Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70 100% increase in food production (Godfray et al. 2010). Given climate change, a new kind of agriculture is therefore essential, one that must meet the triple challenge not only of ensuring food security, but also of adapti...
Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Nihart, A
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Holmgren, Peter
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Seymour F
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Sibanda, Lindiwe Majele
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Braun, Joachim von
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[Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture]
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Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture
The Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS) of the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Resources (CGIAR) CCAFS “seeks to overcome the threats to agriculture and food security in a changing climate, exploring new ways of helping vulnerable rural communi...
Edmunds, D.
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Sasser J
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation]
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A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation
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
This introduction to the special section on “Governing Agriculture-Forest Landscapes to Achieve Climate Change Mitigation” reviews external interventions to improve forest conditions and reduce deforestation, and by extension, influence carbon storage in agriculture-forest landscapes. The review ...
Agrawal, A.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Persha, L
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[Governing agriculture-forest landscapes to achieve climate change mitigation]
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Governing agriculture-forest landscapes to achieve climate change mitigation
This brief addresses the major challenges and opportunities to financing climate change mitigation and adaptation pathways for smallholder farmers in developing nations. It underlines the need for an innovative and integrated approach to climate finance that can connect rural farmers to public an...
Foster K
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Franks P
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Diro, R.
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Munden, L
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Anand M
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods]
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Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods
Global warming will have far-reaching consequences for agriculture that will dispropotionately affect poor and marginalized groups who depend on agriculture for their livelihoods and have a lower capacity to adapt. Sustainable food security in a world of growing population and changing dieats is ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Hansen, James
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Jarvis, Andy
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[How can we feed nine billion people while reducing GHG emissions?]
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How can we feed nine billion people while reducing GHG emissions?
West et al. s recent paper (1) compared tradeoffs of carbon and crop production in temperate and tropical zones. We welcome the empirical evidence in support of agricultural intensification rather than extensification.
Reducing emissions of agricultural greenhouse gases (GHGs), such as methane and nitrous oxide, and sequestering carbon in the soil or in living biomass can help reduce the impact of agriculture on climate change while improving productivity and reducing resource use. There is an increasing demand...
Olander, L
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Tubiello, F.N.
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Herold, Martin
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[Synthesis and Review: Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Quantification]
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Synthesis and Review: Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Quantification
Better information on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation potential in the agricultural sector is necessary to manage these emissions and identify responses that are consistent with the food security and economic development priorities of countries. Critical activity data (what crops or...
Olander, L
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Tubiello, F.N.
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Herold, Martin
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[Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification]
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Advancing agricultural greenhouse gas quantification
Key messages
- Smallholder farmers can contribute significantly to climate change mitigation but will need incentives to adapt their practices. - Incentives from selling carbon credits are limited by low returns to farmers, high transaction costs, and the need for farmers to invest in mitigation ...