Climate change impacts and mitigation in the developing world: an integrated assessment of the agriculture and forestry sectors

This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. …read more

Managing semi-arid rangelands for carbon storage: Grazing and wood encroachment effects on soil carbon and nitrogen

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

Estimating GHG emissions in agriculture: A manual to address data requirements for developing countries

This manual, authored and published by FAO, provides countries with a tool and methodology to help identify, build and access the minimum set of activity …read more

Reducing emissions from Kenya’s dairy sector

Key stakeholders meet to initiate the development of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions for Kenya’s dairy industry. Story originally published on the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) …read more

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

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

Climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and economic profitability of conservation agriculture: Some examples from cereal systems of Indo-Gangetic Plains

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