However, the prevailing narrative suggests an endless search for inclusive business models that support a transition towards climate-smart agriculture (CSA). Our approach is a literature review of business models and CSA and qualitative fieldwork with four business models in Southern Africa to in...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lubberink, Rob
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Gondwe, Sera
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Manyise, Timothy
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Dentoni, Domenico
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[The private sector is already creating climate-smart value]
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The private sector is already creating climate-smart value
Initial and sustained use of Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) often hinges on the economic costs, benefits and risks of the new management practice, as well as farmer’s socio-economic endowments. However, data showing the economic performance of CSA is rarely presented. Incomplete or missing infor...
Nowak, Andreea
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Namoi, Nictor
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Lamanna, Christine
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Steward, Peter
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[Does climate-smart agriculture make economic sense to farmers? Yes, and there's more evidence than you think]
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Does climate-smart agriculture make economic sense to farmers? Yes, and there's more evidence than you think
Implementation of CSA technologies is seen as a cornerstone of improving agricultural productivity and resilience in Africa – so why is adoption so low? Many factors, both internal and external influence a farmer’s decisions.
Arslan, Aslihan
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Floress, Kristin
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Lamanna, Christine
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Lipper, Leslie
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Asfaw, Solomon
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Barriers to adoption of improved agricultural technologies. A metanalysis for Africa.]
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Barriers to adoption of improved agricultural technologies. A metanalysis for Africa.
Smallholder farmers (SF) are the biggest food producers in Tanzania (TZ), where hetero- geneous mixed crop-livestock farming systems dominate agriculture (Fig 1). Feed scarcity and quality are major issues facing smallholder dairy farmers in Tanzania.
Climate projections for Tanzania indicate inc...
Mukiri, Jessica
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Prestwidge, Di
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Ash, Andrew J.
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Paul, Birthe
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[Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania]
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Climate change adaptation through planted forages in Southern Highlands, Tanzania
Current climate change projection models show that both temperature and precipitation are expected to increase in the Horn of Africa, and that climate uncertainty and frequency of extreme events will most likely increase the vulnerability of the rural poor in the region, Ethiopia included. Geneti...
Kassahum, D.
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Kidane, Y.
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Mancini, C.
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Fadda, Carlo
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Pe’, M.E.
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Bioversity International
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[Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach]
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Using diversity of Ethiopian durum wheat to challenge climate change: a three pronged approach
Jarvis, Andy
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Zapata, E.
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Guevara, Edward D.
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Läderach, Peter
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[The shifting geographic of crop suitability and the implications for food and nutritional security]
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The shifting geographic of crop suitability and the implications for food and nutritional security
Wachiye, S.
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Merbold, Lutz
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Vesala, T.
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Rinne, J.
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Räsänen, M.
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Pellikka, P.
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[Quantification of annual soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land use system in southern Kenya]
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Quantification of annual soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land use system in southern Kenya
The poster presents how organizing and facilitating farmer learning groups would encourage sharing of knowledge and learnings from implementation of action research.