strengthening climate services for agriculture in Latin America
Climate services are helping Latin America agricultural sector to close the gap between climate information, knowledge and its use by farmers. Climate information has become a precious commodity for thousands of farmers in Latin America, who use it to make decisions
Flipping the script on rainfall data
In the cover image: Installation of cheap, recyclable IoT rain gauges prototypes conceived by Manobi Africa and Viveris to reduce basis risk, insurance premiums and interest rates on smallholder credit. Photo: P.C.S. Traore (ICRISAT/Manobi Africa) Simple rain gauges are positioned to
Integrating climate resilience into Farmer Field Schools
The inclusion of climate resilience into Farmer Field School methodologies is a novel and highly promising approach in East Africa. Here is why. Farmer Field Schools (FFS) were introduced in East Africa in the late nineties as an alternative to top-down extension
The secret recipe for scaling climate-smart agriculture: Youth
Research trends reveal massive gaps in students primed to become Kenya’s next generation of agricultural professionals and agripreneurs. Degree enrolment in agriculture courses decreased from 24,221 students in 2017 to 18,165 in 2018, a 25% drop, as students reported a lack
How we can use the COVID-19 disruption to improve food systems and address the climate emergency
At first glance, the COVID-19 crisis appears to have nothing to do with the climate emergency. Over the last month, COVID-19 has eclipsed climate change and many other global challenges as the most pressing issue we face worldwide. Between learning
COVID-19: flattening the food insecurity curve
To avoid societal collapses and their many potential ripple effects on world security, we must act now to flatten the food insecurity curve. COVID-19: the domino effect The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting the world on an unprecedented scale. Yet, the unfolding
Facing climate change in Honduras: The importance of gender equity
Rural women in Honduras are learning to address climate change with the use of agro-climatic information for better-informed decisions about their crops. Find out how LTACs empower women to achieve sustainable development - another of the proven ways to build
Learning to grow vegetables: A novel way to transfer knowledge in Hoima, Uganda
Fresh vegetables are key to better nutrition and health around the world. Teaching farmers the best way to grow vegetables is essential. This article explores how Ugandan farmers develop best practices through experimentation, innovation, and exchange of local knowledge. Growing vegetables
Scaling climate-resilient agribusinesses in East Africa
Climate-resilient agribusinesses need a combination of horizontal and vertical scaling to be effective. The example of East Africa. There are growing private-sector driven efforts to scale up climate-smart agriculture (CSA) interventions in East Africa. These measures are aimed at building climate-resilient
Studying climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam
Special Master's degree enables students to learn about the nexus of climate change, agriculture and food security. The National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), in partnership with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), is
New web app allows you to investigate performance of agricultural technologies
Once they're able to understand expected shifts in production, livelihoods or environmental outcomes, farmers can adapt resource management strategies and be better prepared to manage risks. Built around the largest agricultural meta-analysis to date, ERA is designed to support science-based decision-making