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
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)
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?
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
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.
,
Kapoor A
,
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
,
Bhatta, Gopal Datt
,
Lau, Charlotte
,
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
,
Phartiyal P
,
Parvin G
,
Bisht S
,
Nilormee S
,
[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]
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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
Uganda, and especially the Rakai district, is highly vulnerable to climate variability and likely to be amongst the worst hit under climate change. Any responses to climate change affected communities cannot be considered complete unless women-specific responses are interwoven in a variety of ada...
Kyazze, Florence B.
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Owoyesigire B
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Chaudhury M
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[Using a gender lens to explore farmers’ adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda]
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Using a gender lens to explore farmers’ adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda
Getting a better understanding of how climate variability affects rural men and women differently, and in different regions, is challenging. Since their ability to respond to change and take action that will make them more resilient and able to adapt to a changing climate (alongside all the other...
Chaudhury M
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Kyagazze F
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Naab, Jesse B.
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Neelormi S
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[Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda]
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Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda