May Muthuri
Learning journey inspires farmers to prepare for the future climate
In order to prepare for climate change, farmers need to understand what their future climate is likely to be. As 70% of expected future climates already exist somewhere else on the globe, farmers can start preparing for their future by learning from sites with similar climates. Connecting farmers to their possible future climates The Climate Analogues […] Continue Reading
EverGreening India
ICRAF’s South Asia Programme and the EverGreen Agriculture Partnership convened a two-day meeting dubbed EverGreening India on 31 August and 1 September 2017, at the NASC Complex, Pusa, New Delhi. This discussion was a follow-up to an initial meeting held in February 2015. The event brought together 40 scientists from the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government […] Continue Reading
How Filipino Farmers Cope With Climate Change Through Conservation Agriculture With Trees
The areas with degraded landscapes in Southeast Asia are expanding rapidly. The Conservation Agriculture with Trees (CAWT) strategy is the best “tool box” for sustainable crop production intensification. CAWT follows the Landcare approach, with principles and practices founded on minimal soil disturbance, continuous mulching, pests and nutrients management, species rotations, integration of trees, and rainwater […] Continue Reading
Climate impacts hit 750 million South Asians over 10 years
A new study looks at five major impacts of climate change, the sectors and the people most vulnerable. Almost 750 million people in South Asia were affected by floods, droughts, extreme rainfall, heat waves and sea-level rise — all impacts of climate change or worsened by it — in the first decade of this millennium, according […] Continue Reading
Oxfam launches VR film, trials 3D printing and sensor tech
International charity Oxfam is leveraging new technologies to spread the word about crises happening around the globe, as well as exploring the use of 3D printing, drones and internet of things sensors as new ways of delivering aid and solving problems in the developing world. On Tuesday, Oxfam is set to launch a virtual reality film […] Continue Reading
The Great Green Wall: African Farmers Beat Back Drought and Climate Change with Trees
A quiet, green miracle has been growing in the Sahel. Farmers in the western Sahel have achieved a remarkable success by deploying a secret weapon often overlooked in wealthier places: trees. Not planting trees. Growing them. Chris Reij, a Dutch environmental specialist at VU University Amsterdam who has worked on agricultural issues in the Sahel […] Continue Reading