This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Lesotho that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
The focus of the work was on the needs and concerns of the indigenous communities and their farmers. The emphasis was on creating an environment in which farmers could identify what they felt would be most useful to meet the challenges they faced, knowing that their own traditional knowledge and ...
Platform for Agrobiodiversity Research
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[Farmers and genebanks: creating alliances to help rural communities cope with climate change]
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Farmers and genebanks: creating alliances to help rural communities cope with climate change
A three-year project was funded by the BMZ/GIZ to examine the benefits of integrating aquaculture and small scale irrigation by identifying improved water allocation and management strategies under current and future climate change scenarios. An integrated modeling approach was adopted to analyze...
Kam, Suan Pheng
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Cai X
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Sood, A.
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Hoanh, Chu Thai
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Yen, B.T.
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Nagoli J
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Chijere A
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[Decision support for water management for integrating aquaculture in small-scale irrigation systems: a case for the Chingale catchment in Malawi. Project Brief]
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Decision support for water management for integrating aquaculture in small-scale irrigation systems: a case for the Chingale catchment in Malawi. Project Brief
This brief addresses the major challenges and opportunities to financing climate change mitigation and adaptation pathways for smallholder farmers in developing nations. It underlines the need for an innovative and integrated approach to climate finance that can connect rural farmers to public an...
Foster K
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Franks P
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Diro, R.
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Munden, L
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Anand M
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods]
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Climate Finance for Agriculture and Livelihoods
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on South Africa that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Agriculture is the largest sector in the Sierra Leone economy, employing more than 75 percent of labor force and contributing be-tween 35 and 47 percent of GDP. Rice, the staple food crop, is grown mainly by small-scale farmers under rainfed conditions. Transporting produce remains a challenge, a...
Johnson RG
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Johnson RG
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Kandeh M
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note]
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West African agriculture and climate change: Sierra Leone. Summary Note
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Zambia that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Kilembe C
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Waithaka, Michael
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Kyotalimye, Miriam
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Tumbo, S.D.
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Tanzania. Summary note]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Tanzania. Summary note