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Can we produce food for 9 billion people without destroying our environment and accelerating climate change? This is the number one question we need to answer and one of the reasons why we are co-organising the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) – to look at approaches that are working today and lay down the research agenda […]

The task of influencing policy is a complex one, as policy makers always have to listen to a number of stakeholders. In the context of climate change, these stakeholders include scientists and communities; the farmers and women who are who are living with the impacts of the changing climate. All the scientists here at the […]

So far, it is the farmers who are taking the lead on climate smart agriculture, supported by scientists and the development community. It’s time for the global policy community to step up. Agriculture produces over half of the world’s non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. Its potential for mitigation is huge. Many agricultural groups, insist that agriculture […]

It’s not often you get to talk about GIS, facebook, and MTV all at once. But then, it’s not often that youth get to kick-off a conference. But Saturday was a morning of not-oftens. Not least of which entailed Bruce Campbell, Program Director of CCAFS, calling out for youth to revolt. ‘You’ve been negotiating all […]

At the close of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), as the buzz grows about how our hands seem to be tied concerning injecting agriculture into the climate negotiations, we ask ourselves – could gender insights be the key to informing our landscapes approach delivery? In a GLF discussion forum on linking gendered knowledge with gender-responsive action […]

Cattle ranching in Brazil is a major cause of deforestation. But sustainable production chains could be within our reach. Brazil has one of the greatest growth rates of beef production in the world according to recent research. As a result, up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is related to expanding cattle ranches. Needless to […]