East Africa

Current Projects

Bottom-up planning for social equity in climate smart livestock interventions

Farmer from Kenya working in the field with his cattle

Building livelihoods and resilience to climate change in East and West Africa

Two calves

Programme for Climate-Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL)

Upscaling climate-smart agriculture via micro finance in Tanzania | Global Challenges Programme project

Enhancing capacities for MRV of sustainable livestock actions in East Africa

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Climate Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS)

Synthesis and support to climate-smart agriculture evidence building and scaling

Citizen science for climate-smart nutritious varieties | Global Challenges Programme project

Woman holding chart with collected measurments

Standard assessment of agricultural mitigation potential and livelihoods (SAMPLES)

Partnerships for scaling out climate-smart agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa

Woman milking a cow

Inclusive and climate-smart business models in Ethiopian and Kenyan dairy value chains | Global Challenges Programme project

Climate Resilient Agri-business For Tomorrow (CRAFT)

Partnerships for Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture (P4S)

The social impact of weather insurance for agriculture

Partnerships for climate resilient agriculture and food systems

Scaling climate-smart nutrient management tools in Africa | Global Challenges Programme project

Navigating towards leverage points for low emissions dairy development | Global Challenges Programme project

Predictive technologies for climate-smart agriculture

Promoting climate resilient maize varieties in Uganda | Global Challenges Programme project

Supporting improved policies and institutions

Low-emissions opportunities in USAID agriculture and food security initiatives

Understanding and scaling organizations for smallholder resilience | Global Challenges Programme project

Building climate services capacity in Rwanda

Participatory tools for gender and social inclusion research under climate change

Inclusive Climate Change Adaptation for a Sustainable Africa (ICCASA)

Innovative finance for scaling up climate-smart agriculture

Climate-smart financial diaries for scaling in Kenya | Global Challenges Programme project

Creating climate-smart multi-functional landscapes through integrated soil, land and water management at different scales in East Africa

Standard assessment of agricultural mitigation potential and livelihoods (SAMPLES)

Completed projects

Increasing food security and farming system resilience in East Africa through wide-scale adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices

Gender and climate change

Climate Change and Social Learning Initiative

Collaboration for rigorous, low-cost emissions estimates

Building climate services on the ground in Tanzania and Malawi

Participatory evaluation and application of climate smart agriculture practices

Mitigation Options Tool for agriculture (CCAFS-MOT)

African Agriculture and Climate Change books