The fisheries sub-sector in Kenya plays an important role in the national economy. It is an important source of food, nutritional security, employment and foreign exchange. The fisheries and aquaculture sector in Kenya contributes about 0.8% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). It is es...
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya
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[Policy actions for building resilience of fisheries development in a changing climate]
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Policy actions for building resilience of fisheries development in a changing climate
Livestock production is a major agricultural activity in Kenya, with the livestock sector contributing 30-40% of agricultural GDP and about 12% to the national GDP. The livestock sub-sector further accounts for 30% of total marketed agricultural products and employs 50% of the total agriculture l...
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya
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[Policy actions for building resilience of livestock production under climate change]
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Policy actions for building resilience of livestock production under climate change
The dynamic nature of climate and its impacts on agriculture is rendering most of the existing adaptation and coping strategies unsupportive in many regions. Recent studies on economic sectors (including agriculture) across institutions and 24 counties have established the following: a widened ga...
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives, Kenya
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[Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector]
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Strengthening education, extension and training to accelerate climate resilience and low carbon development in the agriculture sector
According to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report, changes in the climate over the last 30 years have already reduced global agricultural production by 1 – 5 % per decade relative to a baseline without climate change. In addition, recent studies indicate that even a 2 degrees increase in global tem...
Dhanush, D
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Bett, Bernard K.
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Boone, Randall B.
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Grace, Delia
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Kinyangi, James
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Lindahl, Johanna F.
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Mohan, CV
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Robinson, Timothy P.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Smith, J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases]
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Impact of climate change on African agriculture: focus on pests and diseases
Consumption of dairy products in Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase significantly in the coming decades. As production increases, there will be an increasing need to reduce the environmental impacts of dairy production. One way to reduce the carbon footprint of milk production is to incr...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Wassie, Shimels Eshete
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Vorlaufer, Miriam
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Odhong', Chalres
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van Dijk, Suzanne
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[Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity]
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Further evidence that gender matters for GHG mitigation in the dairy sector: Analysis of survey data from central Kenya highlights interactive effects of gender and farm management practices on milk yield and GHG emission intensity
This brief summarizes findings from a network analysis using data from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Surveys (OBS) to analyze how organizations in CCAFS sites coordinate to work together on climate change and agriculture initiatives.
Rudnick, Jessica
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Niles, Meredith
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Lubell, Mark
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Cramer, Laura
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[Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey]
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Agricultural development networks in 14 research sites: Findings from the CCAFS Organizational Baseline Survey
Según el quinto informe del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas
en inglés), la región de Centro América ha experimentado en los últimos años cambios en la variabilidad climática, aumentos en los extremos de temperatura, y en los episodios extremos,...
Acosta, Mariola
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Howland, Fanny Cecile
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Le Coq, Jean François
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[Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala]
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Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala
Climate Smart Cocoa (CSC) furthers the objectives of Climate Smart Agriculture in cocoa production. These objectives are: increasing productivity and improving farmers livelihoods, adaptation to climate change, and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. Current cocoa production practices in Côte...
Bunn, Christian
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Fernández Kolb, Pablo
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Lundy, Mark
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[Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale]
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Climate Smart Cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire Towards climate resilient production at scale
In Tanzania 6% of the land under production is used for the cultivation of sunflower. In areas like Mbeya (Southern Highlands) and Dodoma and Singida (Central Corridor), the area under sunflower varies from 1 - 10 acres per household. According to FAO, the average yield of sunflower is 979 kilogr...
It has been widely shown for most countries that high productivity growth in the agricultural sector is a key driver of structural transformation to promote long-term economic growth. Historically, low agricultural productivity growth has hindered economic growth and employment creation in the Ph...
Pérez, N.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Pérez, N.
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Pradesha A
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture]
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The economywide impacts of climate change on Philippine agriculture