Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has become a central
concept shaping action and bringing together
constituencies at the global level on agriculture and
climate change. In essence, climate-smart agriculture
pays explicit attention to how interventions in agriculture
and food systems affect each of...
Recientes investigaciones presentadas en
un seminario en París, coorganizado por
el Programa de Investigación de CGIAR en Cambio
Climático, Agricultura y Seguridad Alimentaria
(CCAFS), el Consejo Internacional de Ciencias
Sociales (CICS) y Future Earth, dieron lugar a cinco
recomendaciones de pol...
Huyer, Sophia
,
Twyman, Jennifer
,
Koningstein, Manon
,
Ashby, Jacqueline A.
,
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
[Apoyo a las mujeres agricultoras en un clima cambiante: cinco lecciones de políticas]
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Apoyo a las mujeres agricultoras en un clima cambiante: cinco lecciones de políticas
La presente nota informativa ofrece un panorama general de lo que se afirma en el AR5 sobre los efectos del cambio climático en la alimentación y la agricultura, y en particular, la alimentación y la agricultura de los 500 millones de pequeños agricultores y criadores de ganado, así como pescador...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
[El cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria y los pequeños productores]
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El cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria y los pequeños productores
La présente note d’information donne un aperçu du point de vue de l’AR5 concernant les impacts des changements climatiques sur l’alimentation et l’agriculture – en particulier l’alimentation et l’agriculture du demi-milliard de petits exploitants agricoles, éleveurs et pêcheurs qui sont les plus ...
Globally, agriculture is the mainstay of most well planned economies because it contributes significantly to the national GDP, creates employment, provides food for human sustenance, raw materials for industry and earns foreign exchange. Nigeria is blessed with tremendous agricultural resources s...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
Abubakar Y
,
Conway, G.
,
Dziba L
,
Hoevel M
,
Ibe C
,
Ibrahim A
,
Olokor J
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Ifeijka Speranza, Chinwe
,
[National Agricultural Resilience Framework]
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National Agricultural Resilience Framework
Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change to adapt to and mitigate the effects of changing conditions. Addressing gender inequality is key to ensuring this outcome. Agriculture is a fundamental part of women’s livelihoods globally, most markedly ...
Huyer, Sophia
,
Twyman, Jennifer
,
Koningstein, Manon
,
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
Hill, Catherine
,
[Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate]
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Climate change, policy change: Five policy lessons to support women farmers in a changing climate
The Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted under the Paris Agreement propose a country’s contribution to global mitigation efforts and domestic adaptation initiatives. This paper provides a systematic analysis of NDCs submitted by South Asian nations, in order to assess how far thei...
Amjath-Babu, T.S.
,
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
,
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
[Climate action for food security in South Asia? Analyzing the role of agriculture in nationally determined contributions to the Paris agreement]
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Climate action for food security in South Asia? Analyzing the role of agriculture in nationally determined contributions to the Paris agreement
Making sure that we will continue to have enough to eat is at the heart of our shared ambitions to mitigate climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the convention that has guided us through the highs and lows of 18 rounds of annual negotiations, states ...
Global food chains and increasingly interlinked economies mean countries need to work together to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.