Improving smallholder agricultural systems is central to achieving climate-smart agriculture (CSA). This module focuses on local-level institutions and their role in facilitating the adoption of climate-smart agricultural strategies. The module demonstrates the importance of local institutions fo...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Gordes, A.
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Sessa, R.
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Module 12: Local institutions]
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Module 12: Local institutions
Land provides a host of ecosystem services, of which the provisioning services are often considered paramount. As the demand for agricultural products multiplies, other ecosystem services are being degraded or lost entirely. Finding a sustainable trade-off between food production and one or more ...
Vlek, Paul L.G.
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Khamzina, A.
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Azadi, H.
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Bhaduri, Anik
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Bharati, Luna
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Martius, C.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Taheri, F.
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[Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation]
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Trade-offs in multi-purpose land use under land degradation
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 methodologies commonly underpin project-scale carbon accounting for changes in land use and management and are used in frameworks for Life Cycle Assessment and carbon footprinting of food and energy crops. These methodologies were intended f...
Smith, Pete
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Davies, C.A.
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Ogle, S.
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Zanchi, G.
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Bellarby, J.
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Bird, N.
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Boddey, Robert M.
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McNamara, N.P.
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Powlson, David S.
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Cowie, A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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Davis, S.C.
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Richter, D.D.B.
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Kryzanowski, L.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Stuart, J.
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Kirton, A.
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Eggar, D.
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Newton-Cross, G.
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Adhya, T.K.
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Braimoh, A.K.
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[Towards an integrated global framework to assess the impacts of land use and management change on soil carbon: Current capability and future vision]
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Towards an integrated global framework to assess the impacts of land use and management change on soil carbon: Current capability and future vision
This module looks at assessment, monitoring and evaluation frameworks that are necessary for the successful adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Focus is placed mainly at the subnational and national levels. However, some case studies address activities at the farm or project level. The m...
Kanamaru H
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Hancock, J.
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Bockel, Louis
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Grewer, Uwe
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Hiepe C
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Jonsson M
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Krishnamurthy K
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Marais S
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Medeiros K
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Matteoli F
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Seeberg-Elverfeldt, C
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Touchemoulin O
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Vantwout T
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[Module 18: Assessment, monitoring and evaluation]
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Module 18: Assessment, monitoring and evaluation
Sorghum is cultivated on Vertisols in the Ethiopian Highlands. An experiment was conducted in the Gumara-Maksegnit watershed in 2013 and 2014 to assess the effect of rate and timing of nitrogen fertilizer application on the possibility to shorten the maturity period and to improve the productivit...
Vlek, Paul L.G.
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Azadi, H.
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Bhaduri, Anik
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Bharati, L.
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Martius, C.
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Sunderland, T.C.H.
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Taheri, F.
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[The trade-offs in multi-purpose land use. Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals]
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The trade-offs in multi-purpose land use. Land degradation and the Sustainable Development Goals