This brief summarizes the results of participatory workshops and research on the implementation of CSC in Central America. Many of the practices proposed are already known to and used by Central American farmers seeking to reduce the risks for both the quality and quantity of their production. Th...
Bunn, Christian
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Wiegel, Jennifer
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Guharay, Falguni
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Hurtado, Ninoska
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Lundy, Mark
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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[Climate-smart Cocoa in Central America and the Caribbean]
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Climate-smart Cocoa in Central America and the Caribbean
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
development and climate responsiveness. It aims to achieve food security and broader development goals under a changing climate and increasing food demand. CSA initiatives sustainably increa...
Bunn, Christian
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Lundy, Mark
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Läderach, Peter
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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[Climate-smart coffee in Uganda]
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Climate-smart coffee in Uganda
Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) furthers the objectives of Climate Smart Agriculture in cocoa production. These objectives are: increasing productivity and improving farmers livelihoods, adaptation to climate change, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Current cocoa production practices in Côte...
Bunn, Christian
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Lundy, Mark
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[Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale]
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Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale
Guatemala is the second-largest coffee producer in Central America after Honduras. The coffee sector is a driver of the rural economy, providing incomes for over 122000 farmers, 98% of whom are smallholders. Guatemalan coffee production generates half a million jobs in the rural economy, nearly 1...
Bunn, Christian
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Lundy, Mark
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Läderach, Peter
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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Rigsby, Dylan
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[Climate Smart coffee in Guatemala]
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Climate Smart coffee in Guatemala
El café es básico en las exportaciones y producción agrícola de América Central, y El Salvador no es la excepción. Este constituye el segundo mayor producto de exportación en términos de valor, con ingresos anuales de US$113,4 millones en moneda extranjera. El sector cafetalero genera más de 40.0...
Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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Martinez-Valle, Armando
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Siles, Pablo
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Läderach, Peter
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Lundy, Mark
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Bunn, Christian
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[Café sostenible adaptado al clima en El Salvador]
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Café sostenible adaptado al clima en El Salvador
Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) is not only about avoiding future losses but also about mitigating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improving the livelihoods of farmers by increasing the productivity and resilience of their farms. The current state of cocoa production in Ghana has significant leeway ...
Bunn, Christian
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Asare, Richard
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Lundy, Mark
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[Climate Smart Cocoa in Ghana Towards climate resilient production at scale]
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Climate Smart Cocoa in Ghana Towards climate resilient production at scale
Coffee is a staple of Central American exports and agricultural production, not least in El Salvador. Coffee is the second-highest export in terms of value at around US$ 113.4 million in annual foreign currency earnings. The coffee sector directly generates over 40,000 jobs in rural El Salvador. ...
Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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Martinez-Valle, Armando
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Siles, Pablo
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Läderach, Peter
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Lundy, Mark
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Bunn, Christian
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[Climate Smart Coffee in El Salvador]
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Climate Smart Coffee in El Salvador