Mexico is the primary center of origin and diversity for maize (Zea mays L.). Farmers grow the crop largely under rain-fed conditions. Mexico is at considerable risk from climate change because of predicted rising temperatures, declining rainfall, and an increase in extreme weather events. Small-...
Hellin, J.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Hearne, SJ
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[Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico]
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Maize Landraces and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mexico
Studies on the enabling factors for household food security (HFS) most often used simplified econometric models looking into the links with a selected set of variables. In this research, a livelihood approach of HFS was used and aimed at determining the most significant livelihood assets for HFS ...
N’Danikou, S.
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Vodouhe, R.S.
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Bellon, M.R.
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Sidibe, A.
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Coulibaly, H.
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[Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa]
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Foraging is determinant to improve smallholders’ food security in rural areas in Mali, West Africa
This chapter reviews the potential impacts of climate change on on-farm conservation of crop diversity and on the contribution that on-farm conservation can make to agricultural adaptation to climate change, and ask two questions: (1) How might climate change affect the viability of on-farm conse...
Bellon, M.R.
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Etten, Jacob van
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[Climate change and on-farm conservation of crop landraces in centres of diversity]
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Climate change and on-farm conservation of crop landraces in centres of diversity