Outcomes of CCAFS Work in Vietnam

The study explored how CCAFS SEA outputs have helped the country achieve its development outcomes in the agricultural sector. The assessment showed that CCAFS SEA, although still on-going, has contributed to specific outcomes in Vietnam, which include changes in knowledge, approaches, practices, and strategies related to climate change, particularly in the agricultural sector. These outcomes were observed among decision makers, policymakers, technical staff, and farmers

8 Bước hướng dẫn thành lập Làng Nông Thuận Thiên (CSV)

Tóm tắt chi tiết "8 bước hướng dẫn thành lập Làng nông Thuận thiên (CSV)". Tám bước đó là: xác định mục đích và phạm vi của CSV; xác định rủi ro khí hậu tại các khu vực mục tiêu; chọn một cảnh quan cụ thể để thành lập CSV; tham khảo ý kiến các bên liên quan; đánh giá các giải pháp CSA; phát triển danh mục; tăng quy mô; theo dõi và đánh giá sự tiếp thu và kết quả

8 Guide steps for setting up a Climate-Smart Village (CSV)

The brief elaborates the 8 steps in setting up a Climate-Smart Village (CSV). The eight steps are: determining the purpose and scope of CSV; identifying the climate risk in the target area/s; locating the CSV in a small landscape; consulting the stakeholders; evaluating the CSA options; developing portfolio; scaling-up; and monitoring and evaluating uptake and outcome

Action Research Report: Incremental Community Based Adaptation in the Highlands of Myanmar, Chin State

The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) undertook participatory action research in Myanmar to establish climate-smart villages (CSVs) in four unique agro-ecologies. This research was funded by CGIAR-CCAFS and the International Development Research Center in Canada (IDRC). Sakta Village is one of these four CSVs operated by IIRR and its local partner, Karuna Mission Social Solidarity (KMSS). It is located at Hakha Township in the north-east of Chin State situated 1,800 meters (6,000 feet) above sea level. After assessing local priorities and local knowledge, IIRR together with the community members identified and introduced 10 CSA options for Sakta Village. The number of participating households grew from 135 in 2018 to 158 in 2019 and 236 in 2020. Agroforestry-based diversification based on economically valuable trees helped farmers to incrementally adapt to a changing environment. Avocado, orange, and plums were found to be suitable with these high elevation sites. Home gardens emerged as an attractive CSA option, because it built on local knowledge. Mechanisms for local financing or natural- asset building were popular in homesteads

Information resources for action researchers/practitioners in Climate Resilient Agriculture

Most of the resources featured here were generated from actual climate-smart agriculture/climate resilient agriculture (CSA/CRA) programs implemented. Some of them reflect the action research nature of the CSA/CRA work of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Asia, specifically in the Philippines, Cambodia, and Myanmar. This compilation includes publications generated from projects supported by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Asian Development Bank, the International Development Research Station, the Latter Day Saints Charities, the Department of Agriculture in the Philippines and the Forest Foundation of the Philippines, among others. Some of these resources represent five years of field-derived experiences, now made available in their current form for those at the frontlines as part of efforts to address climate risks that affect smallholder farmers and family farms. Other references were drawn from desk researches

Inferring cellular networks – a review

In this review we give an overview of computational and statistical methods to reconstruct cellular networks. Although this area of research is vast and fast developing, we show that most currently used methods can be organized by a few key concepts. The first part of the review deals with conditional independence models including Gaussian graphical models and Bayesian networks. The second part discusses probabilistic and graph-based methods for data from experimental interventions and perturbations

CCAFS Southeast Asia R4D Thrusts, 2019-2021: New outlook towards a food secure future.

The posters discuss the new research outlook of CCAFS regional program in Southeast Asia (SEA). As the program enters its second phase, CCAFS SEA will be working on activities that will help SEA countries to: cope with climate change, sustain national and regional food and nutrition security, enhance competitiveness in agriculture, and strengthen regional integration. The new R4D framework and focus are also showcased in the posters. CCAFS Southeast Asia will converge the activities of its four R4D flagships in the CSVs towards an integrated set of activities and interventions. Descriptions of the new flagship projects that will be implemented in the region are also included in the posters

Making the Smallholder Farmers in Southeast Asia Climate Smart - The CCAFS R4D Thrust

On September 27-28, 2018, the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), FFTC and the Monsoon Asia A gro-Environmental Res earch Cons ortium (MARCO) held a symposium on “Climate Smart Agriculture for Small-scale Farmers in the Asian and Pacific Region” at the Tsukuba International Conference Center in Tsukuba, Japan. The said symposium aims to promote extensive research and development on the environment especially where it concerns sustainable agriculture. Fifteen speakers from eight countries (China, Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, France, Korea and Thailand) delivered various presentations divided into four sessions: 1) mitigation options for greenhouse gas emission from agricultural lands in the Asian and Pacific region; 2) mechanisms and impacts of global environmental change in crop production; 3) adaptation options to reduce vulnerability of agricultural systems to the risks related to climate change; and 4) decision support systems for improving the livelihood of farmers. After the workshop, FFTC and NARO decided to publish a collection of 22 selected papers presented during both the FFTC-NARO and MARCO symposium and the NARO International Peer Review Meeting. The book has three major sections: 1) mitigation options for greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural lands in the Asian Pacific region; 2) mechanisms and impacts of global environmental change on crop production in the Asian and Pacific region; and 3) adaptation options to reduce vulnerability of agricultural systems to the risks related to climate change in the Asian Pacific region. A chapter on making the smallholder farmers in Southeast Asia climate smart, written by Leocadio S. Sebastian and Eisen Bernard V. Bernardo of CCAFS SEA, is included in the book

Photovoice in Climate-Smart Villages in Vietnam

The posters show how Photovoice can be used in upscaling climate-smart agriculture practices. These include the step-by-step process in conducting a Photovoice project, and the activities and key outcomes of the Photovoice projects conducted in Ma and My Loi CSVs in Vietnam

8 Guide steps for setting up a Climate-Smart Village (CSV)

Áp phích thảo luận các bước thành lập một Làng nông Thuận thiên (CSV). Tám bước đó là: xác định mục đích và phạm vi của Làng nông Thuận thiên; xác định rủi ro khí hậu tại các khu vực mục tiêu; chọn một cảnh quan cụ thể để thành lập Làng nông Thuận thiên (CSV); tham khảo ý kiến các bên liên quan; đánh giá các giải pháp Nông nghiệp thông minh với khí hậu (CSA); phát triển danh mục; tăng quy mô; theo dõi và đánh giá sự tiếp thu và kết quả