Joint statement for the ECOSOC side event on “Innovation Systems for Family Farming”

CGIAR, FAO, GFAR and IFAD, by convening this side event on “Innovation Systems for Family Farming” during the High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC Substantive Session 2013, wish to draw the attention of the ECOSOC members to the crucial importance of innovation in family farming and of agricultural innovation systems

Proposal for a Global Initiative on HIV/AIDS, Agriculture, and Food Security

Proposal for a CGIAR Challenge Program on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture in developing countries presented at the stakeholders' meeting of the 2001 CGIAR Annual General Meeting

Gender and youth strategy for the market driven agri-mechanization solutions for small women farmers and youth entrepreneurs in Kenya

As men increasingly seek paid work away from home farm labour, women and youth become “the farmers of tomorrow.” Evidence shows that enabling women to have equal access to inputs, services, and land improves yields. They often pay greater attention to crop quality than men. This detailed report outlines the project proposal, main aims, and strategies to target rural youth and women in agriculture. The four County Governments in Kenya where the project is being implemented will create a conducive environment for the transformation and commercialisation of the market-driven gender-responsive agri-mechanization solutions and opportunities

Reducing the costs of GHG estimates in agriculture to inform low emissions development: Report from an international workshop

Sixty practitioners, policy makers and scientists reviewed and shared knowledge on the available robust and low-cost methods and data for GHG emission estimation in agriculture in a CCAFS/FAO workshop in Rome, October 2014. The participants emphasized that iterative interaction between data collection, data quality assurance and modelling is needed as well as protocol development for GHG estimation in agriculture. Emission factor development is also key, including in regional, national and sub-national levels. Easily accessible platforms where to store data and models would enhance sharing and better coordination. The country level coordination is also important in order to harmonize data collection practices, tools and methods. As countries are at different level in terms of GHG inventories and access to data, capacity need assessment will help providing right type, targeted support for capacity development. It is also important to ensure the policy level awareness raising, engagement and commitment. Linking adaptation and mitigation will reduce data needs and provide incentives for action. New tools for estimation are being developed, including remote sensing and crowd-sourcing, modeling and utilizing the national surveys and agriculture censuses that can help reduce data costs