At the Paris climate summit in 2015, the World Business Council on Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) announced a set of 2030 ambitions under the three pillars of climate
smart agriculture (CSA), namely productivity, resilience and mitigation. Based on work under
WBCSD’s workstream to improve busi...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
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[Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA]
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Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA
The “How To Do Note: Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects” provides guidance for the design and development of climate-smart value chains. A number of tools and resources are available to support decision makers at various stages in value chain development. Mainstreaming clima...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Läderach, Peter
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Mwongera, Caroline
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[How can we develop value chain programs that address climate risks?]
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How can we develop value chain programs that address climate risks?
This learning brief is part of a series to capture the process, progress and lessons from CCAFS in its endeavor to plan, implement and deliver research outcomes. Since the last of these learning
notes was published1, the process for finalizing the impact pathways (IPs) was considerably simplified...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, L.
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Hansen, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Coffey, Kevin
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Moussa, Abdoulaye S.
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Sajise, A.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Richards, Meryl
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Jost, Christine
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Jay, A.
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[Learning Brief: Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops]
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Learning Brief: Lessons in Theory of Change from a Series of Regional Planning Workshops
This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover policy and strategy development (including where climate-smart objectives were not the initial ai...
Cooper, Peter J.M.
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Cappiello S
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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[Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture]
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Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture
Climate change fundamentally shifts the agricultural development agenda. Changing temperature and precipitation, sea level rise, and the rising frequency of extreme climate events will significantly reduce global food production in this century unless action is taken. Major investments, private an...
Smallholders in developing countries produce, on a very rough estimate, 5% of total global greenhouse gas emissions. This figure includes emissions due to both agriculture and land use change for agriculture. Mitigation actions in smallholder agriculture now could support farm livelihoods and mor...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[A rough estimate of the proportion of global emissions from agriculture due to smallholders]
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A rough estimate of the proportion of global emissions from agriculture due to smallholders
New agricultural development pathways are required to meet climate change adaptation and mitigation needs in the food systems of low-income countries. A research and policy agenda is provided to indicate where innovation and new knowledge are needed. Adaptation requires identifying suitable crop ...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Rosswall, T.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Hellin, J.
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Jarvis, Andy
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Snook, L.K.
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Smakhtin, Vladimir U.
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Kinyangi, James
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[Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world]
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Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world
The food system today is destroying the environment upon which future food production depends.
While the food system generates enough food energy for our population of over 7 billion it does not deliver adequate and affordable nutrition for all. About half the global population is inadequately or...
Garnett, Tara
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Appleby, M.C.
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Balmford, A.
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Bateman, I.J.
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Benton, T.G.
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Bloomer, P.
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Burlingame, B.
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Dawkins, M.
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Dolan, L.
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Fraser, D.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Hoffmann, I.
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Smith, Pete
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Toulmin, C.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Godfray, H. Charles J.
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[What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper]
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What is a sustainable healthy diet? A discussion paper
Agricultural research for development has made important contributions to poverty reduction and food security
over the last 40 years. Nevertheless, it is likely that both the speed of global change and its impacts on natural and
socio-economic systems are being under-estimated. Coupled with the m...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Cramer, Laura
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Abreu, David
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based]
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Responding to global change: A theory of change approach to making agricultural research for development outcome-based
Thornton, Philip K.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Climate change, agriculture and food security: linking research and action in East and West Africa]
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Climate change, agriculture and food security: linking research and action in East and West Africa