Nyando climate-smart villages are home to a mix of technologies tailored to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change, manage risks and build resilience. These technologies will in turn improve livelihoods and incomes.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photos S.Kilungu (CCAFS)

Since 2011, farmers in Nyando Climate Smart Villages have been working with researchers, development partners, and government extension agents to test a portfolio of promising climate change adaptation, mitigation, and risk management interventions.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photo: K. Trautmann

02 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Fatima Salmaan Saleh carries a freshly harvested banana cluster. A FAO project to strengthen capacity of farms for climate change is underway in Kiroka, Tanzania.

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02 November 2013, KIROKA, TANZANIA - Fatima Salmaan Saleh carries a freshly harvested banana cluster. Her son Iddi Shabani, 6, looks on. A FAO project to strengthen capacity of farms for climate change is underway in Kiroka, Tanzania.

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Photo credit must be given: ©FAO/Daniel Hayduk

In May 2014, we were honored to visit a Youth Group who, through the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa and partners have received support to construct a greenhouse, a fish pond and received training on how to manage these new activities. The Youth Group has now grand plans to expand these activities further, to make sure the community also shares their success and that farming and youth can now go hand in hand.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

Photo from the climate smart village project in the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agricutlure and Food Security (CCAFS), South Asia program, in Vaishali India. Photo: V.Reddy (ViDocs)

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Field visit to CSVs -Noorpur Bet and Bagga Khurd- and BISA farm, Ludhiana in September, 2015. Photos: Leo Sebastian (IRRI-CCAFS)

Nyando climate-smart villages are home to a mix of technologies tailored to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change, manage risks and build resilience. These technologies will in turn improve livelihoods and incomes.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photos S.Kilungu (CCAFS)

Photos taken during a visit to Kenya in May 2014. Various photos taken in different contexts in Western Kenya. Feel free to use. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is right now testing an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide for gender and social research. The guide, to be released later this year, includes several participatory action research modules. This session looked at how men and women perceive changes related to the climate, including rainfall, crop production and livestock management for the past 10 years during out time together.

The idea with this particular participatory session is to pick up on gender differences between the two groups and find out if there are specific roles and responsibilities related to gender, gender-differences in perception on climatic changes, and who introduces and decides upon new agricultural practices in the household.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

Visit to Kenya in May 2014. Visited CCAFS climate-smart farms, farmers in Western Kenya, and markets. Feel free to use with accreditation: Photo: C.Schubert

CCAFS East Africa together with partners facilitated the training of 130 women in the Nyando region on climate smart innovations. Focus areas included; new climate smart practices and agro-advisories, appropriate on farm tools and technologies and accessing microfinance and micro- insurance. The women interacted with a number of experts at the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) Kisumu fair from 31 July to 3 August, 2013. Photo: V. Atakos (CCAFS)

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One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

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Since 2011, farmers in Nyando, Kenya, have been working with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa, researchers, government extension agents, development partners, to test a variety of promising farming practices that could improve adaptation to and mitigate climatic changes, and manage risks associated with climate change.

On 5-6 September 2013, local and international journalists visited farmers in Lower Nyando to document climate smart Agriculture interventions. The visit showcased the work CCAFS EA has been doing with farmers in the Lower Nyando region.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photo: J. Recha (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014, we were honored to visit a Youth Group who, through the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa and partners have received support to construct a greenhouse, a fish pond and received training on how to manage these new activities. The Youth Group has now grand plans to expand these activities further, to make sure the community also shares their success and that farming and youth can now go hand in hand.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is right now testing an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide for gender and social research. The guide, to be released later this year, includes several participatory action research modules. This session looked at how men and women perceive changes related to the climate, including rainfall, crop production and livestock management for the past 10 years during out time together.

The idea with this particular participatory session is to pick up on gender differences between the two groups and find out if there are specific roles and responsibilities related to gender, gender-differences in perception on climatic changes, and who introduces and decides upon new agricultural practices in the household.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

Visit to Kenya in May 2014. Visited CCAFS climate-smart farms, farmers in Western Kenya, and markets. Feel free to use with accreditation: Photo: C.Schubert

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

In May 2014 we had the privilege to visit John Oboum and his climate-smart farm in Western Kenya, just outside of Kisumu. John Oboum has worked with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa program and partners such as CARE, Vi Forestry, Kenya Agriculture Research Institute for some time now to find long-term solutions for smallholder farmers to adapt to climate change. These climate-smart activities are being tested and trailed on John's farm, including bee-keeping, tree-nursery, Growing fruit trees, intercropping, keeping hybrid animals such as milk-producing goats and goats that produce more meat. He keeps ducks, tree-seedlings, intends to dig water pans and much more. He uses his farm as a learning site for other farmers, so they too can learn how to adapt to climate change.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is right now testing an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide for gender and social research. The guide, to be released later this year, includes several participatory action research modules. This session looked at how men and women perceive changes related to the climate, including rainfall, crop production and livestock management for the past 10 years during out time together.

