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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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Trees in a forest
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Leveraging the Power of Nature

Addressing climate change and conserving forests go hand-in-hand, but what does that look like in practice? This blog outlines six approaches for using the power of nature to address the climate crisis.
  • Neeha Mian
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Editor’s Pick: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

In order for USAID to have maximum impact in confronting the most urgent demands of the climate crisis, improved participation at all levels is key. Thus, an increased emphasis on working with Indigenous Peoples and local communities is critical to USAID’s climate efforts.
  • Sophie Schrader
a man in a green shirt paddles in a canoe in the Amazon
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Tackling Climate Change Strategically and Regionally in the Amazon

Key to carrying out a coordinated regional response is USAID’s Amazon Regional Environment Program (AREP), which partners with governments and stakeholders across six Amazon countries—Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Suriname.
  • Wendy Putnam
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Protecting the Amazon

Since 2018, USAID and the U.S. Forest Service have helped Peru’s forest authorities and universities develop a training program for foresters to become certified as regents. Ana María, in her role as college professor, was part of the inter-institutional committee that made this happen. 
  • USAID
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Peatlands in South America an Asset in Climate Action Efforts

South America may be sitting, unaware, on a pile of climate gold, ammunition in efforts to forestall global warming. New maps of tropical and subtropical peatlands suggest these carbon-rich wetlands are more widespread in South America than on any other continent, with significant deposits in the Andean mountains.
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