- About
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Research
- Overview
- On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
- Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
- System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
- Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
- Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
- News & Events
- Resources
- Partners
- Results
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Initiative:
Livestock and Climate
The CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate addresses the challenges that climate change poses to livestock production, supporting livestock-dependent communities without accelerating greenhouse gas emissions or degrading land, water, and biodiversity.
Highlights
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Initiative Result
Colombian cattle farm Hacienda San José secures US$7.5 million investment, supported by CGIAR tropical grass and sustainable livestock certification innovations
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Initiative Result
Empowering 20,000 Guatemalan Farmers to Thrive Despite Climate Change
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Initiative Result
Implementation of climate services promotes behavior changes in the public sector in Guatemala
Featured News & Events
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news
Adaptation and Mitigation for Livestock: A Multidisciplinary Approach in Response to Climate Change
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate19.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
Debre Birhan University is a partner of ILRI and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock…
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news
Charting a path to more sustainable livestock value chains with a Rangelands Stewardship Council and a rangelands standard
CGIAR Initiative on Livestock and Climate09.07.24Over 54% of global terrestrial surface could be used as rangelands. However much of this…
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news
Women Lead Sustainable Livestock Farming near the Colombian Amazon Rainforest
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)28.06.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Gender equality, youth & social inclusion
When trees and livestock compete for land, the trees usually lose, but it doesn’t have…
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Featured Resources
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publication
Pixels to pasture: Using machine learning and multispectral remote sensing to predict biomass and nutrient quality in tropical grasslands
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)11.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
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publication
Nitrogen fluxes in Urochloa-based pasture soils in the Northwestern Amazon
The Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)03.07.24-
Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Research activities
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On-farm technologies in social context – improving local adaptive capacities and inclusive scaling mechanisms
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Digitally enabled services to manage climate risk
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System-level research and interventions for building resilient, low-emission livestock production systems
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Financing the transition to low-emission and resilient livestock agrifood systems
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Improving the enabling policy environment for more resilient, low-emission livestock agrifood systems
Where We Work
Countries
- Colombia
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Kenya
- Mali
- Senegal
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