Research and engagement for scaling climate-smart agriculture in Latin America

This project aims to develop activities at different scales that will guide CCAFS synthesis, engagement and support across the regional portfolio. Local activities are related to the implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technological packages, as well as implementation of strategies to engage at community level in Latin America’s climate-smart villages (CSV) in order to create evidence to scale up and out the CSA approach through national and regional level stakeholders.
National and regional activities will include addressing priorities in the region, and context-specific actions and interactions with partners, governments and research centers will lead to the formulation and implementation of policies and strategies on climate change, agriculture and food security.
Project Deliverables
User manual/Technical Guide
Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura (PICSA): Manual de campo: Una guía detallada sobre el uso de PICSA con agricultores, paso por paso
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Methodology for scaling CSA practices in Cauca, Colombia
Presentation/Poster
Participatory evaluation of six common bean varieties (Phaseolus vulgaris) resistant to drought and biofortified in Cauca CSV
Guidebook/Handbook/Good Practice Note
FFS (Field farm schools) +++: Vulnerability analysis for planning on the ground
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Research brief: Value chain and market potential of Chaya to strengthen climate resilience, nutrition security and incomes in Guatemala
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Marketing prospects of tepary bean (Phaseolus acutifolius) in Guatemala through an analysis of common bean value chain
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
PICSA implementation in Cauca CSV
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change
Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)
Climate services and insurance: scaling climate smart agriculture
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Small-scale farmers in a 1.5°C future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Index Insurance for the Agricultural Sector in Central America, Honduras: Propuesta para Esquema de Implementación para los Seguros de índice contra sequía
Research workshop report
Progress report on commercialization of index insurance with La Equidad insurance company
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Lessons Learnt: Index Insurance for the Agricultural Sector in Central America: Honduras
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Concept note on reestablishment of Agricultural Insurance Committee in Honduras
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Strategy on Climate Smart Agriculture for Central America and Dominican Republic
Funder report
Report on activities, process and achievements in Cauca CSV in Colombia
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
PICSA implementation in Cauca CSV in Colombia - Implementación de Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura (PICSA) en el TESAC - Cauca Colombia
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Climate-smart agriculture: in need of a theory of scaling
Funder report
Detailed analysis of key agricultural systems in Colombia and their performance in green growth indicators at subnational level. Report 2: Green Growth Mission
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Info Note: Towards a climate-smart village: opportunities and challenges to scale adaptation actions in Guatemalan Dry Corridor (Spanish)
Funder report
Description of prioritized technologies, institutional framework, and impact on green growth indicators at the national level in Colombia. Report 3: Green Growth Mission
Thesis
Implementation of the Climate-Smart village approach
Conference paper / Seminar paper
Innovation platforms for Climate Smart Agriculture in Honduras
Funder report
Technical and policy recommendations on Land Productivity and Agricultural Performances for Green Growth Mission in Colombia
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Bridging the gap between climate science and farmers in Colombia
Policy workshop/Dialogue report
Launch Report: Project “Generating evidence on gender sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture to inform policy in Central America”
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality
Funder report
Report on CSV approach development and implementation in Nicaragua and Guatemala
Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)
Summary of key inputs and considerations for updating of Public Policy of Cauca 'For Women Dignity in Cauca'
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
PICSA implementation process in El Tuma La Dalia CSV in NIcaragua
User manual/Technical Guide
Guide to implement Field Farm Schools focuses on climate variability with rural families: Conceptual basis
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries
Funder report
Analysis of key agricultural systems in Colombia and their performance on green growth indicators at national level. Report 1: Green Growth Mission
User manual/Technical Guide
Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTAC): Implementation Manual
User manual/Technical Guide
Guide to implement Field Farm Schools focuses on climate variability with rural families: climate vulnerability on production systems and water resources
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
Small-scale farmers in a 1.5 oC future: The importance of local social dynamics as an enabling factor for implementation and scaling of climate-smart agriculture
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Assessment of mitigation potential of adaptation measures in Colombia and Nicaragua climate-smart villages
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Main achievements of the implementation of the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach in Santa Rita, Honduras in 2019
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Soil fertility in forages, coffee, and cocoa systems of the climate-smart village of Nicaragua
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Policy brief on Green growth policy in Colombia
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Olopa Climate Smart Village in Guatemala
Research workshop report
Modeling results from bean trials in Cauca CSV
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Results on life cycle assessments to determine impacts of lifestyle choices in Cauca and Honduras CSV
Journal Article (peer reviewed)
The LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart agriculture options at farm and crop system levels
Infographic
Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Santa Rita Climate Smart Village in Honduras
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Training course: “Enfoque Territorios Sostenibles Adaptados al Clima”: una alianza para el escalamiento de experiencias y prácticas de adaptación en el Corredor Seco de Guatemala
Infographic
Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Cauca Climate Smart Village in Colombia
Research workshop report
Report on south-south exchanges on CSA between CA4 countries and Colombia
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Transforming food systems under a changing climate in Latin America: A climate policy review
Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper
Moving towards a Climate-Smart Village: opportunities and challenges to scale adaptation initiatives in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
Lecture/Training Course Material
Training course guide The Climate-Smart Villages (CSV) approach in the Dry Corridor of eastern Guatemala
Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper
Main achievements of the implementation of the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach in Olopa, Guatemala in 2019
Partners
- Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT - Headquarter (Bioversity International) (Bioversity (Alliance))
- Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT - Regional Hub (Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical) (CIAT (Alliance))
- ASOCIACIÓN REGIONAL CAMPESINA CHORTÍ (ASORECH)
- Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD)
- Centro Internacional de la Papa (CIP)
- COMISIÓN DE ACCIÓN SOCIAL MENONITA (CASM)
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)