Overcoming the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate requires a strong scientific evidence base to both help smallholder farmers choose resilient strategies and to guide development policy and investments. Building on a Bioversity and CCAFS systematic review of the role of diversification in agricultural systems, the Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research is … Continue reading »
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CRP on climate change
Climate Change / CRP7 / Event / Food security / PA / Pastoralism / Vulnerability
Hunger-nutrition-climate nexus: Bringing the conversation down to earth
Former US Vice President Al Gore speaking at the Hunger, Nutrition, Climate Justice Conference in Dublin, 16 Apr 2013. CGIAR CEO Frank Rijsberman (second from left) looks on. Read more about this event. Photo credit: Vanessa Meadu/CCAFS. ‘What happens when some of the world’s thought leaders in hunger, nutrition and climate justice meet with innovators working … Continue reading »
Agriculture / Climate Change / CRP7 / Food security / ILRI / PA / PLE / Report
‘Lifeline’ food crops at risk of climate change: Major adaptation efforts needed, says CGIAR study
Rose Mnjemo with soya beans, a maize, soya and cassava farmer from Khulungira Village, in central Malawi (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). Agence France Presse reports on a 2012 international study that found that climate change is on track to disrupt lifeline food crops across large swathes of Africa and Asia already mired in chronic poverty. More … Continue reading »
Climate Change / CRP7 / India / PA / South Asia
India fights curbs on livestock-generated greenhouse gas emissions at Doha
Girdhai Lal Jat herds his cattle through the village of Nagar, in Tonk District, Rajasthan, India, to water (photo credit: ILRI/Stevie Mann). ‘At the United Nations climate talks in Doha this week, India opposed any move that would require developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture. ‘With an estimated 485 million cattle, goat, … Continue reading »
Climate Change / CRP7 / ILRI / LivestockFutures / PA / Presentation
‘Enormous potential’ of small-scale livestock farming to help mitigate global warming
The challenge ahead is unequivocal,” says Mario Herrero, senior agro-ecological systems analyst with the International Livestock Research Institute. “We need to feed 9 billion to 10 billion people in the future at a lower economic cost, but also in a socially and economically acceptable way.” Mario Herrero was speaking in Nairobi, Kenya, at a November … Continue reading »
Africa / Agriculture / Asia / Central America / Climate Change / CRP7 / Environment / Farming Systems / ILRI / Livestock Systems / LivestockFutures / PLE / Research
Livestock and global change: Livestock live talk at ILRI on 28 November 2012
Globally, the demand for meat products is growing at 1.8% per year due to increasing populations, economic growth and rapid urbanization. Agropastoral and pastoral systems cover 45% of the earth’s usable surface and supply 9% of global meat production, while mixed crop-livestock farming systems produce 54% of the total meat and 90% of the milk … Continue reading »
Agriculture / Climate Change / CRP7 / Food security / ILRI / LivestockFutures / PA / Report
Farmers across the globe will have to switch to climate-hardy crops and farming–CGIAR report
Taking a young goat to market at Mieso, in the Mirab Hararghe Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia (photo credit: ILRI/Apollo Habtamu). Nature News reports on a new CGIAR study that says ’One-third of our greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture’ and advises farmers to abandon vulnerable crops in the face of climate change. ‘The global … Continue reading »
Agriculture / Climate Change / CRP7 / East Africa / Food security / Livelihoods / PA / Report
East Africans are taking up new farming practices to cope with climate change—but change too risky for hungry households – Survey
Dairy farmers in Tanzania. Farmers in East Africa are embracing climate-resilient farming practices but food insecurity prevents many of them from doing more to cope with a changing climate (photo credit: ILRI/Nils Teufel). Smallholder farmers across East Africa have started embracing climate-resilient farming approaches and technologies according to new research recently published by the CGIAR … Continue reading »
Agriculture / Climate Change / CRP7 / Environment / ILRI / Livestock / Livestock Systems / PLE / Report
Greening livestock
This report on Greening livestock: Assessing the potential of payment for environmental services in livestock inclusive agricultural production systems in developing countries was released by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in July 2012. Livestock serve as pathways out of poverty for poor smallholder farmers in the developing world. The production of livestock in mixed extensive and intensive … Continue reading »
Climate Change / CRP7 / Environment / Food security / ILRI / LivestockFutures / NRM / Opinion piece / PA
Move our global food systems into a ‘safe space’–Memo to G8 from CGIAR’s Bruce Campbell
Watch this elegant 6-minute film: How to fed the world by 2050: Actions in a changing climate. Film summary: To achieve food security in a changing climate, the global community must operate within three limits: the quantity of food that can be produced under a given climate; the quantity needed by a growing and changing … Continue reading »
