Community Spotlights: Agriculture & Climate Change Resources
This month Climatelinks focused on the many elements of agriculture that touch on and are impacted by climate change. Explore below the many resources, blogs, knowledge portals and communities of practice related to this topic, shared with us by Climatelinks community members. If you have related resources to share, please do so in the comment box below this blog! Also, check out the USAID-supported agriculture and climate change resources in the Climatelinks library and related blogs.
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Research, Case Studies & Tools
- FAO Climate Smart Agriculture Sourcebook (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013)
- Climate Smart Agriculture Building Resilience to Climate Change (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2017)
- SDG2: Achieving Food Security, Sustainability and Resilience Using Genetic Diversity and Indigenous Knowledge (IIED, 2016)
- Improved integrated agricultural productions system and healthier way of life in the face of climate change - Vanuatu Case Study (GIZ)
- ClimaPesca in Spanish (Organización del Sector Pesquero y Acuícola del Istmo Centroamericano)
- Climate Smart Agriculture in Kenya (Finance Innovation for Climate Change Fund, 2014)
- Trade Can Induce Climate-Resilient Reforms for Food Security in Africa (Johnson Nkem, 2017)
- Global Agricultural Productivity Report 2017 (Global Harvest Initiative, 2017)
- Agriculture, Food Systems, Diets and Nutrition in Zambia (IIED, 2017)
- Smallholder Farming Systems in Coastal Kenya: Key Trends and Innovations for Resilience (IIED, 2017)
Blogs
- Pathways to Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa (Anam Ahmed - New Security Beat, 2016)
- Floating Gardens Reduce Flooding Risks in Eastern Paraguay (ACDI/VOCA, 2017)
- Liberian Farmer Learns Agroforestry Techniques from FIFES Project (ACDI/VOCA, 2017)
- Armed with Smartphones and Boots, Niger Youths Map Flood Risks (CRS, 2017)
- Bioreclamation of Degraded Lands: Restoring Roots, Rights and Resilience In Niger (CRS, ICRISAT, 2017)
- Seizing the Moment: Translating Early Warnings into Early Actions (Andreas Wüstenberg - A New Climate for Peace, 2017)
- Preventing Hunger in the Horn of Africa Through Improved Community Engagement (Moffatt Ngugi, Jacqueline Bass - Agrilinks, 2017)
- Managing Climate Risks (Moffatt Ngugi - Agrilinks, 2017)
- Climate Smart Livestock Approaches (Andrew Bisson - Agrilinks, 2017)
- Why Better Soil Could Mean Peace and Prosperity for African Farmers (Meera Shah - Malabo Montpellier Panel, 2017)
- Global Rice Conference Promotes Low-Carbon Climate-Smart Rice (IRRI, 2017)
Video/Webinars
- Food Security and Climate Change: How FAO is Tackling Risks (adelphi, 2016)
- Relationships for Resilience: Understanding and Integrating Gender and Nutrition in CSA (Agrilinks, 2017)
Websites
- FAO Climate Change (2017)
- Learning Agenda for Climate Services in Sub-Saharan Africa (2017)
- Indonesia Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience (APIK) Project (2016)
Communities of Practice & Knowledge Sharing Portals
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