CGIAR Ongoing Research | supply chains

Adaptation by agricultural communities to climate change through participatory and supply chain-inclusive management

Hector Tobon — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:33:18 +0000

Outcomes of this project were to:

Develop a framework with concrete response pathways for collective, supply chain inclusive adaptation to progressive climate change.
Produce a set of methodologies and tools that will enable Oxfam and partners to scale-out the approach across projects globally.
Determine specific results for three different supply chains.

Coffee Under Pressure (CUP): Adapting to climate change in Mesoamerica

CIAT Corporate Communications — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 19:28:37 +0000

With the overall objective of helping smallholder coffee farmers in Central America and Mexico adapt to the impacts of climate change, the specific activities of this project include:

Predict the future suitability and distribution of GMCR coffee sourcing areas.
Evaluate possible impacts of climate change on coffee quality and quantity.
Identify alternative crops suitable under predicted climate change scenarios for key regions.
Evaluate the implications of changes in coffee quality and quantity in three case study sites on social parameters (income, poverty, equity etc).
Accompany farmer organizations and engage with supply chain actors to design adequate adaptation scenarios.

Donor: Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)

Study and dissemination of lessons learnt on public policies fostering inclusive value chains in Colombia

CIAT Corporate Communications — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 18:22:36 +0000

The objective of this project is to gain greater understanding of the policies and incentives in place in one of the more advanced countries in Latin America. This includes investigating the level of public support for supply chains, identifying what works and what does not work both for increasing the competitiveness of rural economies and for poverty reduction, and sharing those lessons with a wide range of public policy decision-makers all with the aim of contributing to a more informed debate about the utility and limitations of public investments and incentives in this area. To achieve this objective, the proposal will focus on Colombia as a case study.

Donor: Ford Foundation