Extreme climate events can undermine agricultural and rural development progress. Even in years when
extreme events do not occur, the uncertainty that results from climate-related risk is an impediment to
sustainable intensification of agriculture and adoption of climate-smart agricultural produc...
Coffey, Kevin
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Haile, Menghestab
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Halperin, Mea
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Wamukoya, George
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Hansen, James
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Kinyangi, James
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Tesfaye Fantaye, Kindie
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[Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa]
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Expanding the contribution of early warning to climate-resilient agricultural development in Africa
Rural climate services can provide benefits to both women and men by addressing gender-based challenges that prevent access to and action on weather and climate information. Working with women’s groups and identifying gender-based preferences for use of information and communication technologies ...
This study was undertaken in Wote division, Makueni district, Eastern province, Kenya, to test the effectiveness of different methods of communicating downscaled seasonal climate forecast information, and to assess its impact on management and productivity of smallholder farms. The communication ...
Rao, K.P.C.
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Hansen, James
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Njiru E
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Githungo WN
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Oyoo A
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[Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya]
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Impacts of seasonal climate communication strategies on farm management and livelihoods in Wote, Kenya
This report reflects the summary of baseline findings in Malawi, under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, types of climate services farmers and pastoralists n...
Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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Halperin, Mea
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[Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]
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Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa
This report reflects upon the consolidated findings from the baseline and scoping studies conducted under the auspices of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, type of climate servi...
Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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Halperin, Mea
,
[Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]
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Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa
JRC, CCAFS jointly sponsored the workshop on June 13-14, 2012, at the JRC in Ispra, Italy, to identify avenues for exploiting remote sensing information to improving crop forecasting in smallholder farming environments. The workshop’s objectives were:
1) To advance the state-of-knowledge of data ...
Hoefsloot P
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Ines, Amor V. M.
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Dam, Jos C. van
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Duveiller, Gregory
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Kayitakire, Francois
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Hansen, James
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[Combining Crop Models and Remote Sensing for Yield Prediction: Concepts, Applications and Challenges for Heterogeneous Smallholder Environments]
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Combining Crop Models and Remote Sensing for Yield Prediction: Concepts, Applications and Challenges for Heterogeneous Smallholder Environments
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop; “Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural
Insurance Research Community,” held in Washington, D.C., January 20-22. 29 participants
representing 14 CGIAR Centers (AfricaRice, CIAT, CIMMYT, ICARDA, ICRAF, IFPRI,
ILRI, CCAFS, IWMI, IRRI) came together to...
Garvin, S
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Hansen, James
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[Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community]
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Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community
The impacts of a warming world are affecting food production in every corner of the globe. From shifting rainfall patterns and growing seasons, to more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, to increasingly severe pest and disease outbreaks among crops and livestock, farming as we know it is u...
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Birch, James
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Meza, Laura
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Sunga, Ishmael
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Bong, Bui Ba
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Rabbinge, Rudy
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Reddy, Matthew
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Korner, Jana
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Millan, Alberto
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Hansen, James
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Huyer, Sophia
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture]
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Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture
This study estimated the economic value of agricultural climate services for strengthening the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate variability and risks in Ethiopia. Using a choice experiment approach, the study introduced a hypothetical package of improved climate services to 600 random...
Abonesh Tesfaye Tulu
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Hansen, James
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Kassie, Girma T.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Solomon, Dawit
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[Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach]
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Estimating the economic value of climate services for strengthening resilience of smallholder farmers to climate risks in Ethiopia: A choice experiment approach
We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan African farmers’ adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an earlier assessment that mutually reinforcing supply-side and demand-side capacity constraints impede the development o...
Hansen, James
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Dinku, Tufa
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Carr, Edward
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Körner, Jana
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale]
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Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale