- 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
Unlocking climate finance for sustainable livestock: Reflections from the Second Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa
Rahel Abiy27.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
The Second Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa was held in Nairobi, Kenya, 19-20…
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Strengthening environmental impact and policy monitoring, and partnerships for rangelands advocacy
Rahel Abiy26.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
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Food security
Rangelands are vast and often overlooked ecosystems, spanning over half the Earth's land surface. Th…
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news
Financing the transition. Takeaways from the II EU–LAC Agri-Food Dialogue on strategies and instruments to promote sustainable livestock
Multifunctional Landscapes Science Program26.08.25-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Driven by the AL-INVEST Verde Program and funded by the EU, the EU-Latin America and…
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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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