Projects

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

Current
Photo: J. L. Urrea (CCAFS)
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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

2017

  • Journal Article (peer reviewed)

    Adequate vegetative cover decreases nitrous oxide emissions from cattle urine deposited in grazed pastures under rainy season conditions

  • 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

  • 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)

    Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change

  • 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

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    PICSA implementation in Cauca CSV

  • 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

  • Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)

    Climate services and insurance: scaling climate smart agriculture

  • 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

  • Guidebook/Handbook/Good Practice Note

    FFS (Field farm schools) +++: Vulnerability analysis for planning on the ground

2018

  • 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'

  • 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

  • User manual/Technical Guide

    Guide to implement Field Farm Schools focuses on climate variability with rural families: Conceptual basis

  • 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

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries

  • User manual/Technical Guide

    Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees (LTAC): Implementation Manual

  • Conference paper / Seminar paper

    Innovation platforms for Climate Smart Agriculture in Honduras

  • 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

  • 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)

    Bridging the gap between climate science and farmers in Colombia

  • Funder report

    Technical and policy recommendations on Land Productivity and Agricultural Performances for Green Growth Mission in Colombia

  • 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

  • Funder report

    Report on CSV approach development and implementation in Nicaragua and Guatemala

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Assessment of mitigation potential of adaptation measures in Colombia and Nicaragua climate-smart villages

  • 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

    PICSA implementation process in El Tuma La Dalia CSV in NIcaragua

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Climate-smart agriculture: in need of a theory of scaling

  • 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)

  • Thesis

    Implementation of the Climate-Smart village approach

  • Funder report

    Analysis of key agricultural systems in Colombia and their performance on green growth indicators at national level. Report 1: Green Growth Mission

  • Policy workshop/Dialogue report

    Launch Report: Project “Generating evidence on gender sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture to inform policy in Central America”

2019

  • 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

  • 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

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Olopa Climate Smart Village in Guatemala

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Main achievements of the implementation of the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) approach in Olopa, Guatemala in 2019

  • 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

  • Research workshop report

    Modeling results from bean trials in Cauca CSV

  • Infographic

    Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Santa Rita Climate Smart Village in Honduras

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Results on life cycle assessments to determine impacts of lifestyle choices in Cauca and Honduras CSV

  • Infographic

    Annual Monitoring Report 2018: Cauca Climate Smart Village in Colombia

  • 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

  • Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper

    Policy brief on Green growth policy in Colombia

  • Journal Article (peer reviewed)

    Can an innovation platform support a local process of climate-smart agriculture implementation?

  • Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper

    Transforming food systems under a changing climate in Latin America: A climate policy review

  • Research workshop report

    Report on south-south exchanges on CSA between CA4 countries and Colombia

2020

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Roadmap of key actions to implement the gender approach of the Climate-Smart Agriculture Strategy (EASAC) of the SICA region

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Risk maps: a tool for decision-making in pest control in the face of climate change

  • Maps/Geospatial data

    Risk maps: "Polilla" and "Bactericera cockerelli" pests in Ecuador.

  • Journal Article (peer reviewed)

    Results/outcome based on building capacity process on the CSV approach in Guatemala

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Results and learnings from the project "Climate-Smart Agriculture: Generating synergies between local and scientific knowledge to achieve resilience and adaptive capacity in the high Andes"

  • User manual/Technical Guide

    ILCYM Manual

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Annual Monitoring Report 2020: Santa Rita Climate Smart Village in Honduras

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Latin America Climate- Smart Villages AR4D sites: 2020 Inventory

  • Policy workshop/Dialogue report

    Synthesis on main contributions from the FSSD: Transform Latin American food systems to build back better from COVID-19 and tackle climate change & nature loss

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    How to collaborate with farmers in decision-making to manage pests farming effectively and adapted to the climate?

  • User manual/Technical Guide

    Step-by-step process to mainstream gender in climate-smart agricultural initiatives in Guatemala

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Scaling up the use of low-emissions development (LED) research outputs in Colombia: Linking science to policy for supporting country’s LED agriculture

  • User manual/Technical Guide

    Step-by-step process to mainstream gender in climate-smart agricultural initiatives in Honduras

  • Journal Article (peer reviewed)

    Ambition Meets Reality: Achieving GHG Emission Reduction Targets in the Livestock Sector of Latin America

  • Article for media/Magazine/Other (not peer-reviewed)

    Press Release - Identifying climate adaptation measures for Latin American farmers

  • Funder report

    Generating evidence on gender sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture to inform policy in Central America: Final technical project report

  • Policy brief/policy note/briefing paper

    State of the art in climate change, agriculture, and food security in Guatemala. Update 2020

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Monitoring the effects of COVID-19 in Colombia, Honduras, and Guatemala food security

  • Multimedia

    Video - Resilience to climate change from the farmers of Cauca Climate-Smart Village

  • Research workshop report

    Workshop report: Nitrogen fertilization, baseline and projections of greenhouse gases in Colombia.

  • Policy workshop/Dialogue report

    Synthesis on demand-led research agenda to enhance the resilience of climate-vulnerable households in Latin America

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Annual Monitoring Report 2020: Olopa Climate Smart Village in Guatemala

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Outcome Harvesting: Assessment of the transformations generated by Local Technical Agroclimatic Committees In Latin America

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Competencies for Climate Risk Management: Operationalizing Climate-Smart Agriculture

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Latin America Climate-Smart Villages AR4D sites: 2019 Inventory

  • Maps/Geospatial data

    Risk maps:

  • Research workshop report

    Workshop report: Nitrogen fertilization, baseline and projections of greenhouse gases in Colombia (Spanish).

  • Guidebook/Handbook/Good Practice Note

    A Manual for the Implementation of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices. Experiences of the Climate-Smart Villages in Guatemala and Honduras.

  • Maps/Geospatial data

    Risk maps: "Polilla" pest in Bolivia.

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Gender approach of the Climate Smart Agriculture Strategy (EASAC) for the SICA region: Key actions to implement the Gender strategic line.

  • Presentation/Poster

    Monitoring of Gender-Sensitive Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Follow-up of their adoption and impacts in the CSV Santa Rita 2019.

  • Research workshop report

    Cultivando para Ganar - Choice Game for climate action

  • Presentation/Poster

    Monitoring Gender-Sensitive Climate-Smart Agriculture Practices: Follow-up on their adoption and impacts in the CSV Olopa 2019.

  • Discussion paper/Working paper/White paper

    Science effectively informs policy processes in Colombia toward low-emission agriculture: Reflections on the process of incorporating EC-LEDS research results into national low-carbon policies in agriculture