Meet Kate Nakimuli, a determined widow in Luweero District who used to be a sub-county Councilor living in a semi-permanent structure. She expected to be selected as a host farmer for a demonstration site for stumping, a climate-smart good practice for managing old coffee trees. However, Kate was not selected because her coffee garden was poorly managed. Kate was
Could the future of dryland agriculture emerge along the shores of the Red Sea? From June 10–12, 2025, the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT participated in Djibouti’s first-ever National Agri-Business Forum, bringing together decision-makers, researchers, donors, and the private sector. In a country facing extreme climatic conditions but committed to innovation, the Alliance showcased its expertise in Climate-Smart
The Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA) project is transforming farming practices in Kenya’s semi-arid regions by promoting drought-tolerant crops and climate-smart technologies. Through farmer field days, implemented by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), the project equips farmers with practical solutions for building resilience. In collaboration with county governments in Makueni, Kitui, and Taita Taveta,
As a country with arid and semi-arid land, the effects of climate change put food security and many livelihoods at stake, demanding an urgent shift towards resilient and sustainable farming. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) offers solutions by promoting practices that enhance productivity, and climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, CSA technologies are highly diverse and vary between productions systems and regions.
Climate-smart maize varieties are boosting yields for farmers by up to 62% in five regions across Ghana, with ambassadors like 59-year-old Alhassan Inusah from Dehyia in the Central Region inspiring more farmers adopt these new varieties. Maize is a significant source of food for most Ghanaians. It constitutes about 50%-60% of all cereals produced in Ghana. But yields remain
Adapting to climate change calls for widening the options for farmers. The introduction of improved forage grasses and legumes aims to boost the application of other innovative Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices such as mechanization, intercropping, mulching, and the use of certified seeds, all of which contribute to creating a climate-resilient agricultural system. However, some farmers face challenges in fully adopting
Through the AICCRA project, scientists, and researchers from across CGIAR— the world’s largest publicly funded agricultural research network—will support African national and regional partners with scientific and technical capacity development, with the aim of enhancing climate information services and validating packages of technologies, services or practices for agriculture that are validated to be ‘climate-smart’. So far at COP28, a total
Given the aggravating nature of climate change impacts, rice farming will increasingly rely on improved resilience to climate variability and extremes. To this end, the climate-smart village (CSV) approach was developed to address specific challenges of smallholder farmers. Within Southeast Asia, the CSV approach has so far been applied in Myanmar, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. This article