In 2012, we have seen policy advances in climate change adaptation and mitigation in more than ten countries where research products from CCAFS have been used to inform decision-making processes. CCAFS also works with major development actors in order to get research results to scale. Key actors ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
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[Annual Report 2012: Unfolding results: CCAFS research into action]
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Annual Report 2012: Unfolding results: CCAFS research into action
Even with global emissions of greenhouse gases drastically reduced in the coming years, the global annual average temperature is expected to be 2°C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. A 2°C warmer world will experience more intense rainfall and more frequent and more intense droughts, floods, he...
Margulis S
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Narain U
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Chinowsky, P.
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Cretegny, L.
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Hughes G
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Kirshen, P.
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Kuriakose A
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Lange GM
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Neumann J
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Nicholls R
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Pandy K
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Price J
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Schlosser A
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Schneider R
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Sedjo R
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Strzepek, K.M.
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Sumaila R
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Ward P
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Wheeler D
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[Cost to developing countries of adapting to climate change: new methods and estimates]
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Cost to developing countries of adapting to climate change: new methods and estimates
This Report was developed in the context of the “Global Dialogue on Climate Change and
Agriculture,” a project facilitated by the Meridian Institute that began in August 2010. The
Meridian Institute is an internationally recognized, nonprofit organization that facilitates
neutral and independent ...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Mann W
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Melendez-Ortiz R
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Streck, C.
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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[Addressing agriculture in climate change negotiations: A scoping report]
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Addressing agriculture in climate change negotiations: A scoping report
In the context of the wider debate on reduction of carbon emissions from tropical deforestation and forest degradation, this report reviews current tools and methodologies for the planning of emissions reductions projects across all land uses in a REALU (Reducing Emissions from All Land Uses) val...
Bernard F
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Minang, Peter A.
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Review of current tools and methods for REDD+ and REALU value chains]
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Review of current tools and methods for REDD+ and REALU value chains
The Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (the Commission), at its Tenth Regular Session, recommended that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Commission contribute to further work on access and benefit-sharing, in order to ensure that it m...
Fujisaka, S.
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Williams, D.
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Halewood, Michael
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[The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture]
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The impact of climate change on countries’ interdependence on genetic resources for food and agriculture
Organic soils are defined in Chapter 3 Annex 3A.5 of Volume 4 of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines and Section 5, Chapter 1, section 5 of this Wetlands Supplement. The guidance in this Chapter applies to all inland organic soils
that have been drained, i.e., drainage of lands that started in the past and...
Drösler, M.
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Pan G
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Freibauer, A.
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Evans, C.D.
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Bourbonniere RA
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Alm JP
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Page S
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Agus, F.
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Sabiham S
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Wang C
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Srivastava N
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Borgeau-Chavez L
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Couwenberg, J.
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Hergoualc’h, Kristell
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Hooijer, A.
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Jauhiainen, J.
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Minkkinen K
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French N
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Strand, T.
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Sirin A
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Mickler R
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Tansey K
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Larkin N
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[Drained Inland Organic Soils]
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Drained Inland Organic Soils
A significant proportion of developing countries have expressed an interest in greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation in the agriculture sector. However, compared to mitigation planning in some other sectors, progress with developing agricultural mitigation plans and the allocation of climate finance to...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Tennigkeit, Timm
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Solymosi K
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[National planning for GHG mitigation in agriculture: a guidance document]
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National planning for GHG mitigation in agriculture: a guidance document
El Nuevo paradigm de la agricultura climáticamente inteligente, cada vez más presente tanto en la literature científica como en los programas de desarrollo agrícola, promueve prácticas centradas en los pilares de la mejora de la seguridad alimentaria, la mitigación del cambio climático y la adapt...
Acosta Francés, M.
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[Consideraciones de género en la agricultura y en la implementación y mantenimiento de prácticas climáticamente inteligentes: un caso de estudio en el Departamento del Cauca, Colombia. Tesis de Máster de Ciencias AgrisMundus]
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Consideraciones de género en la agricultura y en la implementación y mantenimiento de prácticas climáticamente inteligentes: un caso de estudio en el Departamento del Cauca, Colombia. Tesis de Máster de Ciencias AgrisMundus
This paper addresses the interaction between the reinforcement of environmental laws and the stability of beneficiary families in agrarian reform settlements, in a context of increasing environmental concerns pressured by climate change. The study compares two modalities of land regulation in the...
Santos IV
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Porro NM
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Porro R
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[Interventions to curb deforestation and stability in access to land: A comparative study between two land regulation modalities in the Transamazon region, Brazil]
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Interventions to curb deforestation and stability in access to land: A comparative study between two land regulation modalities in the Transamazon region, Brazil
The workshop was conducted from 10-14 December, 2012 at the International Potato Center, Lima, Peru. It was jointly funded by the research programs on Roots, Tubers, and Banana (RTB) and on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The workshop successfully linked scientists from CG-...
Kroschel, J.
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Beed, Fen D.
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Garrett, K.A.
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Coyne, D.
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Etten, Jacob van
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Forbes, G.
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Herrera, B.
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Kreuze J
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Parsa S
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Sparks, Adam H.
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Tamo, M.
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Subramanian S
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Tonnang, Henri E.Z.
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[Management of critical pests and diseases through enhanced risk assessment and surveillance and understanding climate impacts through enhanced modeling]
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Management of critical pests and diseases through enhanced risk assessment and surveillance and understanding climate impacts through enhanced modeling