CSA Library

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa: Making it Happen

Keynote Address at West Africa High Level Forum for Climate-Smart Agriculture Stakeholders in Bamako, Mali, June 15, 2015. By Dr. Dennis Garrity, UN Drylands Ambassador, Sr. Fellow at ICRAF and WRI, Chair of the Partnership to Create an EverGreen Agriculture.

Climate Change and Food Systems: Global assessments and implications for food security and trade

A new FAO publication on climate-related impacts on food systems at global and regional levels over the past two decades. This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts…

Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture: FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT (1 September 2014)

Final Framework paper for the Alliance (9-1-14), in prep for its launch at the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit on 9-23-14.

Alternate wetting and drying in irrigated rice: Implemntation guidance for policymakers and investors

Key Messages: 1. Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a rice management practice that reduces water use by up to 30% and can save farmers money on irrigation and pumping costs; 2. AWD reduces methane emissions by 48% without reducing…

USDA Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity-Scale Inventory

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today released a report that, for the first time, provides uniform scientific methods for quantifying the changes in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and carbon storage from various land management and conservation activities. The report,…

CARBON IN DRYLAND SOILS Multiple essential functions

The carbon cycle has been a core environmental issue in recent decades, especially regarding the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). For many years, carbon was only considered through the lens of global warming mitigation via the reduction…

Climate-smart landscapes- opportunities and challenges for integrating adaptation and mitigation in tropical agriculture

Addressing the global challenges of climate change, food security, and poverty alleviation requires enhancing the adaptive capacity and mitigation potential of agricultural landscapes across the tropics. However, adaptation and mitigation activities tend to be approached separately due to a variety…