Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in highly significant and yet uncertain ways. There are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of any adverse conditions, particularly those steeming from climate change.
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his is large...
Calzadilla, Alvaro
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Zhu, T.
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Rehdanz, K.
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Tol, R.S.J.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[Economy-wide impacts of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa]
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Economy-wide impacts of climate change on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa
Yumiko, Kura
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Tep, B.
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Ringler, Claudia
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[Understanding the vulnerabilty of rural communiteis to changes in access to river, water and forests: implications of the proposed Lower Sesan Dam in Cambodia]
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Understanding the vulnerabilty of rural communiteis to changes in access to river, water and forests: implications of the proposed Lower Sesan Dam in Cambodia
This reports summarizes and synthesizes activities and achievements of the CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) through the end of 2007. The CPWF is an intiative of the CGIAR designed to take on the global challenge of water scarcity and food security. It is an international, multi-in...
Harrington, Larry W.
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Humphreys, E.
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Huber-Lee, Annette
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Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie
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Cook, Simon E.
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Gichuki, Francis N.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Geheb, Kim
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Woolley, Jonathan N.
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[A summing up: Synthesis 2007: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment]
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A summing up: Synthesis 2007: Changing the way we manage water for food, livelihoods, health and the environment
The purpose of this report is to summarize and synthesize activities and achievements of
the CPWF through the end of 2006.
The CPWF is a CGIAR Challenge Program designed to take on the global challenge of
water scarcity and food security. It takes the form of an international, multi-institutional...
Harrington, Larry W.
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Gichuki, Francis N.
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Huber-Lee, Annette
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Humphreys, E.
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Johnson, Nancy L.
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Nguyen-Khoa, Sophie
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Ringler, Claudia
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Geheb, Kim
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Woolley, Jonathan N.
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[Synthesis 2006]
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Synthesis 2006
The first decade of the 21st century has seen several harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human ...
Nelson, Gerald C.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Gray I
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Ingersoll C
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Robertson, Richard D.
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Tokgoz S
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Zhu, T.
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Sulser TB
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Ringler, Claudia
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Msangi S
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You, Liangzhi
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[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options]
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options
Tremendous development of irrigation since the 1960s combined with unbalanced water resources management led to the destruction of the ecosystems in the delta zone and the gradual desiccation of the Aral Sea, once the fourth largest freshwater lake of the world. Command-and-control based water ma...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Ringler, Claudia
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Bhaduri, Anik
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[A water rights trading approach to increasing inflows to the Aral Sea]
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A water rights trading approach to increasing inflows to the Aral Sea
Research shows that paying attention to gender matters not only for the equity of climate change adaptation programs but also for their efficiency and effectiveness. Many organizations working to increase resilience to climate change with local communities also recognize the importance of gender ...
Bryan, Elisabeth
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Bernier, Quinn
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Espinal, Marcia
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Ringler, Claudia
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[Integrating Gender into Climate Change Adaptation Programs: A Research and Capacity Needs Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Integrating Gender into Climate Change Adaptation Programs: A Research and Capacity Needs Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa
Systemic threats to food‐energy‐environment‐water systems require national policy responses. Yet complete control of these complex systems is impossible and attempts to mitigate systemic risks can generate unexpected feedback effects. Perverse outcomes from national policy can emerge from the div...
Wyrwoll, Paul R.
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Grafton, R. Quentin
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Daniell, Katherine A.
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Chu, Hoang Long
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Ringler, Claudia
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Lien, Le Thi Ha
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Khoi, Dang Kim
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Do, Thang Nam
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Tuan, Nguyen Do Anh
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[Decision‐making for systemic water risks: insights from a participatory risk assessment process in Vietnam]
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Decision‐making for systemic water risks: insights from a participatory risk assessment process in Vietnam
This paper analyses gender differences in awareness and adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices. It examines what factors are associated with the likelihood of adoption of a wide range of CSA practices for 376 women and 375 men in two different areas of Kenya. This information is a...
Bernier, Quinn
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Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Haglund, E
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Kovarik, C.
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Bryan, Elisabeth
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Ringler, Claudia
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Silvestri, Silvia
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[Gender and Institutional Aspects of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Evidence from Kenya]
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Gender and Institutional Aspects of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices: Evidence from Kenya