The food security of millions of people in East Africa is threatened due to climate events that shock the mainly agricultural system. Under a changing climate, these shocks will increase in severity and frequency, further destabilizing food security in the region. In the past, climate and food se...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Providing high resolution quantified seasonal forecasts in East Africa]
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Providing high resolution quantified seasonal forecasts in East Africa
Crop yield forecasting uses meteorological data, soil properties, management practices and genotype data to predict crop yields in a given area prior to harvest. Crop yield forecasting is an important tool for food security planning as it allows decision makers to make decisions related to pricin...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Real-time crop yield monitoring in Nepal for food security planning and climatic risk management]
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Real-time crop yield monitoring in Nepal for food security planning and climatic risk management
COP17 in Durban gave agriculture a foothold within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, particularly through its Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA). Building on this momentum, CCAFS East Africa helped create cohesion within ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[African Group of Negotiators play major role in agricultural negotiations at COP18]
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African Group of Negotiators play major role in agricultural negotiations at COP18
Programs and projects are implemented to produce results that are beneficial to sustainable societal wellbeing (both human and environmental). These results are used to demonstrate the project’s progress and performance and they are varied but their documentation is critical in order to demonstra...
Nyangaga J
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[How CIAT’s climate research informs and influences decision making in IFAD and the cocoa and coffee sector globally: An outcomes validation report]
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How CIAT’s climate research informs and influences decision making in IFAD and the cocoa and coffee sector globally: An outcomes validation report
Benin, S.
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Ulimwengu, J.
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Matchaya, Greenwell C.
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Makombe, T.
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Lorka, M.
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Vodounhessi, A.
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Tefera, W.
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[Mutual accountability in CAADP [Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme] and agricultural transformation]
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Mutual accountability in CAADP [Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme] and agricultural transformation
Arabica coffee production provides the principal
source of monetary income for many smallholder
households throughout the mountainous regions
of Central America. Coffee agroecosystems serve
several functions, which can include supporting
livelihoods, and providing ecosystem services (e.g.
carbon ...
Morris KS
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Méndez VE
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Gerlicz A
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Caswell, M.
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[Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience: In Smallholder Coffee Agroecosystems of Central America]
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Agroecology and Climate Change Resilience: In Smallholder Coffee Agroecosystems of Central America
El café representa el rubro principal de exportación de Centroamérica generando en todo su ciclo empleo y divisas además incidir positivamente en aspectos sociales, ambientales y económicos de las zonas donde se explota este cultivo. Desde el punto de vista económico el café representa el princip...
Bucardo, E.
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Betanco B
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Francisco B
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad de comunidades cafetaleras en Nicaragua y Guatemala]
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Análisis de vulnerabilidad de comunidades cafetaleras en Nicaragua y Guatemala
La aldea de Puente Alto está ubicada en el municipio de Barillas en el departamento de Huehuetenango en Guatemala. Los primeros colonizadores de Puente Alto son de origen indígena, pertenecientes a la etnia Q´anjob´al, estos llegaron provenientes de los municipios de Santa Eulalia, San Mateo y Sa...
Bucardo, E.
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad Aldea Puente Alto, Barillas, Huehuetenango (Guatemala)]
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad Puente Alto]
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Análisis de vulnerabilidad Puente Alto
La comunidad de San Lucas se encuentra en el municipio de San Juan del Rio Coco muy próximo a la cabecera municipal. El origen de esta comunidad no se sabe muy bien, pero los pobladores afirman que se aumentó la población de la comunidad en 1984 durante la guerra en Nicaragua con familias proveni...
Bucardo, E.
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Betanco B
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad Comunidad San Lucas, San Juan del Río Coco, Madriz (Nicaragua)]
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad San Lucas]
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Análisis de vulnerabilidad San Lucas
La comunidad de Samarkanda se encuentra ubicada en el municipio de San Juan del Rio Coco, aproximadamente a 250 kilómetros de la capital de Nicaragua, Managua. Esta comunidad es de recién formación y data desde el conflicto armado en la guerra civil de Nicaragua en la década de los ochenta. La ma...
Bucardo, E.
,
Zonneveld, M. van
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Betanco B
,
[Análisis de vulnerabilidad Comunidad Samarkanda, San Juan del Río Coco, Madriz (Nicaragua)]
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[Análisis de vulnerabilidad Samarkanda]
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Análisis de vulnerabilidad Samarkanda