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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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Mapping Water Availability Across Africa

To track water availability for livestock and agriculture across Africa, scientists with FEWS NET developed a Water Point Viewer that monitors 338 rangeland ponds. 
  • Khaled Dakak
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Road to COP28: Kenya

This blog about Kenya is part of a series of country spotlights Climatelinks is publishing ahead of COP28.
  • Ariel Schindler
Suranga Udari is busy at work making her childhood dream of becoming a reporter a reality — despite challenges and barriers.
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Announcing the Climatelinks 2021 Photo Contest

Our 2021 Photo Contest theme is Climate Change and People: The Challenges and Opportunities. We’re looking for submissions that capture the human dimension of climate change, in particular, social and economic responses to global change.
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