Search Results - "Climatic Change"

Research & innovation in the EU bioeconomy strategy by Rådberg, Gabriella

“…Several policies and strategies for mitigating climate changes and for enhancing our way of handling natural resources have been developed during the last decade, where the EU Bioeconomy Strategy could be seen as one example. …”
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A case study of the CSR communication strategies in the Nordic coffee industry by Katter, Sofie-Marie

“…The global coffee industry faces many sustainability challenges of which serious adaptation and transformation techniques is required in order to get it back on the right path. The climate changes have already and will continue to affect the current coffee cultivation areas so much that some of the geographical location used for coffee cultivation today cannot be used for coffee cultivation in the future. …”
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Digging for Common Ground by Rogge, Finn

“…The research agrees with studies in the current de-growth and embeddedness literature that have recognised the potential transformative power of a more holistic approach in addressing climate change and the various initiatives and grass-root movements that are guided by alternative approaches to sustainability. …”
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Challenges to commercial urban agriculture by Pettersson, Sandra

“…Climate change has led to a number of implications for humans. …”
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Mapping the market of unrefined forest industry by-products in northern Sweden by Persson, Léon

“…The need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases is emergent, from a global perspective they are the driving force behind climate change. To reduce emissions, by-products from the forest industry can substitute fossil-based products. …”
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Flow regime and land cover changes in the Didessa sub-basin of the Blue Nile River, South-Western Ethiopia by Sima, Bizuneh

“…From the communities’ perception of changing natural resources, it was observed that most farmers are more aware on land use/cover dynamics than stream flow and climate changes. However farmers who use irrigation water for their farm plot appeared to have a better awareness in the stream flow changes than the ones who followed rain fed farming.…”
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Varbergs goda jord by Kjeller, Agnar

“…Arable land has become more important as a natural resource from a global point of view and in concerns of higher demands of food supply, as a result of population growth, higher consumption worldwide and climate change. But the arable land in Sweden is being exploited an increasingly rapid pace and the arable land in Varberg is not an exception of this development. …”
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Att stärka naturupplevelser by Olsson, Ida

“…It is the foundation for ecosystem services which contribute to human welfare, purifies air and water and counteract climate change. Ecologically important environments, however, are not always easily discovered. …”
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Taller de análisis multiactoral para la promoción del uso sostenible de la cañahua: Memorias del Taller realizado en La Paz, Bolivia, 17 de noviembre de 2009 by Polar, Vivian, Rojas, W., Jäger, M., Padulosi, S., Fundación PROINPA, Bioversity International

“…Ultimately, this collective action is meant to improve the prospects of small farmers in agricultural markets.The document is highly recommended for agencies and workers engaged in promoting cañihua in Bolivia and other countries in Latin America, where this crop is being increasingly recognized as strategic livelihood asset to fight poverty and nutrition insecurity in a climate changing scenario…”
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An integrated molecular and conventional breeding scheme for enhancing genetic gain in maize in Africa by Gedil, Melaku A, Menkir, A.

“…Molecular breeding, guided by methodically defined product profiles tailored to different agroecological zones and conditions of climate change, supported by state-of-the-art decision-making tools, is pivotal for the advancement of modern, genomics-aided maize improvement programs. …”
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CGIAR System Annual Performance Report 2019: Summarized Report by CGIAR System Organization

“…Action was lagging on climate change, even as the effects of extreme weather and increased disaster events became harder to ignore. …”
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Pongamia as a potential biofuel crop: Oil content of Pongamia pinnata from the best provenance in Java, Indonesia by Hasnah, T., Leksono, B., Sumedi, N., Windyarini, E., Adinugraha, H.A., Baral, H., Artati, Y.

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Analysis of smallholders’ livelihood vulnerability to drought across agroecology and farm typology in the Upper Awash Sub-Basin, Ethiopia by Maru, H., Haileslassie, Amare, Zeleke, T., Esayas, B.

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The One Health landscape in sub-Saharan African countries by Fasina, F.O., Fasanmi, O.G., Makonnen, Y.J., Bebay, C., Bett, Bernard K., Roesel, Kristina

“…Objectives One Health is transiting from multidisciplinary to transdisciplinary concepts and its viewpoints should move from ‘proxy for zoonoses’, to include other topics (climate change, nutrition and food safety, policy and planning, welfare and well-being, antimicrobial resistance (AMR), vector-borne diseases, toxicosis and pesticides issues) and thematic fields (social sciences, geography and economics). …”
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Impact of soil surface temperature on changes in the groundwater level by Khamidov, M., Ishchanov, J., Hamidov, A., Shermatov, E., Gafurov, Zafar

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Terms of Reference: CGIAR Science Group Evaluations by CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

“…Among others, key lines of inquiry encompass comparative advantage, compliance with relevant CGIAR frameworks and policies, and integration of cross-cutting themes (e.g., gender and climate change, partnerships, capacity development). …”
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Challenges, barriers, and determinants of farmers’ adoption of agroecological practices in Tunisia: A Case study of Hamam biadha and Elles by Khader, Amina

“…Agriculture in Tunisia is associated with unsustainable farm practices in an environment highly vulnerable to climate change, along with a general lack of political support. …”
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Agro-technology for climate-smart agriculture and resilience to climate extremes in sub-Saharan Africa by Arenas Calle, Laura N., Jennings, Stewart, Challinor, Andrew J.

“…Further, we show that improved maize varieties and irrigation can substantially reduce future yield shocks and enhance resilience to climate change extremes in SSA, pointing to best-bets for agro-technology adoption. …”
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Report of the workshop to strengthen the organizations of the Gender-based Agricultural Innovation Platforms (Butaré, Rwanda) by Arouna, Aminou, Yeo, P.A., N’Dikumana, E., Ingabire J., Umubyeyi, J., Ntaré, E.

“…Factors negatively affecting the food value chain are: high seed prices, lack of training in good agricultural practices, poor access to production sites, climate change effects, flooding of the local market with products from neighboring countries and insufficient local processing units. …”
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Genotype-specific germination behavior induced by sustainable priming techniques in response to water deprivation stress in rice by Dueñas, Conrado, Pagano, Andrea, Calvio, Cinzia, Srikanthan, Dhanush Srikanth, Slamet-Loedin, Inez, Balestrazzi, Alma, Macovei, Anca

“…Water stress brought about by climate change is among the major global concerns threatening food security. …”
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