by Komoneed | Dec 11, 2023
Linking Agriculture and Climate: Resources from Agrilinks and Climatelinks
jschoshinski
Thu, 12/07/2023 – 20:26
Today’s COP28 program focuses on food, agriculture, and water. Climate change increases water and food scarcity, displacement, and the need for humanitarian assistance globally. Although affected by the climate crisis, agriculture may also contribute to it by emitting greenhouse gasses through excessive use of fertilizers, methane-releasing rice paddies and livestock, over-tilling of soil, and the conversion of forests and other ecosystems to agricultural uses. Climate-smart agriculture can decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the sector and build communities’ resilience to climate change.
Addressing the climate crisis requires a holistic approach to development. USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy recognizes every USAID Mission and the sectors in which they work has a role to play in transforming global systems to address the climate crisis. The Strategy’s two main Strategic Objectives of Targeted Direct Action and Systems Change highlight how a systems approach–such as transforming food systems to be more resilient, less wasteful, and less environmentally destructive, or transitioning value chains to be less carbon-intensive–can mitigate climate change and build resilience in ways that are comprehensive, equitable, and locally led.
With this intersection between agriculture and climate change in mind, Agrilinks and Climatelinks are highlighting some resources that explore the issue in depth. Agrilinks is a hub where agriculture, food security, and development professionals can connect, share, and learn. It is part of USAID’s Feed the Future initiative and has become the go-to source for informative discussions that further resilience, food security, and poverty reduction.
Here are some climate-related resources on Agrilinks to help food security and agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Show Strong Interest in Solar-Based Irrigation, but Pump Costs Are Often Too High
In Ghana, climate change negatively affects the production of cocoa, which is essential to the country’s economy and contributes around 30 percent of its export earnings. Cocoa farmers are willing to invest in solar-powered irrigation pumps as a climate-smart adaptation measure, but high costs and limited credit options restrict their ability to invest. Understanding these challenges can help policymakers and private sector businesses who promote climate-smart technologies design market-oriented strategies for the promotion of solar-powered irrigation pumps to Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
Site-Specific Nutrient Management for Balanced Nutrient Application and Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Rice Fields
Rice is known to be both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. As the global population increases, the demand for rice production will follow suit. Scientists are working toward the integration of climate-smart technologies into rice production to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from rice fields and save it from the impacts of climate change.
Norman Borlaug, the Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa and Climate Change
Decades before climate change became a threat to food security, Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, put shuttle breeding to work. Shuttle breeding allowed breeders around the world to evaluate new breeding lines of rice and wheat in multiple environments each year–helping address food security by allowing multiple harvests to occur in a single growing season. The Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa is now replicating that success for groundnuts on the African continent and beyond.
To keep up with the latest from Agrilinks, be sure to sign up for its newsletter, follow the Food Loss and Waste podcast, and check out upcoming events.
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These resources can help agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Publish Date
Sun, 12/10/2023 – 12:00
Author(s)
Alejandro Valencia
Michael Saltz
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Blog Type
Blog Post
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Integration
Mitigation
Region
Global
Topic
Adaptation
Agriculture
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Emissions
Climate Change Integration
Climate Strategy
Food Security
Land Use
Mitigation
Systems Change
Sectors
Agriculture
by Komoneed | Dec 11, 2023
Linking Agriculture and Climate: Resources from Agrilinks and Climatelinks
jschoshinski
Thu, 12/07/2023 – 20:26
Today’s COP28 program focuses on food, agriculture, and water. Climate change increases water and food scarcity, displacement, and the need for humanitarian assistance globally. Although affected by the climate crisis, agriculture may also contribute to it by emitting greenhouse gasses through excessive use of fertilizers, methane-releasing rice paddies and livestock, over-tilling of soil, and the conversion of forests and other ecosystems to agricultural uses. Climate-smart agriculture can decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the sector and build communities’ resilience to climate change.
Addressing the climate crisis requires a holistic approach to development. USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy recognizes every USAID Mission and the sectors in which they work has a role to play in transforming global systems to address the climate crisis. The Strategy’s two main Strategic Objectives of Targeted Direct Action and Systems Change highlight how a systems approach–such as transforming food systems to be more resilient, less wasteful, and less environmentally destructive, or transitioning value chains to be less carbon-intensive–can mitigate climate change and build resilience in ways that are comprehensive, equitable, and locally led.
With this intersection between agriculture and climate change in mind, Agrilinks and Climatelinks are highlighting some resources that explore the issue in depth. Agrilinks is a hub where agriculture, food security, and development professionals can connect, share, and learn. It is part of USAID’s Feed the Future initiative and has become the go-to source for informative discussions that further resilience, food security, and poverty reduction.
Here are some climate-related resources on Agrilinks to help food security and agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Show Strong Interest in Solar-Based Irrigation, but Pump Costs Are Often Too High
In Ghana, climate change negatively affects the production of cocoa, which is essential to the country’s economy and contributes around 30 percent of its export earnings. Cocoa farmers are willing to invest in solar-powered irrigation pumps as a climate-smart adaptation measure, but high costs and limited credit options restrict their ability to invest. Understanding these challenges can help policymakers and private sector businesses who promote climate-smart technologies design market-oriented strategies for the promotion of solar-powered irrigation pumps to Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
Site-Specific Nutrient Management for Balanced Nutrient Application and Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Rice Fields
Rice is known to be both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. As the global population increases, the demand for rice production will follow suit. Scientists are working toward the integration of climate-smart technologies into rice production to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from rice fields and save it from the impacts of climate change.
Norman Borlaug, the Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa and Climate Change
Decades before climate change became a threat to food security, Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, put shuttle breeding to work. Shuttle breeding allowed breeders around the world to evaluate new breeding lines of rice and wheat in multiple environments each year–helping address food security by allowing multiple harvests to occur in a single growing season. The Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa is now replicating that success for groundnuts on the African continent and beyond.
To keep up with the latest from Agrilinks, be sure to sign up for its newsletter, follow the Food Loss and Waste podcast, and check out upcoming events.
Teaser Text
These resources can help agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Publish Date
Sun, 12/10/2023 – 12:00
Author(s)
Alejandro Valencia
Michael Saltz
Hero Image
successful woman with tomato
Blog Type
Blog Post
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Integration
Mitigation
Region
Global
Topic
Adaptation
Agriculture
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Emissions
Climate Change Integration
Climate Strategy
Food Security
Land Use
Mitigation
Systems Change
Sectors
Agriculture
by Komoneed | Dec 11, 2023
Linking Agriculture and Climate: Resources from Agrilinks and Climatelinks
jschoshinski
Thu, 12/07/2023 – 20:26
Today’s COP28 program focuses on food, agriculture, and water. Climate change increases water and food scarcity, displacement, and the need for humanitarian assistance globally. Although affected by the climate crisis, agriculture may also contribute to it by emitting greenhouse gasses through excessive use of fertilizers, methane-releasing rice paddies and livestock, over-tilling of soil, and the conversion of forests and other ecosystems to agricultural uses. Climate-smart agriculture can decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the sector and build communities’ resilience to climate change.
Addressing the climate crisis requires a holistic approach to development. USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy recognizes every USAID Mission and the sectors in which they work has a role to play in transforming global systems to address the climate crisis. The Strategy’s two main Strategic Objectives of Targeted Direct Action and Systems Change highlight how a systems approach–such as transforming food systems to be more resilient, less wasteful, and less environmentally destructive, or transitioning value chains to be less carbon-intensive–can mitigate climate change and build resilience in ways that are comprehensive, equitable, and locally led.
With this intersection between agriculture and climate change in mind, Agrilinks and Climatelinks are highlighting some resources that explore the issue in depth. Agrilinks is a hub where agriculture, food security, and development professionals can connect, share, and learn. It is part of USAID’s Feed the Future initiative and has become the go-to source for informative discussions that further resilience, food security, and poverty reduction.
