Agro-climate tools for a new climate-smart agriculture

The way we produce food must adapt to a variable and changing climate. And key to achieving this is to improve the link between climate information and agricultural practices, especially those of smallholder farmers in developing countries. ‘Agro-climate tools’ do just that and some are introduced h...

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Main Authors: Hansen, James, Coffey, Kevin
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34989
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description The way we produce food must adapt to a variable and changing climate. And key to achieving this is to improve the link between climate information and agricultural practices, especially those of smallholder farmers in developing countries. ‘Agro-climate tools’ do just that and some are introduced here. This is also a call to government ministers and donors to consider investing in such tools as relatively low-cost means to rapidly and effectively improve food security in an increasingly uncertain world.
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spelling CGSpace349892016-05-30T17:50:04Z Agro-climate tools for a new climate-smart agriculture Hansen, James Coffey, Kevin agriculture climate food security smallholders The way we produce food must adapt to a variable and changing climate. And key to achieving this is to improve the link between climate information and agricultural practices, especially those of smallholder farmers in developing countries. ‘Agro-climate tools’ do just that and some are introduced here. This is also a call to government ministers and donors to consider investing in such tools as relatively low-cost means to rapidly and effectively improve food security in an increasingly uncertain world. 2011 2014-02-19T07:59:29Z 2014-02-19T07:59:29Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34989 en Open Access Hansen JW, Coffey K. 2011. Agro-climate tools for a new climate-smart agriculture. Policy Brief. Columbia University, New York, USA: International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI).
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