On the occasion of the  GFIA Africa Conference and the UNFCCC COP21, an online briefing linked to the Brussels Development Briefings has been recently published on the topic of ‘Climate Smart Agriculture’. 

Even as measures to concretely incorporate agriculture into the United Nations Climate Conference draft text still remain absent, a new analysis of the country-level climate plans by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) submitted to the UN ahead of COP21 has revealed country-level demand for technical assistance and climate finance for adaptation and mitigation strategies related