Côte d’Ivoire’s NDC 3.0 targets a 33.07 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2035 compared with the BAU scenario, with a potential 74.3 % cut conditional on international support. The overall target covers all sectors and gases, including methane, nitrous oxide and HFCs alongside the other Kyoto basket gases.  The NDC quantifies the emissions reduction potential of measures to address H...

Authors examine the potential global risk of increasing surface ozone (O3) exposure to three key staple crops (soybean, maize, and wheat) in the near future (year 2030) according to two trajectories of O3 pollution: the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (IPCC SRES) A2 and B1 storylines, which represent upper- and lower-boundary projections, respectivel...

Maize is an important food and income security crop that supports livelihood of millions of small-scale farmers in Uganda. However, average yields of maize have remained as low as 2.2-2.5 MT/ha, compared to the potential of 8 MT/ha. The quality standards of maize grain produced is generally low, and losses during harvesting, transport, storage and processing as relatively high.In order to achieve ...

The purpose of this standard is to establish the technical specifications for the use of fire in forest and agricultural lands. Those intending to use fire must:Submit the “Notice of use of fire” (Appendix A, Normative of NOM-015) to your municipality.Use fire only when there are no fires within a 10 km radius.Do not carry out simultaneous burning on neighboring land.Verify the existence of a muni...

As part of a project funded by GIZ and Nabard on alternatives to crop residue burning in India, the communication agency Vertifer developed an animation film showcasing all research from problems to solutions for CRB.The film features the following aspects of Crop Residue Burning:1. Effects of Crop Residue burning (CRB) on farmers health2. Key data points3. Current policies and schemes for farmers...

Fire management in Mexico has been promoted by various governmental and academic institutions, as well as organizations of civil society, as a strategy to minimize the negative impacts of forest wildfires and maximize the positive effects of fire. One of its objectives is to keep the occurrence of forest fires within the range of variation of natural fire regimes for each ecosystem. Prescribed bur...

The open burning of agricultural crop residues poses a sizable threat to Southeast Asia’s near-term prosperity and long-term sustainability. Though Southeast Asia’s policymakers have adopted burning bans and other solutions to curb this threat, few studies have systematically assessed their implementation prospects. This study offers a novel data-driven assessment of those prospects in Thailand. M...

This communication campaign on crop residue burning was launched by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Mexico, titled "Mi Parcela No Se Quema" (My Plot Does Not Burn). It aims to promote no-burn alternatives among farmers and make sure they understand risks associated with burning before they submit for a fire permit.The communication campaign is complementing by in-person and on...

This methodology applies to projects/activities that introduce technologies that reduce or displace no more than 10,000 tCO2eq per crediting year (i.e., 365 days) from the thermal energy consumption of household cooking. It is also mandatory for projects using this methodology to have primary baseline fuel as either wood or charcoal....

Farmer Field School (FFS) is a participatory education approach that brings together a group of small-scale food producers to solve production problems through sustainable agriculture. The FFS approach offers space for hands-on group learning, enhancing skills for observation and critical analysis and improved decision making by local communities. This course provides an overview of the FFS approa...