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Moving from food crisis to food security in ACP countries por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation

“…ACP countries must not only cope with the current food crisis and corresponding dramatic increases in food prices, but devise policies to ensure food security for future generations in the face of rapid population growth. …”
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Perceptions of fisheries compensation schemes by fishing communities in Bangladesh por Smallhorn-West, Patrick, Rahman, Shaila, Khan, A K M Firoz

“…The overall objective of this study was to understand the extent to which fishing communities are aware of, understand the reasons for, and can cope with various fishing ban periods in Bangladesh. …”
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Agricultural biodiversity enhances capacity to adapt to climate change por Meldrum, G., Sthapit, S.R., Rojas, W., King, O.

“…To cope with climate change, smallholder farmers rely on agricultural biodiversity. …”
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Building Agricultural Resilience through Insurance in Nigeria por Hellin, Jonathan, Hansen, James, Araba, Debisi

“…Nigeria can build a robust resilience framework to ensure that its agricultural sector is able to cope with the shocks and stresses of climate change through weather insurance. …”
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Marker assisted pyramiding of QTLs for heat tolerance and escape upgrades heat resilience in rice (Oryza sativa L.) por Ye, Changrong, Ishimaru, Tsutomu, Lambio, Leslie, Li, Le, Long, Yu, He, Zhizhou, Htun, Than Myint, Tang, Shunxue, Su, Zhenxi

“…High temperature at flowering stage of rice causes low spikelet fertility and low yield. To cope with high temperature stress brought by climate change, two strategies were proposed to develop heat-resilient rice varieties. …”
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How smallholder farmers adapt to climate change: Stories from East Africa—Ruth Marigu Njue por Njue RM

“…In the video she talks about the fast-growing crops she cultivates to avoid disease and pests and to adapt to the climate changes she is experiencing. As a way to cope with the droughts she has also begun to plant trees around her farm to attract more rain and water (Ruth Marigu Njue—Karurumo village, Kenya).…”
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Restoring drylands, strengthening resilience: Insights from a Climate-Smart Village in Htee Pu, Nyaun Oo, Myanmar por Barbon, Wilson John, Myae, Chan, Su, Myat Noe, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…It documents a range of strategies that help farming communities in the central dry zones of the country to cope with lower rainfall and other climate change impacts.…”
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Food safety performance in animal-source food value chains por Unger, Fred, Hung Nguyen-Viet, Phuc Pham-Duc, Pham Van Hung, Huyen Le Thi Thanh, Sinh Dang-Xuan, Nguyen Thanh Luong, Hai Ngo Hoang Tuan, Grace, Delia

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Can communities of policy practice spur food systems innovation? por Pye-Smith, Charlie, Maru, Joyce

“…We need to make our food systems more productive and resilient if we are to meet growing demand and cope with environmental shocks such as extreme weather events. …”
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The role of extension and advisory services in building resilience of smallholder farmers por Davis, Kristin E., Babu, Suresh Chandra, Blom, Sylvia

“…The assumption underlying this hypothesis is that farmers lack the knowledge, resources, or both to adequately prevent, anticipate, prepare for, cope with, and recover from shocks. Extension and advisory services may be able to rectify this information asymmetry, or knowledge inequality, by providing or facilitating access to a variety of assets.…”
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Using SPSS for poverty and nutrition policy analysis por Quabili, Wahid

“…Thus, many rural Nigerians live under conditions of extreme vulnerability, both economically and physically, with limited abilities to cope with shocks that arise and safeguard their current level of well-being…”
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Putting banana-coffee intercropping research into action por Ekong, J.

“…Research of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and its partners shows that growing coffee and banana together is generating >50% more income for smallholder farmers and can help them cope with the effects of climate change. However, turning research into action on the ground requires effective dialogue and communication between researchers and policy makers. …”
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The crowdsourcing approach por Bioversity International

“…The concept is simple – if farmers have better information and access to a wide range of varieties, they are more able to choose what best suits their conditions and cope with unpredictable weather. Seeds for Needs is trying to encourage this by exposing farmers to more crop varieties and increase their first-hand knowledge about different traits and options available and strengthening their seed systems and seed-saving capacity so that they always have access to planting material that fits their changing needs. …”
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Seeking an alliance between farmers and genebanks por Bordoni, P., Gwinner, V.

“…In Bolivia and Malaysia, farmers are increasingly affected by drought, water logging and unpredictable weather patterns. To cope, they plant an array of traditional crops and varieties to spread the risk of crop loss, whether from pests, diseases or the weather. …”
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Understanding Payment for Forest Environmental Services in Vietnam in times of Covid-19: Research methods and guidelines por Pham Thu Thuy, Hoàng, T.L., Dương, T.B.N., Lê, T.T.T., Trần Ngọc, M.H.

“…The Government of Vietnam and donors have launched numerous programmes and policies to support vulnerable communities’ livelihoods, nutrition and agency and to cope COVID-19. Payment for Forest Environmental Services (PFES) has a potential role in contributing to the government policy mix to address Covid-19 impacts.…”
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Climate services needs in Mekong River Delta: flood irrigation paddy por Barlis, Angelica, Vu Huong, Ngan, Nguyen, Nhiem Duy, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…CRW is part of the climate service demand assessment by determining the climate and risk impact on main agricultural livelihoods, mapping the current and available farm management practices that farmers and local networks carry out to cope with climate variability to identify opportunities for improved practices using climate information and agro-advisory services.…”
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Climate services needs in Kampong Speu province: Wet and dry season rice cultivation por Barlis, Angelica, Vu Huong, Ngan, Swaans, Cornelis P.M.

“…CRW is part of the climate service demand assessment by determining the climate and risk impact on main agricultural livelihoods, mapping the current and available farm management practices that farmers and local networks carry out to cope with climate variability in order to identify opportunities for improved practices using climate information and agro-advisory services.…”
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Climate services needs in Battambang province: Rice cultivation and cash crops (cassava and maize) por Barlis, Angelica, Vu Huong, Ngan, Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Soksophors, Yim

“…CRW is part of the climate service demand assessment by determining the climate and risk impact on main agricultural livelihoods, mapping the current and available farm management practices that farmers and local networks carry out to cope with climate variability to identify opportunities for improved practices using climate information and agro-advisory services.…”
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Climate Security Observatory – GUATEMALA. Summary for policymakers por Liebig, Theresa Ines

“…It is also a primary hotspot for climate change, as it is highly exposed to extreme weather events like tropical storms and droughts and has low capacity to cope with these impacts. This profile, derived from the Climate Security Observatory, answers: 1) HOW does climate worsen the root causes of conflict? …”
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Informing Policy with Agricultural Research-for-Development: Insights from Research on Resilience por Kramer, Berber

“…• Limited access to credit, e.g., due to a lack of collateral and documented land rights, exposes smallholder farmers to risk and liquidity constraints • This does not only reduce farmers’ ability to cope with weather shocks but may also prevent them from investing in their farms. • Insurance to reduce risk and thereby increase access to credit typically falls short: High costs of indemnity-based insurance; Basis risk in weather index-based insurance. • What if we can overcome information asymmetries at a low cost, using smartphone images?…”
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