The Climate Food and Farming Network

The Climate Food and Farming Research Network (CLIFF) is an initiative launched by the CGIAR Challenge Programme, Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) in collaboration with the Department of Agriculture and Ecology, University of Copenhagen. CLIFF is an international research network that links researchers and doctoral students working on climate change mitigation and adaptation in small-scale farming and food systems.

CLIFF started in August 2010. The first phase of the research network, which concluded early 2011, has involved the identification of project partners interested in contributing to the development of the network. Furthermore, network objectives and an operational model for the network to use in the future with more extensive activities have been refined and developed. You can read more about our plans for CLIFF here.

 

Inaugural CLIFF workshop held in Nairobi

The first CLIFF workshop was held in Nairobi in early November 2011. The aim of the workshop was to bring together the core group of researchers to discuss the future model of CLIFF research activities. A post-workshop concept note is currently in preparation and will be made available here, early 2012.

The workshop in Nairobi also provided an opportunity for the CLIFF grant receivers to present their work. Take a look:

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Climate Compatible Development: A Focus on Smallholders Cocoa Farming in Post-tsunami Indonesia

Ugo Guarnacci

GHGs Emission For Crop Production Systems in the High Yield Regions of North China Plain

Yuefeng Shi

Mitigation of GHG emission from Irrigated rice cultivation-through water management
B Soundharajan

Potential of biogas technology to mitigate climate change and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya

Muriuki Salome Wamuyu

Balancing Forest Carbon Conservation, Food Security and Sustainable Agricultural Intensification at Two REDD Pilot Projects in Tanzania

Sheryl Quail

The effects of dambo (seasonal wetlands) cultivation on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions

George Nyamawadzo

Towards sustainable production of aerobic rice in Brazilian savannas: Investigating the potential of carbonized biomass (biochar) as a soil amendment

Marcia de Melo Carvalho

First CLIFF Grants now awarded!

CLIFF released a call in 2010 for proposals for PhD projects operating within Theme 1 of the network. Eight students have now received grants supporting fieldwork activities within their PhD project. The grantees and the title of their proposals are listed below. We look forward to updating you on their progress.

Applicants name	Title of proposal	University of enrollment	Nationality	Country of research
George Nyamawadzo	GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM CULTIVATED DAMBOS FROM CENTRAL ZIMBABWE	University of Zimbabwe	Zimbabwean	Zimbabwe
B Soundharajan	Mitigation of GHG from rice fields - through water management in India	Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India	India	Indian
Marcia de Melo Carvalho	Towards sustainable production of aerobic rice in Brazilian savannas: investigating the potential of biochar as a soil amendment	Wageningen, Netherlands	Brazilian	Brazil
Monica Kansiime	Impact and Effectiveness of Technological and Management Options for Averting Agricultural Production Risk under Variable and Changing Climatic Conditions in Eastern Uganda	Kenyatta University, Nairobi	Ugandan	Kenya
Salome Muriuki	Potential of biogas technology to mitigate climate change and improve livelihoods of smallholder farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya	Kenyatta University, Nairobi	Kenyan	Kenya
Sheryl Quail	Opportunity Costs of Forest Carbon Conservation, Sustainable Agriculture and Global Warming Potentials: Ecosystem Tradeoffs and Spatially Explicit Scenario Modeling of Agricultural Intensification at Two REDD Pilot Projects in Tanzania	University of Florida	American	Tanzania
Ugo Guarnacci	Organic Cocoa Agroforestry in Post-tsunami Indonesia: Potentials for Climate Change Mitigation and Resilience	University of Reading	Italian	Indonesia
Yuefeng Shi	Greenhouse Gases Emission in the High Yield Region of the North China Plain	China Agricultural University, Beijing	Chinese	China