The various ways in which livestock production systems can be incorporated into economic, partial-equilibrium, multi-market models are presented, and the challenges outlined. A particular focus and illustrative case is livestock feed. Foremost among the challenges is the reconciliation of scienti...
Msangi, Siwa
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Enahoro, Dolapo K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Magnan, Nicholas
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Havlík, Petr
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Nelgen, Signe
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[Integrating livestock feeds and production systems into agricultural multi-market models: The example of IMPACT]
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Integrating livestock feeds and production systems into agricultural multi-market models: The example of IMPACT
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is widely promoted as an approach for reorienting agricultural development under the realities of climate change. Prioritising research-for-development activities is crucial, given the need to utilise scarce resources as effectively as possible. However, no framewo...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Whitbread, Anthony M.
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Baedeker, Tobias
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Cairns, Jill E.
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Claessens, Lieven
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Baethgen, Walter E.
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Bunn, Christian
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Friedmann, Michael
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Giller, Ken E.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Howden, Mark
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Kilcline, Kevin
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Nangia, Vinay
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Kumar, Shalander
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West, Paul C.
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Keating, Brian
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[A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research]
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A framework for priority-setting in climate smart agriculture research
This report presents 4 scenarios for the future of food security, agriculture, livelihoods and environments in East Africa. These scenarios were developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with a wide range of regional stakeholders. Th...
Vervoort, Joost M.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Havlík, Petr
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Jost, Christine
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Rowlands, H.
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[The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios]
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The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios
Climate-induced livelihood transitons in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. There has been only limited study on what such transitons might look like, but it is clear that the implicatons could be profound in relaton to social, environmental, economic and politcal efects ...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Karanja, S.
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Jones, Peter G.
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Mutie, Ianetta
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa]
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Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa
The purpose of this transdisciplinary project was to cogenerate methods, information and solutions between local communities, local and international scientists and policy makers involved in climate change and adaptation programmes, for coping mechanisms and adapting strategies to climate change ...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Maute, F.R.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Moyo, Siboniso
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[Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mozambique]
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Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mozambique
New agricultural development pathways are required to meet climate change adaptation and mitigation needs in the food systems of low-income countries. A research and policy agenda is provided to indicate where innovation and new knowledge are needed. Adaptation requires identifying suitable crop ...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Rosswall, T.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Hellin, J.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Snook, L.K.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Kinyangi, James
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[Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world]
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Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world
The contemporary concern about anthropogenic release of greenhouse gas (GHG) into the
environment and the contribution of livestock to this phenomenon have sparked animal
scientists’ interest in predicting methane (CH4) emissions by ruminants. Focusing on milk
production, we address six basic nut...
Tedeschi, L.O.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[An Overview of Dairy Cattle Models for Predicting Milk Production: Their Evolution, Evaluation, and Application for the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) for Livestock.]
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An Overview of Dairy Cattle Models for Predicting Milk Production: Their Evolution, Evaluation, and Application for the Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP) for Livestock.
The food system today is destroying the environment upon which future food production depends.
While the food system generates enough food energy for our population of over 7 billion it does not deliver adequate and affordable nutrition for all. About half the global population is inadequately or...
Garnett, Tara
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Appleby, M.C.
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Balmford, A.
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Bateman, I.J.
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Benton, T.G.
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Bloomer, P.
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Burlingame, B.
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Dawkins, M.
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Dolan, L.
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Fraser, D.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Hoffmann, I.
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Smith, Pete
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Toulmin, C.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Godfray, H. Charles J.
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[What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper]
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What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper
Studies of global environmental change make extensive use of scenarios to explore how the future can evolve under a consistent set of assumptions. The recently developed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) create a framework for the study of climate-related scenario outcomes. Their five narrativ...
Oliver, Fricko
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Havlík, Petr
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Rogelj, Joeri
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Klimont, Zbigniew
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Gusti, Mykola
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Johnson, Nils
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Kolp, Peter
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Strubegger, Manfred
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Valin, Hugo
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Amann, Markus
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Ermolieva, Tatiana
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Forsell, Nicklas
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Heyes, Chris
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Kindermann, Georg
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Krey, Volker
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McCollum, David L.
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Obersteiner, Michael
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Pachauri, Shonali
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Rao, Shilpa
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Schmid, Erwin
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Schoepp, Wolfgang
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Riahi, Keywan
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[The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century]
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The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century
In this letter, we investigate the effects of crop yield and livestock feed efficiency scenarios on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture and land use change in developing countries. We analyze mitigation associated with different productivity pathways using the global partial equilibri...
Valin, Hugo
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Havlík, Petr
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Mosnier, Aline
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Schmid, Erwin
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: Trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security?]
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Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: Trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security?