Many research and development agencies are committed to halving the number of people living in extreme poverty by 2015. Knowledge of where the poor are, and what characterises them, is patchy at best. Here we describe a global livestock and poverty mapping study designed to assist in targeting re...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Henninger, N.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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[Locating poor livestock keepers at the global level for research and development targeting]
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Locating poor livestock keepers at the global level for research and development targeting
The field of ex ante impact assessment has been receiving increasing attention in recent
years, due in part to the rapidly changing nature of funding for agricultural research and the shifts
that have occurred in what is expected of the international agricultural research community. Ex ante
studi...
Thornton, Philip K.
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[Ex ante impact assessment and seasonal climate forecasts: status and issues]
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Ex ante impact assessment and seasonal climate forecasts: status and issues
Raising and selling farm animals allows more than 1 billion people to make a daily subsistence living. But as essential as they are for food, income and health, these tropical livestock systems can damage as well as enhance land and water resources, and, like all livestock systems, they generate ...
Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Livestock and climate change]
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Livestock and climate change
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
This study produces a set of maps and tables that locate significant populations of poor livestock keepers and has broadly assessed how poor livestock keeping populations are likely to change over the next 3-5 decades. The outputs of the study are based on innovative analysis using new global dat...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Henninger, N.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Atieno, F.
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Odero, A.N.
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Ndegwa, T.
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[Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world]
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Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world
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
Herrero, Mario T.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Bernués, A.
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Karanja, S.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Staal, Steven J.
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[Identifying pathways of change in mixed systems by linking regional land use and household models]
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Identifying pathways of change in mixed systems by linking regional land use and household models
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
Herrero, Mario T.
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González Estrada, E.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Hoogenboom, Gerrit
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[IMPACT: integrated modelling platform for animal crop systems - Users Manual Version 1.1.]
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IMPACT: integrated modelling platform for animal crop systems - Users Manual Version 1.1.
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