Smallholder farmers in Africa are especially vulnerable to climate fluctuations and weather
extremes, and are expected to suffer disproportionately from climate change. Climate services
empower the poor particularly in climate-sensitive developing countries such as the ones in
Africa, and allow t...
Tesfaye, Abonesh
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Hansen, James
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Solomon, Dawit
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[Estimating the economic benefits of alternative options for investing in agricultural climate services in Africa: A review of methodologies]
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Estimating the economic benefits of alternative options for investing in agricultural climate services in Africa: A review of methodologies
What are the key factors that contribute to household-level food security? What lessons can we learn
from food secure households? What agricultural options and management strategies are likely to benefit female-headed households in particular? This paper addresses these questions using a unique d...
Silvestri, Silvia
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Mutie, Ianetta
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Quirós, Carlos
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Ndungu, Anthony
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Ndiwa, Nicholas N.
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Mango, Joash
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Claessens, Lieven
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa]
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Households and food security: lessons from food secure households in East Africa
This booklet presents some of the emerging stories of success of climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices that are positively changing the lives of smallholder farmers across East Africa. They were selected from a portfolio of climate-smart agriculture interventions and have potential...
Recha, John W.M.
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Kimeli, Philip
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Atakos, Vivian
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Mungai, Catherine
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[Stories of Success: Climate-Smart Villages in East Africa]
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Stories of Success: Climate-Smart Villages in East Africa
The changing climate is a threat to the smallholder farmers. Poverty and limited livelihood options increase vulnerability to climate risks. To counter this, a partnership between research and development organizations and the Nyando rural community developed Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) model t...
Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Kimeli, Philip
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[Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya]
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Uptake of Resilient Crop Interventions to Manage Risks Through Climate-Smart Villages Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya
This progress report summarizes the CSA practices, technologies and services implemented and/ or evaluated in 2017 across the CCAFS Climate-Smart villages network
Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Bui Tan Yen
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Castellanos, A
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Kimeli, Philip
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Martínez, J.
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Ortega, Luis A.
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Ouédraogo, M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Recha, John W.M.
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[CSA practices implemented and evalauted across the CSV network in 2017]
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CSA practices implemented and evalauted across the CSV network in 2017
We identify and map critical spatial factors grouped into natural, human, social, financial and physical capital assets, which largely determine livelihood options, strategies and welfare of agro-pastoral communities in a semi-arid district of southern Kenya. Our approach builds upon new, relativ...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya]
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Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya
Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Kimeli, Philip
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Atakos, Vivian
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Lyamchai, Charles
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Ngatoluwa R
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Sayula, George
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[Climate-smart villages and progress in achieving household food security in Lushoto, Tanzania]
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Climate-smart villages and progress in achieving household food security in Lushoto, Tanzania
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is using theory of change (TOC) planning to specify research outputs, partnerships needed to produce outputs, and a plausible hypothesis on how these outputs will contribute to development outcomes. This learning ...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Hansen, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Coffey, Kevin
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Sajise, A.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Richards, Meryl
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Jost, Christine
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Jay, A.
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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[Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops]
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Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops
Increasing weather risks threaten agricultural production systems and food security across the world. Maintaining agricultural growth while minimizing climate shocks is crucial to building a resilient food production system and meeting developmental goals in vulnerable countries. Experts have pro...
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Kinyangi, James
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Recha, John W.M.
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Huyer, Sophia
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Hansen, James
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Álvarez Toro, Patricia
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Aguilar-Ariza, Andrés
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Arango-Londoño, David
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Patiño-Bravo, Victor
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Rivera, Ovidio
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Yen, Bui Tan
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[The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture]
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The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture
In erosion- and drought-prone Nyando, self-help groups affiliated to large umbrella bodies are working with extension agents, researchers and development partners to improve local livestock and diversify crops, to improve soil and water management, and to pool financial and labour resources.
Macoloo C
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Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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[Empowering a local community to address climate risks and food insecurity in Lower Nyando, Kenya]
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Empowering a local community to address climate risks and food insecurity in Lower Nyando, Kenya