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Interview with Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Many of the solutions for helping farmers address climate change already exist. These successes need to be scaled up, and they must reach the farmers who need them the most. In addition to investments in road infrastructure linking farms to markets, solutions include integrated crop and pest management, no-till agriculture, intercropping, improved seeds, ...

Author: FarmingFirst; Tags: thomas rosswall climate climate change agriculture food security farming first knowledge mitigation adaptation CGIAR

In this video, agriculture research expert Thomas Rosswall discusses how farmers lie at the heart of a climate solution. Thomas Rosswall is Chairman of the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Agriculture generally, and farmers especially, are vital to mitigate and adapt to climate change. More than a billion farmers and their families around the world are on the front line of climate change. Their lives and livelihoods are directly affected by ...

Author: FarmingFirst; Tags: thomas rosswall cgiar climate change agriculture food security climate farmers farming first

Interview with Thomas Rosswall, Chairman of the CGIAR Challenge Programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). By 2050, the worlds population is expected to increase from 6 to 9 billion people. Meanwhile, yields from key staple crops are expected to decline, especially in many of the poorest countries, due to climate change. Agriculture generally, and farmers especially, are vital to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Farmers are willing to play their part by adopting ...

Author: FarmingFirst; Tags: thomas rosswall farming first agriculture CGIAR climate climate change crops farmers development

Leadership Voices for Change features perspectives of researchers, donors, managers and partners of the CGIAR engaged in the Change Initiative. Fourteen leaders speak about why we are changing, how we will be different, the biggest challenges in changing the CGIAR and their vision for the future. Those interviewed include CGIAR Chair Katherine Sierra, Chair of the Alliance of the CGIAR Centers Steve Hall, and Ren Wang, Director of the CGIAR. The interviews were carried out in November 2009....

Author: CGIARvideos; Tags: CGIAR Reform CGIAR Change

Leadership Voices for Change features perspectives of researchers, donors, managers and partners of the CGIAR engaged in the Change Initiative. Fourteen leaders speak about why we are changing, how we will be different, the biggest challenges in changing the CGIAR and their vision for the future. Those interviewed include CGIAR Chair Katherine Sierra, Chair of the Alliance of the CGIAR Centers Steve Hall, and Ren Wang, Director of the CGIAR. The interviews were carried out in November 2009....

Author: CGIARvideos; Tags: CGIAR Reform CGIAR Change

Leadership Voices for Change features perspectives of researchers, donors, managers and partners of the CGIAR engaged in the Change Initiative. Fourteen leaders speak about why we are changing, how we will be different, the biggest challenges in changing the CGIAR and their vision for the future. Those interviewed include CGIAR Chair Katherine Sierra, Chair of the Alliance of the CGIAR Centers Steve Hall, and Ren Wang, Director of the CGIAR. The interviews were carried out in November 2009....

Author: CGIARvideos; Tags: CGIAR reform CGIAR change transition

Leadership Voices for Change features perspectives of researchers, donors, managers and partners of the CGIAR engaged in the Change Initiative. Fourteen leaders speak about why we are changing, how we will be different, the biggest challenges in changing the CGIAR and their vision for the future. Those interviewed include CGIAR Chair Katherine Sierra, Chair of the Alliance of the CGIAR Centers Steve Hall, and Ren Wang, Director of the CGIAR. The interviews were carried out in November 2009....

Author: CGIARvideos; Tags: CGIAR reform Change transition

Máquina lavadora y trozadora de yuca, desarrollada por Clayuca. Contacto: Bernardo Ospina, Director Ejecutivo de Clayuca (b.ospina@cgiar.org)

Author: CLAYUCA; Tags: Lavado y trozado de yuca

Interviews with CGIAR leadership on CGIAR Change Initiative ... CGIAR change

Author: CGIARvideos; Tags: CGIAR change

For Jonathan Wadsworth, Agricultural Advisor in the Research Division, the CGIAR has grown tremendously over the past 40 years. DFID has been supporting the CGIAR centres in reforming themselves, in becoming more efficient and getting to focus their work, more at the 'application' level; this way, their research is more driven by the demand of the people that need to put it into practice. DFID is also working with te CGIAR centres to make sure they work together as a coherent system. See ...

Author: R4DTV; Tags: dfid research agriculture cgiar strategy one year on