Recently, a new approach to extension and climate information services, namely Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) has been developed. PICSA makes use of historical climate records, participatory decision-making tools and forecasts to help farmers identify and better...
Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Ky-Dembele, Catherine
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Bayala, Jules
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Dorward, Peter
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Clarkson, Graham
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Sanogo, Diaminatou
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Mamadou, Lamine Diop
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Traoré, Issa
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Diakite, Adama
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Nenkam, Andree
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Binam, Joachim N.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Assessment of the use of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach by farmers to manage climate risk in Mali and Senegal]
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Assessment of the use of Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) approach by farmers to manage climate risk in Mali and Senegal
Smallholder agricultural carbon market projects have potential to achieve climate-smart agriculture (CSA), a “triple-win” for food security, climate change mitigation, and adaptation. Farmer participation is critical for achieving widespread impact, yet their adoption of sustainable land manageme...
Lee, Jean
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[Farmer participation in a climate-smart future: Evidence from the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project]
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Farmer participation in a climate-smart future: Evidence from the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
Over 5 years of participatory on-farm research, market access, profitability, farming systems productivity and economic sustainability were compared on 100 small-scale farms in Central Cameroon. Integration technology based on the use of agricultural by-products as fishpond inputs was the driver ...
Brummett, R.E.
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Gockowski, J.
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Pouomogne, V.
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Muir, J.
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[Targeting agricultural research and extension for food security and poverty alleviation: a case study of fish farming in Central Cameroon]
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Targeting agricultural research and extension for food security and poverty alleviation: a case study of fish farming in Central Cameroon
The emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) results in global warming and climate change. The extent to which developing countries contribute to GHG emissions is not well known. This study reports findings on the effects of different land-use systems on GHG emissions (CO2 in this case) from two locat...
Sekafor, MacCarthy Dilys
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Akponikpè, Pierre B.I.
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Koomson, Eric
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Savadogo, Patrick
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Adiku, Samuel G.K.
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[Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO2 in the Southern Zone of Ghana]
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Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Different Land-Use Systems: A Case Study of CO2 in the Southern Zone of Ghana
Organic agriculture seems to be a profitable enterprise for small scale farmers in developing countries, also in Africa, to enter high value markets in the Northern hemisphere and overcome the crises of declining terms of trade on global agricultural produce markets. It is also seen as a way to o...
Abele, S.
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Dubois, T.
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Twine, Edgar E.
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Sonder, K.
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Coulibaly, O.
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[Organic agriculture in Africa: a critical review from a multidisciplinary perspective]
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Organic agriculture in Africa: a critical review from a multidisciplinary perspective
Most research linking global environmental change and food security focuses solely on agriculture: either the impact of climate change on agricultural production, or the impact of agriculture on the environment, e.g. on land use, greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and/or biodiversity. Important ...
This paper outlines a framework for studying the multiple interactions of broadly defined food systems with global environmental change and evaluating the major societal outcomes affected by these interactions: food security, ecosystem services and social welfare. In building the framework the pa...
Ericksen, Polly J.
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[Conceptualizing food systems for global environmental change research]
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Conceptualizing food systems for global environmental change research
Assessing the vulnerability of broadly described food systems to global environmental change requires a new, synthetic approach. Food systems can best be conceptualized as the integration of humans and the environment or coupled social-ecological systems. However, much of the existing literature ...
Ericksen, Polly J.
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[What is the vulnerability of a food system to global environmental change?]
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What is the vulnerability of a food system to global environmental change?
Climate change mitigation and food security are two of the main challenges of human society. Agroforestry systems, defined as the presence of trees on external and internal boundaries, cropland, or on any other available niche of farmland, can provide both climate change mitigation and food. Ther...
Feliciano, Diana
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Ledo, Alicia
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Hillier, Jon
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Nayak, Dali Rani
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[Which agroforestry options give the greatest soil and above ground carbon benefits in different world regions?]
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Which agroforestry options give the greatest soil and above ground carbon benefits in different world regions?