Resultados de búsqueda - "Climate change adaptation"

Targeting, out-scaling and prioritising climate-smart interventions in agricultural systems: Lessons from applying a generic framework to the livestock sector in sub-Saharan Africa por Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Pfeifer, Catherine, Silvestri, Silvia, Herrero, Mario

“…There is a pressing need for wide-scale innovation leading to development that improves the livelihoods and food security of the world's population while at the same time addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation. A variety of promising climate-smart interventions have been identified. …”
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The SmartAG partner: CCAFS East Africa Quarterly Newsletter, April – June 2016 por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Read an update from the Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation project. At the seventh Africa Agriculture Science Week (AASW7) held from 13 – 16 June in Kigali, Rwanda, stakeholders discussed exciting opportunities to make climate services available to farmers in Rwanda. …”
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Evidence-based opportunities for out-scaling climate-smart agriculture in East Africa por Lamanna, Christine, Namoi, Nictor, Kimaro, Anthony A., Mpanda, Mathew, Egeru, Anthony, Okia, Clement, Ramírez Villegas, Julián Armando, Mwongera, Caroline, Ampaire, Edidah L., Asten, Piet J.A. van, Winowiecki, Leigh Ann, Läderach, Peter R.D., Rosenstock, Todd S.

“…Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being widely promoted as a solution for food insecurity and climate change adaptation in food systems of sub-Saharan Africa, while simultaneously reducing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. …”
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Mapping adaptive capacity and smallholder agriculture: applying expert knowledge at the landscape scale por Buck Holland, Margaret, Zaid Shamer, Sierra, Imbach, Pablo, Zamora, Juan Carlos, Medellin Moreno, Claudia, Leguía Hidalgo, Efraín José, Donatti, Camila I., Martínez Rodríguez, Ruth, Harvey, Celia A.

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Climate change and crop diversity: farmers’ perceptions and adaptation on the Bolivian Altiplano por Meldrum, G., Mijatović, Dunja, Rojas, W., Flores, J., Pinto, M., Mamani, G., Condori, E., Hilaquita, D., Gruberg, H., Padulosi, S.

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Investing in on-farm and post-harvest resilience to climate change in smallholder value chains: Lessons from Rwanda por Rugege, Denis, Vermeulen, Sonja J.

“…This study assessed intermediate results of an investment intended to support climate change adaptation and resilience-building among farmers’ cooperatives in Rwanda. …”
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Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture Through a Gendered Intersectionality Lens: Experiences from Western Kenya por Mungai, Catherine, Opondo, Maggie, Outa, George, Nelson, Valerie, Nyasimi, Mary, Kimeli, Philip

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Precision Nutrient Management under Conservation Agriculture-based Cereal Systems in South Asia por Sapkota, Tek Bahadur, Majumdar, Kaushik, Khurana, Ritika, Jat, Raj K., Stirling, Clare M., Jat, Mangi Lal

“…Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and mitigation. One approach to agriculture has recently been captured by the widely adopted term of "Climate Smart Agriculture" (CSA). …”
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Developing climate-smart agriculture to face climate variability in West Africa: challenges and lessons learnt por Partey, Samuel T., Zougmoré, Robert B., Ouédraogo, Mathieu, Campbell, Bruce M.

“…Among numerous CSA technologies, the review found (1) agroforestry (farmer-managed natural regenerations), soil and water conservation technologies (zai, half-moon, tie/contour ridges, conservation agriculture) and (3) climate information services as highly valued promising options for climate change adaptation and risk management in West Africa. …”
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A global standard for monitoring coastal wetland vulnerability to accelerated sea-level rise por Webb, E.L, Friess, D.A., Krauss, K.W., Cahoon, D.R, Guntenspergen, G.R, Phelps, J.

