Climate change is currently acknowledged as one of the pressing global threats to the
environment and humanity. This threat has moved the global community to take action on
adaptation and mitigation efforts to cushion its devastating effects. Cognizance has been taken
of the disproportionate impa...
Aura, Ruth
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa]
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Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa
A myriad of agricultural and livestock production systems co-exist in the developing countries. Agricultural research for development should therefore aim at delivering strategies that are well targeted to the heterogeneous landscapes and diverse biophysical and socioeconomic contexts the agricul...
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Kruska, R.L.
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You, Liangzhi
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Wood, S.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Omolo, Abisalom
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[Classifying livestock production systems for targeting agricultural research and development in a rapidly changing world]
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Classifying livestock production systems for targeting agricultural research and development in a rapidly changing world
Livestock systems globally are changing rapidly in response to human population growth, urbanization, and growing incomes. This paper discusses the linkages between burgeoning demand for livestock products, growth in livestock production, and the impacts this may have on natural resources, and ho...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[The inter-linkages between rapid growth in livestock production, climate change, and the impacts on water resources, land use, and deforestation]
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The inter-linkages between rapid growth in livestock production, climate change, and the impacts on water resources, land use, and deforestation
The main purpose of the study presented here is to shed some light using simple and aggregated methods on the following question: In view of the expected climate change, is there also a long-term perspective for livestock development in the area, i.e. will the Turkana ecosystem be able to sustain...
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Livestock development and climate change in Turkana District, Kenya]
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Livestock development and climate change in Turkana District, Kenya
Climate change will have severe impacts in many parts of the tropics and subtropics. Despite the importance of livestock to poor people and the magnitude of the changes that are likely to befall livestock systems, the intersection of climate change and livestock is a relatively neglected research...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[The livestock-climate-poverty nexus: A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change]
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The livestock-climate-poverty nexus: A discussion paper on ILRI research in relation to climate change
Hills, T.
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Pramova, E.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Noble, A.D.
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Weight, Elizabeth
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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[A monitoring instrument for resilience]
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A monitoring instrument for resilience
This document gives detailed step by step information on minium data sets collection procedures for the maize/vetch intercropping trial conducted at the Debre Zeit Expeiment Station in the Ethiopian highlands. Details are given on soil characterization, plot layout, initial condition soil samplin...
Saka, A.R.
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Haque, I.
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Singh, U.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Maize/Annual forage legumes mixed cropping systems: Characterizing water and nitrogen dynamics in maize/vetch pure and mixed stands. 1. Procedures for collecting minimum data sets]
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Maize/Annual forage legumes mixed cropping systems: Characterizing water and nitrogen dynamics in maize/vetch pure and mixed stands. 1. Procedures for collecting minimum data sets
This document describes a monitoring instrument for efficiently tracking changes in resilience
in agricultural initiatives.
Operationalizing the concept of resilience (i.e. the ability to withstand change, stresses and shocks)
poses significant challenges for project managers, particularly when r...
Hills T
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Pramova E
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Noble, A.D.
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Weight, Elizabeth
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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[A Monitoring Instrument for Resilience]
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A Monitoring Instrument for Resilience
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Kruska, R.L.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[A production system map for Africa]
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A production system map for Africa
The increase in global consumption of animal source food (ASF) (by more than 40kg/person/year in the last 25 years) has driven livestock production systems in many countries towards intensification. This has significant consequences for land use. Identifying how best to navigate the trade-offs of...
Herrero, Mario T.
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Mason-D’Croz, Daniel
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Godde, Cécile M.
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Palmer, Jeda
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Gill, Margaret
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[Livestock, land and the environmental limits of animal source-food consumption]
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Livestock, land and the environmental limits of animal source-food consumption