Better soil health can increase agricultural productivity. Restoration activities can build on-farm resilience and contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Land and soil health surveys can improve crop modeling predictions under various climate scenarios and guide more targeted in...
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Läderach, Peter
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Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Lamanna, Christine
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Invest in climate-smart soil and land health]
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Invest in climate-smart soil and land health
Recognizing successful climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices is not enough for them to be adopted at scale.
At many sites, government or development-led interventions to promote CSA practices face low adoption rates or are not adopted at all.
Data shows that CSA adoption depends on drivers...
Läderach, Peter
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Lamanna, Christine
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Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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[Know what drives the adoption of climate-smart agriculture across different scales]
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Know what drives the adoption of climate-smart agriculture across different scales
The issue of scale is examined in the context of a watershed development policy (WSD) in India. WSD policy goals, by improving the natural resource base, aim to improve the livelihoods of rural communities through increased sustainable production. It has generally been practiced at a micro-level ...
Syme, G. J.
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Reddy, V.R.
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Pavelic, Paul
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Croke, B.
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Ranjan, R.
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[Confronting scale in watershed development in India.]
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Confronting scale in watershed development in India.
This presentation concerns the key property rights issues arising in the West African Semi-Arid Tropics (WASAT). The WASAT contains three main agro-climatic zones: Sahel (300–600 mm of annual rainfall falling in 2.5–4 months); Sudanian (600–900 mm, 4 to 6 month rainy season); an...
Williams, Timothy O.
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[Traditional strategies and adaptive resource use by crop-livestock producers in the Sahel]
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Traditional strategies and adaptive resource use by crop-livestock producers in the Sahel
Hancock, JK
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Hill, RW
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Hargreaves, GH
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[Potential evapotranspiration and precipitation deficits for Tropical America]
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Potential evapotranspiration and precipitation deficits for Tropical America
Through time, interactions between physical and biotic factors contribute to emerging landscape patterns. The dynamics among social and cultural groups influence the human-mediated contribution to this process. This paper explores the cultural, historical, and socioeconomic differences among peop...
Rodríguez, L.C.
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Portela, R.
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Boumans, R.
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[Differences in nonmonetary value of ecosystem goods and services among Kalinago and Afro-Creole peoples of the commonwealth of dominica, West Indies]
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Differences in nonmonetary value of ecosystem goods and services among Kalinago and Afro-Creole peoples of the commonwealth of dominica, West Indies
United Nations Environment Programme
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[République Démocratique du Congo: Évaluation environnementale post-conflict]
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République Démocratique du Congo: Évaluation environnementale post-conflict
United Nations Environment Programme
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[The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers]
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Post-Conflict Environmental Assessment: Synthesis for Policy Makers
United Nations Environment Programme
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International Union for Conservation of Nature
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[Gender and Environment Statistics: Unlocking Information for Action and Measuring the SDGs]
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Gender and Environment Statistics: Unlocking Information for Action and Measuring the SDGs