This is one of a series of documents that summarises information relating to the livestock sector in the three Program for Climate-Smart Livestock Systems (PCSL) project countries (Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda). Prevailing livestock systems and their baseline performance in Uganda are summarised fi...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Enahoro, Dolapo
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Njiru, Nelly
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Ashley, Laurie
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Cramer, Laura
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Graham, Michael
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[Program for climate-smart livestock systems. Country stocktake: Uganda]
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Program for climate-smart livestock systems. Country stocktake: Uganda
Adaptation to anthropogenic climate change is the biggest challenge that humankind faces. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) provides a synthesis of the state of the science, impacts, and policy, with a focus on long-term climate trends. However, the worst impacts of climate cha...
The challenges facing the global food system to supply sufficient safe and nutritious food for all are considerable. To achieve this goal while also adapting to climate change and trying to reduce the environmental pressures coming from the food system will require a transformation of the food sy...
Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Peou, Rathana
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Workshop on Transformative Technologies in Agriculture: Notes to participants]
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Workshop on Transformative Technologies in Agriculture: Notes to participants
The CCAFS project team at IFPRI in collaboration with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) team organized a 5-day capacity building workshop at the ICAR - National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP). The workshop was conducted on IFPRI’s IMPACT model and ...
Kapoor, Shreya
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Pathak, Himanshu
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Saroj, Sunil
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[A training program on the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT)]
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A training program on the International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT)
The Climate, Food and Farming - Global Research Alliance Development Scholarships (CLIFF-GRADS) is a joint initiative of the CCAFS Low Emissions Development Flagship and the Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA). The CLIFF-GRADS Programme builds capability in early-caree...
Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases
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CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[CLIFF-GRADS workshop summary report]
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CLIFF-GRADS workshop summary report
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is agriculture that has been
transformed and reoriented to support development and
ensure food security in the face of climate change. CSA
aims to tackle three main objectives: sustainably increasing
agricultural productivity and farmers’ incomes, adapting
and buil...
La integración de la perspectiva de género en las políticas es fundamental para alcanzar objetivos de desarrollo nacionales y abordar retos como el cambio climático (CC) y la seguridad alimentaria y la nutrición (SAN). Dentro del proyecto CCAFS FP1 LAM, analizamos en qué medida el género está inc...
The integration of the gender perspective into policies is essential to achieve national development goals and address challenges such as climate change (CC) and food security and nutrition (SAN). Within the CCAFS FP1 LAM project, we analyze to what extent gender is included in the CC and SAN pol...
Howland, Fanny C
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Acosta, Mariola
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Le Coq, Jean François
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[Integración de género en políticas de agricultura, seguridad alimentaria y cambio climático: el caso de Guatemala]
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Integración de género en políticas de agricultura, seguridad alimentaria y cambio climático: el caso de Guatemala
Widespread negative impacts of climate change include limited plant growth, decreased soil fertility, and ultimately limited food production (Dhankher et al., 2018). Roots, tubers and bananas (RTB) are key commodities for food security, nutrition and livelihoods especially among small-holder farm...
FoodSTART+
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[Transformational adaptation of key root and tuber crops in Asia using species distribution modelling to assess crop suitability under progressing climate change]
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Transformational adaptation of key root and tuber crops in Asia using species distribution modelling to assess crop suitability under progressing climate change
Agriculture is the backbone of both Ethiopia’s livelihoods and the national economy, shaping the outcomes of all other sectors. Reliant largely on rainfall and subsistence farming, the country’s food systems are particularly vulnerable to a changing climate. “Climate change is a risk multiplier i...