Niger is a landlocked country in West Africa located between 11°37´ and 23°23´ north latitude and between 00°10´ and 16°00´ east longitude, with an area of 1,267,000 square kilometers. Niger shares borders with Algeria and Libya in the north, Chad in the east, Nigeria and Benin in the south, and ...
Agroforestry can raise carbon (C) stocks of agricultural systems, and such increases can potentially be sold as CO2 emission offsets. We assembled information on the biophysical, technical, economic, and practical potential of agroforestry to sequester C for the West African Sahel, East Africa, a...
Luedeling, Eike
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Sileshi, Gudeta W.
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Beedy, Tracy
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Dietz, Johannes
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[Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry in Africa]
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Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry in Africa
This module describes the nature of genetic resources for food and agriculture and outlines why these resources are essential for climate-smart agriculture. After a brief description of the expected impacts of climate change on genetic resources for food and agriculture, the module highlights the...
Luchetti D
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Dulloo, Ehsan
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Asfaw A
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Collette L
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[Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture]
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Conservation and sustainable use of genetic resources for food and agriculture
‘Seeds for Needs’ is a global initiative led by Bioversity International in 11 countries throughout Africa, the Americas and Asia Pacific. The aim is to build more resilient and adaptable farming and seed systems by exposing farmers to more crop varieties, increasing their first-hand knowledge of...
The global phenomenon of climate change constitutes major threats to Africa (IPCC, 2007). Although the impact of climate change is global, for various reasons including the state of preparedness of the continent, it has been estimated that Africa will be most vulnerable to climate change (Arnell,...
Yatich, T.
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Swallow, B.M.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Minang, Peter A.
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Wakhayanga J
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[Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies]
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Community-based adaptation to climate change in Africa: a typology of information and institutional requirements for promoting uptake of existing adaptation technologies
Swennen, R.
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[Plantain cultivation under West African conditions: a reference manual]
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Plantain cultivation under West African conditions: a reference manual
How do we – as decision makers and policy implementers – assist dryland communities to become more resilient? There is no simple answer or single solution, but there are many emerging options and good examples of successful initiatives from within eastern Africa and beyond the region. This brief ...
Wagner B
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Njenga M
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Iiyama, Miyuki
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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[Towards greater resilience in the drylands: trees are the key]
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Towards greater resilience in the drylands: trees are the key
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Madagascar that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Multifunctional landscapes and species-rich agroforests can support biodiversity conservation. Command- and-control conservation approaches tend to create sharp distinctions between protected areas and surrounding agriculture. Can a village agroforest forest landscape gradient be stable? Or is it...
Tata HL
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Widayati A
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Mulyoutami E
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Co-existence of people and orangutan in Sumatra. Stabilising gradients for landscape multifunctionality]
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Co-existence of people and orangutan in Sumatra. Stabilising gradients for landscape multifunctionality
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Sudan* that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Taha A
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Waithaka, Michael
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Sudan. Summary note]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Sudan. Summary note