March 2012

Upcoming deadline: 31 March, 2012! CCAFS and the CGIAR program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) are now accepting abstracts on the topic of “Institutions for Inclusive Climate Smart Agriculture” for presentation at an international research workshop to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2012. A growing recognition of agriculture’s central role in efforts to increase global food security, enhance farmers’ ability to adapt to a changing climate, and mitigate emissions of greenhouse gasses has led to a converging agenda of “climate-smart” agriculture (CSA). Climate-smart agricultural practices are those which contribute to all three of the above goals, thus offering “triple wins” in the areas of food security, adaptation, and mitigation. Such practices include techniques for soil and water management, pest control, conservation of genetic resources, and combining crops, trees, livestock, and fisheries into integrated production systems. The importance of CSA in addressing climate change was affirmed at the recent COP17/CMP7 meetings in Durban, South Africa. For more information visit the climate-smart agriculture webpage set up in collaboration with CCAFS, Food and Agriculture Ogranization (FAO), the World Bank among others. Read more »