- 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
Developing a National Strategy for Advancing Feed and Forage Resources in Tunisia
CGIAR Initiative on Agroecology14.04.23-
Environmental health & biodiversity
CGIAR innovations via ICARDA considered as key pillars of the strategy. Authors of this blog:…
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Creating the perfect beef: An inside look into one of Colombia's most sustainable cattle ranches
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate07.03.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Hacienda San José, a cattle ranch situated in the department of Vichada in Colombia, has…
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news
Want to avail of sustainable financing? Environmental investor &Green walks us through their investment approach and philosophy
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate06.03.23-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Environmental health & biodiversity
Colombia's Hacienda San José, a cattle ranch that was built on a vision to promote sustainable…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Care practices and more than human relationships in the process of technological adoption. A case study of small dairy farms in Caquetá, Colombia.
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)27.12.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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publication
The decarbonization potential of dryland silvopastoral systems
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)27.12.24-
Environmental health & biodiversity
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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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