Resultados de búsqueda - "Chang’an"

Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world por Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Herrero, Mario, Wassmann, Reiner, Neufeldt, Henry, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Rosswall, T., Campbell, Bruce M., Hellin, Jonathan, Jarvis, Andy, Challinor, Andrew J., Snook, Laura K., Smakhtin, Vladimir U., Kinyangi, James

“…New agricultural development pathways are required to meet climate change adaptation and mitigation needs in the food systems of low-income countries. …”
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The role of multi-scale modeling in assessing livelihood adaptation strategies to climate change por Herrero, Mario, Thornton, Philip K.

Materias: “…climate change…”
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Crops and climate change: progress, trends, and challenges in simulating impacts and informing adaptation por Challinor, Andrew J., Ewert, Frank, Arnold, S., Simelton, Elisabeth, Fraser E

“…Assessments of the relationships between crop productivity and climate change rely upon a combination of modelling and measurement. …”
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Farming's climate-smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy por Pye-Smith, Charlie

“…Boosting the role of agriculture in climate change negotiations – by establishing a work programme and setting up pilot projects – is addressed in chapter 3, while chapter 4 briefly reflects on the financial implications of adapting to climate change in the agricultural sector.…”
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Impacts of climate change on livestock in sub-Saharan Africa: What can be done? por Thornton, Philip K., Blümmel, Michael, Okike, Iheanacho, Jones, Peter G., Wright, Iain A., Herrero, Mario, Kristjanson, Patricia M.

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Croppers to livestock keepers: livelihood transitions to 2050 in Africa due to climate change por Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…The impacts of climate change are expected to be generally detrimental for agriculture in many parts of Africa. …”
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Impact of change in land use and land cover on feed resources in the Ethiopian highlands por Berhe, Kahsay, Woldu, Z., Peden, Donald G., Hoekstra, Dirk, Mammo, A.

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Promising technologies not enough on their own to bring about widespread change in livestock systems por Duncan, Alan J.

“…He concludes: "We have lots of promising technologies, but in themselves they are not enough to bring about widespread change in livestock systems." More information on this project: http://fodder-adoption-project.wikispaces.com/…”
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The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055 por Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…The impacts of climate change on agriculture may add significantly to the development challenges of ensuring food security and reducing poverty. …”
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Climate change adaptation, mitigation and livelihood benefits in coffee production: where are the synergies? por Rahn, Eric, Läderach, Peter R.D., Baca, María, Cressy C, Schroth, Götz, Malin, Daniella, Rikxoort, Henk van, Shriver J

Materias: “…climate change…”
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Climate change: do we know how it will affect smallholder livestock farmers? por Thornton, Philip K., Steeg, Jeannette van de, Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Herrero, Mario

“…What is known about the likely impacts of climate change on resource-poor livestock keepers in the developing world? …”
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Tsetse control and land-use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya por Muriuki, G.W., Njoka, T.J., Reid, Robin S., Nyariki, D.M.

“…After lengthy efforts to control tsetse over many years, the valley is currently experiencing an increase in human population growth rate, and rapid changes in land-use and cover are taking place. Using time-series aerial photograph interpretation, social survey methods, and a review of human population trends over five decades, a three-fold expansion in cultivation in the settled areas over a 50-year period, with a consequent decrease in woody vegetation cover was identified. …”
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Monitoring changes in land-use practices following agrarian de-collectivisation in Ethiopia por Omiti, J.M., Parton, K.A., Sinden, J.A., Ehui, Simeon K.

“…Since 1975, agricultural land tenure arrangements in Ethiopia have changed from a feudal system, to a socialist model with semi-collectivist villages and, from 1991, to a small-holder system based on private (freehold) ownershiBy surveying a random sample of 94 households in the Ethiopian highlands, the paper examines (a) how de-collectivisation has affected important parts of the agrarian structure such as land tenure and common property and (b) the subsequent responses of farmers in terms of their land-use practices. …”
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Water harvesting and spring development to adapt to climate change in Kabe watershed, Ethiopia por Mekonnen, Kindu, Duncan, Alan J., Amede, Tilahun

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Livelihood transitions and the changing nature of farmer-herder conflict in Sahelian West Africa por Turner, M.D., Ayantunde, Augustine A., Patterson, K.P., Patterson, E.D.

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Horn of Africa: Responding to changing markets in a context of increased competition for resources por Maitima, J.M., Rakotoarisoa, M.A., Kang'ethe, Eric

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Investigating the impacts of land use, climate and biodiversity changes on human health and wellbeing por Bett, Bernard K., Mwangi, E., Bukachi, S.A., Wanyoike, S., Sang, R., Njeru, I.

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Food security, farming, and climate change to 2050: Scenarios, results, policy options por Nelson, Gerald C., Rosegrant, Mark W., Palazzo, Amanda, Gray, Ian, Ingersoll, Christina, Robertson, Richard D., Tokgoz, Simla, Zhu, Tingju, Sulser, Timothy B., Ringler, Claudia, Msangi, Siwa, You, Liangzhi

“…The food price spike of 2008, with its consequent food riots and resulting political changes in several countries, awoke the world’s leaders to the re-emergence of this threat to human well-being and social harmony. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture: smallholder adoption and implications for climate change adaptation and mitigation por McCarthy N, Lipper, Leslie, Branca G

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Long-term changes in soil-based ecological services at three sites in Ethiopia por Shiferaw, A., Hurni, H., Zeleke, G.

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