- 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
Empowering Ethiopian livestock keepers: A new approach to learning
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)15.01.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
The Ethiopian landscape, a tapestry of rolling highlands and vast pastoral plains, has long echoed…
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news
Empowering Community Rangeland Health Workers: A Novel Path to Sustainable Ecosystem Management in Ethiopia
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate24.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health
From 30 September to 5 October 2024, twelve Community Rangeland Health Workers (CRHWs) from Ethiopia…
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news
UNCCD COP16 side event: CGIAR and ILC driving international collaboration for local solutions on land and natural resource tenure
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate13.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Discover how the partnership between CGIAR and the International Land Coalition (ILC) is working tow…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Root development in three tropical grass genotypes grown in contrasting soils and their potential for soil organic carbon accumulation
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.07.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Nutrition, health & food security
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publication
The underlying causes of deforestation during “peacetime”: Evidence from the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)05.06.25-
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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