Dec 7, 2015
Africa: CGIAR Consortium Develops Climate Solutions with Soils for Food Security | AllAfrica
Press Release - Proposed initiative worth $225 million in seven developing countries could boost yields by 20% whilst offsetting emissions by 15%
CGIAR Climate's insight:
CGIAR's new 5-year proposal aims to mitigate future climate change through soil carbon sequestration in developing world agriculture. The initiative is part of the 4/1000 project that is jointly implemented by CCAFS and the CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems.
“4 per 1000 is the kind of win-win intervention that will help countries tackle both these issues as part of our climate smart agriculture toolbox,” according to Bruce Campbell, Director of CCAFS.