Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Combating drought in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala
Agro-climatic committees provide valuable information in order to address the needs of farmers in the Dry Corridor of Guatemala. Around the world, climate variability provides increasingly challenging environments that farmers must adapt to in order to ensure their food security. The United Nations recognizes one of those challenges—drought—with the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought. In Guatemala, one […]
Assessing the climate resilience and transformation potential of Mekong River Delta
The agriculture sector at the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam must transform to enhance its adaptation capacity against climate change impacts. A master plan grounded in the context of climate change in the Mekong River Delta (MRD) is required to facilitate agricultural transformation. This is applicable especially in the region’s rice sector, which faces various […]
Agroclimatic information helps prepare for El Niño in Central America
Research on climate variability contributes to improving adaptation measures for farmers and institutions in the region.
Enhancing the resilience of the Philippine agriculture against climate change
Amidst the era of a changing climate, the Philippines must identify initiatives that can improve the productivity of its farmers and support its adaptation and mitigation actions.
Southeast Asian Parliamentary staff conducts climate change-related studies
To achieve a stronger climate diplomacy in Southeast Asia, improving the capacity of parliamentarians in conducting effective research is a must.
As climate change shrinks the world’s resources, gap between men and women widens
A major challenge for climate change interventions is addressing gender inequality. A climate-smart project in the Philippines seeks to address this via the empowerment of women farmers.