This article originally appeared on the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat and is available here. When Kevin Chen began his agricultural research 20 years ago, most dairy farms in China were small and family-owned. People of his generation did not grow up with milk deliveries or ice cream. Today, however, these farms have been replaced by massive agri-businesses raising tens of
Autoría de: Ignacio Madurga-Lopez, Leonardo Medina, y Grazia Pacillo Guatemala se encuentra entre los países más vulnerables a los efectos del cambio climático en América Latina y ya está experimentando graves consecuencias, especialmente en el sector agrícola. En los últimos años, se ha observado un aumento de la temperatura media de 0,8 C, así como una concentración de las
By Ignacio Madurga-Lopez, Leonardo Medina, and Grazia Pacillo Guatemala is among the most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate change in Latin America, and it is already experiencing severe consequences, especially in the agriculture sector. In recent years, an increase in the average temperature of 0.8°C has been observed, as well as a concentration of rainfall in fewer days
By Ma. Eliza J. Villarino Why do some food systems stakeholders adopt technology, and why do some don’t? Researchers from the Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT evaluated two groups of rice farmers: one group included those that received and adopted advice from Fedearroz to improve farm management, through climate forecasts or workshops, while the other group neither received nor adopted such advice.
The CGIAR Initiative on Climate Resilience makes global impact by paying attention to local nuances and contexts. The Initiative establishes baselines and action plans understanding individual farmers and communities using a standardized tool that both puts things in a global context but makes sure actions are successfully tailored to local needs. Introduction On the surface, two small-scale farming families thousands
Photo: Pastoralists in Kenya (Kabir Dhanji/ILRI) By Pedro Chilambe; ClimBeR Climate finance and climate risk management specialist, Telvin Denje; Research Associate African Group of Negotiators Experts Support and Shadrack Arum; Research Associate, African Group of Negotiators Experts Support The Karamoja cluster is an ecological and cultural region that spans the borders of Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and South Sudan. Pastoralism and
Image: Word clouds containing the 150 most frequent words on Twitter conversations about climate security in 2022. Check the source, Tracing the evolution of climate security debates on Twitter, for data going back to 2014. A team of scientists at CGIAR’s Climate Resilience Initiative built a tool to track #ClimateSecurity conversations on Twitter. The results so far show that, unlike
Photo: CGIAR’s Climate Resilience Initiative and partners meet in Dakar, Senegal to discuss climate security and chart a way forward Climate change and variability have numerous security implications in the Sahel region in North Africa, which already has a precarious security situation. Senegal is considered an island of stability in the region, making it a key country to understand –