This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop “Scaling Up Climate
Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia,” held in Saly, Senegal on December
10-12, 2012. The workshop brought together more than 100 experts from 30 countries
and roughly 50 institutions to grapple with the challenge...
Tall, Arame
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Jay, A.
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Hansen, James
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[Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report]
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Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report
This report summarizes the proceedings of the workshop; “Developing a Methodology to Communicate Climate Services At Scale Through Intermediaries for Farmer Communities in Africa and South Asia,” held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 12-14, 2013. The workshop brought together experts from different coun...
May S
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Hansen, James
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Tall, Arame
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[Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale]
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Workshop report: Developing a methodology to communicate climate services for farmers at scale
This report summarizes the proceedings of the international expert roundtable on “Developing a Methodology to Evaluate Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia” held in Kaffrine, Senegal on May 19-25, 2013. The roundtable brought together global experts in the area of gender-responsi...
Tall, Arame
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Njinga JL
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[Developing a methodology to evaluate climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia workshop report]
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Developing a methodology to evaluate climate services for farmers in Africa and South Asia workshop report
This report presents lessons learned from 18 case studies across Africa and South Asia that have developed and delivered weather and climate information and related advisory services for smallholder farmers. The case studies and resulting lessons provide insights on what will be needed to build e...
Tall, Arame
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Hansen, James
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Jay, Alexa
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia]
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Scaling up climate services for farmers: Mission Possible. Learning from good practice in Africa and South Asia
This paper presents the initial data analyses of the CCAFS gender survey implemented in four sites in Africa. Using descriptive statistics we show gender differences in terms of perceptions of climate change, awareness and adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices, and types and sour...
We review the use and value of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a view to understanding and exploiting opportunities to realize more of its potential benefits. Interaction between the atmosphere and underlying oceans provides the basis for probabilist...
Hansen, James
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Mason S
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Sun L
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Tall, Arame
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[Review of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub- Saharan Africa]
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Review of seasonal climate forecasting for agriculture in sub- Saharan Africa
In Africa, hydro-meteorological disasters (HMDs) have hit with increasing frequency and magnitude in recent years, with detrimental impacts on local livelihoods. African countries display a patchwork of national policies and institutional frameworks to address these rising HMDs. This paper examin...
Tall, Arame
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Patt AG
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Fritz, Steffen
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[Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity]
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Reducing vulnerability to hydro-meteorological extremes in Africa. A qualitative assessment of national climate disaster management policies: accounting for heterogeneity
The goal of my research is to investigate whether there is a need for gender-specific climate services in communities at risk of flooding, drought and other hydro-meteorological disasters that are on the rise in Africa since the mid-1990s. If there is a need, how can identifying these needs be in...
Tall, Arame
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[Reducing the vulnerability of women rural producers to rising hydro-meteorological disasters in Senegal: are there gender-specific climate service needs?]
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Reducing the vulnerability of women rural producers to rising hydro-meteorological disasters in Senegal: are there gender-specific climate service needs?
This report reviews key ICTs for Development (ICT4D) Programs, Innovations and
Information Exchange Platforms which are experimented within South Asia to
explore the use and scale-ability of these innovative approaches to other parts of
Africa and the developing world. Learning from the pionee...
Davis, Alicia
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Tall, Arame
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Dileepkumar, Guntuku
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[Reaching the last mile: best practices in leveraging the power of ICTs to communicate climate services to farmers at scale]
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Reaching the last mile: best practices in leveraging the power of ICTs to communicate climate services to farmers at scale
This report summarizes the results of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate
Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) commissioned evaluation of India’s
Integrated Agro-meteorological Advisory Service (AAS). Conducted June-July of
2012, this assessment was a joint endeavour of CCAFS, the Inte...
Venkatasubramanian, K
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Tall, Arame
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Hansen, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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[Assessment of India's Agrometeorological Advisory Service from a farmer perspective]
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Assessment of India's Agrometeorological Advisory Service from a farmer perspective