Gender integration across national policy processes is critical to ensure effective implementation of climate change adaptation interventions in agriculture. This is especially so for countries like Nepal, where climate vulnerability and women participation in agriculture is high, accompanied by ...
Paudyal, Bimala Rai
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Chanana, Nitya
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Sherpa, Lakpa
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Kadariya, Ishwari
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal]
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Gender Integration in Climate Change and Agricultural Policies: The Case of Nepal
Decision makers in developing countries need evidence of the impacts climate change is having and will continue to have on agriculture and food systems as well as knowledge on how to design better policies to deal with such impacts. Research for development scientists are generating this evidence...
Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Laderach, Peter
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Partey, Samuel
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Totin, Edmond
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Vasileiou, Ioannis
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Veeger, Marieke
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[Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries]
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Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries
This policy brief synthesises key findings and recommendations for decision-making
under uncertainty in the agriculture sector in Nepal. This brief highlights the methodologies used for selection
of champion climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices for different agro-ecological regions of Nepal ...
Poudel, Bikash
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Khanal, Ram Chandra
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Bhatta, Kiran
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Chaudhari, Pashupati
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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[Climate-Smart Agriculture in Nepal: Champion technologies and their pathways for scaling up]
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Nepal: Champion technologies and their pathways for scaling up
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has a significant role to play in reducing the gender gap in labor burden for women in agriculture. A targeted approach to address this gap can be useful in developing a women-responsive climatic risk management plan focused on reducing their labor burden in agricu...
Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Regmi, Punya Prasad
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Chanana, Nitya
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas]
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Potential of climate-smart agriculture in reducing women farmers’ drudgery in high climatic risk areas
This paper presents a framework to prioritize locally suitable climate-smart agricultural (CSA) interventions and implementation suitability assessments with key stakeholders: state and district agriculture departments, extension offices, agriculture research institutions, NGOs and donor agencies...
Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climat...
Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
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Rahut, Dil Bahadur
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Sapkota, Tek B
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Khurana, Ritika
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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[Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia]
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Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia
The increasing frequency of climatic risks, such as flood, drought, heat and cold waves, is causing significant loss of farm productivity and income in agriculturally dependent communities. Timely availability of reliable information on weather conditions, agro-advisories, and market information ...
Gangopadhyay, Prasun K.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Shirsath, Paresh B
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Spatial targeting of ICT-based weather and agro-advisory services for climate risk management in agriculture]
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Spatial targeting of ICT-based weather and agro-advisory services for climate risk management in agriculture
Achieving sustainability of the cereal system in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) of India under progressive climate change and variability necessitates adoption of practices and technologies that increase food production, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This paper examines conserva...
Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Aryal JP
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Jat, Kumar Raj
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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[Climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and economic profitability of conservation agriculture: Some examples from cereal systems of Indo-Gangetic Plains]
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Climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and economic profitability of conservation agriculture: Some examples from cereal systems of Indo-Gangetic Plains
This brochure highlights the aspects of a project collaboration between CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) South Asia and a private sector giant in India, ITC Limited. The project represents a convergence of ITC's 'Sunehra Kal' mission for promoting su...
Stakeholders engaged in agricultural research for development (AR4D) are increasingly tackling risks associated with climate change in smallholder systems. Accordingly, development and scaling of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) are one of the priorities for all the organizations, departments and ...