Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a systematic approach to agricultural development. It intends to address climate change and food security challenges simultaneously across levels, from field management to national policy, with goals to 1) improve food security and agricultural productivity, 2) ...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Arslan, A.
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Richards, Meryl
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[What is the scientific basis for climate-smart agriculture?]
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What is the scientific basis for climate-smart agriculture?
Climate change will affect the ability to deliver not only the quantity but also the type and quality of food necessary for nutritious diets. Global and regional 'climate-smart agriculture' initiatives offer an opportunity to mitigate climate impacts and improve nutrition outcomes at scale. The S...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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DeRenzi, Brian
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Chesterman, Sabrina
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Kadiyala, Suneetha
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Ng’endo, Mary
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Chibuye, Kayokwa
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Choga, Ngonidzashe
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Surveillance of Climate-smart Agriculture for Nutrition (SCAN): Innovations for monitoring climate, agriculture and nutrition at scale]
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Surveillance of Climate-smart Agriculture for Nutrition (SCAN): Innovations for monitoring climate, agriculture and nutrition at scale
The extent and implications of under nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa have catalyzed political action and programs on the ground. For example, the United Nations has declared a decade of action (2016-2026) and the Sustainable Development Goals have set ambitious targets to end hunger and undernutr...
Chesterman, Sabrina
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Lamanna, Christine
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Hammond, Jim
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Namoi, Nictor
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Wakelin, Oliver
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Ng’endo, Mary
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Co-designed solutions for collecting food & nutrition security data with mobile devices: What worked (and did not) from a NGO, government and research partnership]
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Co-designed solutions for collecting food & nutrition security data with mobile devices: What worked (and did not) from a NGO, government and research partnership
Growth in mobile phone access and ownership
presents an opportunity to collect more data,
more frequently, from more people, and for less
money. There are multiple ways to collect data with
mobile phones (SMS, voice calls, etc.), each
with particular strengths and weaknesses.
n The best mode of d...
Chesterman, Sabrina
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Lamanna, Christine
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Kalamatianou, Sofia
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Collecting development data with mobile phones: Key considerations from a review of the evidence]
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Collecting development data with mobile phones: Key considerations from a review of the evidence
Planning robust climate-smart development programs can be done today with existing information. We propose a risk-household-option modeling approach to address household food security under climate change in Africa. hrough a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible by...
Lamanna, Christine
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change: Results of a modeling approach for climate-smart agriculture programming]
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Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change: Results of a modeling approach for climate-smart agriculture programming
Evidence exists to support CSA programming on the most widely cultivated crops (e.g. maize), and most common agricultural practices (e.g. fertilizer addition) in Tanzania. However, products and places central to rural livelihoods such as livestock, coastal drylands, and humid regions near Lake Vi...
Lamanna, Christine
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Kimaro, Anthony A.
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Arslan, Aslihan
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[What is the evidence-base for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania?]
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What is the evidence-base for climate-smart agriculture in Tanzania?
What is and what is not climate-smart agriculture (CSA)? That existential question sparks debate, complicates implementation and fractures the development community. Many institutions are developing 4-10 page ‘technical briefs’ describing the ‘climate-smartness’ of interventions (ie, the impact o...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Thierfelder, Christian
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[Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages]
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Conservation agriculture in East and Southern Africa main messages
What is and what is not climate-smart agriculture (CSA)? That existential question sparks debate, complicates implementation and fractures the development community. Many institutions are developing 4-10 page ‘technical briefs’ describing the ‘climate-smartness’ of interventions (ie, the impact o...
Large scale investment is needed to create climate-smart agriculture (CSA) systems. While many government and development agencies are integrating CSA into their policies, programmes, plans and projects, there is little guidance for operational planning and implementation on ways to be climate-sm...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Lamanna, Christine
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[‘CSA Plan’: A guide to scaling climate-smart agriculture - Concepts and lessons from designing CSA programs and policies in sub-Saharan Africa]
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‘CSA Plan’: A guide to scaling climate-smart agriculture - Concepts and lessons from designing CSA programs and policies in sub-Saharan Africa
Planning robust climate-smart development programs can be done today with existing information.
We propose a risk-household-option modeling approach to address household food security under climate change in Africa.
Through a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible b...
Lamanna, Christine
,
Ramírez Villegas, Julián
,
Wijk, Mark T. van
,
Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
,
Girvetz, Evan H.
,
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change]
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Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change