Dear colleagues,

We are happy to share with you the latest snapshot and analysis of CCAFS knowledge and

data sharing achievements (data, publications and so on) for 2016. We hope this will help

encourage you to embrace Open Access and FAIR principles (Findable, Accessible,

Interoperable, Re-usable) compliance as much as possible, and that you will discover new and

interesting publications and data for use in your work. We want your feedback, so we can better

tailor this bulletin to your interests so please do get in touch.

A major goal for 2017 is to encourage CCAFS scientists to more proactively publish their

datasets and databases, especially when you have published a data-paper based on this data.

We can help you make your articles and data open access and increase the likelihood that your

data is used and built upon by the science community. Everybody wins!

Regards,

David Abreu

CCAFS Knowledge & Data Sharing and Communications Team

CCAFS Knowledge by the Numbers

Biannual Newsletter May 2017

In 2016, CCAFS scientists reported an impressive number of 896 research outputs, out of which

839 were reported as complete and 49 were cancelled due to different reasons: i.e. the most

relevant reason was budget constraints in this year, followed by personnel who had left CCAFS

and changes to objectives. Only 9 deliverables were extended.

There were 310 deliverables which did not make it to the “well reported” category: 61 were

reported twice, 235 didn't provide enough information. There were 14 deliverables which

presented open access restrictions. Therefore, the total number of deliverables considered for

the statistics below will be 529.

In 2016 CCAFS scientists produced an impressive number of 348 publications, including 134

peer reviewed journal articles. A respectable 88% of these articles were published in ISI

journals, 51% of these were available as open access, and 33% FAIR compliant.

2016 CCAFS Report

Open Access Compliance

Only 16 of the reported deliverables were classified as data, datasets and maps, which is very

low relative to the number of publications. Part of moving towards open access is publishing the

datasets to go with your articles. We remind you that the CCAFS Data Management Support

Pack is available to help you produce high quality, reusable and open data from your research

activities.

Only 59% of 2016 research outputs were properly reported in MARLO (with a valid URL or a

document uploaded). This information is essential, to verify that a document exists, and to make

it available via CCAFS repositories. For future reporting we will ask everyone to please make

sure to publish their research outputs in CGSpace, Dataverse, and CCAFS Data Portals

before the reporting period.

In 2016, 86% of the total 529 research outputs reported are Open Access and 54% are FAIR

compliant. In detail, 372 are classified as Findable, which means that data and metadata are

easy to find by both humans and computers, deliverables are assigned a globally unique and

persistent identifier, 456 are Accessible, limitations on the use of data, and protocols for

querying or copying data are made explicit for both humans and machines, 334 are

Interoperable, the computer can interpret the data, so that they can be automatically combined

with other data and 435 are Reusable, data and metadata are released with a clear and

accessible data usage license. Please check the statistics below:

Disclaimer: MARLO is interoperable with different repositories (CGSpace, Dataverse, IFPRI

Knowledge Repository and the ILRI’s Datasets Portal) thus far, therefore, we are counting as

interoperable all deliverables disseminated on those repositories. Please let us know of any

additional repository which should be part of this list.

Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target.

Open Access

Wollenberg E, Richards M, Smith P, Havlík P, Obersteiner M,

Tubiello FN, Herold M, Gerber P, Carter S, Reisinger A, van Vuuren D, Dickie A, Neufeldt H,

Sander BO, Wassman R, Sommer R, Amonette JE, Falcucci A, Herrero M, Opio C, Roman-

Cuesta R, Stehfest E, Westhoek H, Ortiz-Monasterio I, Sapkota T, Rufino MC, Thornton PK,

Verchot L, West PC, Soussana JF, Baedeker T, Sadler M, Vermeulen S, Campbell BM. 2016.

Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target. Global Change Biology.

22(12):3859-3864.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13340

See more details

Top 5 - 2016 CCAFS Altmetrics Highest Scores

Rippke U, Ramirez-Villegas J, Jarvis A, Vermeulen SJ, Parker L, Mer F, Diekkrüger B, Challinor

AJ, Howden M. 2016. Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan

African agriculture. Nature Climate Change 6, 605–609.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2947

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Castañeda Álvarez NP, Khoury CK, Achicanoy HA, Bernau V, Dempewolf H, Eastwood RJ,

Guarino L, Harker RH, Jarvis A, Maxted N, Müller JV, Ramirez-Villegas J, Sosa CC, Struik PC,

Vincent H, Toll Jane. 2016. Global conservation priorities for crop wild relatives. Nature Plants

2:16022.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2016.22

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Herrero M, Henderson B, Havlik P, Thornton PK, Conant RT,

Smith P, Wirsenius S, Hristov AN, Gerber P, Gill M, Butterbach-Bahl K, Valin H, Garnett T,

Stehfest E. 2016. Greenhouse gas mitigation potential in the livestock sector. Nature Climate

Change 6:452–461.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2925

See more details

Open Access

Bell J, Taylor M, Amos M, Andrew N. 2016. Climate change and Pacific Island food systems.

CCAFS and CTA. Copenhagen, Denmark and Wageningen, the Netherlands.

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/75610

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2016 CCAFS Publications and Research Outputs

Publication list

Most popular CCAFS items on CGSpace in 2016

1. Beddington J, Asaduzzaman M, Fernandez A, Clark M, Guillou M, Jahn M, Erda L,

Mamo T, Bo NV, Nobre CA, Scholes R, Sharma R, Wakhungu J. 2012. Achieving food

security in the face of climate change: Final Report from the Commission on

Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR

Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/35589

File downloads: 8,200

Item views: 1,151

2. Vermeulen SJ. 2014. Climate change, food security and small-scale producers:

Analysis of findings of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). CCAFS Info Note. Copenhagen,

Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

(CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/35215

File downloads: 3,600

Item views: 537

3. Jost C, Ferdous N, Spicer TD. 2014. Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory

Research in Climate Change and Agriculture. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR

Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS); CARE

International and the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/45955

File downloads: 2,921

Item views: 164

4. Richards M, Sander BO. 2014. Alternate wetting and drying in irrigated rice. Climate-

Smart Agriculture Practice Brief. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/35402

File downloads: 2,777

Item views: 352

5. Dinesh D, Vermeulen S, Bacudo I, Martinez-Baron D, Castro-Nunez A, Hedger M, Huyer

S, Iversen P, Laure A, Loboguerrero Rodriguez AM, Martius C, Neufeldt H, Nyasimi M,

Richards M, Wollenberg L. 2016. Options for agriculture at Marrakech climate talks:

messages for SBSTA 45 agriculture negotiators. CCAFS Report No. 16.

Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and

Food Security (CCAFS).

Top 10 from CGSpace in 2016

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/76562

File downloads: 2,511

Item views: 227

6. Hom NH, Htwe NM, Hein Y, Than SM, Kywe M, Htut T. 2015. Myanmar Climate-Smart

Agriculture Strategy. Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOAI). Naypyitaw,

Myanmar: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

(CCAFS), International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/69091

File downloads: 2,408

Item views: 171

7. Greatrex H, Hansen J, Garvin S, Diro R, Blakeley S, Le Guen M, Rao K, Osgood D.

2015. Scaling up index insurance for smallholder farmers: Recent evidence and

insights. CCAFS Report No. 14. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on

Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/53101

File downloads: 2,298

Item views: 315

8. Beddington J, Asaduzzaman M, Fernandez A, Clark M, Guillou M, Jahn M, Erda L,

Mamo T, Bo N Van, Nobre CA, Scholes R, Sharma R, Wakhungu J. 2011. Achieving

food security in the face of climate change: summary for policy makers from the

Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change. Copenhagen,

Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

(CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/10701

File downloads: 2,193

Item views: 781

9. Nelson S, Huyer S. 2016. A Gender-responsive Approach to Climate-Smart

Agriculture: Evidence and guidance for practitioners. Climate-Smart Agriculture

Practice Brief. Copenhagen, Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change,

Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/73049

File downloads: 2,187

Item views: 138

10. Ortiz R, Jarvis A, Fox P, Aggarwal PK, Campbell BM. 2014. Plant genetic engineering,

climate change and food security. CCAFS Working Paper No. 72. Copenhagen,

Denmark: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

(CCAFS).

http://hdl.handle.net/10568/41934

File downloads: 2,020

Item views: 54

Total file downloads from CGSpace in 2016: 201,019

Total item views from CGSpace in 2016: 182,742

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their tool for results-based management. In addition, CIAT will be launching its MARLO ‘center’

version during this years’ Annual Program Review (APR).

It’s important to remember to report all your 2017 CCAFS-related outputs in MARLO

next year. In 2016 the reporting rate was poor: for journal papers, books and book

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