Month: July 2017

Research Project Presentation: Irish Embassy, Ethiopia

by kelebogile-kekae 26. July 2017 Uncategorized 0

On the 19th of July, I went to the Irish Embassy in Ethiopia to give a short presentation on the work I have been doing together with the International Livestock Research Institute and MSc CCAFS at NUIG. The seminar started with a CCAFS representative in Ethiopia, Solomon Dawit, who gave in detail an explanation on ...

Agri-biodiversity and Forage Genetic Resources

by kelebogile-kekae 11. July 2017 Uncategorized 0

About a week ago I went on a trip to one of the International Livestock Research Institute field station, Debre zeit. The purpose of the trip was to have a better understanding of trials run on different forage species and Forage trees, owing to their genetic, and phenotypic diversity;and the need for significant research in ...

Enhancing capacity for resilient agriculture planning and programming in Kenya January 13, 2020
Kenya has made significant progress in the development of agricultural policies, yet implementation remains elusive, aggravating food insecurity challenges. To address this gap, recent field visits were conducted across the counties of Nyeri, Kajiado and Taita Taveta to disseminate Kenya’s Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Strategy and Implementation Framework. This groundwork strived to support efforts to operationalize CSA into county-level […]
Brokering a landmark public-private partnership to transform Nigeria’s agricultural sector January 8, 2020
Reaping the fruits of an innovative arrangement between a CGIAR institute and a private organization, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) now stands as a full member of Nigeria’s agCelerant Technical Committee. This inauguration was performed August 29, 2019 by Alhaji Mohammed Sabo Nanono, Honorable Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, in the […]
Studying climate-smart agriculture in Vietnam January 6, 2020
The National University of Ireland Galway (NUI Galway), in partnership with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), is offering a Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security master’s degree program (MScCCAFS). The program aims to provide graduate students in-depth knowledge on the synergy of climate change with agriculture and food […]
Cuba learns how to estimate its greenhouse gas emissions December 19, 2019
Besides being a well-known contributor to climate change, greenhouse gases (GHG) can be seen as an indicator of system inefficiencies. In other words, whenever GHG are emitted, a resource is almost certainly being used inefficiently. This implies that to reduce the wasting of resources, countries should identify the sources of their GHG emissions and find ways to […]
Non-party actions will hold the key as negotiations fail to deliver ambitious action December 16, 2019
The 25th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP25) concluded on Sunday afternoon, as countries needed additional time to reach an agreement, which sees major issues including the future of the carbon markets and common timeframes for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) pushed down the road to COP26 in Glasgow, even […]
Latin America & Caribbean strengthen their cooperation for climate action December 12, 2019
The agricultural sector in Latin America and the Caribbean is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. The region faces big challenges on two fronts: achieving food security for its population, on one hand, and ensuring large-scale production of food for other regions of the world on the other. COP25 was an apt forum […]
Reviewing the Climate-Smart Cocoa practices to help farmers adapt to climate change December 11, 2019
Climate change among other factors has adversely affected cocoa production at varying degrees in Ghana. The phenomenon affects cocoa farming areas differently, thus they have been categorized into three zones: Transform, Cope and Adjust Zones.According to Bunn et al. (2019), in the Cope Zone, climatic conditions are predicted to be relatively favorable for cocoa production with less significant changes […]
2020 CLIFF-GRADS scholarship awardees announced December 10, 2019
On 9 December, to coincide with the latest United Nations Climate Change Conference in Madrid, the successful recipients of the 2020 CLIFF-GRADS scholarships were announced. The scholarships are provided by the Climate, Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarship (CLIFF-GRADS). The 31 awardees will work in a range of research fields including rumen microbiology, rice production, […]
Making an impact on climate change adaptation and mitigation around the world December 9, 2019
In the Exposure story below, read about our top 12 recent outcomes that show how we're getting closer to to the target of 11 million farm households adopting climate-smart agriculture by 2022.
How to achieve large-scale impacts from agricultural innovations November 29, 2019
Generating positive livelihood impacts for millions of farmers from agricultural innovations is the main goal of scaling them. Such reach and impacts require a lot of investment and the mobilization of many people. This calls for institutional alignment within implementing organizations and collaboration with existing partners and potential allies. The possible gains of scaling agricultural […]

Monthly Archives: July 2017

Research Project Presentation: Irish Embassy, Ethiopia

Agri-biodiversity and Forage Genetic Resources