This brief summarizes preliminary findings and recommendations from an ongoing review of literature and CCAFS experience on gender-related challenges in empowering smallholder farming communities through climate services.
Huyer, Sophia
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Hansen, James
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Rose, Alison
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Huysen, Tiff van
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[What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance]
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What we know about gender and rural climate services: Preliminary findings and guidance
National Agricultural Extension Systems in ten districts in Tanzania and Malawi are receiving training in the production and use of climate services as part of a WFP-CCAFS joint activity within the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa. This document reports on the first training of intermediaries,...
Dorward, P.
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa]
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Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa
Climate can be viewed in a number of ways. As a constraint or setting, climate provides the broad boundary conditions within which a range of ecosystems services function. Climate may be considered a determinant in that it may be part of a causal chain of direct or indirect events leading to a pa...
Martínez, R.
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Hemming D
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Malone L
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Bermudez, N.
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Cockfield G
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Diongue, A.
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Hansen, James
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Hildebrand A
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Ingram K
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Jakeman G
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Kadi Kadi, Hame A.
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McGregor GR
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Mushtaq S
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Rao P
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Pulwarty R
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Ndiaye, Ousmane
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Srinivasan, G.
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Seck E
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White N
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Improving climate risk management at local level techniques, case studies, good practices and guidelines for World Meteorological Organization members]
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Improving climate risk management at local level techniques, case studies, good practices and guidelines for World Meteorological Organization members
This learning brief is part of a series to capture the process, progress and lessons from CCAFS in its endeavor to plan, implement and deliver research outcomes. Since the last of these learning
notes was published1, the process for finalizing the impact pathways (IPs) was considerably simplified...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, L.
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Hansen, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Coffey, Kevin
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Sajise, A.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Richards, Meryl
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Jost, Christine
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Jay, A.
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[Learning Brief: Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops]
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Learning Brief: Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops
The Asian monsoon plays a major role in the variability of seasonal temperature and precipitation and the sub-seasonal statistics of these and other climate variables. Due to its considerable impact on the quality and quantity of agricultural output, there is an essential need for greater unders...
Owusu, Aisha
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Bonelli, Sebastian
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Robertson, Andrew W.
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Hansen, James
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[Development of Monsoonal Asia Climate Risk Analysis Maprooms]
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Development of Monsoonal Asia Climate Risk Analysis Maprooms
CCAFS (through the International Livestock Research Institute and the International Research
Institute for Climate and Society) and the Africa Climate Policy Center sponsored a workshop
on ‘Strengthening Regional Capacity for Climate Services in Africa’, held on 27th October
2015 at Victoria Fall...
Mungai C
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Atakos, Vivian
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Hansen, James
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[Strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015.]
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Strengthening regional capacity for climate services in Africa, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015.
CCAFS work on climate services seeks to bridge the gap between National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) and agricultural users, and engage the agricultural sector institutions. Our research targets key gaps in knowledge, methods, tools and evidence. We offer CGIAR expertise and ex...
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop “Scaling Up Climate
Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia,” held in Saly, Senegal on December
10-12, 2012. The workshop brought together more than 100 experts from 30 countries
and roughly 50 institutions to grapple with the challenge...
Tall, Arame
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Jay, A.
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Hansen, James
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[Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report]
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Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop; “Developing a Methodology to Communicate Climate Services At Scale Through Intermediaries for Farmer Communities in Africa and South Asia,” held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 12-14, 2013. The workshop brought together experts from different coun...
May S
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Hansen, James
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Tall, Arame
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[Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale]
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Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale
This report presents lessons learned from 18 case studies across Africa and South Asia that have developed and delivered weather and climate information and related advisory services for smallholder farmers. The case studies and resulting lessons provide insights on what will be needed to build e...
Tall, Arame
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Hansen, James
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Jay, Alexa
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia]
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Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia