Climate Conversations – Creating ‘Climate-Smart’ Villages in South Asia – 14 June 2012, AlertNet

There are dozens of different activities that could help farmers adapt to climate change, or reduce their emissions, while ensuring their future food security. Little wonder, then, that farmers are sometimes bewildered by the advice they receive. In South Asia, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has come up with a concept that should make the prospect of adopting “climate-smart” practices less daunting.