To achieve food security for many in low-income and middle-income countries for whom this is already a challenge, especially with the additional complications of climate change, will require early investment to support smallholder farming systems and the associated food systems that supply poor c...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Hansen, James
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers]
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Climate change, agriculture and food security: A global partnership to link research and action for low-income agricultural producers and consumers
Drought is of global concern for society but it originates as a local problem. It has a significant impact on water quantity and quality and influences food, water, and energy security. The consequences of drought vary in space and time, from the local scale (e.g. county level) to regional scale ...
Mishra AK
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Ines AVM
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Das, NN
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Khedun CP
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Singh VP
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Sivakumar B
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Hansen, James
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[Anatomy of a local-scale drought: Application of assimilated remote sensing products, crop model, and statistical methods to an agricultural drought study]
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Anatomy of a local-scale drought: Application of assimilated remote sensing products, crop model, and statistical methods to an agricultural drought study
Throughout at least the past several centuries, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has played a significant role in human response to climate. Over time, increased attention on ENSO has led to a better understanding of both the physical mechanisms, and the environmental and societal consequences...
Zebiak, Stephen E.
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Orlove B
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Muñoz, A.G.
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Hansen, James
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Troy T
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Thomson M
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Lustig A
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Garvin S
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[Investigating El Niño-Southern Oscillation and society relationships]
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Investigating El Niño-Southern Oscillation and society relationships
This paper provides a historical overview of the development and mainstreaming of global agendas on climate risk management and climate services from the vantage point of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), and present two examples that illustrate how efforts to ma...
Hansen, James
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Zebiak, Stephen E.
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Coffey, Kevin
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[Shaping global agendas on climate risk management and climate services: an IRI perspective]
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Shaping global agendas on climate risk management and climate services: an IRI perspective
Decision-relevant information on the past climate, recent trends, likely future trajectories, anomalies and associated impacts is a prerequisite for decision-making at different levels. Unfortunately, climate information is often not available or, where it does exist, is inaccessible to those tha...
Dinku, Tufa
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Thomson, Madeleine C.
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Cousin, Remi
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Corral, John del
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Ceccato, Pietro
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Hansen, James
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Connor, Stephen J.
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[Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) for development in Africa]
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Enhancing National Climate Services (ENACTS) for development in Africa
Climate information services (CIS) involve the production, translation, transfer, and use of climate information for individual and societal decision-making. After years of focus on building CIS around available information, today the CIS community recognizes that effective CIS are aimed at speci...
Carr, Edward
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Goble, Rob
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Rosko, Helen M.
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Hansen, James
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[Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda]
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Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda
Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence prevents a realistic analysis of whether such services are delivering on their potential. This paper revi...
Vaughan, Catherine
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Hansen, James
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Roudier, Philippe
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Watkiss, Paul
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Carr, Edward
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[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda]
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Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda
Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists, particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the extent and the persistence of rural poverty in these environments. Stochastic shocks erode smallholder farmers' long...
Hansen, James
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Hellin, Jon
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Fisher, Eleanor
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Etten, Jacob van
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Rose, Alison
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction]
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Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction
Human activities and their relation with land, through agriculture and forestry, are significantly impacting Earth system functioning. Specifically, agriculture has increasingly become a key sector for adaptation and mitigation initiatives that address climate change and help ensure food security...
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Cooper, Peter J.M.
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Hansen, James
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems]
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Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems
Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world. Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries. Experts have pro...
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Kinyangi, James
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Recha, John W.M.
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Huyer, Sophia
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Hansen, James
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Álvarez Toro, Patricia
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Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés
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Arango-Londoño, David
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Patiño-Bravo, Victor
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Rivera, Ovidio
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Yen, Bui Tan
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[The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture]
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The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture