Given the projected increase in the demand for animal-source foods in developing countries,
trends in livestock GHG emissions and other environmental impacts, there is an urgent need
to change livestock production. Despite its significant role in global GHG emissions, the
livestock sector also ha...
Dijk, S. van
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Wilkes, Andreas
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[Climate-smart livestock sector development: the state of play in NAMA development]
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Climate-smart livestock sector development: the state of play in NAMA development
This manual is a resource and toolbox for NGO practitioners and programme designers interested in diagnostic and action research for gender sensitive and socially inclusive climate change programmes in the rural development context. It is meant to be an easy to use manual, increasing the research...
Jost, Christine
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Ferdous, N.
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Spicer, TD
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[Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture]
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Gender and Inclusion Toolbox: Participatory Research in Climate Change and Agriculture
The aim of this report is to provide a detailed review of documented social learning processes for climate change and natural resource management as described in peer-reviewed literature. Particular focus is on identifying (1) lessons and principles, (2) tools and approaches, (3) evaluation of so...
Harvey, Blane
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Ensor, Jonathan
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Garside, Ben
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Woodend, John
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Carlile, Liz
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[Social learning in practice: A review of lessons, impacts and tools for climate change]
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Social learning in practice: A review of lessons, impacts and tools for climate change
Rainfall in the Northern India-Nepal-Bangladesh region is crucial for farmers, water managers and others in the region. Most precipitation falls predominantly during the south Asian summer monsoon season. The phase of El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) affects the monsoon as well as winter rainf...
Robertson AW
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Bell, M.
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Cousin, Remi
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Curtis A
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Li S
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[Online tools for assessing the climatology and predictability of rainfall and temperature in the Indo-Gangetic plains based on observed datasets and seasonal forecast models]
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Online tools for assessing the climatology and predictability of rainfall and temperature in the Indo-Gangetic plains based on observed datasets and seasonal forecast models
This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover policy and strategy development (including where climate-smart objectives were not the initial ai...
Cooper, Peter J.M.
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Cappiello S
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
,
[Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture]
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Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture
This report presents 4 scenarios for the future of food security, agriculture, livelihoods and environments in East Africa. These scenarios were developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with a wide range of regional stakeholders. Th...
Vervoort, Joost M.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Havlík, Petr
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Jost, Christine
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Rowlands, H.
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[The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios]
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The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios
National governments across East Africa are in the process of formulating and implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies to assist farmers cope with climate change. These include formulating actions, frameworks and programs to address climate change and embedding these within the long-term...
Nyasimi, Mary
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
,
[Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives for agriculture in East Africa]
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives for agriculture in East Africa
Up to 75% of deforestation in Brazil is associated with cattle ranching. To reduce forest conversion and increase sustainability in the cattle supply chain, government, private sector and civil society support interventions based on combinations of institutions and policies, incentives, and infor...
Alves-Pinto, H.N.
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Newton, Peter
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Pinto, L
,
[Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil]
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Certifying sustainability: opportunities and challenges for the cattle supply chain in Brazil
Agricultural activities in the developing world directly contribute about 4.23 GtCO2eq/y to the current anthropogenic forcing of the global climate, and indirectly a further approximately 3.93GtCO2eq/y through forest clearing and degradation. Together they constitute a quarter of the total global...
Scholes, Robert J.
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Palm, C.A.
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Hickman, JE
,
[Agriculture and climate change mitigation in the developing world]
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Agriculture and climate change mitigation in the developing world
We describe the generation of synthetic sequences of precipitation and maximum and minimum daily temperatures at two locations, in western and eastern Africa respectively. The sequences are generated at the monthly time scale and incorporate both explicitly modelled annual-to-decadal variability,...
Greene, AM
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Khomyakov, I
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[Simulation of near-term climate change at target sites in West and East Africa]
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Simulation of near-term climate change at target sites in West and East Africa