Evidence- and risk-based planning for food security under climate change: Results of a modeling approach for climate-smart agriculture programming

Planning robust climate-smart development programs can be done today with existing information. We propose a risk-household-option modeling approach to address household food security under climate change in Africa. hrough a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible by ta...

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Autores principales: Lamanna, Christine, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Wijk, Mark T. van, Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Rosenstock, Todd S.
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79904
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Sumario:Planning robust climate-smart development programs can be done today with existing information. We propose a risk-household-option modeling approach to address household food security under climate change in Africa. hrough a case study in Niger, we demonstrate that prioritizing CSA is possible by taking into account livelihood status, risks, and potential effects of CSA practices.