Interactive web app lets users map forest carbon emissions activities
A new online portal for monitoring, reporting and verifying carbon emissions allows researchers and practitioners to better manage forest inventories, its creators say.
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Investing in smallholder aquaculture can create economic, social and environmental benefits
Writing in New Agriculturist, Wayne Rogers, Malcolm Beveridge and Michael Phillips argue that “nvestments in smallholder [aquaculture] farmers and their organisations can be commercially viable, creating economic as well as social and environmental b…
Project news
Solution in sight for maize streak virus disease
A recent study confirmed a “new maize planting strategy” can after all alleviate feed shortages by ensuring a constant supply of fodder for livestock without compromising grain quality and quantity. Led by ILRI scientist Ben Lukuyu, the study put s…
New web portal ‘AgInvest’ to track agricultural investments in Africa
‘AgInvest, a new web portal that will track resource allocation to the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) by governments, development partners and other stakeholders is set to be released in 2013. The announcement was made…
Press Releases
Press Release – Global leaders launch initiative to bridge conservation and agriculture
As the world faces ongoing food crises, extreme weather and population growth, Bioversity International and global partners are responding by launching the ‘Bridging Agriculture and Conservation Initiative’ to develop solutions to food security and…
Registration now open for Global Landscapes Forum, to develop the climate and development agenda for 2015 and beyond
More than 1,000 policymakers, journalists, leaders and experts in forests and agriculture will gather in Poland in November on the sidelines of UN climate talks to participate in a new two-day event: The Global Landscapes Forum. Registration is now open.
Press Clippings
Partnerships bear fruit in drive for Africa to feed Africa [Trust.org: Thomson Reuters]
Fisheries policy – widening the net
Stephen Hall, director general of WorldFish, believes that fisheries policy development needs to involve stakeholders at all levels and view the sector within the broader context of rural development.
Publications
Assessment of capabilities, needs of communities, opportunities and limitations of weather forecasting for coastal regions of Bangladesh
This report is intended to provide a range of background material in relation to Bangladesh and weather event forecasting, forecast information dissemination, and the implications of weather events and forecasting for communities and their livelihoods.
An overview of current knowledge about the impacts of forest management certification
The often-claimed environmental and social benefits of forest certification remain to be empirically evaluated. Despite numerous publications on the impacts of tropical forest certification, virtually all are based on secondary sources of information a…
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Innovations for sustainability and resilience in aquatic systems
Presented by Tabeth Chiuta on 18 July, at the 2013 Africa Agriculture Science Week, held in Accra, Ghana.
Climate-Smart Agriculture presentation, Sonja Vermeulen
At the Africa Agriculture Science Week AASW 15-20 July, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), Head of Research Sonja Vermeulen gave a presentation on Climate-Smart Agriculture in an African context.