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Climate change mitigation and agriculture by Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Tapio-Bistrom, M.L., Grieg-Gran, M., Nihart, A

“…A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming, including livestock, crops, fish farming, fertilizer use and agroforestry, as well as economics and finance, is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. …”
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Alliance of Bioversity International/CIAT collaboration with the Adaptation Consortium (ADA): Evaluating the conflict sensitivity of the County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism by Schapendonk, Frans, Medina, Leonardo

“…Building on this awareness and using its newly developed Conflict Sensitive Adaptation Governance (CSAG) framework, CGIAR’s Alliance of Bioversity International/CIAT have partnered with the Adaptation (Ada) Consortium in Kenya to analyse and evaluate Kenya’s County Climate Change Fund (CCCF) mechanism, a multi-level climate finance instrument designed on the basis of locally led adaptation (LLA) principles and which forms a central pillar of Kenya’s National Climate Change Action Plan III (2023-2027).…”
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The importance of partnerships in building knowledge networks for P-PD scaling: Emerging partnerships for scaling the pioneer positive deviance approach by Habermann, Birgit, Kiptoo, Emmaculate, Maiyo, Nathan, Gichuki, Leah, Worku, Tigist, Getahun, Elizabeth

“…The synergy between partners enhances access to markets, finance, training, and new technologies, supporting the well-being of farming communities and ensuring their continued progress. …”
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RiceMoRe: Digitalizing Rice Monitoring for Climate Action and Scalable Impact by International Rice Research Institute

“…This posed significant barriers to demonstrating climate mitigation achievements and accessing climate finance. RiceMoRe overcame this by digitizing the existing government reporting line, standardizing data entry, minimizing errors, and ensuring hierarchical quality controls. …”
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Mechanical soil and water conservation by Paparella, Antonio, Petsakos, Athanasios, Davis, Kristin E., Song, Chun

“…For smallholder farmers, the adoption of irrigation systems, such as drip irrigation, is limited by further constraints such as high costs, limited access to finance, lack of technical support, and may not be suitable for all local conditions and cropping systems [3]. …”
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STELARR Volume I—Global opportunities for rangelands restoration through livestock value chains by Baker, Derek

“…These models depart from conventional development finance project designs which target smallholder and community benefits and address the renewal of rangelands for the benefit of all stakeholders in value chains. …”
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Future research directions for climate-sensitive social protection by Desai, Bina, Läderach, Peter, Meddings, George, Campbell, Raramai

“…This article builds on a global review and a regional study in the Sahel on the potential alignment of climate adaptation and social development finance in low-income communities. The hypothesis is that rather than radically redesigning programs to make them respond to a broad range of climate risks, enhancing existing mechanisms by integrating climate risk information in program design may yield better results. …”
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Collaborative Solutions: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Resilient Agriculture, Energy, and Risk Systems in Africa by African Climate Policy Centre, Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

“…The session also generated actionable proposals on finance, governance, ethical use of AI, and energy transition, with concrete next steps to deploy AI and EO solutions at the continental level.…”
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Synthesis of Learning on CGIAR's Ways of Working by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…. - Harnessing innovative finance to leverage and deliver research through new investment and funding models. - Targeting risk-management and resilience as critical qualities for food, land, and water systems. - Making the digital revolution central to our way of working. - Leveraging ambitious partnerships for change in which CGIAR is strategically positioned. …”
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Themes and recommendations for digitalization of agriculture and agri DPIs by The Agri Collaboratory

“…Rooted in India’s context and framed through the lived realities of Lakshmi, a representative smallholder farmer navigating uncertainty amid climate variability, market fluctuations, and limited access to advisory and finance, the Unconference surfaced both the challenges and transformative potential of Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in agriculture. …”
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Lessons learned from solar irrigation scaling in Asia and Africa by Bodach, Susanne, Al-Zu’bi, Maha, Tilahun, Seifu A.

“…The analysis shows how blended finance, gender- and youth-responsive partnerships, and evidence-based policy and planning shape diverse scaling pathways in different policy and market contexts. …”
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Learning Strategy: Exposure Visits by Mukhopadhyay, Dr Prama, Mitra, Avik, Iqbal, Md., Biswas, Niloy

“…By engaging directly with women farmers involved in similar agri-based livelihood activities in other regions, participants observed how technical practices, institutional arrangements, access to finance, risk-mitigation mechanisms, and collective action interact in practice to generate sustainable livelihood outcomes. …”
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Proceedings of the IFPRI-AERA policy dialogue on “Transforming Agri-Value Chains: Emerging Frontiers for Agribusiness” by Mohan, Anisha, Alagh, Munish, Sirsikar, Ishita

“…Moreover, as agriculture becomes increasingly integrated with markets, technology, finance and services, the role of agribusiness and value-chain institutions in shaping development outcomes has grown both in scale and complexity. …”
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Scaling site-specific fertilizer advisories in Ethiopia: Innovation use and practice by Mesfin, Tewodros, Ebrahim, Mohammed, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Evidence is drawn from large-scale piloting by the National Agricultural Research System, digital advisory delivery through FarmerChat, bundled advisory–finance–insurance services implemented by LERSHA, and public-sector implementation through Farmer–Research–Extension (FRE) linkages and Client Feedback Mechanisms under the Ministry of Agriculture. …”
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Interdependence of smallholders’ net market positions in crop and livestock markets: Evidence from Ethiopia by Jaleta, Moti, Gebremedhin, Berhanu

“…The interdependence between the two market positions shows that households stock live animal asset through selling surplus crops produced and finance crop purchase through live animals sales. …”
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Adoption patterns and constraints pertaining to small-scale water lifting technologies in Ghana by Namara, Regassa E., Hope, Lesley, Sarpong, E.O., Fraiture, Charlotte de, Owusu, D.

“…The primary factors inhibiting wider application are poorly developed supply chains, lack of access to finance, high operational and maintenancecosts, high output price risks, and lack of institutional support. …”
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Learning achievements of farmers during the transition to market-oriented organic agriculture in rural Uganda by Hauser, M., Aigelsperger, L, Owamani, A, Delve, Robert J.

“…These include the long duration of agronomic experimentation and seed multiplication, expensive organic certification procedures and the absence of adequate mechanism for farmers to access crop finance services. Despite prevailing obstacles we conclude that the Enabling Rural Innovation approach provides a starting point for farmers to develop entrepreneurial competences and profitable agro-enterprises on their own.…”
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Kenya integrates Climate-Smart Agriculture into its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…The Framework Program will draw from a pool of an estimated USD 40 billion in mitigation finance, which will be mobilized by 2030.…”
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Embedding mutually supportive implementation of the Plant Treaty and the Nagoya Protocol in the context of broader national policy goals: A Workshop for National Teams of Policy Ac... by ABS Capacity Development Initiative, Bioversity International

“…The workshop brought together eleven national teams comprised of National Focal Points for the Nagoya Protocol, the Plant Treaty and the GEF and representatives of lead national agencies dealing with climate change adaptation and agriculture and national finance and planning authorities. As the title of the workshop suggests, the participants examined options to embed the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol and the Plant Treaty in national programmess and strategies to promote climate change adaptation, poverty alleviation, food security and conservation. …”
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Do community seed banks contribute to socio-ecological resilience? The case of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes, Guatemala by Porcuna Ferrer, Anna

“…Financial support was provided by the Seeds, Soil and Culture Fund of RSF Social Finance, a programme managed by the New Field Foundation. …”
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