Several studies have recognized that the agriculture sector is one of the major contributor to climate change, as well as largely affected adversely by climate change. Agricultural productivity is known to be sensitive to climate change induced effects and it has impact on livelihood of families ...
Mehar, Mamta
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Mittal, Surabhi
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Prasad, Narayan
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[Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?]
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Farmers coping strategies for climate shock: Is it differentiated by gender?
This paper is about the information-seeking and information-sharing behavior on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) of high school students who participated in the Infomediary Campaign in 2014. This seeks to answer five research questions: (1) What are the indicators that searching and sharing of inf...
Manalo, Jaime A.
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Saludez, Friedierick M.
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Layaoen, Myriam G.
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Pagdanganan, Argie M.
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Berto, Jayson C.
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Frediles, Christina A.
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Balmeo, Katherine P.
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Villaflor, Jennifer D.
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[Climate-Smart Agriculture: Do Young People Care?]
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Climate-Smart Agriculture: Do Young People Care?
Fungal diseases are major threats to the most important crops upon which humanity depends. Were there to be a major epidemic that severely reduced yields, its effects would spread throughout the globalized food system. To explore these ramifications, we use a partial equilibrium economic model of...
Godfray, H. Charles J.
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Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Robinson, Sherman
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[Food system consequences of a fungal disease epidemic in a major crop]
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Food system consequences of a fungal disease epidemic in a major crop
High-yielding rice varieties (HYV) show strong compensation among sequentially developed yield components (YC). This phenotypic plasticity has adaptive value but for crop improvement, more information is needed on its effects on yield. SAMARA, a deterministic crop model predicting trait-trait and...
Kumar, Uttam
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Laza, Ma. Rebecca
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Soulié, Jean-Christophe
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Pasco, Richard
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Mendez, Kharla V.S.
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Dingkuhn, Michael
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[Compensatory phenotypic plasticity in irrigated rice: Sequential formation of yield components and simulation with SAMARA model]
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Compensatory phenotypic plasticity in irrigated rice: Sequential formation of yield components and simulation with SAMARA model
Climate change is likely to lead to increased water scarcity in the coming decades and to changes in patterns of precipitation. The result will be more short-term crop failures and long-term production declines. Improved soil management is key to climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts. ...
Hellin, Jon
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López Ridaura, Santiago
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[Soil and water conservation on Central American hillsides: if more technologies is the answer, what is the question?]
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Soil and water conservation on Central American hillsides: if more technologies is the answer, what is the question?
The scale, rate, and intensity of humans’ environmental impact has engendered broad discussion about how to find plausible pathways of development that hold the most promise for fostering a better future in the Anthropocene. However, the dominance of dystopian visions of irreversible environmenta...
Bennett, Elena M.
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Solan, Martin
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Biggs, Reinette
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McPhearson, Timon
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Norström, Albert V.
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Olsson, Per
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Pereira, Laura
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Peterson, Garry D.
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Raudsepp-Hearne, Ciara
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Biermann, Frank
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Carpenter, Stephen R.
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Ellis, Erle C.
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Hichert, Tanja
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Galaz, Victor
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Lahsen, Myanna
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Milkoreit, Manjana
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Martin López, Berta
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Nicholas, Kimberly A.
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Preiser, Rika
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Vince, Gaia
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Xu, Jianchu
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[Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene]
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Bright spots: seeds of a good Anthropocene
This paper estimates the impact of land use change on soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration in China from 1985 to 2005 using a nationwide, georeferenced database on land use, soil, and climate. The method presented here is capable of incorporating site-specific information on soil, climate, and...
Li, Man
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Wu, JunJie
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Deng, Xiangzheng
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[Land use change and soil carbon sequestration in China: Where does it pay to conserve?]
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Land use change and soil carbon sequestration in China: Where does it pay to conserve?
This article analyzes the effects of water supply variations on micro-level agricultural irrigation under institutional water constraints and projects the irrigation percentage and farm income under future climate scenarios. We use a highly detailed data sample of irrigation status, water rights,...
Xu, Wenchao
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Li, Man
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[Water supply and water allocation strategy in the arid US West: Evidence from the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer]
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Water supply and water allocation strategy in the arid US West: Evidence from the Eastern Snake River Plain Aquifer
The effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on groundwater recharge and surface runoff and how these are affected by LULC changes are of interest for sustainable water resources management. However, there is limited quantitative evidence on how changes to LULC in semi-arid tropical and subtropi...
Owuor, Steven O.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Guzha, Alphonce Chenjerayi
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Breuer, Lutz
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[Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments]
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Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments
Chamelia (catchment area = 1603 km2 ), a tributary of Mahakali, is a snow-fed watershed in Western Nepal. The watershed has 14 hydropower projects at various stages of development. This study simulated the current and future hydrological system of Chamelia using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool...