Focus on reducing emissions intensity of livestock

How can livestock be part of a climate-smart future while enabling future food security for farmers and consumers around the globe? The CGIAR Research Program …read more

Managing Semi-Arid Rangelands for Carbon Storage: Grazing and Woody Encroachment Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen

Managing Semi-Arid Rangelands for Carbon Storage: Grazing and Woody Encroachment Effects on Soil Carbon and Nitrogen

Smallholder African farms in western Kenya have limited greenhouse gas fluxes

Targeted management of organic resources for sustainably increasing soil organic carbon: observations and perspectives for resource use and climate adaptations in northern Ghana

Learn about current SAMPLES-related projects

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) recently published information about its ongoing projects online. Greenhouse gas emissions quantification activities (link to https://ccafs.cgiar.org/themes/quantifying-agricultural-emissions) conducted …read more

SciDev.Net podcast: African farmers mitigate emissions

    Realizing the potential to significantly increase milk yields, farmers in Kenya embrace reducing emissions from cows. On a recent SciDev.Net podcast, Kenyan dairy …read more

Is conservation agriculture ‘climate-smart’ for maize farmers in the highlands of Tanzania?

Is conservation agriculture ‘climate-smart’ for maize farmers in the highlands of Tanzania?

Effects of nitrogen fertilizer and manure application on storage of carbon and nitrogen under continuous maize cropping in Arenosols and Luvisols of Zimbabwe