The purpose of this report is to examine the interconnectedness between climate change and food and nutrition security in Latin America and to offer a suite of methods for measuring how they affect one another. This first part of the report offers a brief overview of food and nutrition security i...
Cramer, Laura
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Huyer, Sophia
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Lavado, Angela
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana]
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[Methods Proposed to Evaluate the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic]
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Methods Proposed to Evaluate the Potential Impact of Climate Change on Food and Nutrition Security in Central America and the Dominican Republic
We present a framework for prioritizing adaptation approaches at a range of timeframes. The framework is illustrated by four case studies from developing countries, each with associated characterization of uncertainty. Two cases on near-term adaptation planning in Sri Lanka and on stakeholder sce...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Eriyagama, Nishadi
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Läderach, Peter
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Nicklin, K.J.
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Hawkins, E.
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Smith, D.R.
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[Addressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture]
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Addressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture
The ‘sustainable intensification’ (SI) approach and ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) are highly complementary. SI is an essential means of adapting to climate change, also resulting in lower emissions per unit of output. With its emphasis on improving risk management, information flows and local...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Lipper, Leslie
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[Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?]
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Sustainable intensification: What is its role in climate smart agriculture?
Climate change impacts food production systems, particularly in locations with large, vulnerable populations. Elevated greenhouse gases (GHG), as well as land cover/land use change (LCLUC), can influence regional climate dynamics. Biophysical factors such as topography, soil type, and seasonal ra...
Moore N
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Alagarswamy, G.
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Pijanowski, B.C.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Lofgren B
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Olson J
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Andresen, J.
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Yanda, P.Z.
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Qi J
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[East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales]
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East African food security as influenced by future climate change and land use change at local to regional scales
In this paper we focus on the issue of how climate change affects the way that agricultural systems
and the people that manage and govern them need to change in the next 20 years in order to
achieve food security, and how FAO and CGIAR can support that change. We build on a huge body
of lit...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Lipper, Leslie
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Baas, S.
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Cattaneo, Andrea
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Chesterman, Sabrina
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Cochrane, K.
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Young, C. de
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Clerck, F. de
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Douthwaite, Boru
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DuVal A
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Fadda, Carlo
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Garnett, Tara
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Gerber, Pierre J.
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Howden, Mark
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Mann W
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McCarthy N
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Sessa R
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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[How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security? Background paper for the conference "Food Security Futures: Research Priorities for the 21st Century" held in Dublin, Ireland, 11-12 April 2013]
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How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security? Background paper for the conference "Food Security Futures: Research Priorities for the 21st Century" held in Dublin, Ireland, 11-12 April 2013
National planners and others in the international development community are looking to transform a rising demand for animal-source foods in many low- and middle-income countries into opportunities that benefit poor and vulnerable people. Scenario analysis and sectoral reviews aid the understandin...
Enahoro, Dolapo K.
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Njiru, Nelly
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Staal, Steven J.
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[A review of projections of demand and supply of livestock-derived foods and the implications for livestock sector management in LSIL focus countries.]
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A review of projections of demand and supply of livestock-derived foods and the implications for livestock sector management in LSIL focus countries.
Smallholder crop–livestock farming systems have an important role to play for food security in Sub-Saharan Africa, but they have to cope with the effects of climate variability and change. In this study, we test the impacts of different interventions in two contrasting mixed farms in Northern Bur...
Rigolot, C.
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Voil, P. de
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Prestwidge, D.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Rodríguez, D.
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Medina, D.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Interactions between intervention packages, climatic risk, climate change and food security in mixed crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso]
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Interactions between intervention packages, climatic risk, climate change and food security in mixed crop–livestock systems in Burkina Faso
Along with several other CGIAR research programs, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has in 2014 been piloting a new way of doing business revolving around the use of results-based management (RBM). Six trial projects were selected via a competitiv...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Cramer, Laura
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[Lessons and Insights from the CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial. Summary from the CCAFS Flagship 4 RBM trial projects survey]
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Lessons and Insights from the CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial. Summary from the CCAFS Flagship 4 RBM trial projects survey
Thornton, Philip K.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Cramer, Laura
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Vasileiou, Ioannis
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Jost, Christine
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Lessons learned from the Flagship 4 Results-based management Trial]
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Lessons learned from the Flagship 4 Results-based management Trial
The original choice of the three target regions for CCAFS started from the understanding that
South Asia and Africa are particularly vulnerable to climate change and deserving of priority
attention. To summarise, of the various candidates in these two parts of the world, the
decision to selec...