The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably incre...
The early studies of the ASB Partnership for the Tropical Forest Margins stratified the domain for study into stages of a generic transition pathway that suggested a strongly non-linear trajectory of change. In this scheme, a phase of degradation of aboveground vegetation, based on over-logging o...
Meyfroidt P
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Minang, Peter A.
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Dewi, S.
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Lambin EF
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[Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?]
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Drivers and consequences of tropical forest transitions: options to bypass land degradation?
Agroforestry and other tree-based systems (wood lots, afforestation) can contribute to Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) in two ways: 1) as part of REDD+ under certain forest definitions; and / or 2) as part of a strategy for achieving REDD+ in landscapes. In th...
Minang, Peter A.
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Bernard F
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Kahurani E
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[Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges. ASB Policy Brief 26]
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Agroforestry in REDD+: Opportunities and Challenges. ASB Policy Brief 26
La presente nota informativa ofrece un panorama general de lo que se afirma en el AR5 sobre los efectos del cambio climático en la alimentación y la agricultura, y en particular, la alimentación y la agricultura de los 500 millones de pequeños agricultores y criadores de ganado, así como pescador...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[El cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria y los pequeños productores]
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El cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria y los pequeños productores
La présente note d’information donne un aperçu du point de vue de l’AR5 concernant les impacts des changements climatiques sur l’alimentation et l’agriculture – en particulier l’alimentation et l’agriculture du demi-milliard de petits exploitants agricoles, éleveurs et pêcheurs qui sont les plus ...
This brief presents the findings of a scoping study on climate information services in East Africa, conducted as a requirement for the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) Project, under Work Stream 4 on Enabling Environment for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). The purpose was to a...
Osumba, Joab
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Recha, John
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[Scoping study brief – State of climate information services in East Africa]
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Scoping study brief – State of climate information services in East Africa
This brief presents the findings of a scoping study on index-based crop insurance in East Africa, conducted as a requirement for the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) Project, under Work Stream 3 on Enabling Environment for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). The broad objective wa...
Osumba, Joab
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Recha, John
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[Scoping study brief - State of index-based crop insurance services in East Africa]
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Scoping study brief - State of index-based crop insurance services in East Africa
This brief presents the findings of a scoping study on potential for adaptation and mitigation in East Africa, conducted as a requirement for the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow (CRAFT) Project, under Work Stream 3 on Enabling Environment for Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). The purpo...
Osumba, Joab
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Recha, John
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[Scoping study brief - Potential for adaptation and mitigation]
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Scoping study brief - Potential for adaptation and mitigation
A study undertaken to examine the factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep in an agro-pastoral system in Niono from 1978 to 1984. Considers birth weight & weights to weaning, weights from weaning to maturity, and breeding female post-partum weights. Discusses effects of c...
Wilson, R.T.
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[Livestock production in central Mali: Environmental factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep]
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Livestock production in central Mali: Environmental factors affecting weight in traditionally managed goats and sheep