Our work in West and Central Africa covers the following countries: Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo and Tunisia.
Photo: A cassava farmer in Ghana's Northern Region. Credit: Neil Palmer (CIAT).
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West and Central Africa
Projects
Capacitating Stakeholders in Using Climate Information for Enhanced Resilience in the Agricultural Sector in West Africa (CaSCIERA-TA)
Rural Household Multi-indicator Survey
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC) - Phase II
Funding agencyGerman Corporation for International Cooperation
Economic Analysis of CSA options: cost-benefit analysis of climate-smart livestock in Ethiopia
Funding agencyInternational Fund for Agricultural Development
Supporting the operations of CSAYN in Kenya
Funding agencyInternational Center for Tropical Agriculture
Nigerian Incentive-based Risk Sharing Scheme for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL)
Funding agencyNigerian Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending
Green Innovation Centres for the Agriculture and Food Sector (GIC)
Funding agencyGerman Corporation for International Cooperation
Supporting AAA in the development of National CSA Investment Plans
Funding agencyThe World Bank
Climate-Smart Agriculture Prioritization Framework
CSA Country Climate Risk Profiles
Funding agencyThe World Bank
ERA - Evidence for Resilience Agriculture
Understanding the feasibility of collecting nutrition information with mobile phones
Funding agencyWorld Food Programme
Technical support for Alliance for CSA in Africa (ACSAA)
Funding agencyCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Climate-Smart Agriculture Diagnostic (CSA-Dx)
Funding agencyUnited States Department of Agriculture - Foreign Agricultural Service
Surveillance of Climate‐Smart Agriculture for Nutrition
Funding agencyAfrican Development Bank
Publications
Making trees count: Measurement and reporting of agroforestry in UNFCCC national communications of non-Annex I countries
Agroforestry—the integration of trees with crops and livestock—generates many benefits directly relevant to the UNFCCC’s Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture, including: (i) building resilience, (ii) increasing soil carbon and improving soil health, (iii) providing fodder and shade for sustainable...
What Is the Evidence Base for Climate-Smart Agriculture in East and Southern Africa? A Systematic Map
We present a systematic map for CSA in five African countries: Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia. We conducted a systematic literature search of the effects of 102 technologies, including farm management practices on 57 indicators consistent with CSA goals as part of an effort called...
