No single research institution working alone can address the critically important issues of global climate change, agriculture and food security. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) will address the increasing challenge of global warming and declining food security on agricultural practices, policies and measures through a strategic collaboration between the CGIAR [1] and 'Future Earth' [2].
Led by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) [3], CCAFS is collaborating with all 15 CGIAR research centers [4] as well as with the other CGIAR thematic research programs.
CCAFS brings together the world's best researchers in agricultural science, climate science, environmental and social sciences to identify and address the most important interactions, synergies and trade-offs between climate change and agriculture. CCAFS will thus define and implement a uniquely innovative and transformative research program that addresses agriculture in the context of climate variability, climate change and uncertainty about future climate conditions.
Learn more about the Program through our strategy documents and annual reports. [5]
CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by the 15 research centers who are members of the CGIAR in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations: www.cgiar.org [1]
Links:
[1] http://www.cgiar.org
[2] http://www.icsu.org/future-earth
[3] http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/
[4] http://www.cgiar.org/centers/index.html
[5] http://ccafs.cgiar.org/resources/management-documents