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A study conducted at Beke station, Borana (Ethiopia), to assess the potential producitivity of indigenous sheep and goats under traditional Gabbra management conditions. Summarises monthly parturition and distribution of birth, birth weight, live weight, daily weight gain from birth to weaning, f...


Dessalegne, B.[Small stock production in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia]Small stock production in the southern rangelands of Ethiopia

Climate-induced livelihood transitions in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. A recent study by Jones and Thornton (2009) points to the possibility of such climate-induced livelihood transitions in the mixed crop-livestock rainfed arid-semiarid systems of Africa. These mix...


Herrero, Mario T.Jones, Peter G.Karanja, S.Mutie, IanettaRufino, Mariana C.Thornton, Philip K.[Potential impact of climate change on resilience and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa. Report of a World Bank study]Potential impact of climate change on resilience and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems in East Africa. Report of a World Bank study

The Solomon Islands government through the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources (MFMR) has identified the deployment of nearshore FADs as one of their priority activities for inshore marine resource management. From 2010-2013 the New Zealand funded MSSIF (Mekem Strong Solomon Island Fishe...


Albert, J.A.Beare, Douglas J.Andrew N[Nearshore FADs in Solomon Islands: monitoring their effectiveness and cost-benefit. Report to Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources as part of the New Zealand funded MSSIF programme]Nearshore FADs in Solomon Islands: monitoring their effectiveness and cost-benefit. Report to Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources as part of the New Zealand funded MSSIF programme

This report is based on discussions held at a two day workshop held in January 2012, co-organised by the Food Climate Research Network and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Food. The workshop was facilitated by Kath Dalmeny of Sustain and funded by the Foresight Programme and the Oxfor...


Garnett, TaraGodfray, H. Charles J.[Sustainable intensification in agriculture. Navigating a course through competing food system priorities]Sustainable intensification in agriculture. Navigating a course through competing food system priorities

The report presents the latest estimates of the emissions gap in 2020 and provides plentiful information about: - current (2010) and projected (2020) levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, both in the absence of additional policies and consistent with national pledge implementation - the im...


United Nations Environment Programme[The Emissions Gap Report 2013]The Emissions Gap Report 2013
McDermott, John J.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Kruska, R.L.Reid, Robin S.Robinson, Timothy P.Coleman, P.G.Jones, Peter G.Thornton, Philip K.[Effects of climate, human population and socio-economic changes on tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis to 2050]Effects of climate, human population and socio-economic changes on tsetse-transmitted trypanosomiasis to 2050

A rapid rural appraisal (RRA) was carried out by the CIAT-IITA team in northern Uganda between 18th February and 1st March 2014. The RRA aimed to assess within and between district variations in farming systems and agricultural management practices in order to guide strategic agricultural investm...


Mwongera, CarolineShikuku, K.M.Twyman, JenniferWinowiecki, Leigh A.Ampaire, Edidah L.Koningstein, ManonTwomlow, Stephen[Rapid Rural Appraisal Report of Northern Uganda]Rapid Rural Appraisal Report of Northern Uganda

Anthropogenic climate change has the potential to affect nearly all aspects of society, both positively and negatively (IPCC, 2007a). One adaptation response to severe climate impacts is migration, either within or across national borders (e.g. McLeman and Smit, 2006; Tacoli, 2009; Bardsley and H...


New MAnderson, K.Fung FThornton, Philip K.[Migration and Global Environmental Change: SR8: The possible impacts of high levels of climate change in 2060 and implications for migration]Migration and Global Environmental Change: SR8: The possible impacts of high levels of climate change in 2060 and implications for migration

The International Conference on Climate Services is the annual meeting of the Climate Services Partnership. This meeting was held in conjunction with the Meteorological Service of Jamaica and the Jamaican Ministry of Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change; it was generously sponsored by the...


Lustig, AGawthrop, EVaughan, CatherineTepley-Ferguson, DMuñoz, A.G.Armstrong, K[Conference report: Third International Conference on Climate Services]Conference report: Third International Conference on Climate Services

This chapter describes the distribution, use and importance of Vertisols in Ethiopia and indicates the study sites of the Joint Vertisol Project. Land and soil features are examined with particular reference to parent materials and landscape features, soil characterisation (colour, texture and de...


Srivastava, K.L.Abebe, M.Astatke, A.Haile, M.Regassa, H.[Distribution and importance of Ethiopian vertisols and location of study sites]Distribution and importance of Ethiopian vertisols and location of study sites

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