Research on climate change policies can contribute to policy development by building an understanding of the barriers faced in policy processes, and by providing knowledge needed throughout policy cycles. This paper explores the thematic coverage of research on climate change policies related to ...
Locatelli, Bruno
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Aldunce, Paulina
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Fallot, Abigail
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Le Coq, Jean François
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Sabourin, Eric
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Tapasco, Jeimar
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[Research on Climate Change Policies and Rural Development in Latin America: Scope and Gaps]
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Research on Climate Change Policies and Rural Development in Latin America: Scope and Gaps
The types of technology change catalyzed by research interventions in integrated natural resource management (INRM) are likely to require much more social negotiation and adaptation than are changes related to plant breeding, the dominant discipline within the system of the Consultative Group on ...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Haan, Nicoline C. de
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change]
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Blending "hard" and "soft" science: The "follow-the-technology" approach to catalyzing and evaluating technology change
Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management (INRM) research poses a challenge to scientists. The complexity of INRM interventions requires a more holistic approach to impact assessment, beyond the plot and farm levels and beyond traditional analysis of economic returns. Impact ...
Gottret, María Verónica
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White, D.
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[Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences]
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Assessing the impact of integrated natural resource management: Challenges and experiences
Three case studies show that natural resource management (NRM) research aimed at sustainably improving the well-being of African small-holder farmers is complex, and that monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is an essential tool in coping with this complexity, supported by an ‘innovation systems’ view...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Delve, Robert J.
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Ekboir, Javier M.
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Twomlow, Stephen
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[Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management]
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Contending with complexity: The role of evaluation in implementing sustainable natural resource management
Agricultural research and development organizations are increasingly under pressure to shift from enhancing productivity of food crops to improving profitability and competitiveness of small-scale farming, and linking smallholder farmers to more profitable markets. What is not obvious however, is...
Sanginga, Pascal C.
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Best, R.
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Chitsike, C.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Kaaria, Susan K.
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Kirkby, Roger A.
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[Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor]
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Enabling rural innovation in Africa : An approach for integrating farmer participatory research and market orientation for building the assets of rural poor
Ecoregional research has the potential to help address some of the huge challenges facing agriculture in developing countries by developing technologies that work under different agro-ecological conditions, and the processes by which these technologies can be adapted to work in other areas with s...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Baker, Derek
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Weise, S.F.
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Gockowski, J.
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Manyong, Victor M.
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Keatinge, J.D.H.
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[Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach]
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Ecoregional research in Africa : Learning lessons from IITA´s benchmark area approach
To conduct a non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services, this study explored combining data on the use of ecosystem resources with measuring the effort expended on agricultural activities in three communities of the lower Caqueta, Colombian Amazon. By measuring the energy expended by people dur...
Durán H., Zulma
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Arguello A., Heliodoro
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Tapasco, Jeimar
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[A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana]
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A methodological approach for the non-monetary valuation of ecosystem services in three communities of the Colombian Amazon = Una aproximación metodológica para la valoración no monetaria de servicios ecosistémicos en tres comunidades de la Amazonia Colombiana
Making decisions in natural resource management involves an understanding of the risk and uncertainty of the outcomes, such as crop failure or cattle starvation, and of the normal spread of the expected production. Hedging against poor outcomes often means lack of investment and slow adoption of ...
Jones, Peter G.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Spatial modeling of risk in natural resource management]
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Spatial modeling of risk in natural resource management
In this article the authors assess the potential impacts of projected climate change on water, livelihoods and food security in the Basin Focal Projet basins. The authors consider expected change within the context of recently observed climate variability in the basins to better understand the po...
Mulligan, M.
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Fisher, M.
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Sharma, B
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Xu, Z.X.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Mahe, G
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Jarvis, Andy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Clanet, J.C.
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Ogilvie, A
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Ahmad, M.
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[The nature and impact of climate change in the challenge program on water and food (CPWF) basins]
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The nature and impact of climate change in the challenge program on water and food (CPWF) basins