Most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Kenya, depend heavily on agriculture for income and food security. Any effort aiming to sustain and improve the productivity in agriculture is, therefore, an important step towards improving the livelihoods of many households. Soils are...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.]
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Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.
This report highlights the results of consultation meetings and field visits organized by the Department of Crop Production and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia in association with the three offices of the Department of Agriculture and ...
Bo, Nguyen Van
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Du, Pham Van
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Cuong, Ho Huy
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Hanh, Tran Thi My
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Tuan, Duong Minh
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Trung, Nguyen Duc
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[Adaptation options for agricultural cultivation systems in the South Central Coast under the context of climate change: Assessment Report.]
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Adaptation options for agricultural cultivation systems in the South Central Coast under the context of climate change: Assessment Report.
This is a guideline for a rapid evaluation of agro-climate information systems. The questionnaire serves to evaluate project impacts and specific aspects of the climate service in need of improvements before scaling and is designed to provide both quantitative and qualitative response data. The g...
Simelton, Elisabeth
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Le, Tam Thi
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[Guide for impact assessment of agro-climate information services]
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Guide for impact assessment of agro-climate information services
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been promoted since 2011 to increase productivity,
improve resilience to climate variability and change and reduce greenhouse gas emission,
where feasible, in farming systems globally and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. CSA is
unique, by comparison, to some o...
Bell, Patrick
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Namoi, Nictor
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Lamanna, Christine
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa]
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A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa
A climate-smart agriculture (CSA) prioritization exercise in Western Kenya was carried out as part of the activities in the CIAT-led research project on ‘Climatesmart soil protection and rehabilitation in Western Kenya’, funded by GIZ. This project aims to encourage sustainable approaches to prom...
Mwongera, Caroline
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Kinyua, Ivy
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Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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[Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya.]
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Prioritizing climate-smart agriculture practices in Western Kenya.
Monitoring and Learning (M&L) systems are increasingly being requested to measure gender indicators in the context of agricultural interventions. This study reflects on the feasibility of using cellphones to collect data for monitoring gender indicators related to the adoption of climate-smart ag...
García, María Alejandra
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Orentlicher, Natalie
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Bonilla, Osana
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[Reflection on the use of mobile phones for monitoring gender indicators related to climate-smart agriculture practices]
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Reflection on the use of mobile phones for monitoring gender indicators related to climate-smart agriculture practices
The assessment report focuses on the options for risk reductions, crop production, conversion, management and practices among the rice-based cropping systems in the provinces of Ca Mau Peninsula. The report also looks into the various issues affecting the agricultural transformation of the coasta...
Bong, Bui Ba
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Bo, Nguyen Van
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Tung, Le Thanh
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Vuong, Nguyen Dinh
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Tao, Chau Tai
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Tuan, Duong Minh
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Trung, Nguyen Duc
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[Adaptation options for rice-based cropping systems in provinces of Ca Mau Peninsula under the context of climate change: An assessment report]
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[Biện pháp thích ứng cho hệ thống canh tác dựa trên lúa gạo tại các tỉnh vùng Bán đảo Cà Mau trong bối cảnh biến đổi khí hậu: Báo cáo đánh giá]
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Biện pháp thích ứng cho hệ thống canh tác dựa trên lúa gạo tại các tỉnh vùng Bán đảo Cà Mau trong bối cảnh biến đổi khí hậu: Báo cáo đánh giá
Greenhouse gas emissions from rice production have been identified as a key mitigation focus for Vietnam to meet its Nationally Determined Contributions committed to the Paris Agreement. Shifting to a production landscape that adopts Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD), which refer to the practice...
Tran, Dai Nghia
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Le, Huy Huan
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[Vehicles for scaling out mitigation options in rice production in Vietnam: Cooperative and contract farming systems for water management]
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Vehicles for scaling out mitigation options in rice production in Vietnam: Cooperative and contract farming systems for water management
This paper reports on a networking meeting of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) Gender and Social Inclusion (GSI) Flagship held at the university of Canberra, Australia on 1-2 April 2019. The meeting helped to identify opportunities for gender-tra...
This occasional paper presents a report from a project on “Developing community-based climate smart agriculture through participatory action research in CCAFS benchmark sites in West
Africa” which is a joint initiative of CCAFS-West Africa programme and ICRAF-WCA. Other key players of the project...
Bayala, Jules
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Ky-Dembele, Catherine
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Bationo, B. André
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Buah, S.S.J.
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Sanogo, Diaminatou
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Somda, Jacques
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Tougiani A
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Traoré, Kadari
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Kalinganire, Antoine
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[Towards developing scalable climate-smart village models: approach and lessons learnt from pilot research in West Africa]
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Towards developing scalable climate-smart village models: approach and lessons learnt from pilot research in West Africa