Here are some climate-related resources on Agrilinks to help food security and agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Show Strong Interest in Solar-Based Irrigation, but Pump Costs Are Often Too High
In Ghana, climate change negatively affects the production of cocoa, which is essential to the country’s economy and contributes around 30 percent of its export earnings. Cocoa farmers are willing to invest in solar-powered irrigation pumps as a climate-smart adaptation measure, but high costs and limited credit options restrict their ability to invest. Understanding these challenges can help policymakers and private sector businesses who promote climate-smart technologies design market-oriented strategies for the promotion of solar-powered irrigation pumps to Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
Site-Specific Nutrient Management for Balanced Nutrient Application and Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Rice Fields
Rice is known to be both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. As the global population increases, the demand for rice production will follow suit. Scientists are working toward the integration of climate-smart technologies into rice production to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from rice fields and save it from the impacts of climate change.
Norman Borlaug, the Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa and Climate Change
Decades before climate change became a threat to food security, Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, put shuttle breeding to work. Shuttle breeding allowed breeders around the world to evaluate new breeding lines of rice and wheat in multiple environments each year–helping address food security by allowing multiple harvests to occur in a single growing season. The Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa is now replicating that success for groundnuts on the African continent and beyond.
To keep up with the latest from Agrilinks, be sure to sign up for its newsletter, follow the Food Loss and Waste podcast, and check out upcoming events.
Teaser Text
These resources can help agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Publish Date
Sun, 12/10/2023 – 12:00
Author(s)
Alejandro Valencia
Michael Saltz
Hero Image
successful woman with tomato
Blog Type
Blog Post
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Integration
Mitigation
Region
Global
Topic
Adaptation
Agriculture
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Emissions
Climate Change Integration
Climate Strategy
Food Security
Land Use
Mitigation
Systems Change
Sectors
Agriculture
by Komoneed | Dec 11, 2023
Linking Agriculture and Climate: Resources from Agrilinks and Climatelinks
jschoshinski
Thu, 12/07/2023 – 20:26
Today’s COP28 program focuses on food, agriculture, and water. Climate change increases water and food scarcity, displacement, and the need for humanitarian assistance globally. Although affected by the climate crisis, agriculture may also contribute to it by emitting greenhouse gasses through excessive use of fertilizers, methane-releasing rice paddies and livestock, over-tilling of soil, and the conversion of forests and other ecosystems to agricultural uses. Climate-smart agriculture can decrease greenhouse gas emissions from the sector and build communities’ resilience to climate change.
Addressing the climate crisis requires a holistic approach to development. USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy recognizes every USAID Mission and the sectors in which they work has a role to play in transforming global systems to address the climate crisis. The Strategy’s two main Strategic Objectives of Targeted Direct Action and Systems Change highlight how a systems approach–such as transforming food systems to be more resilient, less wasteful, and less environmentally destructive, or transitioning value chains to be less carbon-intensive–can mitigate climate change and build resilience in ways that are comprehensive, equitable, and locally led.
With this intersection between agriculture and climate change in mind, Agrilinks and Climatelinks are highlighting some resources that explore the issue in depth. Agrilinks is a hub where agriculture, food security, and development professionals can connect, share, and learn. It is part of USAID’s Feed the Future initiative and has become the go-to source for informative discussions that further resilience, food security, and poverty reduction.
Here are some climate-related resources on Agrilinks to help food security and agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Cocoa Farmers in Ghana Show Strong Interest in Solar-Based Irrigation, but Pump Costs Are Often Too High
In Ghana, climate change negatively affects the production of cocoa, which is essential to the country’s economy and contributes around 30 percent of its export earnings. Cocoa farmers are willing to invest in solar-powered irrigation pumps as a climate-smart adaptation measure, but high costs and limited credit options restrict their ability to invest. Understanding these challenges can help policymakers and private sector businesses who promote climate-smart technologies design market-oriented strategies for the promotion of solar-powered irrigation pumps to Ghanaian cocoa farmers.
Site-Specific Nutrient Management for Balanced Nutrient Application and Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Rice Fields
Rice is known to be both a contributor to and a victim of climate change. As the global population increases, the demand for rice production will follow suit. Scientists are working toward the integration of climate-smart technologies into rice production to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases from rice fields and save it from the impacts of climate change.
Norman Borlaug, the Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa and Climate Change
Decades before climate change became a threat to food security, Norman Borlaug, the Father of the Green Revolution, put shuttle breeding to work. Shuttle breeding allowed breeders around the world to evaluate new breeding lines of rice and wheat in multiple environments each year–helping address food security by allowing multiple harvests to occur in a single growing season. The Groundnut Improvement Network for Africa is now replicating that success for groundnuts on the African continent and beyond.
To keep up with the latest from Agrilinks, be sure to sign up for its newsletter, follow the Food Loss and Waste podcast, and check out upcoming events.
Teaser Text
These resources can help agricultural development practitioners understand how their work intersects with climate change programming.
Publish Date
Sun, 12/10/2023 – 12:00
Author(s)
Alejandro Valencia
Michael Saltz
Hero Image
successful woman with tomato
Blog Type
Blog Post
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Integration
Mitigation
Region
Global
Topic
Adaptation
Agriculture
Climate-Resilient Agriculture
Emissions
Climate Change Integration
Climate Strategy
Food Security
Land Use
Mitigation
Systems Change
Sectors
Agriculture
by Komoneed | Dec 11, 2023
Linking Education and Climate: Education Resources from Climatelinks
jschoshinski
Thu, 12/07/2023 – 16:51
Some of today’s programming at COP28 focuses on the relationship between education and climate change. Climate change negatively affects access to education and impacts learners across the education continuum. Extreme weather events and other climate impacts can block access to schools or close them altogether, reduce household incomes and therefore families’ abilities to invest in education, and interrupt attendance when vulnerable populations are forced to migrate. To maintain and strengthen learning and global education outcomes, resilient education systems at all levels must help learners and the broader education community address, recover from, and overcome climate shocks and stressors. To achieve climate-resilient education systems and climate-resilient learners, climate considerations should be more systematically integrated into education, including understanding how climate change affects education locally, exploring context-specific opportunities and innovative programmatic interventions, and measuring and learning to build evidence of effective practice.
In short, increasing the resilience of education systems and infrastructure can reduce climate risks to education outcomes. At the same time, education systems also can help educate individuals and communities on climate adaptation and encourage future climate action. USAID’s Climate Strategy includes increasing the resilience of the education sector by supporting climate-resilient education systems and non-formal education settings to ensure learning continuity and the development of climate adaptation skill sets, especially for underrepresented and vulnerable populations.
Here are some education resources from Climatelinks to help development practitioners better understand the relationship between education and climate change programming. Some of these resources are also available on EducationLinks.
Advancing Climate-Resilient Education Technical Guidance
The Advancing Climate-Resilient Education Technical Guidance builds on the USAID 2022–2030 Climate Strategy and the 2018 USAID Education Policy to support USAID Missions and partners who seek to integrate climate action and awareness into education programs and are committed to achieving climate-resilient education systems and fostering climate-resilient learners. It outlines how to identify opportunities for climate action that respond to known climate hazards through mitigative, adaptive, and transformative actions.
Climate Risk Management Annex for Education, Social Services, and Marginalized Populations
This annex to the Climate Risk Screening and Management Tools is designed to provide USAID Missions and operating units with more information on climate change implications for education, social services, and marginalized populations.
Mapping Education and Climate Change Indicators
For USAID Missions and Operating Units advancing climate action in and through education, both education and climate change standard indicators may be applicable to their Performance Plan and Report (PPR). To facilitate reporting across these priorities, the Center for Education has mapped education and climate change indicators to different programming examples. These examples show how Missions can report the same output across different indicators.
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The resilience of education systems and infrastructure can reduce climate risks to education outcomes.
Publish Date
Fri, 12/08/2023 – 12:00
Author(s)
Climatelinks
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Blog Type
Blog Post
Strategic Objective
Adaptation
Mitigation
Region
Global
Topic
Adaptation
Climate Strategy
Education
Infrastructure
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Resilience
Sectors
Education
