- 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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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
Unleashing strategies to mitigate methane emissions in rice fields and livestock system
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)07.02.25 -
publication
Experiencias de la Alianza Bioversity International y CIAT en la formulación de la NAMA Ganadera Bovina Sostenible
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.02.25-
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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