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Editor's Pick: Mitigation Low-Emissions Agriculture Blogs

The following blogs highlight some of the ways USAID is working at the intersection of climate and agriculture and food systems.
  • Jamie Schoshinski
Picture in April 2023, shows a rice farm in Majin Gari, Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State (Long: 6.113753, Lat: 9.07204), Nigeria, by Salihu Idris (in the plot), was fertilized solely with biochar and compost, and no synthetic fertilizers, yielded 4.5 tons/ha, without any release of carbon emissions from the farming activity. The farmer, Salisu, is one of the participants of the USAID Feed the Future Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services Activity implemented by Winrock International.

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The Sun is Always Shining: How Thomas Sees Energy

Kenya sits on the equator, with an average of 12 hours of sunlight every day. And, despite many recent improvements, it has had historically low rates of per capita access to grid electricity.
  • Professor Izael Pereira Da Silva, PhD
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How Can Low-Emissions Development Ensure Social Equity During Intensification?

In the dairy sector, low-emissions development (LED) often utilizes intensification practices that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and increase yield. However, LED focuses on technical practices and outcomes, seldom considering the subsequent impacts on women’s and men's social distribution of burdens and benefits.
  • Sadie Shelton
EC-LEDs team members with national and county government officials during capacity building training on CSA in Busia, Kenya.
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Science-Policy Dialogues Ensure Low Emission Development Research Impact

Uptake of low emissions agriculture research outputs by policymakers and other stakeholders requires time. Even when researchers are interested in pursuing the scaling and use of research outputs, most are not incentivized to take this on. Allocating targeted resources and donor support, while involving science communicators and outreach specialists can be effective in overcoming constraints to delivering low emission development research to policymakers.
  • Arun Khatri-Chhetri