The “How To Do Note: Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects” provides guidance for the design and development of climate-smart value chains. A number of tools and resources are available to support decision makers at various stages in value chain development. Mainstreaming clima...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Läderach, Peter
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Mwongera, Caroline
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[How can we develop value chain programs that address climate risks?]
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How can we develop value chain programs that address climate risks?
Since the term ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA) was coined in 2010, a growth in strategies, policies, partnerships and investments in the area has been observed. Here we have summarised key CSA efforts globally and in South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Africa, West Africa, and Latin America. We ...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Mungai, Catherine
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[The rise in Climate-Smart Agriculture strategies, policies, partnerships and investments across the globe]
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The rise in Climate-Smart Agriculture strategies, policies, partnerships and investments across the globe
At the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture in Bali, CCAFS, IFAD and USDA-FAS organized the Side event “Accelerating innovation development and scaling climate-smart agriculture to drive a transformation in food systems”. High-level representatives of > 20 governments, resea...
Koerner, Jana
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Firmian, Ilaria
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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[Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation]
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Accelerating innovation development and scaling processes for agricultural transformation
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach to address the interlinked challenges of food
security and climate change, and has three objectives: (1) sustainably increasing agricultural
productivity, to support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development;
(2) adapting and...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
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Norman, James
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Mutamba, M
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases]
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Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases
The impacts of a warming world are affecting food production in every corner of the globe. From shifting rainfall patterns and growing seasons, to more frequent and extreme droughts and floods, to increasingly severe pest and disease outbreaks among crops and livestock, farming as we know it is u...
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Birch, James
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Meza, Laura
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Sunga, Ishmael
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Bong, Bui Ba
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Rabbinge, Rudy
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Reddy, Matthew
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Korner, Jana
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Millan, Alberto
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Hansen, James
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Huyer, Sophia
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture]
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Feeding the World in a Changing Climate: An Adaptation Roadmap for Agriculture
Decision makers in developing countries need evidence of the impacts climate change is having and will continue to have on agriculture and food systems as well as knowledge on how to design better policies to deal with such impacts. Research for development scientists are generating this evidence...
Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Laderach, Peter
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Partey, Samuel
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Totin, Edmond
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Vasileiou, Ioannis
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Veeger, Marieke
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[Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries]
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Lessons on bridging the science-policy divide for climate change action in developing countries
In the context of rapid and unprecedented environmental change, there is growing emphasis amongst the scientific community to engage in policy processes and realise societal outcomes in addition to generating new knowledge. But, how can science-policy engagement efforts be delivered? What are the...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Downing, Clare
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[Stepping up science-policy engagement to tackle environmental change: Methods and examples for achieving policy impact]
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Stepping up science-policy engagement to tackle environmental change: Methods and examples for achieving policy impact
If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to poverty, climate change and food and nutrition security, the agricultural development community (research institutions, private sector, farmer
organizations, national and international agencies) will have to work collective...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Millan, Alberto
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Rawe, Tonya
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Stringer, Lindsay
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[A 6 part action plan to transform food systems under climate change, Creative actions to accelerate progress towards the SDGs]
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A 6 part action plan to transform food systems under climate change, Creative actions to accelerate progress towards the SDGs
CSA strategies, policies, partnerships and investments; ‘CSA-Plan’: strategies to put CSA into practice; The mitigation pillar of CSA; Agricultural diversification as an adaptation strategy; Climate services and insurance: scaling; CSA Closing the gender gap in agriculture under climate change; H...
Against the backdrop of population increase, changing dietary patterns, increased affluence and rising demands on land for the generation of biofuels, agricultural productivity is required to increase significantly in the coming years. This increase will take place in a context of constrained res...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Olesen, Asger S
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Richards, M
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Guizani, Sara
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Andersen, S.P.
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[Agriculture Initiatives and COP22: A step towards fighting climate change]
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Agriculture Initiatives and COP22: A step towards fighting climate change