The CCAFS Regional Program for Southeast Asia (CCAFS-SEA) organized a convergence meeting involving CGIAR CCAFS focal persons and selected partners on 11-13 December 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. About 24 participants from collaborating CGIAR Consortium Centers (Bioversity, CIAT, CIP, ICRISAT, IFPRI...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CGIAR R4D collaboration for climate change in Southeast Asia: report of convergence meeting]
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CGIAR R4D collaboration for climate change in Southeast Asia: report of convergence meeting
South and Southeast Asian regions are home to more than 30 per cent of the world’s population; half the world’s poor and malnourished. Agriculture plays a critical role in terms of employment and livelihood security for a large majority of people in most countries of the region. The region is pro...
Rangeland resources are among the most important – and almost certainly the most neglected – agro ecosystem component in dry areas. They are the largest land-use category, home to the poorest segment of the population, and crucial for millions of small-scale livestock producers. The availability ...
Ates, S.
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Louhaichi, Mounir
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[Reflexions on Agro-pastoralists in the WANA region: challenges and future priorities]
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Reflexions on Agro-pastoralists in the WANA region: challenges and future priorities
Global warming will have far-reaching consequences for agriculture that will dispropotionately affect poor and marginalized groups who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and have a lower capacity to adapt. Sustainable food security in a world of growing population and changing dieats is ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Hansen, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[How can we feed nine billion people while reducing GHG emissions?]
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How can we feed nine billion people while reducing GHG emissions?
Global climate change is one of the main issues discussed at various international and intergovernmental meetings and consultations. Since the mid-1990s, the issue went beyond the scientific papers and discussions and became the subject of discussions among policy makers. Key issues of climate ch...
Glazirina, M.
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Yuldashev, Tulkun
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Sommer, Rolf
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[Climate change in dry lands of Central Asia: from assessment methods to adaptation strategies]
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Climate change in dry lands of Central Asia: from assessment methods to adaptation strategies
This document contains a question received by the Committee from one of its members during its third meeting in June 2012 and, at the invitation of the Commiittee, re-submitted in writing to the Secretariat. The document also provides some elements of analysis to facilitate the Committee’s apprai...
Halewood, Michael
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[Collection, conservation and distribution through the SMTA of samples of plant varieties protected by plant breeder's rights]
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Collection, conservation and distribution through the SMTA of samples of plant varieties protected by plant breeder's rights
The abstracts herein are of presentations by experts participating in the workshop “Modeling Wheat Response to High Temperature”. Sponsored by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and in collaboration with the University of Florida, University of Bon...
Alderman, Phillip D.
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Quilligan, Emma
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Asseng, Senthold
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Ewert, Frank
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Reynolds, Matthew P.
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[Proceedings of the Workshop Modeling Wheat Response to High Temperature held in El Batán, Mexico, 19-21 June 2013]
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Proceedings of the Workshop Modeling Wheat Response to High Temperature held in El Batán, Mexico, 19-21 June 2013
This publication is the result of the International Conference held in Frankfurt, Germany 14-16 June 2011 organized in the framework of an International UN Project funded by IFAD Reinforcing the resilience of poor rural communities in the face of food insecurity, poverty and climate change throu...
Padulosi, S.
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Bergamini, N.
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Lawrence T
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[On farm conservation of neglected and underutilized species: status, trends and novel approaches to cope with climate change. Proceedings of an International Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 14 16 June 2011]
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On farm conservation of neglected and underutilized species: status, trends and novel approaches to cope with climate change. Proceedings of an International Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 14 16 June 2011
Investment in national climate services must address trade-offs between meeting context-specific
farmer needs and providing cost-effective services at scale. In the context of an ongoing
national-scale agricultural climate service initiative in Rwanda, we discuss approaches used to
address five s...
Hansen, James
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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[Can rural climate services meet context-specific needs, and still be scalable? Experience from Rwanda]
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Can rural climate services meet context-specific needs, and still be scalable? Experience from Rwanda
Bundling agricultural insurance with climate-smart technologies and practices (CSA) can help improve risk management for smallholder farmers. This paper analyzes how bundling affects demand for insurance and CSA. Calibrating index insurance parameters to CSA payoff profiles increases the demand f...
Kramer, Berber
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Ceballos, Francisco
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[Enhancing adaptive capacity through climate-smart insurance: Theory and evidence from India]
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Enhancing adaptive capacity through climate-smart insurance: Theory and evidence from India