Climate change is likely to lead to increased water scarcity in the coming decades and to changes in patterns of precipitation. The result will be more short-term crop failures and long-term production declines. Improved soil management is key to climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. ...
Hellin, Jon
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López Ridaura, Santiago
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[Soil and water conservation on Central American hillsides: if more technologies is the answer, what is the question?]
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Soil and water conservation on Central American hillsides: if more technologies is the answer, what is the question?
Motivation
Fair distribution of benefits from index insurance matters. Lack of attention to social equity can reinforce inequalities and undermine the potential index insurance holds as a tool for climate risk management that is also pro‐poor.
Purpose
The aims are to: (i) examine social equity c...
Fisher, Eleanor
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Hellin, Jon
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Greatrex, Helen
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Jensen, Nathaniel D.
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[Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity]
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Index insurance and climate risk management: Addressing social equity
Climate variability is a major source of risk to smallholder farmers and pastoralists, particularly in dryland regions. A growing body of evidence links climate-related risk to the extent and the persistence of rural poverty in these environments. Stochastic shocks erode smallholder farmers' long...
Hansen, James
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Hellin, Jon
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Fisher, Eleanor
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Etten, Jacob van
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Rose, Alison
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction]
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Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction