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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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Indigenous Women’s Insights – Stewarding the Earth

An estimated 45,000 people hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy attended United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention’s 27th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 27). Among these delegations was a group of Indigenous women leaders working to build capacities and train emerging Indigenous women leaders from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature
Image of mangroves in a swamp
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Biodiversity and The Climate Strategy

The Climate Strategy recognizes nature as critical to climate solutions and integrates nature-based solutions throughout.
  • USAID
Aerial view of an irrigation system in Cambodia
Newsletter Recap

Newsletter Recap: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Did you miss the Climatelinks March newsletter? We’ve got you covered. Please find a recap of the March 2022 ‘Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ theme below. You won’t want to miss this short list of top programs, resources, and blogs from the month.
  • Sophie Schrader
Clean water is already hard to come by in the Korogocho slums of Nairobi, Kenya, but when heavy rainfall leads to flooding, it only exacerbates the situation. Clean water sources get contaminated, leaving residents vulnerable to many risks, including waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
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USAID’s Climate Roadmap

The task before us is not easy. Climate change is one of the most difficult challenges we have ever faced — one that touches every corner of the globe and every priority we have as an Agency, from ecosystems and biodiversity to food and water security. USAID is prepared to address this challenge given our breadth of technical expertise, decades of experience, and longstanding relationships with over 100 partner countries.
  • Gillian Caldwell
A farmer waters young acacia trees during the dry season in Tien Phuoc, Quang Nam Province, Vietnam.
Announcement

Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest

Congratulations to the 13 winners of the 2020 Climatelinks Photo Contest!

This year’s theme, “Healthy Forests for a Healthy Future,” focuses on nature-based solutions to climate change such as active reforestation, plantations, agroforestry, and natural regeneration. The winning photos tell the stories of individual and community change agents for sustainable development, forest protection, and a climate-secure future.
  • Steve Hardeman
Jamaican farmer
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Top 5 Resources of 2020

Climatelinks’ Resource Library houses a variety of climate-related resources from scaling up energy efficiency to community-based forestry enterprises. In 2020, the Climatelinks community contributed over 150 resources on a wide range of topics.
  • Isabela Barriga
A group of people walk along the edge of a ridgeline field in a mountainous landscape.
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5 Resources You May Have Missed in 2020

The Climatelinks Resource Library grew by 150 documents in 2020, covering a wide range of topics from climate finance to human health. Do you have a favorite Climatelinks resource from this past year? Make sure you didn’t miss these great resources from 2020.
  • Isabela Barriga
Indigenous population Colombia
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The Pandemic is Creating Challenges for Conservation

This is the second of three blogs examining the issues of the COVID-19 pandemic for sustainable landscape programs. The first blog discusses how deforestation and forest fragmentation can increase the likelihood of future pandemics.
  • Eric Haxthausen
Children in a woodlot
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Testing Theory: Uncovering What Makes Community Forestry Work

Why do many community-based forestry enterprises (CBFEs) perform poorly even after years of donor and government investment? This was one of the questions that motivated a USAID Productive Landscape (ProLand) project investigation into CBFEs as a strategy for improving land management.
  • Mark Donahue, Ian Deshmukh