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
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Koningstein, Manon
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Ashby, Jacqueline A.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[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
Global food chains and increasingly interlinked economies mean countries need to work together to reduce emissions of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas.
As climate change pushes livestock, crop and tree production systems towards new realities, societies may seek more comprehensive solutions. Examples of truly radical adaptation — pre-emptive actions at scale that address the root causes of climate risks and reduce climatic footprint — are still ...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Mason M
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Dinesh, Dhanush
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Adolph, Barbara
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[Radical adaptation in agriculture: tackling the roots of climate vulnerability]
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Radical adaptation in agriculture: tackling the roots of climate vulnerability
Successful value chain interventions that achieve poverty reduction goals can in themselves be beneficial to climate change adaption, as they build farmers’ assets and institutional linkages. But climate change can have major effects on the outcomes of IFAD-supported value chain interventions for...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[How to do Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects]
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How to do Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirms that in the next few decades climate change will result in crop losses. But is this really a big deal?
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Climate change and food supplies: bit of a drag or major upheaval?]
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Climate change and food supplies: bit of a drag or major upheaval?
This brief summarizes an International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) report: The Economic Advantage: assessing the value of climate-change actions in agriculture. The report informs readers who seek to build economic evidence in support of the inclusion of actions on agriculture in cli...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Richards, Meryl
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Pinto, Alex de
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Ferrarese, Dino
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Läderach, Peter
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Lan, Le
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Luckert, Marty
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Mazzoli, Enrico
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Plant, Laura
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Rinaldi, Roberto
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Stephenson, Jim
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Watkiss, Paul
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[The economic advantage: assessing the value of climate change actions in agriculture]
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The economic advantage: assessing the value of climate change actions in agriculture