7 SOLUTIONS IN 7 MINUTES: Key CGIAR resources and capacities of potential value to IFAD programming

Peter LäderachSenior Climate Change SpecialistInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

Sonja VermeulenHead of ResearchCGIAR research program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

CSA Country Profiles1

Completed profiles for Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Grenada, Kenya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, Uruguay

Available at: https://ccafs.cgiar.org/publications/csa-country-profiles

Cassava Common beans

Mapping shifts in the geography of crop suitability

Projected change in suitable area by 2050 (RCP8.5) (%)

• Ramirez-Villegas, J. et al. 2013. Empirical approaches for assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture: The EcoCrop model and a case study with grain sorghum. Agr. For. Met. 170: 67-78.

• Jarvis, A., Ramirez-Villegas, J. et al. 2012. Is cassava the answer to African climate change adaptation? Tropical Plant Biology, 5: 9-19.• Ramirez-Villegas, J. and Thornton, P.K. 2015. Climate change impacts on African crop production. CCAFS Working Paper No. 119.

Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Developing climate-smart value chains with the private sector3

CSA.guideAn integrated CSA decision support portal for practitioners.

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Mapping impacts of climate change in the West African cocoa belt

• Identify different types of adaptation interventions (incremental, systemic, transformational)

• Recommendations for actions by different stakeholders (farmers, governments, international organizations, private sector)

Source: Schroth G, Läderach P, Martinez-Valle AI, Bunn C (2016) From site-level to regional adaptation planning for tropical commodities: cocoa in West Africa. Mitig Adapt Strateg Glob Change. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-016-9707-y.

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Carbon insetting in the cocoa value chain in Indonesia

• Carbon insetting involves offsetting emissions within a company’s sphere of influence

• Innovative model for private sector engagement to develop low-carbon or carbon-neutral chocolate products

• Focus on establishing a NAMA underpinned by carbon insetting strategy in Indonesia

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Banerjee A, Rahn E, Läderach P, van der Hoek R. 2013. Shared value: Agricultural carbon insetting for sustainable, climate-smart supply chains and better rural livelihoods. CIAT Policy Brief No. 12. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.

Big Data and Site Specific Analysis7

Thank You

Peter Läderach (p.laderach@cgiar.org)Sonja Vermeulen (s.vermeulen@cgiar.org)