- About
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Research
- Overview
- On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
- Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
- System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
- Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
- Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
- News & Events
- Resources
- Partners
- Results


Initiative:
Livestock and Climate
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate addresses the challenges that climate change poses to livestock production, supporting livestock-dependent communities without accelerating greenhouse gas emissions or degrading land, water, and biodiversity.
Highlights
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Initiative Result
Colombian cattle farm Hacienda San José secures US$7.5 million investment, supported by CGIAR tropical grass and sustainable livestock certification innovations
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Initiative Result
Empowering 20,000 Guatemalan Farmers to Thrive Despite Climate Change
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Initiative Result
Implementation of climate services promotes behavior changes in the public sector in Guatemala
Featured News & Events
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news
Comparing methods to measure methane emissions from sheep
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)14.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
Ruminant livestock produce enteric methane in their multi-chambered stomachs when they digest plant …
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Bringing land issues to the fore of CGIAR food systems transformation research
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate03.10.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
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Social inclusion
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Youth
In 2023, One CGIAR became a member of the International Land Coalition (ILC), building on…
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CGIAR innovation joint village land use planning making policy gains
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate24.09.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Policy enactment in the Tanzania land sector with endorsement and uptake of CGIAR innovation joint…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Reducing enteric methane emissions via low-methane forages
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)17.04.25 -
publication
Hard truths on the delivery of climate Information to small-scale farmers
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)19.03.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Research activities
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On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
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Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
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System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
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Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
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Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
Where We Work
Countries
- Colombia
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Kenya
- Mali
- Senegal
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