Resultados de búsqueda - "effects of climate change"

Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Through the Lens of Community Preferences por Duguma, L., Duba, D., Muthee, K., Minang, Peter A., Bah, A., Nzyoka, J., Malanding, J.

“…Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) practices are people-centered, nature-based solutions which aim to ensure that communities can cope with the adverse effects of climate change. These practices utilize biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of the wider adaptation strategies. …”
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Locally led climate action for sustainable community resilience por Amarnath, Giriraj, Mweemba, C., Manishimwe, E., van Koppen, Barbara

“…Research interventions therefore need to focus on transformative measures to ensure the longer-term resilience of local communities to the continued effects of climate change.…”
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Developing climate risk maps and adaptation plans for rice-based production systems in the Philippines por Jeny Raviz, Mary Anne Gutierrez, Cornelia Garcia, Rowena Castillo, Jane Girly Balanza, Michelle Joy Manipol, Rico Locaba, Jon Hellin, Alice Laborte

“…CGIAR’s Research Initiative on Climate Resilience (ClimBeR) has been conducting activities to increase the resilience of smallholder production systems in the Philippines to withstand the effects of climate change. One of these is the Climate-Smart Mapping and Adaptation Planning (CS-MAP, [1]). …”
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CACCI country profile Peru por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…For this reason, Peru has implemented numerous measures to fight against the effects of climate change. These measures focus on sectors vital to the development of the country, along with industries and services that are most directly affected by climate change. …”
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Climate change effects on agriculture in Tajikistan por Khakimov, Parviz, Aliev, Jovidon, Thomas, Timothy S., Ilyasov, Jarilkasin, Pechtl, Sarah, Dunston, Shahnila

“…Accordingly, the Program accentuates the importance climate-optimized agriculture to ensure sustainable development of the sector. The effects of climate change on agriculture in Tajikistan was examined using IFPRI’s International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT) by simulating climate change and no climate change (baseline) scenarios between 2015 and 2050.…”
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An overview of methods used to study the impact of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean Region por Thomas, Timothy S., Rodríguez, Ana María Loboguerrero, Mason-D'Croz, Daniel, Barón, Deissy Martínez

“…This discussion paper introduces a series of studies on the effects of climate change on agriculture in Central America and the Andean region. …”
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Highlights from IFPRI's West and Central Africa Office por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Although the West and Central Africa region has experienced strong economic growth over the past 15 years, it faces challenges from increasing urbanization, a growing middle class, transforming agrifood systems, and the intensifying effects of climate change. WCAO is helping to address these pressing problems. …”
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Climate change and nutrition por Thomson, Madeleine, Fanzo, Jessica

“…Given the widespread effects that climate change is projected to have on the world’s most vulnerable people—and indeed the effects that are already underway—climate change features strongly in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): specifically, SDG 13 calls for “urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” …”
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AICCRA Ghana Accelerator Platform: Strengthening public–private partnerships for scaling climate-smart innovations por Yeboah, Stephen, Dalaa, Mustapha Alasan, Obeng, Faustina, Tepa-Yotto, Ghislain

“…To provide secure and safe food in Ghana, prevent the development of resistance to pests in crops and animals, and their attendant public health implications, and reduce the vulnerability of smallholders requires urgent efforts to curb the effects of climate change on food production. While this is of strategic importance, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and associated climate-informed services (CIS), as well as one-health innovations, are needed to enhance the resilience of food production and its safety, but the access by end users is limited.…”
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Measuring Ethiopian farmers’ vulnerability to climate change across regional states por Deressa, T.T., Hassan, R.M., Ringler, Claudia

“…A regional vulnerability index can assist in identifying the areas of Ethiopia that are most vulnerable to climate change and guide policymakers in determining where investments in adaptation may be most effective in reducing the future adverse effects of climate change.…”
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of grain legumes Volume 2 por Sivasankar, Shoba, Bergvinson, David, Gaur, Pooran M., Kumar, Shiv, Beebe, Stephen E., Tamò, Manuele

“…However, yields are constrained by factors such as pests and diseases as well as vulnerability to poor soils, drought and other effects of climate change. This collection reviews the wealth of research addressing these challenges. …”
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Physical Drivers and Stranded Assets in Agriculture: The Case of Honduras por Ardon M., Allan R.

“…Collaboration between universities, businesses and governments plays a key role in mitigating the effects of climate change and achieving a successful transition to a more resilient and sustainable agriculture. …”
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Evaluating irrigation investments in Malawi: economy‐wide impacts under uncertainty and labor constraints por Schuenemann, F., Thurlow, James, Meyer, S., Robertson, R., Rodrigues, J.

“…Irrigation expansion is critical to increase crop yields and mitigate effects from climate change in Sub‐Saharan Africa, but the low profitability has led to little irrigation investments in the region so far. …”
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Transforming agricultural extension in Eastern Africa through Climate Resilient Farmer Field Schools: Training update from the Climate Resilient Agribusiness for Tomorrow project por Osumba, Joab J.L., Recha, John W.M., Kabuka, Godfrey, Nzoka, Oscar, Wandera, Bright Asiimwe

“…Climate-smart and ecologically sustainable methods of agricultural production can help the region to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change while increasing productivity and enhancing livelihoods. …”
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Effect of social capital on adoption of climate-smart agriculture in Nyando Basin, Kenya por Birir, Alex

“…Nyando is of interest due to the adverse effects of climate change and variability, and the various CSA technologies in practice which are aimed at making the local communities resilient to climate change. …”
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Accounting for the invisible value of trees on farms through valuation of ecosystem services por Chiputwa, Brian, Ihli, H., Wainana, P., Gassner, A.

“…The integration of trees on farms, commonly referred to as agroforestry, has been recognized as a potential strategy to enhance farmers' adaptation to and mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change. Agroforestry is also considered as contributor to sustainable food systems. …”
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How can economic incentives designed for environmental conservation support a transition to sustainable and equitable agriculture? por Moros, L., Puerto, S., Monroy, D., Achaval-Torre, J., Rueda, X.

“…Please note that we use conservation as a shorthand for the protection and restoration of nature, and the mitigation of the effects of climate change on the environment. Based on thisreview, we identify their impacts on environmental, economic, and equity outcomes and discuss the success factors and challenges in their application and design.…”
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Towards site specific Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions measurement: rice in Colombia por Ibarra Medina, Lina Marcela, Romero Sánchez, Miguel Antonio, Andrade, Robert Santiago, González, Carolina

“…The effects of climate change, due to the increase in the accumulation of GHGs in the atmosphere, is one of the issues that has gained importance worldwide in recent years, because of the current threat to agri-food systems and its contribution to increase climate uncertainty. …”
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Getting agriculture involved in addressing climate change - Thomas Rosswall, CGIAR por Rosswall, R

“…Increasing farm productivity in a sustainable way and decreasing waste and losses can significantly mitigate the effects of climate change, prevent deforestation, and protect biodiversity. …”
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Community voices on Climate and Security: Summary results for Kenya por Medina, Leonardo, Caroli, Giulia, Belli, Anna, Läderach, Peter R.D., Pacillo, Grazia

“…It is meant to expand our comprehension of climate-related security risks in Kenya, by examining the way local communities capitalise on everyday experience to develop a shared understanding around the effects of climate change over their livelihoods and wellbeing, along with the insecurity problems they collectively face. …”
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