Adoption and adaption of new agricultural innovations is key to improve the productivity and sustainability of farming, in addition to supporting farmers in adapting to the many challenges associated with climate change. In Tanzania, model village approaches are currently being applied to roll out climate-smart agriculture (CSA), an approach that unites the agendas of climate …
On 17 June 2019, we were delighted to welcome guest speakers Dr Todd Rosenstock (Senior Agriculture & Environmental Scientist) and Dr Christine Lamanna (Climate-change Ecologist & Decision Analyst) of World Agroforestry (ICRAF) who led a seminar on mainstreaming climate-smart agriculture (CSA) in sub-Saharan Africa. They have worked extensively with development partners including NEPAD, national and …
Based on the already existing impacts of climate change, agro-ecological systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are the most vulnerable. This situation is further exacerbated by the high levels of poverty and weak infrastructure, with SSA grappling with food and nutrition insecurity, in the face of a growing population. Against this background, there is need to …
The world’s food systems face two great challenges today: (i) produce (i) to produce enough food to nourish a global population of seven billion people without harming the environment; and (ii) to make sure food systems nutrition to everyone, particularly the world’s poorest, many of whom suffer from chronic under-nutrition. It is estimated that close …
For our May seminar, we were delighted to host Sithembile Mwamakamba, co-project manager of GCRF-AFRICAP and programme manager for climate-smart agriculture at lead African partner FANRPAN. Sithembile presented on the pressing global challenge of whether agriculture can meet unprecedented demand for food while ensuring sustainable use of natural resources, containing greenhouse gas emissions, and mitigating …