Mesoamérica, uno de los centros de domesticación y diversificación de cultivos de importancia mundial, alberga una enorme riqueza de recursos fitogenéticos. Como esta región también enfrentará desafíos sin precedentes, impuestos por el cambio climático, tiene en estos recursos fitogenéticos un me...
Ramírez, M.
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Galluzzi, Gea
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Zonneveld, M. van
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Thomas E
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Etten, Jacob van
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Pinzon, S.
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Beltran, M.
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Alcázar, C.
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Libreros D
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Williams, D.
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Alonso, Silvia
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Remple N
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[Plan de accion estrategico para fortalecer la conservacion y el uso de los recursos fittogeneticos mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico - PAEM 2014-2024]
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Plan de accion estrategico para fortalecer la conservacion y el uso de los recursos fittogeneticos mesoamericanos para la adaptacion de la agricultura al cambio climatico - PAEM 2014-2024
The year 2012 saw the final phases of the reform process launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). All the CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs) became fully operational during the year and I believe our scientists are now confident about the direction in which...
World Agroforestry Centre
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[Annual Report 2012-2013: transforming lives and landscapes with trees]
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Annual Report 2012-2013: transforming lives and landscapes with trees
Cambodia s population and economy are highly vulnerable to climate change. Food security is already a major concern in Cambodia, where 25 percent of the population suffered from undernourishment in 2004-2005, a higher proportion than in neighboring Southeast Asian countries (Shicavone2010).1 Some...
Magnan N
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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[Food Security and Climate Change to 2050: Cambodia, A Policy Discussion Paper]
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Food Security and Climate Change to 2050: Cambodia, A Policy Discussion Paper
In this section, we provide a synthesis of the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry (CRP-FTA known internally and previously as CRP6), progress and the implementation challenges we have faced, our two greatest success stories for 2012, and an overview of our financial status....
Center for International Forestry Research
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[Annual Report 2012 - Forests, Trees and Agroforestry]
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Annual Report 2012 - Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
This summary is a condensed version of the June 2011 Agriculture and Climate Change: A Scoping
Report developed by a team of expert authors, in consultation with UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiators and other key stakeholders, and facilitated by Meridian Institute. The a...
Meridian Institute
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Lee D
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[Agriculture and Climate Change Policy Brief: Main Issues for the UNFCCC and Beyond]
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Agriculture and Climate Change Policy Brief: Main Issues for the UNFCCC and Beyond
Climate change, defined as any change in the average daily weather pattern over an extended period of time (typically decades or longer) whether due to natural variability or as a result of human activity (Easterling et al. 2007, IPCC 2007a), is happening now, and is already affecting many natura...
Inari is a network-based system designed to finance sustainable land use at a global scale. If developed and implemented properly, Inari would be truly groundbreaking, attracting large investments of private capital into land management while maintaining quality standards for sustainability and g...
Munden, L
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Holmgren, Peter
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Riggs P
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Prabhu, R
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Subbakrishna S
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Cheney E
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[INARI: A proposal for financing sustainable land use at scale]
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INARI: A proposal for financing sustainable land use at scale
Water-saving technologies such as alternate wetting and drying (AWD) provide a way to change practices to improve the livelihoods of many rice farmers and AWD is regarded as one of the more important rice cultivation methods that can dramatically save freshwater irrigation in this century. AWD no...
Siopongco, JDLC
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Sander, Bjoern Ole
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[Alternate wetting and drying in Philippine rice production: feasibility study for a Clean Development Mechanism]
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Alternate wetting and drying in Philippine rice production: feasibility study for a Clean Development Mechanism
Meeting the food demand of a global population expected to reach 9.1 billion in 2050 and over 10 billion by the end of the century will require major changes in agricultural production systems. Improving cropland management is key to increasing crop productivity without further degrading soil and...
Branca G
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Lipper, Leslie
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[Climate-smart agriculture: a synthesis of empirical evidence of food security and mitigation benefits from improved cropland management]
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Climate-smart agriculture: a synthesis of empirical evidence of food security and mitigation benefits from improved cropland management
Rice is produced in a wide range of locations and under a variety of climatic conditions, from the wettest areas in the world to the driest deserts. It is produced along Myanmar’s Arakan Coast, where the growing season records an average of more than 5,100 mm
of rainfall, and at Al Hasa Oasis in ...
Mohanty, S
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Wassmann, Reiner
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Nelson, A.
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Moya, P
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Jagadish, Krishna S.V.
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[Rice and climate change: significance for food security and vulnerability]
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Rice and climate change: significance for food security and vulnerability