Lack of accurate maps on the extent of global cropland, and particularly the spatial distribution of major crop types, hampers policy and strategic investment and could potentially impede efforts to improve food security in an environment characterized by continued market volatility and a changin...
See, Linda
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Fritz, Steffen
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You, Liangzhi
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Ramankutty, R.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Justice, Chris
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Becker-Reshef, Inbal
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Erb, Karlheinz
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Gong, Peng
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Tang, H.
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Velde, M. van der
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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McCallum, Ian
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Kraxner, Florian
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security]
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Improved global cropland data as an essential ingredient for food security
The focus of the great majority of climate change impact studies is on changes in mean climate. In terms of climate model output, these changes are more robust than changes in climate variability. By concentrating on changes in climate means, the full impacts of climate change on biological and h...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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[Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review]
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Climate variability and vulnerability to climate change: a review
Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Magnusson, Ulf
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Peters, Michael
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Randolph, Thomas F.
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[Transitioning smallholder livestock value chains into sustainable solutions for poverty reduction and food security]
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Transitioning smallholder livestock value chains into sustainable solutions for poverty reduction and food security
Davies, J.
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Robinson, Lance W.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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[Resilience and sustainable development: Insights from the drylands of eastern Africa]
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Resilience and sustainable development: Insights from the drylands of eastern Africa
Poverty eradication through broad-based accelerated and sustained growth is outlined in the Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP). Through Agricultural Development-Led Industrialization (ADLI), the country aims to build an economy with a modern and productive agricultural sector and a strong indus...
Agenda:
Intriduction of series - Noel Gurwick (USAID)
Livestock in East Africa: an overview - Lini Wollenberg (CCAFS, UVM)
Low emission investment options for the dairy sector: The case of improved fodder production - Polly Ericksen (ILRI)
Understanding pathways toward low emissions livestock: Ev...
Gurwick, Noel
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Crane, Todd A.
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Kihoro, Esther
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Vernooij, Vera
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Onyango, Joel
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Tavenner, Katie
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Schoneveld, George
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Vellema, Sietze
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Atella, Joanes
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[USAID & CCAFS webinar: Can we reduce GHG emissions from livestock? A feasibility and investment study from East Africa]
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USAID & CCAFS webinar: Can we reduce GHG emissions from livestock? A feasibility and investment study from East Africa
What would be the impacts of this kind of future on food security for the region s poor, who live under pressures of climate change? What new challenges would emerge? Could tensions arise from East Africa s assertion of power? What about a future where political and economic fragmentation continu...
Vervoort, Joost M.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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[No foresight, no food? Regional scenarios for Africa and South Asia]
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No foresight, no food? Regional scenarios for Africa and South Asia
Global pressures on food security such as climate change, rising food prices and rising populations demand collaborative action from actors governing food systems across all levels and scales. This paper describes concerted efforts in East Africa, West Africa and South Asia to build capacity for ...
Vervoort, Joost M.
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Ingram, J.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Chaudhury, M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
,
[Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level]
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Multi-actor scenarios to build capacity for food systems governance at the sub-continental level
In this paper we focus on the issue of how climate change affects the way that agricultural systems
and the people that manage and govern them need to change in the next 20 years in order to
achieve food security, and how FAO and CGIAR can support that change. We build on a huge body
of lit...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Lipper, Leslie
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Baas, S.
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Cattaneo, Andrea
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Chesterman, Sabrina
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Cochrane, K.
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Young, C. de
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Clerck, F. de
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Douthwaite, Boru
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DuVal A
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Fadda, Carlo
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Garnett, Tara
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Gerber, Pierre J.
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Howden, Mark
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Mann W
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McCarthy N
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Sessa R
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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[How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security? Background paper for the conference "Food Security Futures: Research Priorities for the 21st Century" held in Dublin, Ireland, 11-12 April 2013]
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How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security? Background paper for the conference "Food Security Futures: Research Priorities for the 21st Century" held in Dublin, Ireland, 11-12 April 2013
Food is fundamental to human wellbeing and development. Increased food production remains a cornerstone strategy in the effort to alleviate global food insecurity. But despite the fact that global food production over the past half century has kept ahead of demand, today around one billion people...
Misselhorn, A.
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Gregory, P.
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Horn-Phathanothai, L.
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Ingram, J.
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Wiebe, K.
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[A vision for attaining food security]
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A vision for attaining food security