New project aims to ensure that key actors in the livestock sector increase climate change adaptation and mitigation in farming practices, sector strategies and investment projects. Continue reading
Category Archives: CCAFS
Livestock and climate change: 16 West and Central African countries to move forward
Experts from 16 African countries come together to discuss issues around the livestock sector and identify opportunities for national capacity building Continue reading
National livestock sector policies and planning under a changing global economy
New study analyzes the impact of demand and supply of livestock-derived food on managing the livestock sector Continue reading
How will climate change impact rangelands in the next few decades?
Philip Thornton contributed a chapter to Grasslands and Climate Change, the latest volume of the Ecological Reviews series. In this post Philip tells us more about the chapter, which explains the impacts of climate change on open grasslands used for livestock grazing. Continue reading
Tracking Ethiopia’s livestock emissions to identify low-carbon development pathways
Key partners come together to develop robust systems for measurement, reporting and verification of emissions from Ethiopia’s livestock sector. Continue reading
Selective breeding manuals reveal best practices for small ruminant productivity
Community platforms in rural Kenya serve as the backbone for catalyzing innovative livestock interventions Continue reading
Thinking ‘beyond the farm’—On Germany’s longstanding commitment to agricultural research for development
Watch and listen to Stefan Schmitz, head of Food, Agriculture & Rural Development at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), as he delivers a short (6-minute) filmed presentation at one of several linked collaborative events led by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and held on the sidelines of the 23rd Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on 7 Nov 2017 in Bonn, Germany. Continue reading