Anette Friis, Danish Agriculture & Food Council, talks about the current status of agriculture in the UNFCCC climate change negotiations and the potential outcomes for agriculture at the upcoming climate meeting in Doha, Qatar – COP18.
Farmers are naturally conservative, fearful of crop failure if they try something new that does not work. A study, by the CGIAR Research Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, showed that 55 percent of 700 farmers surveyed in Kenya…
Progress is being made in terms of environmental and sustainable agriculture. In a study undertaken in East Africa by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) found that half of the households studied partake…
On ICRISAT 40 year anniversary ceremony at the Regional office for West and Central Africa in Bamako (Mali), Dr Robert ZOUGMORE made an acclaimed presentation that gave prospective scenarios and challenges for agriculture and food security in the comin…
So can climate and crop modeling help predict future toxin outbreaks and can seasonal forecasting prepare communities before and during the season to minimise aflatoxin contamination? This is a question being studied by a team led by Andy Challinor , r…
