The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the policy environment in Senegal influences pastoral climate change adaptation. The analysis of the link between policy environment and pastoral adaptation is based on a case study in the Ngnith municipality of the Senegal River delta and other localit...
Crane, Todd A.
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Meunier, Julien
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[Pastoral adaptation and policy environment: How discourses shape knowledge, policy and adaptation]
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Pastoral adaptation and policy environment: How discourses shape knowledge, policy and adaptation
Climate change is currently acknowledged as one of the pressing global threats to the
environment and humanity. This threat has moved the global community to take action on
adaptation and mitigation efforts to cushion its devastating effects. Cognizance has been taken
of the disproportionate impa...
Aura, Ruth
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Cramer, Laura
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa]
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Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has been promoted since 2011 to increase productivity,
improve resilience to climate variability and change and reduce greenhouse gas emission,
where feasible, in farming systems globally and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. CSA is
unique, by comparison, to some o...
Bell, Patrick
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Namoi, Nictor
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Lamanna, Christine
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa]
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A Practical Guide to Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies in Africa
Improving productivity of sheep and goats (i.e. small ruminants- SR) under smallholder
farming systems faced with challenges of unfavourable climatic events has been identified as
one means of enhancing livelihoods of communities living in these areas. Interventions are
targeted through clusters ...
Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Audho, James O.
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Oyieng, Edwin P.
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Recha, John W.M.
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Muigai, Anne W.T.
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[Sustainable small ruminant breeding program for climate-smart villages in Kenya]
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Sustainable small ruminant breeding program for climate-smart villages in Kenya
Researchers and policymakers increasingly recognize that the livestock sector supports the livelihoods of a large proportion of rural households in Africa and may have an important role to play in rural poverty reduction strategies. In order to develop this insight, economywide models should capt...
Gelan, A.
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Engida, E.
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Caria, A.S.
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Karugia, Joseph T.
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[Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia]
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Integrating livestock in the CAADP framework: Policy analysis using a dynamic computable general equilibrium model for Ethiopia
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Massawe, Stella C.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Mapping risk and vulnerability hotspots in the COMESA region]
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Mapping risk and vulnerability hotspots in the COMESA region
Rice production is integral to agriculture and food security in Vietnam, but it also contributes greenhouse gas emissions. In 2010, paddy rice production emitted 44.61 million tons carbon dioxide equivalents (MtCO2e), 18% of total national GHG emissions. A variety of options to mitigate GHG emiss...
Tran, Van The
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Mai, Van Trinh
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Nguyen, Thi Dieu Trinh
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Le, Hoang Anh
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Richards, Meryl
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Vu, Duong Quynh
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Sander, Bjoern Ole
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[An investment plan for low-emission rice production in the Mekong River Delta region in support of Vietnam's Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement]
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An investment plan for low-emission rice production in the Mekong River Delta region in support of Vietnam's Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement
Cette brochure présente le « Programme d'action de Chennai » dont le but est de renforcer le rôle des ressources phytogénétiques dans l'accomplissement des Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement (OMD), et tout particulièrement la réduction de la faim et de la pauvreté. Le programme d'actio...
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Biodiversité agricole et élimination de la faim et de la pauvreté: Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement: cinq ans après: le Programme d'action de Chennai]
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Biodiversité agricole et élimination de la faim et de la pauvreté: Objectifs du millénaire pour le développement: cinq ans après: le Programme d'action de Chennai
Este folleto presenta la 'Plataforma de Chennai para la Acción' para mejorar la contribución que hacen los recursos fi togenéticos para el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo para el Milenio (ODM), especialmente para reducir el hambre y la pobreza. El plan de acción descrito en este folle...
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[La biodiversidad agrícola y la erradicación del hambre y la pobreza, cinco años después: Objectivos de desarollo de las Naciones Unidas para el Milenio Plataforma de Chennai para la Acción]
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La biodiversidad agrícola y la erradicación del hambre y la pobreza, cinco años después: Objectivos de desarollo de las Naciones Unidas para el Milenio Plataforma de Chennai para la Acción
This booklet presents the 'Chennai Platform for Action' to enhance the contribution of plant genetic resources to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), especially to reducing hunger and poverty. The action plan described in this booklet is intended to help national governments and inte...
International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[Agricultural biodiversity and elimination of hunger and poverty: UN Millennium development goals: five years later: the Chennai Platform for Action]
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Agricultural biodiversity and elimination of hunger and poverty: UN Millennium development goals: five years later: the Chennai Platform for Action