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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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María Elena Paredes, líder ashéninka de Ucayali, en Perú, discute sobre mapas en un taller con la científica Yunuen Reygadas (detrás de María Elena) y otras comuneras. Foto: Reynaldo Vela.
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Integrando ciencia y conocimientos ancestrales para conservar la Amazonía

En las zonas más remotas de esta región, los efectos del cambio climático incluyen lluvias menos previsibles, temperaturas más cálidas y cambios en la humedad, afectando gravemente a las 1.5 millones de personas pertenecientes a pueblos indígenas que viven dentro del bioma amazónico.
  • Wendy Putnam
Maria Elena Paredes, an Ashéninka leader from Ucayali, Peru, discusses maps at a workshop with scientist Yunuen Reygadas (in background) and other community members.
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Linking Science with Lived Experience to Conserve the Amazon

Under the USAID and NASA–funded SERVIR-Amazonia activity, scientists are working to understand how deforestation, forest degradation, and road construction affect biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, as well as to develop data and tools to support residents in achieving sustainability in the region.
  • Wendy Putnam
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
The fourth webinar in the USAID Climate Strategy Deep Dive webinar series took place in October 2022, and focused on local partnerships and USAID’s Climate Strategy.
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Locally Led Development and USAID’s Climate Strategy

In November 2021, USAID Administrator Samantha Power announced a new commitment to make all the Agency’s work, including its work around climate change, more inclusive and reflective of the countries in which it operates. Partnering with local organizations, particularly those that represent groups whose voices have been under-represented in the past and whose lives are directly and substantially affected by climate change, is essential USAID’s efforts around climate change.
  • Christine Chumbler
A woman stands in front of in a greenhouse in Ecuador.
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Engaging the Private Sector to Accelerate Climate Outcomes in the Amazon

Private sector engagement is one of the foundational principles of the USAID Climate Strategy. In the Amazon Region of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, the Amazon Regional Environment Program is working with the private sector to help confront climate change.
  • Lindsey Larsen
Firegfighter
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The Lady of the Fires

When the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu were threatened by forest fires last September, firefighter Jessica Morón and her wildland firefighting team battled the flames to protect the historic sanctuary and its surrounding biodiversity.
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