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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 Jemeiwaa Kai wind power project in Colombia’s Guajira region supported the preparation of community development plans in an area where wind farms would be sited on Wayuu lands.
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Can “Big” Clean Power Benefit Indigenous Communities?

Recent clean energy projects in Latin America show that even large, utility-scale renewable power projects can bring durable benefits to historically marginalized indigenous communities, if the private sector and government join forces to recognize community rights and involve indigenous groups in project design from the start. 
  • Christine Pendzich