Fantastic to see #foresight front and center on the Food and Agriculture Organization agenda.

#NowReading "Projected Benefits of CGIAR research" by (formerly Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT 's and now Gates Foundation 's) Steven D. Prager and (CIMMYT 's) Gideon Kruseman cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/1…

It is striking how many daily headlines are talking about events that were exacerbated by climate change. Here is just a short rundown from today as an example of the many many ways climate change is affecting us HERE and NOW. Please add any I missed. (Thread)

What a milestone. Congrats to Aniruddha Ghosh and the entire team!

Finally, we want to build a #pipeline of #scalable CSA businesses with a strong gender component. We want to highlight opportunities in the agricultural sector, identify risks, and achieve greater financial, social, and environmental outcomes.

Launch of real time #Livestock water source monitoring and risk management system in #Ethiopia. The project comes at critical time when consecutive droughts are affecting livestock & pastoralists in horn of #Africa Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Gates Foundation Africa Gates Foundation

Big shoutout and thanks to Steve Prager Steven D. Prager of Gates Foundation, Channing Arndt, #KeithWiebe @ifpri, @robdavieszim, #LensaOmune. Looking forward to collaborating and leveraging synergies btn our various progs for enhanced #FoodSecurity & #ClimateResilience in #Africa

Today, Ana M. Loboguerrero shares why YOU need to be reading 'Transforming Food Systems under Climate Change through Innovation'. Luckily, the book is open-access - meaning you can get your digital copy for FREE at bit.ly/foodsystemsbook, so you can dive right in!

Interesting toolkit for #cmip6 #climate

A World Bank policy paper highlighting the importance of our earlier work on #labor #productivity and #returnstolabor for #agriculture #intensification. openknowledge.worldbank.org/entities/publi…

Looking forward to wading into this (pun intended).

Inviting PhD students in economics conducting research in Latin America and the Caribbean! Apply to this award opportunity and pave the way for future winners research-proposals.iadb.org/node/7595

Wow, a seeming blast from the past. This paper unpacked complex issues around geography, sustainability, and resilience in a computationally inclined manner. Not an easy read but some core foundational concepts are addressed.

Ethiopia's agricultural drought monitoring system (ASIS) is now LIVE, hosted by NMA ethiomet.gov.et:2323

Useful.

Brilliant (albeit only somewhat tongue in cheek)🧵 on negotiations at #COP28

Our #AdaptationAtlas project is looking for new cool ideas and on data and analytics in #Africa. * Total Funds Available: US$ 250,000 * Grants to be Awarded: 1-5 * Submission Deadline: January 19, 2023 Interested?🔗Learn more: shorturl.at/buGU7

NASA and IBM have created a foundation model for geospatial data. It can remove clouds, detect crops, and identify floods. Plus it's free. Here's what you need to know about it:

I’ve felt for a long time that “doom & gloom” messaging on climate was counterproductive. This #climate #research finding doesn’t surprise me. Hopefully there is some practical import here on how to address the heterogenous impacts of climate and lean into win-win #ClimateAction

This is a big deal! Congratulations NiMet Sahel Consulting Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT Gates Foundation Steven D. Prager