Search Results - "Climate variability and change"

Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa by Thornton, Philip K., Jones, Peter G., Owiyo, T., Kruska, Russell L., Herrero, Mario, Kristjanson, Patricia M., Notenbaert, An Maria Omer, Bekele, N., Omolo, Abisalom

“…Of the developing countries, many in Africa are seen as being the most vulnerable to climate variability and change. High levels of vulnerability and low adaptive capacity in the developing world have been linked to factors such as a high reliance on natural resources, limited ability to adapt financially and institutionally, low per capita GDP and high poverty, and a lack of safety nets. …”
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Empleo de DSSAT-PNUTGRO en la región central de Argentina: evaluaciones de fechas de siembra con información histórica y escenarios de cambio climático = Use of the DSSAT-PNUTGRO i... by Ovando, Gustavo Gabriel, Haro Juarez, Ricardo Javier

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

“…Global demand for cocoa beans is projected to keep rising while future production is likely to be limited by climate variability and change. Over 70% of the global cocoa supply comes from West Africa, a region expected to be greatly affected by climate change and extreme droughts. …”
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Focos de ciencia, tecnología e innovación para el sector agropecuario colombiano by Ovalle Másmela, Juan Camilo, Romero Perdomo, Felipe, Uribe Galvis, Claudia Patricia, Jiménez Guzmán, Ana María, Molano Bernal, Lilia Constanza, Santana Medina, Jairo Javier, Zambrano Muñoz, Adriana Del Pilar, Moreno Valderrama, María Nancy, Yepes Vargas, Luz Andrea, Perdomo Villamil, Yehismi Lorena, García González, Diana Maritza, Rincón Novoa, Rubiela, Ramírez Beltrán, Angélica María, Garavito Arcos, Heydi Carolina

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Progress on agriculture in the UN climate talks: How COP21 can ensure a food-secure future by Hedger, Merylyn, Campbell, Bruce M., Wamukoya, George, Kinyangi, James, Verchot, Louis V., Wollenberg, Eva Karoline, Vermeulen, Sonja J., Minang, Peter A., Neufeldt, Henry, Vidal, Alain, Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María, Friis, Anette Engelund, Millan, Alberto

“…This must be achieved in the face of climatic variability and change, growing constraints on water and land for crops and livestock, and declining wild capture fishery stocks. …”
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An Integrated Framework for Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change and Developing Adaptation Strategies for Coffee Growing Families in Mesoamerica by Baca, María, Läderach, Peter R.D., Haggar, Jeremy P., Schroth, Götz, Ovalle Rivera, Oriana

“…Historical climate records show changes in average and extreme temperatures, as well as an increase in annual climate variability; this changes can affect all continents of our planet in different ways and the high levels of poverty in some regions can worsen the impacts of climate change. …”
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Socio-economic and environmental significance of dry land resources of Ethiopia and their development challenges by Lemenih, Mulugeta, Kassa, H.

“…It identified the major challenges to developing these resources as misconceptions surrounding the dry lands, policy related constraints, demographic pressure, climatic variability and change, chronic food insecurity, land degradation, and weakening of traditional institutions. …”
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Opportunities for improving water and land management in Sub-Saharan Africa: research priorities of IWMI's Africa Program by Bahri, Akissa, Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele, Sally, Hilmy, Ul-Hassan, Mehmood

“…Key factors that aggravate these problems include high population growth, low agricultural productivity, high natural and man-made tragedies such as climatic variability and change, conflicts and war. About 70% of SSA's economy is dependent on agriculture and the majority of the population is engaged in agriculture. …”
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Estimating the economic benefits of alternative options for investing in agricultural climate services in Africa: A review of methodologies by Tesfaye, Abonesh, Hansen, James, Radeny, Maren A.O., Solomon, Dawit

“…Therefore, depending on particular cases, it would be necessary to use the appropriate method or combination of methods to enhance agricultural productivity, food and nutrition security, and the resilience of the resource poor vulnerable smallholder farming communities to climate variabilities and change in Africa.…”
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Policy Action for Climate Change Adaptation. Project synthesis report, 2014-2020 by Acosta, Mariola, Bamanyaki, Patricia A., Solomon, Dawit, Alemayehu, Sintayehu, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian, Tesfaye, Lidya, Muchunguzi, Perez

“…Increased climate variability, including changes in mean temperatures, variation in the onset of rains, and increases in extreme weather events, are directly affecting the growing seasons of commercial and subsistence crops, significantly disturbing socio-economic activities in the agricultural sector and leaving many smallholder farmers in a situation of food insecurity and malnutrition. …”
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Assessing sand dams for contributions to local water security and drought resilience in the semi-arid eastern Shashe catchment, Zimbabwe by Lazurko, A., Lautze, Jonathan F., Hussey, S., Muzarabani, C., Ngwenya, N., Ebrahim, Girma Yimer

“…This study evaluates the impact of sand dams on resilience to climate variability and changes through a participatory case study approach in the Shashe catchment, a semi-arid catchment shared by Botswana and Zimbabwe. …”
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Unrelenting catastrophic droughts and successive failed rainy seasons in the Greater Horn of Africa by Amha, Yosef, Demissie, Teferi Dejene, Amdihun, Ahmed, Otieno, Viola, Afiesimama, Ernest, Murombedzi, James, Radeny, Maren A.O., Solomon, Dawit

“… ▪ Addressing the impacts of devastating extreme weather events, climate variabilities, and changes in GHoA require, among other things, strengthening Climate Information Services (CIS), including in terms of Anticipatory Action, Early Warning Systems (EWS), and preparedness and early action for climate-resilient development…”
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Building Ethiopia’s food security resilience to climate and hydrological change by Murgatroyd, Anna, Thomas, Timothy S., Koo, Jawoo, Strzepek, Kenneth M., Hall, Jim

“…Historically Ethiopia's food security has been sensitive to climatic variability, but changes in future weather and climate could lead to overall reductions and increased variability in agricultural production, without further adaptation. …”
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Managed aquifer recharge in Africa: taking stock and looking forward by Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Lautze, Jonathan F., Villholth, Karen G.

“…Climatic variability and change result in unreliable and uncertain water availability and contribute to water insecurity in Africa, particularly in arid and semi-arid areas and where water storage infrastructure is limited. …”
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