This brief is intended for project-level practitioners – extension agents, farmer trainers, leaders of farmers’ groups, pastoralist associations and others – who wish to increase the productivity of (semi-arid) pasture and farmlands using trees. The methods presented have been used on a very larg...
Abdirizak H
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Gudka M
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Kibor B
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Kinuthia M
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Kimeu, P.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Maimbo M
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Safriel U
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Njenga M
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Iiyama, Miyuki
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[Farmer-managed natural regeneration: how to regenerate pasture and farmland on a low budget]
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Farmer-managed natural regeneration: how to regenerate pasture and farmland on a low budget
Agriculture is the main source of employment and income for southern Africa’s rural population. This crucial economic activity is endangered by climate change. This study, Southern African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis, focuses on ways to foster agricultural development...
The ‘Atlas of crop suitability’ is an essential tool to predict the environment under which an accession or a group of accessions can grow based on the climatic characteristics of the locality in which they were collected. The more information is available on any given accession the more the pred...
Gevel, Jeske van de
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Gellaw A
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Fadda, Carlo
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Zonneveld, M. van
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[Seeds for Needs: atlas of crop suitability]
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Seeds for Needs: atlas of crop suitability
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) through its theme on Decision Making has since 2010 been exploring what communication and learning approaches might be appropriate in this new and constantly changing context.
Jointly held workshops highlighted tha...
The focus of climate-smart agriculture CSA) research is often on creating technological solutions to climate problems. Yet female and male farmers differ in terms of their vulnerability to climate change and the ways in which they benefit from technical interventions. We believe that targeting wo...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Ferdous, N.
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Jost, Christine
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[Participatory approaches for gender-sensitive research design]
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Participatory approaches for gender-sensitive research design
Agriculture is vital to livelihoods in West Africa. It is the main source of employment for the 290 million people who live in the region, employing 60 percent of the workforce, and accounts for 35 percent of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP). This crucial economic activity is endangered ...
Jalloh, Abdulai
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Nelson, Gerald C.
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Roy-Macauley, Harold
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[West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief No. 75]
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West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis. IFPRI Issue Brief No. 75
In 2010 the research theme on Knowledge to Action (K2A) at CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) developed a plan of work, using a log frame structure. Our objective was to explore and jointly apply approaches and methods that enhance K2A linkages with a ...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Álvarez, S.
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Ferdous, N.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Jost, Christine
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[Lessons in theory of change: monitoring, learning and evaluating Knowledge to Action]
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Lessons in theory of change: monitoring, learning and evaluating Knowledge to Action
This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Kenya that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Makokha Odera M
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Waithaka, Michael
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Kyotalimye, Miriam
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Kenya. Summary note]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Kenya. Summary note
Conservation agriculture (CA) can increase resilience to climate change and has the potential
to contribute to climate change mitigation. The benefits of CA are highly site- specific. Innovative approaches are needed to overcome barriers for uptake of CA by smallholders.
Richards, Meryl
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Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Verhulst, Nele
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Friedrich, T
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Kienzle, J
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[Conservation agriculture: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors]
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Conservation agriculture: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors
In order to obtain an enriched understanding of the
framing of gender issues in climate change related
policies in Uganda and to explore its impacts on climate
change adaptation at grassroots, the International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International
Center for Tropical Agr...
Acosta, M.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Okolo, Wendy
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks]
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Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks