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A group of female farmers sit facing a male facilitator with a paper map in between the two groups.

A Farmer-led Approach to Shrinking the Climate Information Gap

September 25, 2019
Kristin Lambert
Amanda Lewis
Mary Allen
Blog Post
In a crowded banquet hall in Niamey, a dozen people gather around a large piece of paper, chatting excitedly in Hausa and French. They are a diverse...
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agriculture, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Global
USAID/Rwanda agriculture extension personnel in the field

Can CIS Serve African Farmers’ Context-Specific Needs, at Scale?

February 12, 2019
Isabela Barriga
Blog Post
Face-to-face participatory processes, merging weather station observations with satellite data, and bridging the supply and demand side of climate...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, climate change integration, food security, infrastructure, resilience, weather & climate services
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Africa
AF side event

Examining Climate Information Services from Production to Uptake

July 19, 2018
Learning Agenda on Climate Services in sub-Saharan Africa
Blog Post
Across the climate information services (CIS) sector, a number of topics are emerging at the forefront for new research and learning. These include...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, development donors, partnership, private-sector engagement, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa, Global
CISRI blog - AAG conference

Climate Information Services Research Initiative Presents Climate Services Learning Agenda at Conference

July 10, 2018
Helen Rosko
Cathy Vaughan
Blog Post
Smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are responsible for managing 80 percent of the region’s farmland and contributing up to 90 percent of its...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, development donors, evaluation, Monitoring & Evaluation, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
CIS empower farmers

Climate Information Services to Empower Africa’s Farmers

April 2, 2018
Dr. Tufa Dinku
Blog Post
In the Dagana district of Senegal, Moustapha Aminata walks out to his rice paddies and looks to the sky for signs of rain. In 2009, floods wiped out his crop, but now dry years seem to come around more frequently than ever and Moustapha worries about how he and his family will withstand another year of low yields.
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, partnership, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
CIS PPP

The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in Delivering Climate Information Services in Africa

February 20, 2018
Fatema Rajabali
Robert O’Sullivan
Jeremy Usher
Blog Post
While public sector interest in climate information services (CIS) is concerned with resilience in the face of climate variability and change, the...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, governance, partnership, private-sector engagement, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
Strengthening CIS in Africa

Strengthening Climate Information Services in Africa: Where are the Opportunities?

February 15, 2018
Fatema Rajabali
Blog Post
"Climate sensitive information needs to reach the right people for the appropriate decision that needs to be made...it is not just about useful...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, gender, governance, partnership, private-sector engagement, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
Worker examining a rain gauge at a meteorological station in Kenya.

New USAID Initiative to Evaluate the Sustainability and Effectiveness of Climate Services in Africa

February 9, 2017
Robert O’Sullivan
Dr. Arame Tall
Alioune Kaere
Blog Post
Africa is highly vulnerable to climate variability and climate change. When drought strikes and farmers are unprepared, food security and livelihoods...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, food security, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa
Niger, 2014

Making Climate Information Services Work for sub-Saharan African Farmers

February 1, 2017
CISRI
Blog Post
The Challenge Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, smallholder farmers are at the frontlines of an increasingly variable and changing climate. Frequent and...
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Keywords: 
adaptation, agriculture, food security, poverty, resilience, weather & climate services
Geography: 
Africa

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