- 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.
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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
ILRI researchers and partners explore opportunities to support community climate adaptation in Baringo County, Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)18.07.23-
Adaptation
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The CGIAR Initiative on Livestock, Climate and System Resilience aims to address the 'double burden…
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Strategic investments in 5 countries hold the key to tackling climate challenges in livestock production
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate04.07.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To address the climate crisis, a paradigm shift in the global livestock sector is not…
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New study reveals strategic investments in 5 countries hold the key to tackling climate challenges in livestock production
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)29.06.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
To address the climate crisis, a paradigm shift in the global livestock sector is not…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Greenhouse gas emissions from sheep excreta deposited onto tropical pastures in Kenya
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)20.09.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Mitigation
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publication
Greenhouse gas emissions measurement
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)25.08.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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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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