This letter provides an overview of the available measurement techniques for nitrous oxide (N2O) flux measurement. It is presented to aid the choice of the most appropriate methods for different situations. Nitrous oxide is a very potent greenhouse gas; the effect of 1 kg of N2O is estimated to b...
Hensen A
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Skiba U
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Famulari D
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[Low cost and state of the art methods to measure nitrous oxide emissions]
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Low cost and state of the art methods to measure nitrous oxide emissions
Climate has been changing in the last fifty years in China and will continue to change regardless any efforts for mitigation. Agriculture is a climate-dependent activity and highly sensitive to climate changes and climate variability. Understanding the interactions between climate change and agri...
Ju H
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Erda, Lin
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Wheeler, Tim
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Jiang S
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[Climate Change Modelling and its Roles to Chinese Crops Yield]
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Climate Change Modelling and its Roles to Chinese Crops Yield
Downing, T.E.
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Patwardhan, A
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Klein, RJT
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Mukhala, E
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Stephen, L
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Winograd, Manuel
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Ziervogel, G.
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[Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation]
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Assessing vulnerability for climate adaptation
In this issue, we focus on CCAFS East Africa work in Tanzania and Uganda, on integrating farmers’ indigenous technical knowledge with scientific weather information. We also highlight ongoing work with farmers to find innovative climate smart practices that will improve their capacity to adapt to...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, April–June 2013]
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa quarterly newsletter, April–June 2013
Estimates of the response of crops to climate change rarely quantify the uncertainty inherent in the simulation of both climate and crops. We present a crop simulation ensemble for a location in India, perturbing the response of both crop and climate under both baseline (12 720 simulations) and d...
Challinor, Andrew J.
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Wheeler, Tim
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Hemming D
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Upadhyaya, Hari D.
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[Ensemble yield simulations: crop and climate uncertainties, sensitivity to temperature and genotypic adaptation to climate change]
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Ensemble yield simulations: crop and climate uncertainties, sensitivity to temperature and genotypic adaptation to climate change
Shortening of the growing season despite a longer thermally favorable period implies that vegetation on the Tibetan Plateau is unable to exploit additional thermal resources availed by climate change. Ecosystem composition may no longer be well attuned to the local temperature regime, which has c...
Yu H
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Xu, Jianchu
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Okuto E
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Luedeling, Eike
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[Seasonal response of grasslands to climate change on the Tibetan plateau]
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Seasonal response of grasslands to climate change on the Tibetan plateau
Global agriculture must produce more food to feed a growing population. Yet scientific assessments point to climate change as a growing threat to agricultural yields and food security (1–4). Recent droughts and floods in the Horn of Africa, Russia, Pakistan, and Australia affected food production...
Beddington, J.R.
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Asaduzzaman, Mohammed
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Clark, Megan E.
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Fernández Bremauntz, Adrian
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Guillou, Marion
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Howlett DJB
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Jahn, Molly M.
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Erda, Lin
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Mamo, Tekalign
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Negra, Christine
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Nobre, Carlos A.
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Scholes, Robert J.
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Nguyen Van Bo
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Wakhungu, Judi W.
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[What Next for Agriculture After Durban?]
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What Next for Agriculture After Durban?
This guide provides users with a way to analyse the factors that enable progress along CCAFS impact pathways, as a means to contribute to improved program planning. The approach focuses on understanding what factors are enabling or preventing the achievements of site, national and regional level ...
Gibbons, S
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[Understanding behavioural change: A guide for analysing factors influencing progress towards outcomes]
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Understanding behavioural change: A guide for analysing factors influencing progress towards outcomes
Rainfed crop management systems need to be optimized to provide more resilient options to cope with projected climatic scenarios forecasting a decrease in mean precipitation and more frequent extreme drought periods in Mexico. Soil water content (0 60 cm) was measured during three crop cycles in ...
Verhulst, Nele
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Nelissen V
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Jespers N
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Haven H
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Sayre KD
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Raes, Dirk
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Deckers, J.
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Govaerts, Bram
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[Soil water content, maize yield and its stability as affected by tillage and crop residue management in rainfed semi-arid highlands]
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Soil water content, maize yield and its stability as affected by tillage and crop residue management in rainfed semi-arid highlands