Given the accumulating evidence of climate change in sub-Saharan Africa, there is an urgent need to develop more climate resilient maize systems. Adaptation strategies to climate change in maize systems in sub-Saharan Africa are likely to include improved germplasm with tolerance to drought and h...
Cairns, Jill E.
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Hellin, J.
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Sonder, Kai
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Araus, J.L.
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MacRobert JF
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Prasanna, Boddupalli
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[Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Adapting maize production to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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[Grass and legumes genotypes with superior adaptation to edaphic and climatic constraints are developed: Output 3]
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Grass and legumes genotypes with superior adaptation to edaphic and climatic constraints are developed: Output 3
Faced with the triple challenges of achieving food security, adapting to the impacts of climate
change, and reducing emissions, agriculture has been prioritized by countries as a sector for
climate action. The national process of formulating and implementing National Adaptation
Plans, which gives...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Richards, Meryl
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[10 best bet innovations for adaptation in agriculture: A supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines]
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10 best bet innovations for adaptation in agriculture: A supplement to the UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines
This working paper synthesizes knowledge within CGIAR on adaptation measures in agricultural systems, for the benefit of parties and observers preparing submissions to the UNFCCC SBSTA. Experience from CGIAR and partners indicate that adaptation measures covering policy, technological, financial,...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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[Adaptation measures in agricultural systems: Messages to the SBSTA 44 Agriculture Workshops]
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Adaptation measures in agricultural systems: Messages to the SBSTA 44 Agriculture Workshops
We are pleased to share the ninth issue of the SmartAG Partner- a quarterly newsletter
of CCAFS East Africa.
After being mostly overlooked for the last ten years, agriculture was on the agenda of
the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technical Advice (SBSTA42) in Bonn, Germany.
SBSTA42 presente...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2015]
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The SmartAG Partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April - June 2015
Taking off from the convergence meeting of CGIAR Centers and selected
partners in December 2013, this regional workshop to mapped out a CCAFS
R4D agenda and strategy for Southeast Asia (SEA). The region was added to
the CCAFS portfolio (East Africa, West Africa, South America, South Asia) in
orde...
Jost, Christine
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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[Workshop on Mapping out a CCAFS R4D Agenda and Strategy for Southeast Asia]
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Workshop on Mapping out a CCAFS R4D Agenda and Strategy for Southeast Asia
The objectives of the workshop were to (i) share and exchange experiences and lessons on available methods and tools to identify and analyse trade-offs in agricultural systems (at different levels: from household to landscape, regional and global level), (ii) to discuss and explore how we can app...
The overall goal of this paper is to apply the climate change and social learning monitoring and evaluation (M&E) framework of the CGIAR’s Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Policies and Institutions Flagship program to a climate change innovation platform. ...
Nair SK
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[Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India]
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Addressing environmental degradation and rural poverty through climate change adaptation: An evaluation of social learning in drought-affected districts of Southern India
A regional workshop on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) technologies was
organized by the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in collaboration with the
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) research
program for Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (C...
Sheinkman, Michael
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McKinley, J
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Adaro, C.
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Bandyopadhyay, S.
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Panda, A
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[Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in Asia CCAFS Workshop Report]
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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in Asia CCAFS Workshop Report
In this issue, we share with you the latest updates on the status of agriculture from the recently concluded nineteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) held from 11 to 22 November 2013 in Warsaw, Poland. We also update you on our work with National partners to integrate climate ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, October–December 2013]
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, October–December 2013