Adaptation strategies to reduce smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate variability and seasonality are needed given the frequency of extreme weather events predicted to increase during the next decades in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in West Africa. We explored the linkages between sel...
Douxchamps, Sabine
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Quirós, Carlos
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Somé, Léopold
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Buah, S.S.J.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Badiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacine
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[Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa]
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Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa
There are real needs and opportunities for well-targeted research and development to improve the livelihoods of farmers while at the same time addressing natural resource constraints. The suitability and adoption of interventions depends on a variety of bio-physical and socio- economic factors. W...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Pfeifer, Catherine
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Silvestri, Silvia
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Omolo, Abisalom
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Quirós, Carlos
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[A framework for targeting and scaling-out interventions in agricultural systems]
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A framework for targeting and scaling-out interventions in agricultural systems
Variable and low rainfall patterns combined with increasing population pressure have led to natural resources degradation in the Mopti region of Mali. This has forced both agricultural and pastoral communities to transform their production systems and social relations. To assess the adaptive capa...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Diarra, L.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mali]
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Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mali
The dual relationship existing between land-based activities and climate change has long been established. Land-based activities are responsible for about 30% (IPCC) of global GHG emissions and are at the same time particularly impacted by climate change as they are strongly dependent on weather ...
Dumollard, G.
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Havlík, Petr
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Climate change, agriculture and food security: a comparative review of global modelling approaches]
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Climate change, agriculture and food security: a comparative review of global modelling approaches
Agriculture is considered to be “climate-smart” when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This new concept now dominates current discussions in agricultural development because of its capacity to unite the agendas of the agriculture, developm...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Jahn, Molly M.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Beddington, J.R.
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DeClerck, Fabrice A.J.
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Pinto, Alex de
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Gulledge, J
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Hellin, J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Jarvis, Andy
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LeZaks, D
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Meinke, H
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Scholes, M
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Scholes, Robert J.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems]
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Beyond climate-smart agriculture: toward safe operating spaces for global food systems
What is known about the likely impacts of climate change on resource-poor livestock keepers in the developing world? Relatively little, and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) are working to ...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Climate change: do we know how it will affect smallholder livestock farmers?]
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Climate change: do we know how it will affect smallholder livestock farmers?
Thornton, Philip K.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Bell, P.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Climate-smart agriculture options in mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa south of the Sahara]
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Climate-smart agriculture options in mixed crop-livestock systems in Africa south of the Sahara