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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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Top 5 blogs of 2019

During 2019, the Climatelinks community contributed over 100 resources on a wide range of topics, from clean cook stoves to sustainable forest management.
  • Stephan Hardeman
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How Can Climate Action Be Inclusive?

A growing demand to address the threats of climate change and social inequality has led to the emergence of inclusive climate action.
  • Wendy Jaglom, Logan Pfeiffer
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Impacts of Climate-Smart Villages: A non-zero sum game

Samantabai is a happy woman. The first 'super-champion' farmer in her village, she has been involved in the Climate-Smart Village (CSV) project under the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).
  • Arun Khatri-Chhetri, Shalika Vyas
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White House Emphasizes Links between Climate Change and Health

The Hill (6/22) reported the release of a new EPA report that says global action on climate change will save billions of dollars in areas such as health, infrastructure, electricity, water resources, agriculture and forestry. The report is titled Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action.
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