International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)

About

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), working in collaboration with hundreds of partners across the developing world, is dedicated to developing technologies, innovative methods, and new knowledge that better enable farmers, mainly smallholders, to improve their crop production, incomes, and management of natural resources.

The CIAT is involved in the Coalition's Agriculture initiative.

Find out more about the organisation on its website.

CCAC activities

Activity | Agriculture

Costa Rica | Ongoing

Costa Rica: Enhancing NDC amitions with mitigation in the agriculture sector

Costa Rica’s livestock sector is responsible for 28% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. In its Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA) on Livestock, Costa Rica aims to scale up...

Workstream | Agriculture

Ongoing

Paddy rice production

Paddy rice is a staple crop for much of the world’s population. It is also a key source of the greenhouse gas methane, responsible for about 40 million tonnes, or 10% of global emissions , each year...

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Related resources

2019 | Reports, Case Studies & Assessments

CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security , International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) , International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

, The Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development (IPSARD); Escobar Carbonari, D; Grosjean, G., Läderach, P., Tran Dai, N.; Ole Sander, B.; McKinley, J.; Leocadio, S.; Tapasco, J.

Reviewing Vietnam’s Nationally Determined Contribution: A New Perspective Using the Marginal Cost of Abatement

The processes countries use to revise their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the UNFCCC’s Paris Agreement will be key to ensure that their pledges lead to effective climate change...