At the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Bali, CCAFS, IFAD and USDA-FAS organized the Side event “Accelerating innovation development and scaling climate-smart agriculture to drive a transformation in food systems”. High-level representatives of > 20 governments, resea...
Koerner, Jana
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Firmian, Ilaria
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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[Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation]
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Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation
Food vendors are pivotal in the local food system of most low‐income informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya, despite being seen as an obstruction and as agents of disease and filth by city authorities. This paper explores the geography of these foodscapes – defined as public sites of food product...
Ahmed, S.
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Haklay, M.
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Tacoli, C.
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Githiri, G.
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Davila, J.
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Allen, A.
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Fèvre, Eric M.
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[Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya]
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Participatory mapping and food‐centred justice in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya
Agriculture contributes approximately 32% to the country’s GDP in 2015, mostly through food crop production, which accounted for approximately 65% of the agricultural GDP. Nearly 60% of of the economically active population is employed in the sector. Women make up roughly half of the workforce an...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[East Africa: Tanzania - Agriculture, food security and climate change outlook]
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East Africa: Tanzania - Agriculture, food security and climate change outlook
Agriculture is the main economic sector, accounting for 27% of GDP, employing 73% of the labor force and contributing 46% of total exports. Agricultural production is primarily based on small scale subsistence farming, comprising a system of mixed agriculture with perennial and annual crops, as w...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[East Africa: Uganda - Agriculture, food security and climate change outlook]
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East Africa: Uganda - Agriculture, food security and climate change outlook
Neuenschwander, P.
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Tamo, M.
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Saethre, M.G.
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[Improving plant health in sub-Saharan Africa: conclusions and future challenges]
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Improving plant health in sub-Saharan Africa: conclusions and future challenges
This project takes a novel approach to enhancing food security and incomes by focusing on employment opportunities. Through learning about growing, multiplying and processing orange-fleshed sweetpotato, young people in northern Mozambique will acquire the knowledge and skills to build sustainable...
International Potato Center
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[Promoting employment, food security and nutrition in Mozambique. Sweetpotato-based job-opportunities for young people. Project profile.]
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Promoting employment, food security and nutrition in Mozambique. Sweetpotato-based job-opportunities for young people. Project profile.
Stevens, Joe
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Koppen, Barbara C.M. van
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[Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - South Africa. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program].]
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Trends and Outlook: Agricultural Water Management in southern Africa. Country report - South Africa. [Project report submitted to United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) Feed the Future Program].
Microinsurance is widely considered an important tool for sustainable poverty reduction, especially in the face of increasing climate risk. Although index based microinsurance, which should be free from the classical incentive problems, has attracted considerable attention, uptake rates have gene...
Takahashi, Kazushi
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Ikegami, Munenobu
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Sheahan, M.
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Barrett, Christopher B.
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[Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia]
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Quasi-Experimental Evidence on the Drivers of Index-Based Livestock Insurance Demand in Southern Ethiopia