The mixed crop-livestock systems of the developing world will become increasingly important for meeting the food security challenges of the coming decades. The synergies and trade-offs between food security, adaptation, and mitigation objectives are not well studied, however. Comprehensive evalua...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Lamanna, Christine
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Bell, Patrick
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries]
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A Qualitative Evaluation of CSA Options in Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems in Developing Countries
The study provides a framework to estimate the health risk of farmers using wastewater in agriculture.
The study addresses the SDG 6.3: to contribute to inform water recycling and reuse.
Exposure to wastewater via contact with Nhue River water, pond water and composted excreta represents an impor...
Marshall, F.
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Dolley, J.
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Bisht, R.
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Priya, R.
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Waldman, L.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.
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Randhawa, P.
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[Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in urbanising contexts]
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Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in urbanising contexts
This study seeks to examine the causes and consequences of forest loss and therefore biodiversity loss in Ghana. It examines the driving forces behind and evaluates policy options for addressing the problem of biodiversity loss. It also makes recommendations for an optimal strategy for the sustai...
Recent studies have shown that although swidden agriculture contributes to tropical deforestation in Latin America, swidden farmers also regenerate significant areas of secondary forests on their farms as part of the following process. This paper discusses the opportunities and constraints to far...
Smith, J.
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Finegan, B.
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Sabogal, C.
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Gonçalves-Ferreira, M.D.S.
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Siles Gonzales, G.
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Kop, P. van de
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Díaz Barba, A.
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[Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua]
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Management of secondary forests in colonist swidden agriculture in Peru, Brazil and Nicaragua
A widespread belief among development and forest researchers and practitioners holds that technological progress in tropical agriculture is good for forest conservation. Higher yield enables farmers to produce the same amount of food on less agricultural land. The alternative view suggests that p...
Bernhardt, E.M.
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Zandaryaa, S.
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Arduino, G.
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Jiménez-Cisneros, B.
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Payne, J.
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Zadeh, S.M.
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McClain, M.
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Irvine, K.
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Acreman, M.
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Cudennec, C.
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Amerasinghe, Priyanie H.
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Dickens, Chris
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Cohen-Shacham, E.
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Fedotova, T.
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Cox, C.
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Bertule, M.
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Coates, D.
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Connor, R.
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Simmons, E.
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Gastelumendi, J.
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Gutiérrez, T.
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[NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water quality]
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NBS [Nature-based solutions] for managing water quality
This chapter reviews the potential impacts of climate change on on-farm conservation of crop diversity and on the contribution that on-farm conservation can make to agricultural adaptation to climate change, and ask two questions: (1) How might climate change affect the viability of on-farm conse...
Bellon, M.R.
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Etten, Jacob van
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[Climate change and on-farm conservation of crop landraces in centres of diversity]
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Climate change and on-farm conservation of crop landraces in centres of diversity
Making sure that we will continue to have enough to eat is at the heart of our shared ambitions to mitigate climate change. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the convention that has guided us through the highs and lows of 18 rounds of annual negotiations, states ...
Water scarcity due to increasing water demand triggered by population growth and irrigation expansion versus a limited and increasingly variable water supply as a consequence of climate change is presently one of the global challenges. This is exemplified in Uzbekistan, Central Asia, where irriga...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Lamers, J.P.A.
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Bhaduri, Anik
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Lenzen, M.
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Tischbein, B.
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[Input-output model-based water footprint indicators to support IWRM in the irrigated drylands of Uzbekistan, Central Asia]
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Input-output model-based water footprint indicators to support IWRM in the irrigated drylands of Uzbekistan, Central Asia