There is a growing scientific consensus on climate change and the need for adaptation, yet an impasse on realizing development for the rural and urban poor. Emily Boyd et al. suggest that a resilience lens may assist development policy to consider pathways towards more successful livelihood trans...
Boyd, E.
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Osbahr, H.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Tompkins, E.L.
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Lemos, M.C.
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Miller, F.
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[Resilience and 'Climatizing' development: Examples and policy implications]
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Resilience and 'Climatizing' development: Examples and policy implications
ASB, the Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins, is a decade-old, complex, multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary, multi-site research and development consortium. It has been recognized for its success in producing scientific outputs and real world impacts and as a pioneer in integrated nat...
Tomich, Thomas P.
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Timmer, D.W.
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Velarde, SJ
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Alegre Orihuela, JC
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Areskoug, V.
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Cash, D.W.
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Cattaneo, Andrea
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Joshi, L.
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Kasyoki, J
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Legg, C.
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Locatelli, M.
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Murdiyarso, Daniel
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Palm, C.A.
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Porro, R.
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Rescia Perazzo, A
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Salazar Vega, A
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Weise, S.F.
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White, D.
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[Integrative science in practice : Process perspectives from ASB, the partnership for the tropical forest margins]
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Integrative science in practice : Process perspectives from ASB, the partnership for the tropical forest margins
Lack of accurate maps on the extent of global cropland, and particularly the spatial distribution of major crop types, hampers policy and strategic investment and could potentially impede efforts to improve food security in an environment characterized by continued market volatility and a changin...
See, Linda
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Fritz, Steffen
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You, Liangzhi
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Ramankutty, R.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Justice, Chris
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Becker-Reshef, Inbal
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Erb, Karlheinz
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Gong, Peng
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Tang, H.
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Velde, M. van der
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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McCallum, Ian
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Kraxner, Florian
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security]
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Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security
The focus of the great majority of climate change impact studies is on changes in mean climate. In terms of climate model output, these changes are more robust than changes in climate variability. By concentrating on changes in climate means, the full impacts of climate change on biological and h...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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[Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review]
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Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review
Robinson, Lance W.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Chesterman, Sabrina
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Worden, J.S.
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[Sustainable intensification in drylands: What resilience and vulnerability can tell us]
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Sustainable intensification in drylands: What resilience and vulnerability can tell us
Recently, the development and humanitarian relief communities have directed attention to building resilience of pastoral communities to droughts and other shocks. While resilience thinking has much to offer, using resilience as a framework for investing in disaster risk reduction and development ...
Davies, J.
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Robinson, Lance W.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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[Development process resilience and sustainable development: Insights from the Drylands of Eastern Africa]
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Development process resilience and sustainable development: Insights from the Drylands of Eastern Africa
Food is fundamental to human wellbeing and development. Increased food production remains a cornerstone strategy in the effort to alleviate global food insecurity. But despite the fact that global food production over the past half century has kept ahead of demand, today around one billion people...
Misselhorn, A.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Gregory, P.
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Horn-Phathanothai, L.
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Ingram, J.
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Wiebe, K.
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[A vision for attaining food security]
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A vision for attaining food security