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The role of collective action and property rights in climage change strategies por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Markelova, Helen, Moore, Kelsey

“…Evidence suggests that these effects may be especially severe for disadvantaged communities in developing countries that have few assets, such as fiscal resources and physical capital, and few income diversification opportunities, which severely limits their ability to cope or adapt to climate changes.…”
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Modeling recreation demand for British forests: An application of an endogenously stratified and truncated log-normal distribution por Englin, J., Gelan, Ayele, Pang, A.

“…Since the number of visitors to British forests is quite large and each visitor's visiting frequency is high, the conventional count data models which focus on small integers may not cope adequately with this big number of visitation. …”
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Water scarcity under a changing climate in Ghana: options for livelihoods adaptation por Gyampoh, B.A., Idinoba, M., Amisah, S.

“…The effects of climate change and variability on water availability in Ghana is being felt throughout the country. Coping with water scarcity has become a major issue. …”
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Climate information is power: improved planning for greater food security por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…To what extent does climate variability figure in the decision-making that underpins plans to cope with threats to food security? Research commissioned by CCAFS, and coordinated by the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University in New York, is seeking both to understand how decisions are made and how incorporating information about climate variability might result in more useful plans.…”
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Linking climate change risks and rights of upland peoples in the Mekong por Xu, Jianchu, Daniel, R.

“…This chapter includes the following sections: the risks analysis of geophysical hazards and climate change in the Mekong uplands, accelerated risks and socially constructed vulnerabilities; the value and challenges in a rights-based apprach; the risks-rights nexus towards integrating rights for living with risks; potential strategies and means to cope with, as well as rebound after, climate risks and disasters; discussion and conclusions about improving and incorporating local rights as well as addressing the adaptive capacity of upland peoples to climate change.…”
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Molecular techniques to map farmer and breeder preferences 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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Diversity in durum wheat landraces to tackle drought 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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Dairy sector: Agritrade Executive Brief Update 2013 por Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Eastern Africa Grain Council

“…In the majority of ACP countries, local production of dairy products falls short of the growing domestic demand. As a way to cope with this situation, expanding local production is just one policy option, the alternative being the use of imported milk and milk powder for the development of local processing industries. …”
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Lessonslearntand perspectives from a global effort to support the deployment of underutilized species, with special reference to documentation of knowledge and information por Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard

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Is the modern pig suited for organic production environments? por Olsson, Lina

“…The study also shows how well the pigs cope in the organic environment considering the origin of the genetic material; from the conventional pig population. …”

Cultivando para Ganar - Choice Game for climate action por Eitzinger, Anton, Martínez, Jesús David, Howland, Fanny C., Bonilla Findji, Osana

“…Results provided general insights into farmers' perception of climate risks and the need and opportunities to proactively cope with them by implementing CSA practices. They were, however, hardly capable of developing strategies to do this in an economically reasonable way, and tried to implement as many strategies as possible. …”
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Development of a Governance Resilience Index (GRI) for measuring climate adaptation governance [Abstract only] por Sahana, V., Adounkpe, Peniel, Amarnath, Giriraj

“…To assess the lack of coping capacity measures that a country cannot cope with water-related disasters through the government's effort and existing infrastructure with the impact of the hazard, exposure, and vulnerability for Kenya and Zambia. …”
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Diversification strategies have a stabilizing effect for income and food availability during livelihood shocks: Evidence from small-scale aquaculture-agriculture systems in Myanmar... por Wang, Quanli, Rossignoli, Cristiano, Brako Dompreh, Eric, Su, Jie, Griffiths, Don, Htoo, Khaing, Nway, Hsu Myat, Akester, Michael, Gasparatos, Alexandros

“…SIGNIFICANCE: Overall, the SSAA production systems combining different diversification practices could form proactive strategies to help small-scale food producers cope with livelihood shocks.…”
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Changes in household income, food consumption, and diet quality in urban and rural areas of Ghana during the COVID-19 crisis: Results of 2020 phone surveys por Ragasa, Catherine, Amewu, Sena, Asante, Seth

“…Regular monitoring is needed, however, especially if household savings start to dry up and coping mechanisms become more restrictive.…”
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Krubbitning hos häst por Larsson, Sofie

“…It is even possible that the individuals displaying stereotypies have a somewhat better welfare compared to other horses in the current environment, since they may have developed strategies to cope with the stress that our management may cause them.…”
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Incorporating Transformative Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Climate Information Services for Agriculture and Food Security por Dinh, Dannie, Mapedza, Everisto D., Huyer, Sophia

“…However, unless women and other marginalized groups were deliberately involved during the planning and development of agricultural innovations and services, it is still possible for them to be excluded from these innovations and services meant to help them cope with climate risks and uncertainties.…”
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Addressing gender in climate information production and communication in West Africa: are we on track? por Ali, Abdou, Gadédjisso-Tossou, Agossou, Agali, Alhassane, Mohamed, Hamatan, Segnon, Alcade C, Zougmoré, Robert B.

“…These disadvantaged people must be extensively involved in training and capacity building on understanding climate risks and response options to cope with these hazards. It is imperative to mainstream the opinions of women, youth and marginalized people in the production, dissemination, communication and use of climate services and information in West Africa…”
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Three things scientists don't know about women farmers and climate change but really should por Puskur, Ranjitha, Deering, Karl

“…Just how well agriculture and food systems can cope with rising temperatures, floods and other climate shocks and stresses will be determined first and foremost by how much both women and men farmers can adapt to climate change. …”
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Strengthening public safety nets from the bottom up por Morduch, Jonathan, Sharma, Manohar

“…A starting point is understanding the ways in which communities and extended families try to cope with difficulties in the absence of public interventions. …”
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Nutrition-sensitive policy pathways for dealing with climate extremes in Zambia por Jennings, Stewart, Chomba, Christian

“…Warming and extreme drought are projected to become more severe by 2050. To cope with climate change, a suite of domestic nutrient-rich crops, coupled with early warning systems and a resilient trade network are key to avoiding increased reliance on food aid and higher risk of famine. …”
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