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Thornton, Philip K.[Is the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report telling us anything new about climate change and food security?]Is the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report telling us anything new about climate change and food security?

The question of whether the contentious situation at the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania, engendered by human population growth, agricultural intensification and perceptions of proper and sustainable land use, is a prevalent problem on a broader continental scale is addressed.


Ellis, J.Reid, Robin S.Thornton, Philip K.Kruska, R.L.[Population growth and land-use change among pastoral people: Local processes and continental patterns. Poster]Population growth and land-use change among pastoral people: Local processes and continental patterns. Poster

Agricultural modellers often need detailed soil profile data with which to run their models. We combine an extensive soil profile database with the Harmonized World Soil Database, a 30 arcsecond raster database of soil information worldwide, and describe a statistical process to identify represen...


Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[Representative soil profiles for the Harmonized World Soil Database at different spatial resolutions for agricultural modelling applications]Representative soil profiles for the Harmonized World Soil Database at different spatial resolutions for agricultural modelling applications

Drought is a frequent occurrence in the Northwest Province of South Africa, and it appears to be strongly influenced by El Niño-Southern Oscillation events. The South African Weather Services produce long-term seasonal climate forecasts for 3 and 6 mo in advance that could allow crop and livesto...


Thornton, Philip K.Fawcett, R.H.Galvin, K.A.Boone, Randall B.Hudson, J.W.Vogel, C.H.[Evaluating management options that use climate forecasts: Modelling livestock production systems in the semi-arid zone of South Africa]Evaluating management options that use climate forecasts: Modelling livestock production systems in the semi-arid zone of South Africa

East African pastoral adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is assessed, using data from decision making processes and ecological data of the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area as an example. The paper uses integrated modeling, linking PHEWS, a household mode...


Galvin, K.A.Thornton, Philip K.Boone, Randall B.Sunderland, J.[Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania]Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania

Given the different roles that women and men play in households and communities, strategies to improve food security and build adaptive capacity need to take gender differences into account. In many developing countries, local organizations have a role to play in it. However, the degree to which ...


Cramer, LauraFörch, WiebkeMutie IThornton, Philip K.[Connecting women, connecting men: How communities and organizations interact to strengthen adaptive capacity and food security in the face of climate change]Connecting women, connecting men: How communities and organizations interact to strengthen adaptive capacity and food security in the face of climate change
Thornton, Philip K.Jones, Peter G.[Four degrees and beyond: What might this mean for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa?]Four degrees and beyond: What might this mean for agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa?

Agricultural modellers often need detailed soil profile data with which to run their models. We combine an extensive soil profile database with the Harmonized World Soil Database, a 30 arcsecond raster database of soil information worldwide, and describe a statistical process to identify represen...


Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[Representative soil profiles for the Harmonized World Soil Database at different spatial resolutions for agricultural modelling applications]Representative soil profiles for the Harmonized World Soil Database at different spatial resolutions for agricultural modelling applications
Boone, Randall B.Conant, Richard T.Sircely, Jason A.Thornton, Philip K.Herrero, Mario T.[Climate change impacts on selected global rangeland ecosystem services]Climate change impacts on selected global rangeland ecosystem services

The climate change research community’s shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) are a set of alternative global development scenarios focused on mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. To use these scenarios as a global context that is relevant for policy guidance at regional and national le...


Palazzo, AmandaVervoort, Joost M.Mason-D'Croz, DanielRutting, LucasHavlík, PetrIslam, ShahnilaBayala, JulesValin, HugoKadi Kadi, Hame A.Thornton, Philip K.[Linking regional stakeholder scenarios and shared socioeconomic pathways: Quantified West African food and climate futures in a global context]Linking regional stakeholder scenarios and shared socioeconomic pathways: Quantified West African food and climate futures in a global context

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