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Cassava (manioc, yuca, or mandioca; Manihot esculenta Crantz, Euphorbiaceae) is an important cash crop and food crop of resource-limited farmers in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean. The storage roots are utilised either fresh, as in the case of sweet cultivars low in cyanogenic g...


Okogbenin, EmmanuelSetter TLFerguson MMutegi RAlves, A.C.Ceballos, H.Fregene, Martin A.[Phenotyping cassava for adaptation to drought]Phenotyping cassava for adaptation to drought

Groundwater irrigation is believed to have the highest level of water control necessary for smallholder irrigation farmers to overcome household-level poverty and food insecurity. This study analyses the effects of the determinants of groundwater irrigation technology adoption with a data from 24...


Owusu VAsante, A.V.Pavelic, Paul[Assessing the factors influencing groundwater irrigation technology adoption in Ghana]Assessing the factors influencing groundwater irrigation technology adoption in Ghana

Climate change has many facets, including changes in long-term trends in temperature and rainfall regimes with increasing year-to-year variability and a greater prevalence of extreme events. The effects of these changing conditions on agriculture are already being seen, yet there are still consid...


Wassmann, ReinerNelson, Gerald C.Peng SBSumfleth KJagadish, Krishna S.V.Hosen YRosegrant, Mark W.[Rice and global climate change]Rice and global climate change

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 10 of the countries that make up east and central Africa - Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Kenya, M...


Waithaka, MichaelNelson, Gerald C.Thomas, Timothy S.Kyotalimye, Miriam[East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis]East African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis

Conservation agriculture (CA) has been proposed as an adapted set of management principles that assures a more sustainable agricultural production. It combines the following basic principles: (1) reduction in tillage, (2) retention of adequate levels of crop residues and soil surface cover, (3) u...


Verhulst, NeleGovaerts, BramSayre KDSonder, KaiRomero Perezgrovas, R.Mezzalama MDendooven, L.[Conservation agriculture as a means to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a case study from Mexico]Conservation agriculture as a means to mitigate and adapt to climate change, a case study from Mexico

Contains articles in Vietnamese with English abstracts. The articles are listed under the following sections: Overview. Climate change vulnerability assessment in fisheries and aquaculture. Qualitative and systematic approaches in climate change assessment in fisheries and aquaculture. Quantitati...


Tran, N.Nguyen, T.[Phương pháp và kinh nghiệm nghiên cứu đánh giá biến đổi khí hậu trong ngành thủy sản (Methods and experiences in climate change research and assessments in fisheries and aquaculture)]Phương pháp và kinh nghiệm nghiên cứu đánh giá biến đổi khí hậu trong ngành thủy sản (Methods and experiences in climate change research and assessments in fisheries and aquaculture)

Agriculture needs to feed 9 billion people by 2050. This will require a 70 100% increase in food production (Godfray et al. 2010). Given climate change, a new kind of agriculture is therefore essential, one that must meet the triple challenge not only of ensuring food security, but also of adapti...


Wollenberg, Eva K.Campbell, Bruce M.Nihart, AHolmgren, PeterSeymour FSibanda, Lindiwe MajeleBraun, Joachim von[Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture]Actions Needed to Halt Deforestation and Promote Climate-Smart Agriculture

This chapter includes the following sections: the risks analysis of geophysical hazards and climate change in the Mekong uplands, accelerated risks and socially constructed vulnerabilities; the value and challenges in a rights-based apprach; the risks-rights nexus towards integrating rights for l...


Xu, JianchuDaniel, R.[Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong]Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong
Autor: Xu, Jianchu

This chapter looks at the implications of climate change in the Asian highlands and growing socio-economic pressures on resources that, in combination, are set to pose far-reaching impacts for the diverse ecosystems and societies in the Mekong region. This chapter argues for more inclusive goerna...


Xu, Jianchu[Climate change in the Asian highlands: socio-economic implications for the Mekong Region]Climate change in the Asian highlands: socio-economic implications for the Mekong Region
Xu, Jianchu[The impact of climate change on water resources and local livelihood in the Asian highlands]The impact of climate change on water resources and local livelihood in the Asian highlands

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