Rangelands occupy 25% of the total land surface globally. In Africa, rangelands are estimated to cover 66% of the land surface, although there are variations from country to country. In Eastern Africa, for example, land surface coverage of rangeland areas varies from 44% in Uganda and 65% in Ethi...
This paper conducts an integrated assessment of climate change impacts and climate mitigation on agricultural commodity markets and food availability in low- and middle-income countries. The analysis uses the partial equilibrium model GLOBIOM to generate scenarios to 2080. The findings show that ...
Havlík, Petr
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Valin, Hugo
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Gusti M
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Schmid, Erwin
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Leclere D
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Forsell N
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Khabarov, N.
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Mosnier, Aline
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Cantele M
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Climate change impacts and mitigation in the developing world: an integrated assessment of the agriculture and forestry sectors]
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Climate change impacts and mitigation in the developing world: an integrated assessment of the agriculture and forestry sectors
This vulnerability assessment was conducted for the project “Generating evidence base for upscaling local adaptation through Climate-Smart Agriculture” under the CGIAR Research Program Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). This report covers the My Loi climate-smart village (CSV)...
Simelton, Elisabeth
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Hai, Le Van
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Tuan, Duong Minh
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Le Dinh Hoa
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[Tính dễ bị tổn thương do khí hậu Đánh giá có sự tham gia tại thôn Mỹ Lợi, xã Kỳ Sơn, huyện Kỳ Anh, tỉnh Hà Tĩnh]
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[Climate-induced vulnerabilities: Participatory assessment for My Loi village, Ky Son commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province]
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Climate-induced vulnerabilities: Participatory assessment for My Loi village, Ky Son commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province
This working paper presents the development and piloting of a qualitative methodological approach aiming to better understand the socioeconomic factors that influence adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) options in smallholder farming communities. The field work was conducted in the Cauca...
Across the globe, the prospect of increasing water demands coupled with the potential for reduced water availability is calling for implementation of a range of technological, institutional, and economic instruments to address growing water scarcity. Hydro-economic models (HEMs), which integrate ...
Bekchanov, Maksud
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Sood, Aditya
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Jeuland, M.
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[Review of hydro-economic models to address river basin management problems: structure, applications and research gaps]
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Review of hydro-economic models to address river basin management problems: structure, applications and research gaps
Las sequías en el Corredor Seco de Guatemala están afectando crecientemente la producción de cultivos de subsistencia, el empleo rural y la seguridad alimentaria de las poblaciones más vulnerables. El escaso acceso a información adecuada y oportuna es uno de los principales cuellos de botella par...
Bouroncle, Claudia
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Girón, Estuardo
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Imbach, Pablo
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Müller, Anna
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Pérez, Sonia
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Portillo, Fernando
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Etten, Jacob van
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[Oferta y demanda de información para la gestión de las sequías en el Corredor Seco de Guatemala: ¿Cuál es la percepción de los tomadores de decisiones?]
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Oferta y demanda de información para la gestión de las sequías en el Corredor Seco de Guatemala: ¿Cuál es la percepción de los tomadores de decisiones?
Allan, J. A.
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Amarnath, Giriraj
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Balasubramanya, Soumya
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Dharmasena, P. B.
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Gaasbeek, T.
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[Colombo Development Dialogues 2: water security and climate variability]
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Colombo Development Dialogues 2: water security and climate variability
In conjunction with the contemporary narrative of Africa’s “youth bulge” and young people’s
perceived disinterest in pursuing agricultural livelihoods, this paper explores the extent to
which youth (18-35 years old) have decision making power in the implementation of
agricultural adaptation pract...
Amsler, Kelly
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Hein, Chloe
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Klasek, Genêt
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[Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa]
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Youth Decision Making in Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change; An Analysis in East Africa
The dairy sector is the largest single sub-sector within Kenya‘s agricultural sector, contributing about 14% of agricultural GDP and 3.5% of total GDP. With population growth, urbanization and rising incomes, consumption demand for milk is projected to increase significantly. If this is met from ...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Odhong’, Charles
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Ndonga, Samuel
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Sing’ora, Brian
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Kenyanito, Lucy
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[Access to and supply of finance for enhancing dairy productivity]
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Access to and supply of finance for enhancing dairy productivity
Several countries are developing nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the livestock sector. Compared to research on emission factors, much less attention has been paid to understanding systems for collecting activity data on change in livestock management practices and animal perf...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Namoi, Nictor
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Fraval, Simon
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[Suitability of project M&E systems to support agricultural MRV: The case of the Kenya dairy NAMA]
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Suitability of project M&E systems to support agricultural MRV: The case of the Kenya dairy NAMA