Climate change, agriculture and food security: a global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers

Sonja Joy Vermeulen, Robert Zougmoré, Eva Wollenberg, Philip Thornton, Gerald Nelson, Patricia Kristjanson, James Kinyangi, Andrew Jarvis, James Hansen, Andrew Challinor, Bruce Morgan Campbell, Pramod Aggarwal

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    Abstract

    To achieve food security for many in low-income and middle-income countries for whom this is already a challenge, especially with the additional complications of climate change, will require early investment to support smallholder farming systems and the associated food systems that supply poor consumers. We need both local and global policy-linked research to accelerate sharing of lessons on institutions, practices and technologies for adaptation and mitigation. This strategy paper briefly outlines how the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) of the Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR) is working across research disciplines, organisational mandates, and spatial and temporal levels to assist immediate and longer-term policy actions.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalCurrent Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
    Volume4
    Issue number1
    Pages (from-to)128-133
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Feb 2012

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