The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a strategic ten-year partnership between the CGIAR and Future Earth to help thedeveloping world overcome the threats posed by a changing climate, to achieve food security, improve agriculture and livelihoods. I...
Savannakhet Province has a total area of 21,774 square kilometers, and in 2000 it had an estimated population of 757,950, with an average population density of 35 persons per square kilometer (DoP 2000). Agricultural production is the primary activity in the province and rice is the main crop bei...
Cassava sub-sectors in Eastern and Southern Africa have been neglected for several decades by all concerned sectors. However, experience from other parts of the world suggests that the crop is versatile and that its commercialization could lead
to several benefits including food security, industr...
Abass, A.
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Mbabaali, S.
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Cromme, N.
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[The untapped potential of cassava as a food security and industrial crop in eastern and southern Africa: a case study of Madagascar, Tanzania and Zambia]
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The untapped potential of cassava as a food security and industrial crop in eastern and southern Africa: a case study of Madagascar, Tanzania and Zambia
Key messages:
Climate change adaptation for coffee and cocoa farming requires low cost and multipurpose solutions, such as shade trees.
Selecting appropriate shade trees is paramount for maximizing tree-based ecosystem services while minimizing disservices.
The shade tree advice tool presented h...
Wolf, Just van der
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Gram, Gil
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Bukomeko, Hannington
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Mukasa, David
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Giller, Onno
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Kirabo, Enoch
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Angebault, Charles
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Vaast, Philippe
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Asare, Richard
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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[The Shade Tree Advice Tool]
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The Shade Tree Advice Tool
While smallholder farmers and communities adopt agricultural practices that provide carbon sequestration benefits, it can be difficult for them to reap economic rewards by accessing carbon markets. For example, effective grassland management can substantially improve livestock productivity and al...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Linking herders to carbon markets in China]
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Linking herders to carbon markets in China
Los pequeños agricultores son un elemento clave de la seguridad alimentaria en el África subsahariana, donde la agricultura de
secano a pequeña escala es la principal fuente de alimento e ingreso de dos tercios de la población. Las decisiones importantes
relacionadas con el hogar y la producción ...
Dorward, Peter
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Clarkson, Graham
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Stern, Roger
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[Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura (PICSA): Manual de campo - Una guía detallada sobre el uso de PICSA con agricultores, paso por paso]
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Servicios Integrados Participativos de Clima para la Agricultura (PICSA): Manual de campo - Una guía detallada sobre el uso de PICSA con agricultores, paso por paso
National Agricultural Extension Systems in ten districts in Tanzania and Malawi are receiving training in the production and use of climate services as part of a WFP-CCAFS joint activity within the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa. This document reports on the first training of intermediaries,...
Dorward, P.
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Tall, Arame
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Kaur, Harneet
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Hansen, James
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[Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa]
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Training Agricultural Research & Extension Staff to Produce and Communicate Agro-Climatic Information, to Enhance the Resilience and Food Security of Farmers and Pastoralists in Kiteto, Tanzania: Preliminary Findings from the GFCS Adaptation Programme in Africa
This study comprises a set of methane emission measurements in rice fields located in the four agro-ecological zones of the Mekong River Delta (MRD), namely the zones with (i) alluvial soils, (ii) salinity intrusion, (iii) deep flood, and (iv) acid sulfate soils. These zones have very distinct bi...
Vo, Thi Bach Thuong
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Tirol-Padre, Agnes
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Cao, Van Phuong
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MacDonald, Ben
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Espaldon, Maria Victoria
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Sander, Bjoern Ole
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[Methane emission from rice cultivation in different agro-ecological zones of the Mekong river delta: seasonal patterns and emission factors for baseline water management]
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Methane emission from rice cultivation in different agro-ecological zones of the Mekong river delta: seasonal patterns and emission factors for baseline water management
For agriculture to play a role in climate change mitigation strategies to reduce
emissions from inorganic nitrogen (N) fertilizer through a more balanced and
efficient use are necessary. Such strategies should align with the overarching
principle of sustainable intensification and will need to co...
Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Sapkota, Tek B.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Misiko, Michael T.
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Simon, Attwood
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[Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?]
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Gender and inorganic nitrogen: what are the implications of moving towards a more balanced use of nitrogen fertilizer in the tropics?
At the Paris climate summit in 2015, the World Business Council on Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) announced a set of 2030 ambitions under the three pillars of climate
smart agriculture (CSA), namely productivity, resilience and mitigation. Based on work under
WBCSD’s workstream to improve busi...
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
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[Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA]
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Measuring Progress Towards the WBCSD Statement of Ambition on Climate-Smart Agriculture: Improving Businesses’ Ability to Trace, Measure and Monitor CSA