Various interventions are being implemented in villages of Vaishali district of Bihar in India by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). Three villages, namely Rajapakar, Bhattadasi and Mukundpur in Vaishali district, come under the banner of Climate Smart Villages (CSVs).
Climate smart villages in India are being rolled out in three districts, supporting farmers in their everyday struggles through information and new technol…
Conservation farming have the potential of producing yield increases, help farmers use water more efficiently and save hours normally spent in the field. Photo: T. Samson/CIMMYT. This blog post was initially published on the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) web page Smallholder maize farmers in Malawi are adopting sustainable crop management practices that [...]
Last year’s record flooding in the Chao Phraya River’s watershed caused $40 billion in damages and left one third of Thailand—including parts of Bangkok, the capital and largest city—underwater for weeks. The prolonged media coverage, however, completely drowned out most recollections of the record drought that the country experienced in 2010.
The Bengali proverb “mache-bhatee Bengali” (rice and fish make a Bengali) well illustrates the important role played by fish and fisheries in food security in Bangladesh. Fish represent 58 percent of total animal protein consumption…