The idea with this particular participatory session is to pick up on gender differences between the two groups and find out if there are specific roles and responsibilities related to gender, gender-differences in perception on climatic changes, and who introduces and decides upon new agricultural practices in the household.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

Photos taken during a visit to Kenya in May 2014. Various photos taken in different contexts in Western Kenya. Feel free to use. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is right now testing an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide for gender and social research. The guide, to be released later this year, includes several participatory action research modules. This session looked at how men and women perceive changes related to the climate, including rainfall, crop production and livestock management for the past 10 years during out time together.

The idea with this particular participatory session is to pick up on gender differences between the two groups and find out if there are specific roles and responsibilities related to gender, gender-differences in perception on climatic changes, and who introduces and decides upon new agricultural practices in the household.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

Visit to farmer villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania. The area is very dry and rough, feeling the impact of an increasingly variable rain and temperature increases. Feel free to use. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

Nyando climate-smart villages are home to a mix of technologies tailored to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change, manage risks and build resilience. These technologies will in turn improve livelihoods and incomes.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photos S.Kilungu (CCAFS)

Since 2011, farmers in Nyando, Kenya, have been working with the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) East Africa, researchers, government extension agents, development partners, to test a variety of promising farming practices that could improve adaptation to and mitigate climatic changes, and manage risks associated with climate change.

On 5-6 September 2013, local and international journalists visited farmers in Lower Nyando to document climate smart Agriculture interventions. The visit showcased the work CCAFS EA has been doing with farmers in the Lower Nyando region.

One of the girls at the Onyuongo youth farm tending to the seedlings.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photo: S. Kilungu (CCAFS)

Nyando climate-smart villages are home to a mix of technologies tailored to boost farmers’ ability to adapt to climate change, manage risks and build resilience. These technologies will in turn improve livelihoods and incomes.

Find out more about CCAFS Climate Smart Villages.

Photos S.Kilungu (CCAFS)

Photos taken during a visit to Kenya in May 2014. Various photos taken in different contexts in Western Kenya. Feel free to use. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

The Hoima site is located in western Uganda near Lake Albert. The site is a productive region and diverse in crop production. We counted more than 30 crops in the workshop and identified many changed practices during recent years to improve production. However, during the workshop, farmers reported that rainfall has been erratic and that land is less productive. Photos: Anton Eitzinger (CIAT). Learn more about our East Africa activities here.

We met with women from Lower Kamula village in Western Kenya to discuss Female Empowerment. The session was held as part of a testing of an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide that will help researchers and development practitioners pick up gender and social differences in communities. It also aspires to help both researchers and community members sort out the needs and strengths of a particular village, useful when planning climate adaptation and mitigation work.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is working with farmers to understand how they prioritise climate-smart agriculture technologies. Farmers in Khara village in Jodhpur district of Rajasthan in India take part in a climate-smart agriculture prioritisation exercise. Farmers score and bid against the technologies they have a preference for; and then decide which of these they are most willing to pay for.

The exercise carried out by the BAIF Development Research Foundation covered 28 villages and 908 farmers across three states. (Photo: BAIF)

To learn more about farmers in South Asia, click here.

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

One year ago, a team of researchers from the University of Reading, in UK, and local partners in Tanzania, organised a number of participatory trainings for smallscale farmers on climate-services and information. The trainings were held in villages outside of Dodoma, Tanzania, which is a very arid and dry part of the country. The team recently re-visited two of the farmer groups, to see what they had learned during the 4-day training session, what they felt was useful and if anything happened after the trainings, eg. did they change crops or planting practices?

The trainings introduced the concept of climate change, rainfall variability, and presented the country’s historical rainfall data and forecasts. The trainings also showed farmers how to, based on crop, temperature and rainfall information, calculate risks and probabilities of crops failure, while identifying which crops could work well in their area. The trainings provided a list of suitable crops, but it was the farmers who in the end decided if and how they wanted to implement what they had learned, or not. This to ensure ownership and making sure any choice made is grounded in farmers’ own realities.

These photos are from the revisit session, held in October of this year in Makoja, Tanzania. Stay tuned on CCAFS blog to see if the farmers had made any changes to their farming practices or not. This participatory project is supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS): www.ccafs.cgiar.org/blog

Photo: Cecilia Schubert (CCAFS)

Photos taken during a visit to Kenya in May 2014. Various photos taken in different contexts in Western Kenya. Feel free to use. Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)

FAO and the Philippines Department of Agriculture are testing Rice-Duck Systems in the Bicol and CARAGA regions. Integrating ducks into rice fields can eliminate the need for fertilizers (duck manure can serve as fertilizer) and help control pests (by eating enemy insects) and weeds (duck feet movement prevents weed growth).

©FAO/Roberto Sandoval

Photo Credit : Djibril Dayamba (ICRAF)

We met with women from Lower Kamula village in Western Kenya to discuss Female Empowerment. The session was held as part of a testing of an upcoming Practitioner’s Guide that will help researchers and development practitioners pick up gender and social differences in communities. It also aspires to help both researchers and community members sort out the needs and strengths of a particular village, useful when planning climate adaptation and mitigation work.

Photo: C. Schubert (CCAFS)