National Agricultural Extension Systems in ten districts in Tanzania and Malawi are receiving training in the production and use of climate services as part of a WFP-CCAFS joint activity within the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa. This document reports on the first training of intermediaries,...
Dorward, P.
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa]
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Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa
Central to understanding the usefulness of climate and weather forecasts in support of agricultural decision-making is addressing the issue of who receives what information. Many contend that improved climate forecasts since the late 1990s have had limited impact on smallholder farming communitie...
Tall, Arame
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Chaudhury, M.
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McKune, Sarah
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers]
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Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers
A scoping study to assess demand, opportunities and potential for the use of interactive radio to deliver climate services at scale for farmers and pastoralists was conducted by CCAFS in partnership with Farm Radio International in Tanzania, and Farm Radio Trust in Malawi in late 2014. Over 1280 ...
Hampson, Karen J.
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Chapota, Rex
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Emmanuel, Japhet
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Tall, Arame
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Huggins-Rao, Sheila
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Leclair, Mark
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Perkins, Kevin
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Delivering climate services for farmers and pastoralists through interactive radio]
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Delivering climate services for farmers and pastoralists through interactive radio
This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme seeks to improve climate services for agriculture, food security, heath and disaster risk reduction in T...
Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.
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Mango, Joash
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Swamila, M
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Which climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Malawi?]
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Which climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Malawi?
This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for
Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS
programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, heath and disaster risk reduction, is
implemented in Tanzania...
Coulibaly, Jeanne Y.
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Mango, Joash
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Swamila, M
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?]
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What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?
This report reflects the summary of baseline findings in Malawi, under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, types of climate services farmers and pastoralists n...
Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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Halperin, Mea
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[Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]
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Malawi Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa
This report reflects upon the consolidated findings from the baseline and scoping studies conducted under the auspices of Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. It identifies gaps in climate information access and use at the local level, type of climate servi...
Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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Halperin, Mea
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[Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa]
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Tanzania Summary of Baseline Studies: Country Report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa
This report summarizes a new contextual and gender-responsive monitoring and evaluation framework (M&E) to assess the added value of climate information and advisory services for smallholder farming communities across the developing world. The proposed M&E is based on three primary goals for cond...
Tall, Arame
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Davis, Alicia
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Agrawal, Sweta
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[Does climate information matter? A proposed monitoring and evaluation framework for participatory assessment of the impact of climate services for male and female farmers]
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Does climate information matter? A proposed monitoring and evaluation framework for participatory assessment of the impact of climate services for male and female farmers
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