Grasslands cover about 40% of China's land area. This paper synthesizes 133 papers from China on the impacts of land use conversion and improved management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) in China's grasslands. The synthesis finds that overgrazing and conversion of freely grazed grassland ...
Wang, Shiping
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Zhang, Zhicai
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Chang, Xiaofeng
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Lang, Rong
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Wang, Yanfen
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Niu, Haishan
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[Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in China s grasslands: a synthesis]
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Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in China s grasslands: a synthesis
Coffee and banana production in Uganda will be affected by climate change. While rainfall quantity might not drastically alter, its distribution is expected to become more erratic. Furthermore, the average temperature is expected to increase by 2 °C in the next few decades. This will affect coffe...
Kangire A
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Verhagen J
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Koomen I
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[Towards climate smart agriculture: lessons from a coffee × banana case. Experiences from research for policy support in Uganda]
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Towards climate smart agriculture: lessons from a coffee × banana case. Experiences from research for policy support in Uganda
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Niger that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Hassan Y
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Danguioua, A.
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[West African agriculture and climate change: Niger. Summary note]
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West African agriculture and climate change: Niger. Summary note
Located in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has a long coastline on the Red Sea. The country has varied topography, rainfall, and climate, with altitude ranging from 60 to more than 3,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea’s total population is about 5.27 million people, of whom 50–60 percent live in hig...
Ghebru B
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Araia, W.
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Ogbazghi W
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Gebreselassie M
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Eritrea
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Lesotho that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
The focus of the work was on the needs and concerns of the indigenous communities and their farmers. The emphasis was on creating an environment in which farmers could identify what they felt would be most useful to meet the challenges they faced, knowing that their own traditional knowledge and ...
Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research
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[Farmers and genebanks: creating alliances to help rural communities cope with climate change]
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Farmers and genebanks: creating alliances to help rural communities cope with climate change
A three-year project was funded by the BMZ/GIZ to examine the benefits of integrating aquaculture and small scale irrigation by identifying improved water allocation and management strategies under current and future climate change scenarios. An integrated modeling approach was adopted to analyze...
Kam, Suan Pheng
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Cai X
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Sood, A.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Yen, B.T.
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Nagoli J
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Chijere A
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[Decision support for water management for integrating aquaculture in small-scale irrigation systems: a case for the Chingale catchment in Malawi. Project Brief]
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Decision support for water management for integrating aquaculture in small-scale irrigation systems: a case for the Chingale catchment in Malawi. Project Brief
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
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on South Africa that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Agriculture is the largest sector in the Sierra Leone economy, employing more than 75 percent of labor force and contributing be-tween 35 and 47 percent of GDP. Rice, the staple food crop, is grown mainly by small-scale farmers under rainfed conditions. Transporting produce remains a challenge, a...
Johnson RG
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Johnson RG
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Kandeh M
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note]
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West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note