Climate change is expected to exacerbate the already serious challenges to food security and economic development; especially on the African continent where people are already struggling to meet challenges posed by existing climatic variability. Change in temperature caused by climate change is c...
Kroschel, J.
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Tonnang, Henri E.Z.
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Juarez, H.
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Le Ru, B.P.
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Hanna, R.
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[Analysing climate impacts on insect pests using Phenology Modelling and GIS implemented in the ILCYM Software.]
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Analysing climate impacts on insect pests using Phenology Modelling and GIS implemented in the ILCYM Software.
Herrero, Mario T.
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Ringler, Claudia
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Zhu, T.
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Bryan, Elisabeth
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Omolo, Abisalom
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Koo, Jawoo
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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[Climate variability and climate change: Impacts on Kenyan agriculture]
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Climate variability and climate change: Impacts on Kenyan agriculture
This is a collection of 14 papers addressing a range of issues that are important to consider as India develops its strategy for implementing the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), and its multilateral system of access and benefit sharing in partic...
Halewood, Michael
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Brahmi, P.
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Mathur, P.N.
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Bansal, Kailash C.
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[A road map for implementing the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in India]
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A road map for implementing the multilateral system of access and benefit-sharing in India
Improving smallholder agricultural systems is central to achieving climate-smart agriculture (CSA). This module focuses on local-level institutions and their role in facilitating the adoption of climate-smart agricultural strategies. The module demonstrates the importance of local institutions fo...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Gordes, A.
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Sessa, R.
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Braimoh, A.K.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Module 12: Local institutions]
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Module 12: Local institutions
Weather indexed crop insurance has the potential of offering risk management to high-risk populations in poor areas, by lowering transaction costs of managing contracts and payouts, thereby offering affordable insurance even to poor farmers. Lower transaction costs relative to multiperil yield-ba...
Barton, David N.
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Kakumanu KR
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Palanisami K
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Tirupathaiah, K.
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[Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change]
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Analysis of economic incentives for managing risk at the farm level in the context of climate change
Climate change has become a major concern in African agriculture, with farmers in many places struggling to cope with changing temperatures and rainfall patterns and increased flood and drought risks. For subsistence farmers, especially, these changes pose a serious threat to food security. At th...
This chapter provides an overview of the region, its current economic situ¬ation, and its vulnerability to climate change. It is designed to provide useful input into the efforts of ECOWAS in developing appropriate policies related to climate for the region. This chapter is followed by one that d...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Faye, MD
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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Sérémé, P
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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[An overview of West African agriculture and climate change]
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An overview of West African agriculture and climate change
What is soil? Where does soil come from? What is special about soil in Africa? What does soil provide to society and the environment? How do our activities affect soil? The first ever Soil Atlas of Africa uses striking maps, informative texts and stunning photographs to answer and explain these a...
Jones, A.
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Breuning-Madsen H
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Brossard M
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Dampha, A.
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Deckers, J.
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Dewitte, O.
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Gallali T
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Hallett S
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Jones, R.
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Kilasara M
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Le Roux P
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Micheli E
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Montanarella L
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Spaargaren O
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Thiombiano, L.
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Ranst, E, van
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Yemefack M
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[Soil Atlas of Africa]
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Soil Atlas of Africa
This book examins the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa - Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo - and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable f...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis