Participatory Integrated Climate Services for Agriculture (PICSA) is an approach that seeks to build resilience at the farm level by supporting decision-making through the integration of information on location-specific climate, crops, livestock, and livelihoods. It emphasizes practical hands-on ...
Clarkson, Graham
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Dorward, Peter
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Kagabo, Desire M.
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Nsengiyumva, Gloriose
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[Climate Services for Agriculture in Rwanda: Initial findings from PICSA monitoring and evaluation]
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Climate Services for Agriculture in Rwanda: Initial findings from PICSA monitoring and evaluation
The Nyando Basin covering two counties of western Kenya, namely Kericho and Kisumu has been adversely affected by climate change. Prolonged droughts, followed by heavy and unpredictable rainfall that causes flooding has led to land denudation, crop and livestock losses (IPCC, 2007; Onyango et al....
Muigai, Anne W.T.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Audho, James O.
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Oyieng, Edwin P.
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Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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[Sheep and goat marketing in Nyando Climate-Smart Villages of western Kenya: What do the farmers gain?]
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Sheep and goat marketing in Nyando Climate-Smart Villages of western Kenya: What do the farmers gain?
This info note summarizes a study about the cost of not adapting cocoa production in Ghana to climate changes. According to the study inaction will result in income losses to farmers and the economy. By providing a benchmark for this cost of inaction the authors aim to make it easier for cocoa st...
Schreyer, Felix
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Bunn, Christian
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Castro-Llanos, Fabio
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[The economic case for climate action in West-African cocoa production. Adapting cocoa production in Ghana to climate change is a smart investment. Inaction will result in income losses to farmers and the economy]
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The economic case for climate action in West-African cocoa production. Adapting cocoa production in Ghana to climate change is a smart investment. Inaction will result in income losses to farmers and the economy
La participation des populations locales est promue dans les projets d’atténuation du changement climatique, notamment pour mesurer, notifier et vérifier (measurement, reporting and verification, ou MRV) les émissions de carbone pour la Redd+. Or une telle participation n’est pas acquise. Pour qu...
Boissiere, M.
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Felker L
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Beaudoin, G.
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Bong, I.W.
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Dharmadi, Hawthorne S
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Depuy Walker H.
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Ekowati, D.
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Farida L
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Hofstee C
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Vega Praputra A
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Rafanoharana, S.C
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Aria Seta G
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Ullah, W.
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Wijaya, A.
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[Suivi des émissions de carbone dans la Redd+. Impliquer les populations locales, à quelles conditions ?]
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Suivi des émissions de carbone dans la Redd+. Impliquer les populations locales, à quelles conditions ?
The dairy sector in Kenya produces over 4 billion liters of milk per year and supports 1.3 million producer households with a vital contribution to incomes and nutrition. However, total national production fails to meet demand. There is a need for increased efforts to support value chain developm...
Bullock, Renee
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Crane, Todd A.
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[Youth opportunity spaces in low-emission dairy development in Kenya: Research findings and policy recommendations]
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Youth opportunity spaces in low-emission dairy development in Kenya: Research findings and policy recommendations
Growth in mobile phone access and ownership
presents an opportunity to collect more data,
more frequently, from more people, and for less
money. There are multiple ways to collect data with
mobile phones (SMS, voice calls, etc.), each
with particular strengths and weaknesses.
n The best mode of d...
Chesterman, Sabrina
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Lamanna, Christine
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Kalamatianou, Sofia
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Collecting development data with mobile phones: Key considerations from a review of the evidence]
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Collecting development data with mobile phones: Key considerations from a review of the evidence
Successful value chain interventions that achieve poverty reduction goals can in themselves be beneficial
to climate change adaption, as they build farmers’ assets and institutional linkages. But climate change can
have major effects on the outcomes of IFAD-supported value chain interventions for...
International Fund for Agricultural Development
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[Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects]
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Climate change risk assessments in value chain projects
Kropff, Wietske
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Neate, Paul J.H.
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Pilgrim, Valarie
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[Overcoming challenges to digital agribusiness start-ups in developing countries]
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Overcoming challenges to digital agribusiness start-ups in developing countries
The literature on technology adoption distinguishes between diffusion (generally viewed as a dynamic process) and adoption (usually seen as static and specific to a point in time). Consistent with this, empirical studies on agricultural technology adoption generally divide a population into adopt...
Jabbar, M.A.
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Beyene, H.
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Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.
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Gebreselassie, S.
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[Adoption pathways for new agricultural technologies: An approach and an application to Vertisol management technology in Ethiopia]
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Adoption pathways for new agricultural technologies: An approach and an application to Vertisol management technology in Ethiopia