Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has three goals—productivity, resilience and mitigation. Rarely are these accounted for in CSA programming or the scientific evidence that supports it. Here, we evaluate the climate smartness of CSA-based agroforestry practices in Tabora and Dodoma, Tanzania using ...
Kimaro, Anthony A.
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Sererya, Ogossy G.
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Matata, Peter
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Uckert, Götz
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Hafner, Johanes
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Graef, Frieder
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Sieber, Stefan
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: Examples from agroforestry in Tanzania]
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Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: Examples from agroforestry in Tanzania
Sthapit, B.R.
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Lamers, H.A.H.
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Ramanatha Rao, V.
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Bailey, A.
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[Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity]
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Community biodiversity management as an approach for realizing on-farm management of agricultural biodiversity
Conallin, J.C.
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Dickens, Chris
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Hearne, D.
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[Stakeholder engagement in environmental water management]
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Stakeholder engagement in environmental water management
McDonald, T.
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Sokolow, J.
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Hunter, D.
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[Farmer and community‐led approaches to climate change adaptation of agriculture using agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources]
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Farmer and community‐led approaches to climate change adaptation of agriculture using agricultural biodiversity and genetic resources
Molle, Francois
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Closas, Alvar
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Al-Zubari, W.
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[Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region]
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Governing groundwater in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Farmer field schools (FFS) and local agricultural research committees
(CIALs) are platforms supporting integrated decision-making and innovation for
sustainable agriculture. They share several basic principles and processes but their
main objectives differ. The first is oriented towards providing...
Thiele, Graham
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Braun, Ann R.
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Gandarillas, Edson
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[Farmer field schools and local agricultural research committes as complementary platforms]
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Farmer field schools and local agricultural research committes as complementary platforms
Lewis et al (2003) establish a cogent argument
which suggests that serious analysis of the
culture of aid organizations, and of the
relationships with other actors, matters,
and that it is a neglected area of analysis.
Their discussion raises important new questions
about the development enterpri...
Messerschmidt, Don
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Gurung, Barun
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Biggs, Stephen D.
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[Contening cultures amongst development actors]
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Contening cultures amongst development actors
Conventional modern plant breeding has been recognized to be more beneficial
to farmers in high potential environments or those who could profitably modify
their environment to suit new cultivars, than to the poorest farmers who could
not afford to make the necessary modifications. As a consequen...
Ceccarelli, Salvatore
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Grando, Stefania
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[Decentralized participatory plant breeding: a case from Syria]
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Decentralized participatory plant breeding: a case from Syria
T he effectiveness of Participatory Research and Gender Analysis (PR&GA)
approaches is critically constrained by an organizational structure based on a
supply-driven system of innovation. Results of several studies conducted by the
Program with the Consultative Group on International Agricultural...
Gurung, Barun
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[Organizational implications for mainstreaming participatory research and gender analysis]
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Organizational implications for mainstreaming participatory research and gender analysis
While Kenyan farmers still grow many traditional maiz e varieties, they increasingly face soil, pest and environmental constraints to crop productivity.
Groot, Hugo de
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Siambi, M
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[Comparing and integrating farmers' and breeders' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa]
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Comparing and integrating farmers' and breeders' evaluations of maize varieties in East Africa