We consider the question of what is needed for climate services to support sub-Saharan African farmers’ adaptation needs at the scale of the climate challenge. Consistent with an earlier assessment that mutually reinforcing supply-side and demand-side capacity constraints impede the development o...
Hansen, James
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Dinku, Tufa
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Carr, Edward
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Körner, Jana
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale]
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Climate Services Can Support African Farmers' Context-Specific Adaptation Needs at Scale
Throughout at least the past several centuries, El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) has played a significant role in human response to climate. Over time, increased attention on ENSO has led to a better understanding of both the physical mechanisms, and the environmental and societal consequences...
Zebiak, Stephen E.
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Orlove B
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Muñoz, A.G.
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Hansen, James
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Troy T
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Thomson M
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Lustig A
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Garvin S
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[Investigating El Niño-Southern Oscillation and society relationships]
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Investigating El Niño-Southern Oscillation and society relationships
Climate information services (CIS) involve the production, translation, transfer, and use of climate information for individual and societal decision-making. After years of focus on building CIS around available information, today the CIS community recognizes that effective CIS are aimed at speci...
Carr, Edward
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Goble, Rob
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Rosko, Helen M.
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Vaughan, Catherine
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Hansen, James
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[Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda]
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Identifying climate information services users and their needs in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review and learning agenda
Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence prevents a realistic analysis of whether such services are delivering on their potential. This paper revi...
Vaughan, Catherine
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Hansen, James
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Roudier, Philippe
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Watkiss, Paul
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Carr, Edward
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[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda]
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Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda