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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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Hurricane Maria devastated parts of the Eastern and Southern Caribbean, including Dominica shown here, in September 2017. The Category 5 hurricane was the deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Mitch in 1998.
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Building Resilience in a Climate Change Hotspot

Countries in the Eastern and Southern Caribbean have always been vulnerable to natural hazards, but climate change trends project that disasters—hurricanes, tropical storms, flash floods, drought, and extreme heat—are becoming more frequent, intense, costly, and time-consuming to recover from.
  • Wendy Putnam
Illegal maize cultivation inside the Menabe Antimena protected area.
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Environmental Justice and Advocacy to Save Madagascar’s Largest Dry Forest

Inside the protected area of Menabe Antimena is Madagascar's largest dry forest--45% of which has disappeared in only the last 10 years due to massive deforestation, fires, migration, illegal maize cultivation, corruption and unscrupulous private interests. Menabe Antimena is one of the many critical ecosystems that the USAID Hay Tao project is working to protect.
  • Mihary Randrianarivelo
Graphic showing pollutants, sources, and major impacts to outline the sources and impacts of highly potent short-lived climate pollutants.
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Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: What They Are and Why They Are a Big Deal

Air pollution is the world’s largest environmental health risk, contributing to an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths each year globally. It is also a critical development challenge because low and middle income countries (LMICs) experience the greatest health burdens from poor air quality.
  • Jacquelyn Spade, Nila Cousar
A group of men and women stand around a water pump, laughing and filling water vessels.
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The Connections Between Climate Change, Water, and Nutrition

Climate change is affecting water supplies around the world. Whether too little water in the form of prolonged and severe droughts or too much through flooding from heavy storms, extreme weather events are reducing the availability of surface water.
  • Christine Chumbler
A group of students planting trees
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Editor’s Pick: Climate Mitigation Blogs and Resources on Climatelinks

Climate mitigation is essential for helping communities prepare for the impacts of climate change and prevent worst-case climate scenarios. USAID helps countries achieve more ambitious climate targets under the Paris Agreement and provides the foundations for sustainable growth through renewable energy and natural climate solutions.
  • Isabela Barriga
Digital mapping workshops are another activity offered through SERVIR West Africa’s mentoring program.
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SERVIR West Africa: Planting Seeds of Success with Young Women in Science

It’s not unusual to see stretches of dry land in Niger, West Africa. The Saharan terrain is often baked by the scorching sun. However, for 18 year-old Rimana Issoufou Hassane Mayak, the climate she has known all her life is changing. And, as she makes her way to school, she notices something different almost every day.
  • Boubacar Mainassara Abdoul Aziz, Assiya Alhassane Chekaraou