A long history of household-level research has provided important local-level insights into climate
adaptation strategies in the agricultural sector. It remains unclear to what extent these strategies are generalizable or vary across regions. In this study we ask about three potential key factors...
Wood, SA
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Jina, AS
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Jain, M
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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DeFries, Ruth
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[Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions]
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Smallholder farmer cropping decisions related to climate variability across multiple regions
Carbon accumulation and sequestration in Andean soils are scarcely documented. Carbon contents, carbon stocks, and stability were determined in five Peruvian agroecologies, along a 1,000 km (621 mi) transect covering the arid Pacific coast, the Andean high plateau, and the tropical highland rainf...
Segnini, A.
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Posadas, A.
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Quiróz, R.
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Milori, D.M.B.P.
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Vaz Patto, Maria C
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Martin-Neto, L.
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[Soil carbon stocks and stability across an altitudinal gradient in southern Peru]
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Soil carbon stocks and stability across an altitudinal gradient in southern Peru
In many smallholder farming areas southern Africa, the cultivation of seasonal wetlands (dambos) represent an important adaptation to climate change. Frequent droughts and poor performance of rain-fed crops in upland fields have resulted in mounting pressure to cultivate dambos where both organic...
Agriculture in developing countries has attracted increasing attention in international negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for both adaptation to climate change and greenhouse gas mitigation. However, there is limited understanding about potential comple...
Ogle, Stephen M.
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Olander, L
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Wollenberg, L.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Tubiello, F.N.
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Paustian, Keith
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Buendia, L.
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Nihart, A
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Smith, Pete
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[Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting agricultural management for climate change in developing countries: providing the basis for action]
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting agricultural management for climate change in developing countries: providing the basis for action
Daily rainfall records of 39 stations spanning the different agro climatic zones of Burkina Faso were analyzed to describe the evolution of five seasonal rainfall descriptors over time. The period from1941 to 2000, including the two most contrasted periods in the recent history of the Sahelian cl...
Lodoun T
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Giannini, A.
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Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.
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Somé, Léopold
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Sanon M
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Vaksmann, M.
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Rasolodimby JM
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[Changes in seasonal descriptors of precipitation in Burkina Faso associated with late 20th century drought and recovery in West Africa]
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Changes in seasonal descriptors of precipitation in Burkina Faso associated with late 20th century drought and recovery in West Africa
Phenological development is the single most important attribute of crop adaptation to shifting climates. Climate change may alter the rate of phenological development and the amount and distribution of rainfall during the growing season. These changes may in turn result in mismatch between water ...
Huda S
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Sadras V
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Wani, S.P.
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Mei X
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[Food security and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region: evaluating mismatch between crop development and water availability.]
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Food security and climate change in the Asia-Pacific region: evaluating mismatch between crop development and water availability.
It has been shown previously that under drought, synthetic hexaploid derived wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) lines outperformed recurrent parents in part due to increased root mass at depth and better water extraction capacity. A group of four elite synthetic derived (SYN-DER) lines and parents was ...
Lopes M
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Reynolds, Matthew P.
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[Drought Adaptive Traits and Wide Adaptation in Elite Lines Derived from Resynthesized Hexaploid Wheat]
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Drought Adaptive Traits and Wide Adaptation in Elite Lines Derived from Resynthesized Hexaploid Wheat
Optimizing a three-way pact comprising crop yields, fertility inputs and greenhouse gases may minimize the contribution of croplands to global warming. Fluxes of N2O, CO2 and CH4 from soil were measured under maize (Zea mays L.) grown using 0, 60 and 120 kg N hm-2 as NH4NO3-N and composted manure...
Mapanda, Farai
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Wuta, Menas
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Rees, RM
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[Effects of organic and mineral fertilizer nitrogen on greenhouse gas emissions and plant-captured carbon under maize cropping in Zimbabwe]
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Effects of organic and mineral fertilizer nitrogen on greenhouse gas emissions and plant-captured carbon under maize cropping in Zimbabwe
Expansion in the world's human population and economic development will increase future demand for fish products. As global fisheries yield is constrained by ecosystems productivity and management effectiveness, per capita fish consumption can only be maintained or increased if aquaculture makes ...
Gorka M
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Barange, Manuel
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Blanchard, J.L.
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Harle J
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Holmes R
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Allen I
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Allison, Edward H.
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Badjeck MC
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Dulvye NK
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Holt J
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Jennings S
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Mullon C
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Rodwell, LD
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[Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate?]
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Can marine fisheries and aquaculture meet fish demand from a growing human population in a changing climate?
In the humid lowlands of Africa, the expansion of extensive low-input agriculture is the most important driver of tropical deforestation and forest degradation with a negative impact on biodiversity and climate change (Norris et al. 2010; Phalan et al. 2011). A recent global analysis of the clima...