The policy document – National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020) – provides the implementation framework for an effective development of climate-smart agriculture in the ground. It formulates specific strategies that will contribute developing climate-re...
Owuso Essegbey, George
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Nutsukpo, D.K.
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Karbo N
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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[National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020)]
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National Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Security Action Plan of Ghana (2016-2020)
This paper aims to unpack the equity implications of ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA). The
CSA approach has gained considerable traction in recent years, but remains highly contested.
One of the principal areas of contestation relates to CSA’s contribution to social equity, yet
equity is rarely ...
Karlsson, Linus
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Nightingale, Andrea
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Thompson, John
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['Triple wins' or 'triple faults'? Analysing policy discourse on climate-smart agriculture (CSA)]
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'Triple wins' or 'triple faults'? Analysing policy discourse on climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
Social learning approaches can catalyse knowledge
co-creation and action, so have the potential to help
solve complex ‘wicked’ problems such as climate
change and food insecurity. This working paper
synthesises evidence from five diverse initiatives
employing social learning approaches in respons...
Epp, Marissa van
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Garside, Ben
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[Solving ‘wicked’ problems: can social learning catalyse adaptive responses to climate change?]
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Solving ‘wicked’ problems: can social learning catalyse adaptive responses to climate change?
Research shows that paying attention to gender matters not only for the equity of climate change adaptation programs but also for their efficiency and effectiveness. Many organizations working to increase resilience to climate change with local communities also recognize the importance of gender ...
Bryan, Elisabeth
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Bernier, Quinn
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Espinal, Marcia
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Ringler, Claudia
,
[Integrating Gender into Climate Change Adaptation Programs: A Research and Capacity Needs Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa]
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Integrating Gender into Climate Change Adaptation Programs: A Research and Capacity Needs Assessment for Sub-Saharan Africa
L'interdépendance des pays sur les ressources génétiques des cultures et fourrages
dont ils ont bessoin pour leur sécurité alimentaire est une des raisons de la mise en
place du Traité International sur les Ressources Phytogénétiques pour l'Alimentation
et l'Agriculture et de son système multilat...
Bougma, Ali
,
Galluzzi, Gea
,
Sawadogo, Mahamadou
,
[L’importance des échanges internationaux des ressources phytogénétiques pour l’amélioration des cultures au Burkina Faso]
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L’importance des échanges internationaux des ressources phytogénétiques pour l’amélioration des cultures au Burkina Faso
The increasing variability of seasonal climate and increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events that are expected to accompany climate change will impact agricultural production and food security in Southeast Asia. The timely provision of climate information is one mechanism to he...
Policarpio RR
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Sheinkman, Michael
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[State of climate information products and services for agriculture and food security in Myanmar]
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State of climate information products and services for agriculture and food security in Myanmar
One of the main considerations underlying the establishment of the International Treaty on
Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture and its Multilateral System of Access and
Benefit Sharing is the recognition of countries’ high interdependence on the genetic resources
of the crops and for...
Bougma, Ali
,
Galluzzi, Gea
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Sawadogo, Mahamadou
,
[The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Burkina Faso]
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The importance of international exchanges of plant genetic resources for national crop improvement in Burkina Faso
Climate finance has largely focused on non-agricultural sectors, while finance for
adaptation remains to be largely unexplored. This paper takes stock of existing funds
for agricultural adaptation and compares different elements across these.
Una de las principales consideraciones para la creación del Tratado Internacional
sobre los Recursos Fitogenéticos para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y de su
Sistema Multilateral para el acceso y la distribución de beneficios es el
reconocimiento de la interdependencia de todos los países sobr...
Mendez W
,
Galluzzi, Gea
,
Say, E.
,
[La importancia de los intercambios internacionales de recursos fitogenéticos para la mejora de los cultivos en Guatemala]
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La importancia de los intercambios internacionales de recursos fitogenéticos para la mejora de los cultivos en Guatemala
In the context of agriculture and food security, science innovations on mitigating and adapting
to climate change are available, but these are not well shared with next users and end users
(especially farmers) and the public due to inadequate coverage by the mainstream media, a
powerful partner i...
Navarro, Rex
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Joven, B.
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Cruz, A.
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[Mobilizing Science for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Engaging the Southeast Asian Media]
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Mobilizing Science for Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security: Engaging the Southeast Asian Media