This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Democratic Republic of the Congo that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Nsombo, Blandine M.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Kyotalimye, Miriam
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Waithaka, Michael
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Summary note]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Democratic Republic of the Congo. Summary note
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Zimbabwe that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
In Colombia, agriculture is an economic mainstay, creating direct employment for much of the country s population. Agriculture s dependence on predictable seasonal patterns leaves many communities vulnerable to climate change. Vulnerability assessments attempt to quantify the degree to which a sy...
Peterson C
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Nowak, Andreea
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Jarvis, Andy
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Navarrete C
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Figueroa A
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Riano, N.M.
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Vargas, J.
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[Analysing vulnerability: a multi-dimensional approach from Colombia s upper Cauca river basin]
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Analysing vulnerability: a multi-dimensional approach from Colombia s upper Cauca river basin
Participatory and deliberative approaches were used in order to draw out and evaluate pathways of adaptation in maize farming in the Kenyan districts of Makueni (in Central Province) and Nandi/Nyando (in Western Province), whilst allowing participants to reflect on and share their own perceptions...
Whitfield, Stephen
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors]
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Envisaging change in maize farming: the push and pull factors
Agriculture is essential to the economies of East African countries. Climate change, with its effects on temperature and precipitation, threatens this important economic activity. How to foster agricultural development and food security in East Africa as the effects of climate change become more ...
Waithaka, Michael
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Kyotalimye, Miriam
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[East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. Issue Brief.]
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East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. Issue Brief.
The first decade of the 21st century has seen several harbingers of a troubled future for global food security. The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human ...
Nelson, Gerald C.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Gray I
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Ingersoll C
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Robertson, Richard D.
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Tokgoz S
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Zhu, T.
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Sulser TB
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Ringler, Claudia
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Msangi S
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You, Liangzhi
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[Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options]
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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options
This section introduces some basic concepts surrounding the climate system, climate change and climate variability. We will provide some insights into the challenges of climate modelling and what the inherent uncertainty really means for us, before exploring the way adaptation has so far been dis...
Neufeldt, Henry
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Sand, Isabel van de
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Dietz, Johannes
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Minh HH
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Yatich, T.
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Lasco, Rodel
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Climate change, climate variability and adaptation options]
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Climate change, climate variability and adaptation options
Traditionally, the spread and extent of human settlement beyond the major riparian zones of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and across many other arid regions of the world, has been determined by availability of groundwater supplies, accessed through hand-dug wells andsprings. In more recent times, grou...
Pavelic, Paul
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Giordano, Mark
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Keraita, Bernard N.
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Ramesh, Vidya
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Rao, Tamma
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[Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries]
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Groundwater availability and use in Sub-Saharan Africa: a review of 15 countries
The following sections are included:
Introduction. AgMIP Structure and Scientific Approach. AgMIP Regional Activities. AgMIP Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Projects. Climate change impacts on West African Agriculture (CIWARA) — A regional assessment. Impacts of climate variability and change on ag...
Rosenzweig, Cynthia
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Jones, James W.
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Hatfield, Jerry L.
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Mutter, CZ
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Adiku, Samuel G.K.
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Ahmad, A
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Beletse, Y
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Gangwar, B
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Dileepkumar, Guntuku
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Kihara, Job
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Masikati, Patricia
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Paramasivan P
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Rao, K.P.C.
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Zubair, L
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[The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Integrated regional assessment projects]
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The Agricultural Model Intercomparison and Improvement Project (AgMIP): Integrated regional assessment projects
El Plan de Acción Estratégico para Fortalecer la Conservación y el Uso de los Recursos Fitogenéticos Mesoamericanos para la Adaptación de la Agricultura al Cambio Climático (PAEM) es un mapa de ruta a diez años para fortalecer la conservación, el acceso y el uso de los recursos fitogenéticos de M...
Ramírez, M.
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Galluzzi, Gea
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Thomas E
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Etten, Jacob van
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Pinzon, S.
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Alcázar, C.
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Beltran, M.
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Libreros D
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Vay L
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Solano W
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Williams, D.
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Maselli S
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Quirós, W.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Remple N
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[Plan de accion estrategico para fortaleces la conservacion y el uso RFG mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico. PAEM 2014-2024]
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Plan de accion estrategico para fortaleces la conservacion y el uso RFG mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico. PAEM 2014-2024