“…A coordinated expansion of monitoring efforts, including development of regional networks that could support data sharing and collaboration, is crucial to adequately inform coastal climate change adaptation policy at several scales.…”
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An integrative research framework for enabling transformative adaptation por Colloff, Matthew J., Martín López, B., Lavorel, S., Locatelli, Bruno, Gorddard, R., Longaretti, P-Y., Walters, G., Kerkhoff, L. van, Wyborn, C., Coreau, A., Wise, R.M., Dunlop, M., Degeorges, P., Grantham, H., Overton, I.C., Williams, R.D., Doherty, M.D., Capon, T., Sanderson, T., Murphy, H.T.

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Climate change and plant dispersal along corridors in fragmented landscapes of Mesoamerica por Imbach, P. A, Locatelli, Bruno, Molina, L.G, Ciais, Philippe, Leadley, P.W.

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Ecosystem services and livelihoods in a changing climate: Understanding local adaptations in the Upper Koshi, Nepal por Bhatta, L.D., Oort, Pepijn A.J. van, Stork, N.E., Baral, H.

“…To increase the adaptive capacity of poor households, we suggest it is essential to incorporate climate change adaptations within the local planning process.…”
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Making trees count: Measurement, reporting and verification of agroforestry under the UNFCCC por Rosenstock, Todd S., Wilkes, Andreas, Jallo, Courtney, Namoi, Nictor, Bulusu, Medha, Suber, Marta, Bernard, Florence, Mboi, Damaris

“…Only if agroforestry resources are measured, reported and verified will countries gain access to the financial and other support they need to effectively include agroforestry in climate change adaptation and mitigation. Based on emerging lessons, we recommend six ways to support countries to improve MRV of agroforestry.…”
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Climate-Smart Agricultural Value Chains: Risks and Perspectives por Mwongera, Caroline, Nowak, Andreea C., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Grey, Sebastian, Osiemo, Jamleck, Kinyua, Ivy Wambui, Lizarazo, Miguel, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…At the harvesting, processing and marketing stages, useful interventions would include strengthening farmer organization, investing in climate-proofed infrastructure including roads and facilities for storage, processing and improving access to output markets. Finally, climate-change adaptation along the value chain would be improved by strengthening existing institutions, exploring public-private partnerships and adopting coherent local policies.…”
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Growth and timber quality evaluation of 33 European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) provenances from a site in Southern Sweden por Bergkvist, John

Agricultural vulnerability to changing rainfall patterns: Assessing the role of smallholder farmers’ perceptions and access to weather forecast information in adaptation-decision m... por Muyiramye, Didier

“…Using qualitative and quantitative methods in data collection, this study aimed at exploring climate change adaptation strategies in North-Western Rwanda, by assessing the role of smallholder farmers’ perceptions on the vulnerability of their farming to changing rainfall patterns, while also analysing the factors influencing the adoption and use of weather forecast information in adaptation-decision-making. …”
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Adapting to melting glaciers : how Western Himalayan societies frame climate change and adaptation por Anis, Taha

“…In order to do this, 10 interviews were conducted in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region while a month was spent in the field observing participants and their understanding of identity, power, and knowledge in relation to climate change adaptation. The complex nature of identity, knowledge and power frames in the region highlight the complicated nature of the task at hand as well as the need for more research across the borders of India, Pakistan, China and Nepal, with cross-border adaptation collaborations being the need of the hour but an unlikely outcome among these national rivals.…”

Productivity, water use and climate resilience of alternative cocoa cultivation systems por Abdulai, I.

“…For the dry region, a potential climate change adaptation strategy would be changing from cocoa to crops that are more productive and are faced with lower climatic risk. …”
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Characterization of cassava production systems in Vietnam por Le, Dung Phuong, Labarta, Ricardo Antonio, Haan, Stef de, Maredia, Mywish K., Becerra López Lavelle, Luis Augusto, Nhu, Lien Thi, Ovalle, Tatiana M., Nguyen, Vu Anh, Pham, Nhan Thi, Nguyen, Hy Huu, Nguyen, Hien Trong, Le, Kha Quy, Le, Huy Ham

“…Future research and development should focus on integrated value chain development with multiple actors focusing attention on integrated pest and disease management, seed systems development, breeding for resistance and earliness, and climate change adaptation, among others.…”
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