Groundwater is one of the most important sources for drinking water, livestock water, and irrigation in Africa. It is of vital importance in meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) target of accessing clean water, as most of rural Africa and a considerable part of urban Africa are supplie...
Altchenko, Yvan
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Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Brida AB
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Diallo, H.A.
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Mogbante D
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Pavelic, Paul
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Tindimugaya, C.
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Villholth, Karen G.
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[Management of groundwater in Africa including transboundary aquifers: implications for food security, livelihood and climate change adaptation]
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Management of groundwater in Africa including transboundary aquifers: implications for food security, livelihood and climate change adaptation
Tropical peatlands are among the largest pedologic pools of organic carbon. This study compared soil CO2 fluxes in an intact peat swamp forest, a transitional logged drained forest and an oil palm plantation located on the same alluvial peat plain (peat dome) in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia. Dynamic...
Comeau L
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Smith, J.U.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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[Conversion of intact peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation: effects on soil CO2 fluxes in Jambi, Sumatra]
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Conversion of intact peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation: effects on soil CO2 fluxes in Jambi, Sumatra
The diversity of small‐scale irrigation on the Fogera plains, in the Ethiopian Blue Nile river basin, includes small dams, hand‐dug wells, ponds and river diversion systems. These facilities, however, receive little political attention in negotiations over Nile resources, which focus primarily on...
Eguavoen, I.
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Derib, S.D.
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Deneke, T.T.
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McCartney, Matthew P.
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Otto A
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Billa S
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[Digging, damming or diverting? small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia]
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Digging, damming or diverting? small-scale irrigation in the Blue Nile basin, Ethiopia
Agriculture in eastern Africa is predominantly rainfed and maize is a major food crop, primarily produced for home consumption and the market by small-scale family farms. The study characterized farm households in the drought prone maize growing areas of eastern Africa synthesizing data from para...
Erenstein, Olaf
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Kassie, Girma T.
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Langyintuo A
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Mwangi W
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[Characterization of maize producing households in drought prone regions of Eastern Africa]
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Characterization of maize producing households in drought prone regions of Eastern Africa
This paper aims to understand the linkages between adaptive capacity and social protection within agroforestry contexts through a case study approach. It examines how elements of adaptive capacity which include assets, institutions, knowledge, innovation systems and governance, can support or be ...
Chaudhury, M.
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Ajayi, Oluyede C.
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Hellin, J.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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[Climate change adaptation and social protection in agroforestry systems: enhancing adaptive capacity and minimizing risk of drought in Zambia and Honduras]
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Climate change adaptation and social protection in agroforestry systems: enhancing adaptive capacity and minimizing risk of drought in Zambia and Honduras
To guide climate adaptation policies and investments, the majority of least developed
countries (LDCs) have developed National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).
Agricultural biodiversity is an important, but often overlooked, element in climate adaptation;
new crop varieties, cropping and ...
Bedmar Villanueva, A.
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Halewood, Michael
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López Noriega, Isabel
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[Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning: An analysis of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action]
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Agricultural biodiversity in climate change adaptation planning: An analysis of the National Adaptation Programmes of Action
There is growing recognition that successful adaptation of agricultural production systems to
changes in climate will depend upon the improved access to, and use of, genetic diversity. In
order to facilitate this adaptation, new forms of interdisciplinary research, new technologies,
novel part...
López Noriega, I.
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Galluzzi, Gea
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Halewood, Michael
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Vernooy, Ronnie
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Bertacchini, E.
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Gauchan D
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Welch, E.
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[Flows under stress: Availability of plant genetic resources in times of climate and policy change]
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Flows under stress: Availability of plant genetic resources in times of climate and policy change
The primary focus of this paper is on farmers adaptation strategies against climatic variability in arid and semi-arid regions of India. The farmers perceptions and coping practices are largely governed by village level variables governed by the weather conditions. The paper is based on the syn...
Jodha NS
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Singh, Naveen P.
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Bantilan, MCS
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[Enhancing farmers adaptation to climate change in arid and semi-arid agriculture of India: evidences from indigenous practices]
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Enhancing farmers adaptation to climate change in arid and semi-arid agriculture of India: evidences from indigenous practices
Governments and conservation organizations have dedicated extensive resources to protect biodiversity, but their conservation strategies have largely been developed under an assumption of a static climate. These strategies may fail with changing climates, especially when combined with existing an...
Warren RF
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Price JT
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Vanderwal J
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Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Jarvis, Andy
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Shoo L
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Goswami S
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[Making scientific data available to adaptation practitioners: the Wallace Initiative and ClimaScope]
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Making scientific data available to adaptation practitioners: the Wallace Initiative and ClimaScope
Many developing countries, Kenya included, want to diversify their domestic energy supply
hence reduce dependence on highly volatile fossil fuel prices, enhance access to energy in rural areas, promote rural development and to reduce carbon emissions.This study was done to assess the potential fo...
Ndegwa G
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Moraa V
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Jamnadass, Ramni H.
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Mowo J
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Nyabenge, M.
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Iiyama, Miyuki
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[Potential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya]
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Potential for biofuel feedstock in Kenya