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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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Palm oil plantation with road separating it from forest
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Zeroing Out Deforestation

In response to the urgent need to feed the world’s human population while also reducing agriculture-driven deforestation, protecting biodiversity and livelihoods, and keeping the planet on a 1.5 degree Celsius warming trajectory, there have been a growing number of private sector commitments to eliminate deforestation from commodity supply chains.
  • Christine Chumbler, Jonathan Schwarz, Pablo Torres
A woman waters vegetables on the farm of a vegetable producer group in South Sudan
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A New Wave of Private Investment for Climate Solutions

Leveraging the learning generated from USAID’s portfolio of climate change and blended and innovative finance programs, and drawing lessons from other leaders in the space, USAID aims to facilitate additional investment into meaningful development projects that contribute significantly to climate change targets.
  • Sashi Jayatileke