Climate change impacts of the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) commercial agriculture portfolio
This report provides an initial, rapid assessment of a selection of programmes in the commercial agricultural portfolio of the Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) (now the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Offices or FCDO) to demonstrate a range of interventions and their likely net greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts.
Toolkit for Developing Skills and Capacity in Applying Foresight to Climate Resilient Agricultural Development in the SADC Region. Module 6: Review and Application of the SADC Futures Foresight Framework
The SADC Futures project has developed a range of foresight training materials. The SADC Futures Foresight Training Toolkit forms part of this knowledge series and presents content that was given during the SADC Futures webinar series, a six-part virtual webinar series and facilitated training.
Policy document detailing the use of the stepwise investment approach for Climate-Smart Cocoa adoption by farmers and companies
"The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and Rainforest Alliance (RA), in conjunction with its partners The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), The Sustainable Food Lab (SFL) and Root Capital (RC) through the Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security’s (CCAFS) Phase 1 (2015-2018) on Mainstreaming Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) project laid the foundation for
Catalyzing farmers’ irrigation investments: recommendations to scale sustainable rural transformation
Mineral fertilizer use in land-scarce conditions: case of Rwanda
This study was undertaken to investigate the use of mineral fertilizer by smallholder farmers in order to understand the set of factors influencing the decisions of smallholder farmers to use fertilizers in land-scarce conditions.
Proudly Agripreneurs! Learning from 24 young African business leaders
This booklet highlights key elements of the publication Ils l’ont fait ! published by CTA in collaboration with MediaProd from Burkina Faso, which outlines the achievements of 24 entrepreneurs that have been featured by Agribusiness TV.
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Niger
This Niger country Climate-Smart Agriculture profile provides a snapshot of a developing baseline created to initiate discussion, both within countries and globally, about entry points for investing in CSA at scale
Peacebuilding in rural Colombia— A collective perception of the integrated rural reform (IRR) in the department of Caquetá (Amazon)
The 2016 peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP created institutional space for an effective implementation of needed rural reforms. However, the change of power structures also contains risks, like the deterioration of natural resources and the strengthening of other armed groups.
Situational analysis study for the agriculture sector in Kenya
Agriculture is central to adaptation and mitigation of climate change. This is well recognized in the Paris Agreement, where many developing countries including Kenya prioritized agriculture as one of the critical sectors for the realization of their transformation to climate resilient development pathway.
Reshaping the Future: Gender-responsive Climate Smart Agriculture Options for Northern Uganda
This report seeks to provide an analysis of the political, social, cultural, institutional, environmental, agricultural and economic context of seven districts of Northern Uganda (Kitgum, Agago, Oyam, Lira, Amolatar, Dokolo and Napak), with a view of compiling a basket of climate smart agriculture options that are gender-responsive and suitable for the conditions of the respective districts.
Livestock policies in Son La Province, Vietnam - a review
Since the market-oriented Doi Moi reforms of the 1980s and 1990s, Vietnam’s livestock sector has experienced rapid growth. Although policies have been implemented at the national and provincial levels to guide this growth in a sustainable manner, blind spots and implementation gaps remain.