Climate-smart agriculture can achieve triple wins (co-benefits): adaptation, mitigation and food security, said UK Science Chief Sir John Beddington in a recent speech to policy makers, private sector and members of civil society. He highlighted that a shift to climate-smart agriculture is needed in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050 in the face of climate change.

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In order to adequately adapt agriculture to a changing climate, scientists need good estimates of how much food we can grow in a warming world. But many of the current crop-climate models are out of date and have significant information gaps.

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His name is written “Naakpi” and pronounced “Naakwi”, that we understood fast. But it took us much longer to comprehend why Naakpi looked so tired, and walked around with a back bent as if he had a burden too heavy for one man to carry.

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A former coffee farmer who has switched to production of plantain due to the effects of climate change in Colombia. Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT).

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Business leaders, state governments, take action to safeguard food supply in a changing climate, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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