The majority of Africa’s people derive livelihoods from the agricultural sector. However, a rapidly changing climate hinders the continent from realizing its full potential in agriculture. Emerging patterns of climate variability and climate change have raised the
level of vulnerability for rural...
Kimeli, Philip
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Mungai, Catherine
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Kinyangi, James
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Recha, John W.M.
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[Climate Smart Villages: A Community Approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods]
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Climate Smart Villages: A Community Approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods
The chapter presents a research for development program’s shift from a Logframe Approach to an outcome and results-based management oriented Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) system. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is designing an impact...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Vasileiou, Ioannis
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[Pathway to impact: Supporting and evaluating enabling environments for research for development]
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Pathway to impact: Supporting and evaluating enabling environments for research for development
Rapidly changing climatic conditions in East Africa are increasing sources of vulnerability for rural agricultural communities. Current agricultural practices and institutional coping mechanisms are unable to cope with these changes, and calls for adaptation in agricultural systems. The CGIAR Res...
Kimeli, Philip
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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[Strengthening Farmer Adaptive Capacity Through Farms of the Future Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya]
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Strengthening Farmer Adaptive Capacity Through Farms of the Future Approach in Nyando, Western Kenya
Emshwiller, E.
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Calberto-Sanchez, G.
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Girma, G.
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Jansky, S.
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Sardos, J.
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Staver, Charles
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Stoddard, F.L.
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Roux, N.
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[Unavailability of wild relatives]
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Unavailability of wild relatives
Xueliang Cai
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Molden, David J.
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Mainuddin, M.
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Sharma, Bharat R.
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Ahmad, M.D.
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Karimi, P.
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[Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins.]
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Producing more food with less water in a changing world: assessment of water productivity in 10 major river basins.
Loo, J.
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Fady, B.
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Dawson, I.
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Vinceti, B.
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Baldinelli, G.
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[Forest genetic resources and climate change]
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Forest genetic resources and climate change
Nagothu, U. S.
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Barton, David N.
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Gosain, A. K.
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Kuppannan, Palanisami
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Tirupathaiah, K.
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Stalnacke, P.
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Gupta, S.
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Deelstra, J.
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[Summary and way forward.]
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Summary and way forward.
Locatelli, Bruno
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Pedroni, L.
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Salinas, Z.
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[Design issues in clean development mechanism forestry projects]
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Design issues in clean development mechanism forestry projects
While tropical peat swamps can present very large stocks, the threat of greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere is much lower. Given the current agreement for activities to be conducted through the Clean Development Mechanism (afforestation and reforestation only), it seems there is little opp...
MacDicken, K.G.
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[Cash for tropical peat: land use change and forestry projects for climate change mitigation]
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Cash for tropical peat: land use change and forestry projects for climate change mitigation