Search Results - "Climatic Change"

The influence of exogenous elements on technological innovation system development: the case of rainwater harvesting for irrigation in Kenya by Singh, R., Minh, Thai Thi, Oguge, N., Odote, C.

“…Rainwater harvesting for irrigation can increase sustainable access to irrigation and improve farmer resilience to climate change, particularly in semi-arid regions of sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Social protection: Adaptive safety nets for crisis recovery by Hirvonen, Kalle

“…Moreover, social safety net programs can improve nutritional outcomes, protect aspirations (people’s ability to visualize and engage in forward-looking activities) during natural disasters, and increase resilience in the face of climate change. Social safety net programs may even prevent local conflicts, increase trust in local governments, and stimulate economic growth by encouraging savings, addressing credit market imperfections, and creating communal assets. …”
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A framework for analysing water security of Tonle Sap Lake in the Mekong River basin: Flow, volume, inundation, productivity and livelihoods by Sithirith, Mak

“…The hydropower dams, urban development and climate change cause the disconnectivity and the discontinuity of the river–lake flow, volume and inundation, undermining the productivity of fisheries and livelihoods of river–lake-dependent communities. …”
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Opportunities for strategic decision making in managing ex situ germplasm collections by Hanson, Jean, Lusty, C., Furman, B.J., Ellis, D., Payne, T., Halewood, M.

“…The challenge is to manage those collections for long-term conservation of crop diversity and sustainable use to respond to global challenges of food security and climate change. The Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agricutlure (Genebank Standards) form the overall framework for curation of ex situ crop collections, allowing considerable flexibility to develop customized approaches to conserving different crops. …”
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Natural resources and environment: Governance for nature-positive food systems by Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Ringler, Claudia, Zhang, Wei, Arndt, Channing

“…. - Environmental degradation and climate change, in which food systems play a prominent role, are likely to increase the frequency and severity of natural disasters and may increase future pandemics, both causing shocks to food and health systems. - Common agricultural practices often degrade ecosystem services such as soil fertility and natural pest control, and can contribute to greater reliance on external inputs with potential for further damage. - Poor people are heavily dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods and are often most severely affected by environmental shocks and resource depletion. - The vicious cycle of unsustainable resource use and environmental degradation must be replaced with a virtuous cycle of healthier food and ecosystems using approaches that improve outcomes for humans and nature. - National laws and institutions, plus local formal and informal institutions and norms about respecting (or exploiting) nature, shape how people interact with the natural resource base and thus the outcomes for food and natural systems.…”
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Women and small-scale irrigation: A review of the factors influencing gendered patterns of participation and benefits by Bryan, Elizabeth, Lefore, Nicole

“…Small-scale irrigation is expanding rapidly in parts of the world, especially sub-Saharan Africa, offering smallholder farmers an opportunity to improve their livelihoods, diets, and resilience to climate change among other benefits. Growing research focuses on the potential for small-scale irrigation to offer a pathway for women’s empowerment, yet the factors conditioning the relationship between small-scale irrigation and women’s empowerment are not well understood. …”
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Picture-based crop insurance (PBI): Using farmers’ smartphone pictures to reduce basis risk and costs of loss verification by Ceballos, Francisco, Kramer, Berber, Mishra, Azad, Robles, Miguel, Toor, Mann S.

“…Farmers in India are increasingly exposed to climate change and natural disasters, causing extreme hardship. …”
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Community-based management of freshwater resources: A practitioners’ guide to applying TNC’s Voice, Choice, and Action framework by Zhang, Wei, ElDidi, Hagar, Swallow, Kimberly A., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Ringler, Claudia, Masuda, Yuta, Aldous, Allison

“…FWR are under enormous stress from agricultural systems, climate change, and other factors directly linked to human behavior—including population growth and industrialization. …”
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Effect of changes in population density and crop productivity on farm households in Malawi by Komarek, Adam M., Msangi, Siwa

“…Our results suggest that, even without considering climate change, expected changes in population density and crop prices in 2050 mean that per person crop production and income may fall by 21% compared to 2013 values if yield potential and yield gaps remain constant. …”
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First foods: Diet quality among infants aged 6–23 months in 42 countries by Choudhury, Samira, Headey, Derek D., Masters, William A.

“…Our findings imply that while income growth is indeed an important driver of diversification, there are strong grounds to also invest heavily in women’s education and food environments to improve diet quality, while addressing the impacts of climate change on livelihoods and food systems. These results reveal systematic patterns in how first foods vary across developing countries, pointing to new opportunities for research towards nutrition-smart policies to improve children’s diets.…”
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Flood recession agriculture for food security in Northern Ghana: Literature review on extent, challenges, and opportunities by Sidibe, Yoro, Williams, Timothy O., Kolavalli, Shashidhara

“…The expectation is that the proposed project will improve food security by enhancing knowledge on effective flood recession practices, enhance rural incomes through expanded dry-season farming with new opportunities for rural employment, and improve adaptation to climate change by building more resilient farming communities. …”
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Reducing poverty and hunger through food policy research: Highlights of recent IFPRI research and partnerships with Germany by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Various partnerships between IFPRI and the German government have influenced effective strategies for agricultural growth and building resilience to climate change, particularly in Africa. In addition, IFPRI has worked with prestigious German academic centers and universities, such as the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn (ZEF) and the University of Hohenheim, as well as with German NGOs, such as Welthungerhilfe, and participated in BMZ’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. …”
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Livestock detection in African rangelands: Potential of high-resolution remote sensing data by Ocholla, I.A., Pellikka, P., Karanja, F.N., Vuorinne, I., Odipo, Victor, Heiskanen, J.

“…With the anticipated increase in demand for livestock products, the need to mitigate climate change, and lack of accurate livestock census data, innovative remote sensing technologies and methods for livestock census become crucial for the livestock sector. …”
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How could agricultural land systems contribute to raise food production under global change? by Wu, Wen-Bin, Yu, Qiang-Yi, Verburg, Peter H., You, Liangzhi, Yang, Peng, Tang, Hua-Jun

“…Moreover, properly allocating crops in space and time is a practical way to ensure food production. Climate change, dietary shifts, and other socio-economic drivers, which would shape the demand and supply side of food systems, should be taken into consideration during the decision-making on rational land management in respect of sustainable crop choice and allocation. …”
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Who does technology serve? A critical analysis of sociocultural factors shaping opportunities, practices and barriers faced by a smallholders in south-western Colombia by Ramos, Marcela, Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan, Gutiérrez, Jhon Freddy, Gutierrez Zapata, Diana Maria, Ruden, Alejandro, Sepúlveda, Lady, Barret, Brian

“…The results show that access to new technologies generates new capabilities, for instance the ability to plan for the challenges imposed by climate change or to develop new strategies to allow the soil to recover naturally. …”
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Framing Water–Energy–Food–Ecosystem (WEFE) nexus interactions in the Tana-Beles Sub-Basin of Ethiopia by Abera, Wuletawu, Getaneh, Yonas, Balcha, Yodit, Assefa, Tewodros, Mulatu, Chalachew A., Ebrahim, Girma Yimer, Tesfaye, Megersa, Dawit, Meseret, Abebe, Wubneh Belete, Taye, Meron Teferi

“…The Tana-Beles Sub-basin of Ethiopia is challenged by population density, climate change, and ecosystem degradation that requires a WEFE Nexus thinking. …”
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Land, cows, and bullets: An untold history of cattle ranching during the armed conflict in Colombia, 1980–2010 by Triana Ángel, Natalia, Burkart, Stefan, Pazos Cárdenas, Mateo

“…Also, the findings show that further research on these topics, i.e., related to current environmental and social problems such as climate change, food security, and new social and geopolitical challenges, is needed.…”
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Introduction: Creating context and unveiling crucial issues by Piñeiro, Martin, Piñeiro, Valeria

“…Additionally, strategies were discussed to enhance global food security amid challenges such as climate change and conflicts, aiming to create a more equitable and sustainable global agricultural trading system. …”
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World agriculture in a dynamically changing environment: IFPRI's long-term outlook for food and agriculture by Msangi, Siwa, Rosegrant, Mark W.

“…How may the use of agricultural products in biofuel production affect markets? And how can climate change affect production possibilities and markets? …”
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From famine to food security: A new agenda and approach must be adopted by Fan, Shenggen, Olofinbiyi, Tolulope

“…With rapid population growth and changing demographics, growing natural resource constraints, high and volatile food prices, rising energy prices, biofuel expansion, and climate change, global food security has become more difficult to achieve. …”
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