Context: Up to 65% of arable land in Africa is dedicated to maize production. It is a major commodity and source of food yet the constraint is drought, disease and weeds. The project is trying to make 100 varieties of maize in Africa that we are trying to make drought tolerant. Gender has become ...
Context: Aims to increase availability and use of high-quality seed, thus contributing to agricultural development and food security. The Platform uses available information and technologies, brings key stakeholders of seed systems in contact with knowledge, scientific tools and best practices, c...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[CRP 3.4 roots, tubers and bananas for food security and income]
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CRP 3.4 roots, tubers and bananas for food security and income
This brief focuses on the challenges in making climate-smart agricultural production work for the poor, who will be the most vulnerable to climate impacts. It offers recommendations to overcome constraints, as even small management changes can have significant income and livelihood benefits.
Neufeldt, Henry
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Thorlakson, T.
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Gassner, Anja
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Norton-Griffiths, M.
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Place, Frank
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Langford K
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[Making climate-smart agriculture work for the poor]
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Making climate-smart agriculture work for the poor
Participatory and deliberative approaches were used in order to draw out and evaluate pathways of adaptation in maize farming in the Kenyan districts of Makueni (in Central Province) and Nandi/Nyando (in Western Province), whilst allowing participants to reflect on and share their own perceptions...
Whitfield, Stephen
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors]
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Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors
This blog book tells the story of CCAFS research theme ‘Linking Knowledge with Action’; its approach and lessons learned throughout the years, especially 2014, while illustrating its many achievements through blogs and photos.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Jost, Christine
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Ferdous, N.
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Schubert, Cecilia
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[Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights]
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Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights
In CCAFS we are building our research for development agenda using outcomes thinking targeted towards five CGIAR intermediate development outcomes (IDOs). Each of our Flagship
research programs and regions are developing theories of change (TOCs), impact pathways (IPs), and monitoring and evaluat...
Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Jost, Christine
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[Lessons in theory of change: CCAFS Southeast Asia Research for Development Workshop]
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Lessons in theory of change: CCAFS Southeast Asia Research for Development Workshop
This training-of-trainers manual is designed to train you to be able to deliver a capacity enhancement workshop (CEW) to rural women on climate change and gender. It has been designed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) and is appropriate to the ...
Vincent K
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Cull, T.
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Kapoor A
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Bhatta, Gopal Datt
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Lau, Charlotte
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Phartiyal P
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Parvin G
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Bisht S
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Nilormee S
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[Gender, climate change, agriculture, and food security: a CCAFS training-of-trainers (TOT) manual to prepare South Asian rural women to adapt to climate change (Hindi Summary)]
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Gender, climate change, agriculture, and food security: a CCAFS training-of-trainers (TOT) manual to prepare South Asian rural women to adapt to climate change (Hindi Summary)
Central to understanding the usefulness of climate and weather forecasts in support of agricultural decision-making is addressing the issue of who receives what information. Many contend that improved climate forecasts since the late 1990s have had limited impact on smallholder farming communitie...
Tall, Arame
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Chaudhury, M.
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McKune, Sarah
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers]
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Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers
Using a 9-country dataset from sub-Saharan Africa, and integrating quantitative household-level analyses with qualitative work, the paper shows that gender relations affect agricultural practices and adaptation. The women farmers in our sample control less land than men, the land they control is ...
Pérez, Carlos
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Jones, E.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Barahona, C.
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[How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?]
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How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?