Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture now exceed emissions from land use, land use change and forestry, including deforestation, and are growing at a rate of about 1% per year (Tubiellio et al. 2015). The main livestock emission sources – enteric fermentation, manure management and manu...
Wilkes, Andreas
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[Measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock: current practices and opportunities for improvement]
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Measurement, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock: current practices and opportunities for improvement
Reducing emissions by changing consumption of
foods with large greenhouse gas emissions could
have a major impact on climate change. Yet past
efforts to change diets through public policy have
had mixed results, suggesting that recent
estimates of technical mitigation potential likely
exceed feas...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Kiff, Laura
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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White, Julianna M.
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[Shifting food consumption to mitigate climate change is critical to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, but how?]
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Shifting food consumption to mitigate climate change is critical to fulfilling the Paris Agreement, but how?
About 2 million rural households in Kenya produce milk. With about 1800 liters per cow and year, average annual milk production per cow on smallholder dairy farms is low. As a result, production costs per kilogram of milk are high, and profit margins for many farmers are slim. Low cow productivit...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Dijk, Suzanne van
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Odhong', Charles
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[Finance for on-farm investments in dairy production in Kenya]
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Finance for on-farm investments in dairy production in Kenya
Messages clé
◼ L’Action commune de Koronivia pour l’agriculture, adoptée dans le cadre de la CCNUCC, est une opportunité pour faire de l’agroforesterie un élément clé de la réponse africaine aux changements climatiques.
◼ Nous avons évalué la visibilité de l’agroforesterie dans les processus de M...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Jallo, Courtney
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Namoi, Nictor
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Bulusu, Medha
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Mboi, Damaris
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[Faire compter les arbres en Afrique: Une meilleure stratégie de MRV de l’agroforesterie pour satisfaire aux ambitions de l’Afrique]
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Faire compter les arbres en Afrique: Une meilleure stratégie de MRV de l’agroforesterie pour satisfaire aux ambitions de l’Afrique
Key messages
◼ The UNFCCC’s Koronivia Joint Work on Agriculture creates an opening for agroforestry to take on an important role in Africa’s response to climate change.
◼ We reviewed measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry under the United Nations Framework Convention on Cli...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Jallo, Courtney
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Namoi, Nictor
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Bulusu, Medha
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Mboi, Damaris
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[Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions]
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Making trees count in Africa: Improved MRV is needed to meet Africa’s agroforestry ambitions
Key messages
◼ Many developing countries recognize that agroforestry offers benefits for both people and planet and have integrated it into national policy to help meet development and climate goals.
◼ Despite this interest, technical and institutional barriers often prevent trees outside forests...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Jallo, Courtney
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Namoi, Nictor
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Bulusu, Medha
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Suber, Marta
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Gurwick, Noel
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[Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC]
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Making trees count in non-Annex I countries: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC
Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to incr...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Wassie, Shimels Eshete
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Vorlaufer, Miriam
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Odhong', Chalres
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van Dijk, Suzanne
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[Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity]
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Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
Kenya’s dairy processors have begun to invest in providing extension services to small holder dairy farmers in their own supply chains. Investment has positive returns for both processors and farmers.
Each processor is developing their own model of extension service delivery and financing that co...
Odhong’, Charles
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Dijk, Suzanne van
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[Private-sector led extension in Kenya’s dairy sector]
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Private-sector led extension in Kenya’s dairy sector
Kenya’s dairy processers are increasingly paying attention to energy efficiency in their operations. This is driven by a squeeze on profit margins due to falling international milk prices and high domestic production costs, and energy efficiency requirements of newly enforced regulations on large...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Dijk, Suzanne van
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Odhong’, Charles
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[The potential for reduced consumption of high- emission energy in Kenya’s dairy sector]
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The potential for reduced consumption of high- emission energy in Kenya’s dairy sector
Feed and fodder production, supply and feeding practices are among the most important constraints on the development of the Kenyan dairy industry. Increasing fodder supply, supported by advice provided to farmers on feed ration balancing has great potential to enable farmers to increase on- farm ...
Dijk, Suzanne van
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Odhong’, Charles
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[The potential for commercial hay production in Kenya]
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The potential for commercial hay production in Kenya