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In the last 40 years, large areas of the Mau forest, the largest contiguous tropical montane forest in East Africa, have been cleared for agriculture. To date, there are no empirical data on how this land use change affects carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from soil respiration and soil methane (CH4) ...


Wanyama, IbrahimPelster, David E.Butterbach-Bahl, KlausVerchot, Louis V.Martius, C.Rufino, Mariana C.[Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region]Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region

Agricultural development initiatives feature many public and private organizations working together across sectors and scales to pursue the goals of food security and climate resilience. Policy networks are considered a crucial ingredient for the learning and cooperation needed to effectively imp...


Rudnick, JessicaNiles, MeredithLubell, MarkCramer, Laura[A comparative analysis of governance and leadership in agricultural development policy networks]A comparative analysis of governance and leadership in agricultural development policy networks

Weather and climate services (WCS) are expected to improve the capacity of Africa's agricultural sector to manage the risks of climate variability and change. Despite this, a lack of evidence prevents a realistic analysis of whether such services are delivering on their potential. This paper revi...


Vaughan, CatherineHansen, JamesRoudier, PhilippeWatkiss, PaulCarr, Edward[Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda]Evaluating agricultural weather and climate services in Africa: Evidence, methods, and a learning agenda

Research on the resistance of cassava to fire is scarce because ordinarily researchers would not set their cassava farms on fire for such evaluation. Stems rendered useless by fire were commonly reported by farmers but no information on root yields and shoot regeneration. This study compared the ...


Asadu, C.L.A.Unagwu, B.O.Dixon, A.Okechukwu, R.Ilona, P.Asadu, A.N.[Cassava, plantain and moringa grown in an Alfisol and their resilience to bush fire in eastern Nigeria]Cassava, plantain and moringa grown in an Alfisol and their resilience to bush fire in eastern Nigeria

Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) seeks to meet three challenges: improve the adaptation capacity of agricultural systems to climate change, reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of these systems, and ensure local and global food security. Many CSA assessment methods that consider these three challen...


Acosta-Alba, IvonneChia, EduardoAndrieu, Nadine[The LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart agriculture options at farm and crop system levels]The LCA4CSA framework: Using life cycle assessment to strengthen environmental sustainability analysis of climate smart agriculture options at farm and crop system levels

The challenges facing agriculture in the coming decades are daunting. Recent research suggests that the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food systems may be wider-ranging than previously understood. Can feasible pathways to a food secure and sustainable future be identified? The scale...


Thornton, Philip K.Dinesh, DhanushCramer, LauraLoboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaCampbell, Bruce M.[Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse]Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse

Incremental adaptation may be inadequate to deal with rapid shifts and tipping points for food production under climate change. The concepts of transformative and transformational adaptation have emerged in recent years to address the need for major, non-marginal transitions in sectors, such as a...


Vermeulen, Sonja J.Dinesh, DhanushHowden, S. MarkCramer, LauraThornton, Philip K.[Transformation in Practice: A Review of Empirical Cases of Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture Under Climate Change]Transformation in Practice: A Review of Empirical Cases of Transformational Adaptation in Agriculture Under Climate Change
Wood, S.A.Smith, M.R.Fanzo, J.Remans, R.DeFries, R.S.[Trade and the equitability of global food nutrient distribution]Trade and the equitability of global food nutrient distribution

Despite the Amazon’s natural wealth, food insecurity is a major concern among indigenous communities. Yet, little is known about the socio-ecological dynamics shaping the contributions of local ecosystems to food security. In this study we examine how ecological features interact with normative s...


Torres Vitolas, Carlos A.Harvey, Celia A.Cruz-Garcia, Gisella S.Vanegas-Cubillos, MarthaSchreckenberg, Kate[The Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Food Insecurity among Subsistence-Oriented Indigenous Communities in Amazonia: a Qualitative Examination of Coping Strategies among Riverine Communities along the Caquetá River, Colombia]The Socio-Ecological Dynamics of Food Insecurity among Subsistence-Oriented Indigenous Communities in Amazonia: a Qualitative Examination of Coping Strategies among Riverine Communities along the Caquetá River, Colombia

Projections of climate change are available at coarse scales (70–400 km). But agricultural and species models typically require finer scale climate data to model climate change impacts. Here, we present a global database of future climates developed by applying the delta method –a method for clim...


Navarro-Racines, Carlos EduardoTarapues, JaimeThornton, Philip K.Jarvis, AndyRamírez Villegas, Julián[High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments]High-resolution and bias-corrected CMIP5 projections for climate change impact assessments

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