One of the primary highlights in the ACToday report is the empowerment of National Meteorological Services with tools to adapt and respond to climate change in their regions, informed by their own knowledge and experiences. Read this story here: iri.columbia.edu/news/empowerin…

IRI’s Amanda Grossi wrote this great article for the AICCRA blog about Ethiopia’s exciting new drought monitoring and warning platform, and its potential to protect their agricultural sector from recurring drought impacts. Check out the story here: iri.columbia.edu/news/aiccra-et…

This fantastic paper with contributions from IRI’s Ángel Muñoz describes the advances and applications of the North American Multi-Model Ensemble. They point specifically to its potential to trigger action and aid in disaster preparedness. Read it here: journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/…

By combining traditional knowledge and genetic techniques, farmers and scientists may collaborate to develop more climate-resilient and productive crops that benefit local communities. elifesciences.org/digests/80009/…

Today ILRI.org🇪🇹, digital ag stakeholders from Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research-EIAR, Ministry of Agriculture Ethiopia, private and media actors, and CGIAR centers gathered for a user testing workshop on #EDACaP, an innovative platform for decision-support that provides interactive, demand-driven #agroclimatic information

Africa's smallholder farmers are bearing the brunt of #climateimpacts. This Automatic Weather Station Data Tool, developed by IRI and AICCRA, is increasing farmers' resilience by helping them manage unpredictable weather patterns. 👏 phys.org/news/2023-02-d…

Making moves in Malawi!  🇲🇼 Today, we are kicking off our World Meteorological Organization CREWS project with IRI & @DccmsM ! Together, we will make sure Malawi's #climate data 📈 is not only improved, but made freely accessible and useful to support decision-makers! 🧠💡#AdaptationInAction 💪🏾

Female Athlete of the Year nominee ✨ Retweet to vote for Gudaf Tsegay 🇪🇹 in the #AthleticsAwards.

High resolution spatial crop yield forecast in Ethiopia CGIAR CIMMYT World Bank Climate sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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

In 5 years, ACToday increased climate knowledge in Bangladesh, Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Senegal, Vietnam...countries dependent on agriculture & highly vulnerable to climate impacts. IRI & Columbia University World Projects share outcomes & lessons: worldprojects.columbia.edu/sites/default/…

The agriculture and food sector is both a victim and contributor of climate change. Join our webinar on climate-smart agriculture in Africa. 📅 February 22, 2024 ⏲️ 9am EST | 2pm GMT Register here: wrld.bg/qq3t50QAP0r World Bank Africa

#MAP: Evaluation of ERA5 and CHIRPS rainfall estimates against observations across Ethiopia link.springer.com/10.1007/s00703…

Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT has co-developed #NextGen Agroadvisory for informed decision-making. 8000+🧑‍🌾adopted its recommendations on fertilizer. Wheat yields surged by 38% in 🇪🇹, showing tailored advisories' & collaboration's potential for sustainable #foodsystems. bit.ly/4ekw501

#HappeningNow🌍The joint IGAD and AICCRA-hosted Digital Agro-Climate Advisory Service (DACAS) Knowledge Network launch has been dubbed a game-changer for building robust and digitally connected agro-climate advisory services. The event kicked off in Bishoftu 🇪🇹 in the presence