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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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Remote communities, rapid population growth, and frequent environmental hazards create serious challenges for land managers in the Himalayas.
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Building Better Land Data in the Hindu Kush and Himalayas

USAID and NASA’s joint SERVIR program is working with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) to develop a new tool to give the region better information for land management, and hopefully make those choices easier.
  • Meryl Kruskopf, Jake Ramthun
Artist’s concept of the Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory, a joint international project of NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency that measures rain and snow.
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Strengthening Climate Resilience from Space

At first glance, USAID and NASA seem like an unlikely pair. NASA’s satellites watch the world from above; USAID helps farmers around the world grow crops from the ground up. But through a 15-year partnership, we’re helping solve one of the greatest threats to Earth — the climate crisis — and simultaneously strengthening resilience against poverty, hunger, malnutrition, and lack of access to safe water and sanitation.
  • Pete Epanchin
Resource people and participants involved in the 2019 edition of the training in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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Bridging the Technology Gender Gap in the Hindu Kush Himalaya

Women are the primary custodians of natural resources in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region and are at the forefront of the impacts of climate change. Yet, when it comes to decision-making and research on managing these resources, women’s voices are rarely heard.
  • Rajesh Bahadur, Poonam Tripathi, Utsav Maden
Four people till a field while a rainstorm builds in the background.
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Serving Governments’ Climate Data Needs

Farmers around the world increasingly rely on long-range weather forecasts when planning their crops. Traditional timing for planting is no longer as reliable as it used to be, and neither are the rains, thanks to shifts in climate patterns.
  • Christine Chumbler
Satellite with earth in background
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From Satellite to Village, Turning Data into Action

SERVIR seeks to deliver near-real-time environmental data from Earth-orbiting satellites to data-scarce communities and scientists, and translate that data into tools, products, and services that can inform local decision-making.
  • USAID Water Team & Global Waters
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Driving Innovation to Solve Real-World Problems

How exactly does SERVIR connect space to village? These examples highlight some of the cutting-edge tools that support SERVIR’s work on land cover, agriculture and flood forecasting.
  • Devrin Weiss