With the rapid pace of climate change and its impact on food security and livelihoods, climate-smart agriculture is one strategy aiming to help farmers adopt more sustainable farming practices. This study looked at farmers’ adoption of agricultural innovations and the role of social networks in t...
Tran, Helene
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Simelton, Elisabeth
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Quinn, Claire
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[Roles of social learning for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture innovations: Case study from My Loi Climate-Smart Village, Vietnam]
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Roles of social learning for the adoption of climate-smart agriculture innovations: Case study from My Loi Climate-Smart Village, Vietnam
With the concept climate-smart agriculture (CSA) being relatively new, there is a need to test
and develop practical and systematic methodologies and approaches for documenting and
evaluating CSA practices in the field. The implementation of CCAFS’ Climate-Smart
Villages (CSV) involves identifyin...
The working paper documents the pilot rural radio campaign, dubbed as 'Climate Change i-Broadkas Mo', implemented by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in Southeast Asia (CCAFS SEA) and the Philippine Federation of Rural Broadcasters (PFRB) in strategic r...
Navarro, Rex L.
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Celeridad, Renz Louie V.
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Matalang, Rogelio P.
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Tabbun, Hector U.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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[Harnessing Rural Radio for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Philippines]
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Harnessing Rural Radio for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in the Philippines
The paper documents the joint study trip, organized by CCAFS Southeast Asia for Vietnamese rice researchers, extension workers, as well as local decision makers, to visit Thailand in April 2018. The goal of the study trip was to observe and learn the experience of Thai farmers on the large-scale ...
Ngo, Minh D
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Truong, Lien TK
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Vo, Nguyen TT
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Nguyen, Tuyen TT
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Nguyen, Phuoc T
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[The Current Adoption of Dry-Direct Seeding Rice (DDSR) in Thailand and Lessons Learned for Mekong River Delta of Vietnam]
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The Current Adoption of Dry-Direct Seeding Rice (DDSR) in Thailand and Lessons Learned for Mekong River Delta of Vietnam
Coastal aquaculture, particularly brackish water shrimp farming, plays an important role in the
socio-economic development of most coastal communities on the North Central Coast (NCC) of
Vietnam. However, coastal aquaculture in the region is among the activities most affected by
increasing global...
Tu Trinh
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Nhuong Tran
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Quyen Cao
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[Climate-smart aquaculture: Evidences and potentials for northern coastal area of Vietnam]
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Climate-smart aquaculture: Evidences and potentials for northern coastal area of Vietnam
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach to address the interlinked challenges of food
security and climate change, and has three objectives: (1) sustainably increasing agricultural
productivity, to support equitable increases in farm incomes, food security and development;
(2) adapting and...
Dinesh, Dhanush
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Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
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Norman, James
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Mutamba, M
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Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases]
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Is Climate-Smart Agriculture effective? A review of selected cases
This paper aims to unpack the equity implications of ‘climate-smart agriculture’ (CSA). The
CSA approach has gained considerable traction in recent years, but remains highly contested.
One of the principal areas of contestation relates to CSA’s contribution to social equity, yet
equity is rarely ...
Karlsson, Linus
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Nightingale, Andrea
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Naess, Lars Otto
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Thompson, John
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['Triple wins' or 'triple faults'? Analysing policy discourse on climate-smart agriculture (CSA)]
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'Triple wins' or 'triple faults'? Analysing policy discourse on climate-smart agriculture (CSA)
The project Integrated agricultural technologies for enhanced adaptive capacity and resilient livelihoods in climate-smart villages (CSVs) of Southeast Asia aims to provide climate-smart agriculture options to enhance adaptive capacity and resilience among CSV farmers and stakeholders. The projec...
Vernooy, Ronnie
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Hoang, Thi Lua
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[Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Initial results in Ma Village, Vietnam]
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Towards Climate-Smart Agriculture in Southeast Asia: Initial results in Ma Village, Vietnam
The vulnerability of Africa’s agriculture to climate change is complex. It is shaped by biophysical, economic, socio-cultural, geographical, ecological, institutional, technological and governance processes that interact in intricate ways, and can together reduce farmers’ adaptive capacity. Women...
Nyasimi, Mary
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Amwata, D.
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Hove, L.
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Kinyangi, James
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Wamukoya, George
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[Evidence of Impact: Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa]
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Evidence of Impact: Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
This paper presents the initial data analyses of the CCAFS gender survey implemented in four sites in Africa. Using descriptive statistics we show gender differences in terms of perceptions of climate change, awareness and adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices, and types and sour...