This document series compiles key indicators from the three levels of the baseline for each site. Indicators include: demography and basic site characteristics of each site, rainfall distribution, changes in farming practices and land management, income sources, food security and food sources, as...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CCAFS Baseline Indicators for Usambara/ Lushoto, Tanzania.]
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CCAFS Baseline Indicators for Usambara/ Lushoto, Tanzania.
External evaluation of the CCAFS Scenarios Programme which was initiated in 2010 and is active across all five regions in which CCAFS is engaged, namely South Asia, East Africa, West Africa, Latin America, and South-East Asia. The evaluation concludes that "the CCAFS Scenarios Program is a well d...
Carey, C.
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[The CCAFS Regional Scenarios Programme: External evaluation report on progress towards programme outcomes]
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The CCAFS Regional Scenarios Programme: External evaluation report on progress towards programme outcomes
G-Range is a global model that simulates generalized changes in rangelands through time,
created with support from the International Livestock Research Institute. Spatial data and a set
of parameters that control plant growth and other ecological attributes in landscape units
combine with compute...
Boone, Randall B.
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Conant, Richard T.
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Sircely, Jason A.
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[Adjustment and Sensitivity Analyses of a Beta Global Rangeland Model]
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Adjustment and Sensitivity Analyses of a Beta Global Rangeland Model
The objective of this study is to integrate socioeconomic, biophysical, and remote-sensing information to enhance the understanding of climate change, agriculture and food security within and between CCAFS sites. The purpose is to assess the agricultural production system in the CCAFS site Katuk ...
Mohd Noor, M
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[Assessing complex interactions between human and agro-ecosystem using satellite information. A case study in Katuk Odeyo, Western Kenya.]
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Assessing complex interactions between human and agro-ecosystem using satellite information. A case study in Katuk Odeyo, Western Kenya.
Parvin GA
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[Role of microfinance institutions to enhance food security in the climate change context: gender based analysis of rural poor community of Bangladesh]
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Role of microfinance institutions to enhance food security in the climate change context: gender based analysis of rural poor community of Bangladesh
This report summarizes the findings of the research for the second and third series in terms of the audience knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) in Kenya. The field research and cross tabulation in 2013 was carried out by Research Guide Africa, an independent research organisation
Mediae
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[Shamba Shape Up: Series 2 and 3 Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) Report]
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Shamba Shape Up: Series 2 and 3 Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) Report
The goal of my research is to investigate whether there is a need for gender-specific climate services in communities at risk of flooding, drought and other hydro-meteorological disasters that are on the rise in Africa since the mid-1990s. If there is a need, how can identifying these needs be in...
Tall, Arame
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[Reducing the vulnerability of women rural producers to rising hydro-meteorological disasters in Senegal: are there gender-specific climate service needs?]
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Reducing the vulnerability of women rural producers to rising hydro-meteorological disasters in Senegal: are there gender-specific climate service needs?
Series One of SSU was broadcast on Citizen Television between March and June 2012. It is
estimated that the series attracted an audience of around 3 million television viewers, based
on the Kenya Advertising Research Foundation (KARF) industry recognized data for
measuring the size and profile of...
Africa Centre for Applied Research
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[Shamba Shape Up series one development benefit and systemic impact]
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Shamba Shape Up series one development benefit and systemic impact
In the situation where 61% of farmers in Nepal lack food sufficiency (NARC, 2010) and the production of cereals has been growing only 2 % per annum, which is below the population growth rate (CIP, 2010), the food deficit is particularly severe in the hills and mountains as compared to Terai (a lo...
Raut N
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[Role of gender on agricultural intensification and its contribution to greenhouse gases emission with implication for policy]
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Role of gender on agricultural intensification and its contribution to greenhouse gases emission with implication for policy
This paper synthesizes the insights of six African agricultural carbon project case studies and identifies institutional innovations among these projects that are contributing to long-term project success while maximizing benefits and minimizing risk for participating farmers. We review project o...
Shames, Seth
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Buck, Louise E.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Masiga, Moses
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Biryahwaho B
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[Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects]
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Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects