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Kleinwechter, U.[Global integrated bio-economic modeling - a toolkit for the assessment of priorities for international agricultural research]Global integrated bio-economic modeling - a toolkit for the assessment of priorities for international agricultural research

As climate change continues to drastically affect food security around the world, many farmers are in need of new crops and crop varieties that can be grown in the changed environment of their farms. Adaptation options to climate change already exist in genebanks and other farmers’ fields in the ...


Gevel, Jeske van deGellaw AFadda, Carlo[Seeds for needs: adaptation to climate change - Innovative tools to match seeds to the needs of women farmers in Ethiopia]Seeds for needs: adaptation to climate change - Innovative tools to match seeds to the needs of women farmers in Ethiopia

This brief is intended for project-level practitioners – extension agents, farmer trainers, leaders of farmers’ groups, pastoralist associations and others – who wish to increase the productivity of (semi-arid) pasture and farmlands using trees. The methods presented have been used on a very larg...


Abdirizak HGudka MKibor BKinuthia MKimeu, P.Leeuw, Jan deMaimbo MSafriel UNjenga MIiyama, Miyuki[Farmer-managed natural regeneration: how to regenerate pasture and farmland on a low budget]Farmer-managed natural regeneration: how to regenerate pasture and farmland on a low budget

Agriculture is the main source of employment and income for southern Africa’s rural population. This crucial economic activity is endangered by climate change. This study, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis, focuses on ways to foster agricultural development...


Hachigonta, SepoNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele[Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief]Southern African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief

The ‘Atlas of crop suitability’ is an essential tool to predict the environment under which an accession or a group of accessions can grow based on the climatic characteristics of the locality in which they were collected. The more information is available on any given accession the more the pred...


Gevel, Jeske van deGellaw AFadda, CarloZonneveld, M. van[Seeds for Needs: atlas of crop suitability]Seeds for Needs: atlas of crop suitability

Even with global emissions of greenhouse gases drastically reduced in the coming years, the global annual average temperature is expected to be 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. A 2°C warmer world will experience more intense rainfall and more frequent and more intense droughts, floods, he...


Margulis SNarain UChinowsky, P.Cretegny, L.Hughes GKirshen, P.Kuriakose ALange GMNelson, Gerald C.Neumann JNicholls RPandy KPrice JSchlosser ASchneider RSedjo RStrzepek, K.M.Sumaila RWard PWheeler D[Cost to developing countries of adapting to climate change: new methods and estimates]Cost to developing countries of adapting to climate change: new methods and estimates

This Report was developed in the context of the “Global Dialogue on Climate Change and Agriculture,” a project facilitated by the Meridian Institute that began in August 2010. The Meridian Institute is an internationally recognized, nonprofit organization that facilitates neutral and independent ...


Campbell, Bruce M.Mann WMelendez-Ortiz RStreck, C.Tennigkeit, Timm[Addressing agriculture in climate change negotiations: A scoping report]Addressing agriculture in climate change negotiations: A scoping report

In the context of the wider debate on reduction of carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and forest degradation, this report reviews current tools and methodologies for the planning of emissions reductions projects across all land uses in a REALU (Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses) val...


Bernard FMinang, Peter A.Noordwijk, Meine van[Review of current tools and methods for REDD+ and REALU value chains]Review of current tools and methods for REDD+ and REALU value chains

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.Louhaichi, Mounir[Reflexions on Agro-pastoralists in the WANA region: challenges and future priorities]Reflexions on Agro-pastoralists in the WANA region: challenges and future priorities

The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Commission), at its Tenth Regular Session, recommended that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Commission contribute to further work on access and benefit-sharing, in order to ensure that it m...


Fujisaka, S.Williams, D.Halewood, Michael[The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture]The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture

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