Adaptation and mitigation for livestock: a multidisciplinary approach in response to climate change

Debre Birhan University is a partner of ILRI and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Livestock and Climate. As part of this collaboration, the ILRI team on Pioneer-Positive Deviance (P-PD) organized a seminar for colleagues from Debre Birhan University on the ILRI Addis Abeba Campus to understand the importance of the P-PD approach for enhancing learning between different farm households and the methodologies used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for estimating GHG emissions. The program was a mixture of social and biophysical research on climate change. 

The seminar was a critical step in expanding awareness of the P-PD approach, allowing participants to understand how the approach can be integrated into farmer interventions and enhanced learning between farm households. It also raised the need for the University to integrate the approach into teaching modules. The seminar is part of a larger collaboration with the University to expand partnerships and collaboration. A project proposal has been submitted together with Debre Birhan University and partners, as well as the continued discussion of joint supervision of students.  Read the full story at cgiar.org. 

Story by Birgit Habermann and Daniel Mulat, ILRI. 

Banner Photo: Workshop participants on ILRI’s Addis Abeba campus. Photo by M.Mulatu/ILRI.