The document outlines key CGIAR resources and capacities relevant to IFAD programming, focusing on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and its adaptation strategies across various countries. It discusses the development of climate-smart value chains, specifically in the cocoa sector in West Africa and Indonesia, alongside the impacts of climate change on crop suitability. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of collaboration among stakeholders to enhance resilience and sustainability in agricultural practices.

1. 7 SOLUTIONS IN 7 MINUTES:
Key CGIAR resources and capacities of potential value to IFAD programming
Peter Läderach
Senior Climate Change Specialist
International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Sonja Vermeulen
Head of Research
CGIAR research program on Climate Change,
Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)

2. CSA Country Profiles
Completed profiles for
Argentina, Colombia,
Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Grenada, Kenya, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Peru, Rwanda,
Sri Lanka, Uruguay
Available at:
https://ccafs.cgiar.org/publication
s/csa-country-profiles

3. Cassava Common
beans
Mapping shifts in the geography of crop suitability
Projected
change in
suitable area
by 2050
(RCP8.5) (%)
• Ramirez-Villegas, J. et al. 2013. Empirical approaches for assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture: The EcoCrop model and a
case study with grain sorghum. Agr. For. Met. 170: 67-78.
• Jarvis, A., Ramirez-Villegas, J. et al. 2012. Is cassava the answer to African climate change adaptation? Tropical Plant Biology, 5: 9-19.
• Ramirez-Villegas, J. and Thornton, P.K. 2015. Climate change impacts on African crop production. CCAFS Working Paper No. 119.
Copenhagen, Denmark.

4. Developing climate-smart value
chains with the private sector

5. CSA.guide
An integrated CSA decision
support portal for
practitioners.
To get started, visit:
www.csa.guide

6. Mapping impacts of climate change in the
West African cocoa belt
• Identify different types of
adaptation interventions
(incremental, systemic,
transformational)
• Recommendations for actions by
different stakeholders (farmers,
governments, international
organizations, private sector)
Source: Schroth G, Läderach P, Martinez-Valle AI, Bunn C
(2016) From site-level to regional adaptation planning
for tropical commodities: cocoa in West Africa. Mitig
Adapt Strateg Glob Change. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-016-
9707-y.

7. Carbon insetting in the cocoa value chain
in Indonesia
• Carbon insetting involves
offsetting emissions within
a company’s sphere of
influence
• Innovative model for
private sector engagement
to develop low-carbon or
carbon-neutral chocolate
products
• Focus on establishing a
NAMA underpinned by
carbon insetting strategy in
Indonesia
Banerjee A, Rahn E, Läderach P, van der Hoek R. 2013. Shared value:
Agricultural carbon insetting for sustainable, climate-smart supply chains
and better rural livelihoods. CIAT Policy Brief No. 12. Centro Internacional
de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia.

8. Big Data and Site Specific Analysis

9. Thank You
Peter Läderach (p.laderach@cgiar.org)
Sonja Vermeulen (s.vermeulen@cgiar.org)