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DeRisking coffee in Vietnem: Piloting a Coffee Climate Protection Insurance scheme to enhance the capacity of smallholders and agribusinesses in coping with climate variability and... by Barlis, Angelica, Swaans, Cornelis P.M., Kath, Jarrod, Mushtaq, Shahbaz, Deniau, Aline

“…The scheme incorporates the use of forecasts into agro-advisories, and an integrated index insurance approach for drought, excessive rainfall and temperature for coffee farmers to reduce risks and encourage good farm-management practices.…”
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Rapport d'atelier de diffusion et de partage de la prévision saisonnière des précipitations de 2023 by Konte, Oumar, Ndiaye, Ousmane, Worou, Nadine

“…Cet atelier, organisé par le Cadre National des Service Climatologiques (CNSC), piloté par l’Agence nationale de l’Aviation civile et de la Météorologie (ANACIM), a vu la participation des membres des différents sectoriels du CNSC, de la presse et des organisations faîtières.…”
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The Food Systems Countdown Report 2023: The state of food systems worldwide by Schneider, Kate R., Fanzo, Jessica, Haddad, Lawrence, Herrero, Mario, Moncayo, Jose Rosero, Herforth, Anna, Remans, Roseline, Guarin, Alejandro, Resnick, Danielle, Covic, Namukolo M., Béné, Christophe, Cattaneo, Andrea, Aburto, Nancy, Ambikapathi, Ramya, Aytekin, Destan, Barquera, Simon, Battersby, Jane, Beal, Ty, Molina, Paulina Bizzoto, Cafiero, Carlo

“…Yet they also contribute to ill health, inequity, environmental degradation, and greenhouse gas emissions. These challenges demand urgent food systems transformation. …”
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Climate adaptation and job prospects for young people in agriculture by Cenacchi, Nicola, Brooks, Karen, Dunston, Shahnila, Wiebe, Keith D., Arndt, Channing, Hartley, Faaiqa, Robertson, Richard D.

“…The dignity and life prospects of those additional 2 billion people will depend on their ability to meet basic needs, such as food, clothing, and shelter, and their access to adequate employment. The most pressing need for jobs will be felt in those regions and countries that have not yet gone through the demographic transition, and where the cohort of young people is growing rapidly. …”
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IFPRI and the European Commission: Partnering towards food and nutrition security by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…On June 15-16, 2016, the European Commission (EC) will host the 10th European Development Days (EDD) to bring the development community together to share ideas and experiences in ways that will inspire innovative solutions and new partnerships that address the world’s most pressing challenges. To engage the development community in accelerating progress towards food and nutrition security, IFPRI, Concern Worldwide, the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), and Welthungerhilfe are organizing a session during the EDD on “Ending Hunger and Undernutrition: It can be done faster.” …”
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Limiting deforestation involves complex tradeoffs: Results from a global land-use model by Mishra, Abhijeet, Jones, Eleanor

“…Given the urgency of reducing global CO2 emissions, world leaders at the 2021 COP26 Global Climate Conference in Glasgow made a non-binding declaration to halt and reverse forest loss and land degradation by 2030. …”
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Climate Change Threatens Agriculture: Adapting for Food Security (CGIAR Climate Impact Platform Director, Aditi Mukherji, calls for climate and agri-food sector to work hand in han... by UN Climate Change, CGIAR

“…Among the key priorities of COP 29 are securing a new goal on climate finance, ensuring every country has the means to take much stronger climate action, slashing greenhouse gas emissions and building resilient communities. Also in focus will be the next round of national climate plans, or NDCs, currently being developed by countries ahead of next year’s deadline and ensuring these bolder, fully implementable and investable strategies and targets are economy-wide, focus on transitioning away from fossil fuels, and keep the world on track to 1.5 degrees of warming.…”
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Climate, Food Systems, and Diets Worksop in Busia, Kenya by Sarku, Rebecca, Moturi, Frank, Nabwire, Florence, Styles, Robin, Whitfield, Stephen

“…The aim of this workshop was to introduce the ClimBeR research to stakeholders in the Busia County, discuss how the Integrated Future Estimator for Emissions and Diets (iFEED) was being utilized to model various pathways, particularly those associated with crop diversification and investments in irrigation under climate change contexts. …”
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Climate finance can unlock the full potential of circular bioeconomy by Bodach, Susanne, Perera, Thinuri

“…This approach reduces greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through methods like converting organic waste into bioenergy and fertilizers. …”
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Ground-level insights from AgriGHALA baseline survey by Koech, Grace, Kenduiywo, Benson, Kiogora, Joseline Kanja

“…The WRS, branded agriGHALA by agriBORA, enables farmers to store their produce in climate-controlled warehouses and sell when market prices are favorable, helping to reduce post-harvest losses, stabilize incomes, improve access to finance and eventually address climate mitigation by reducing greenhouse gas emission from commodity waste.…”
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A review of dipterocarps: taxonomy, ecology and silviculture by Appanah, S., Turnbull, J.W.

“…Efforts to develop and implement sustainable management practices are being intensified and there is a pressing need for high quality information on which to base management decisions and reorient research. …”
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Shifting power to the periphery: the impact of decentralisation on forests and forest people by Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…Local governments, motivated both by necessity and opportunity, attempt to generate local revenues from forest resources without adequate consideration of the social and environmental consequences. …”
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A comparison of in situ leaf photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence at the top canopies in rainforest mature trees by Ishida, A., Toma, T., Marjenah

“…Their data indicate low light-use capacity and high susceptibility for excess light energy of photosystem II in D. cornutus. …”
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Supplementary irrigation for sequential cropping in the Ethiopian highland Vertisols using broadbed and furrow land management system by Astatke, A., Airaksinen, H., Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.

“…Examines the effects of broadbed and furrow land management systems and supplementary irrigation on the productivity of sequentially planted wheat and chickpea on Vertisols wheat was grown during the main rainy season on boradbeds and furrows made with an animal drawn implement to drain off the excess water. The wheat harvest was followed by planting of chickpea in the begining of the dry season. …”
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Cocoa and REDD by Gockowski, J., Robiglio, Valentina, Muilerman, Sander, Agyeman, N.F., Asare, R.

“…These land savings generated avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions representing between 18% and 34% of the total 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005.…”
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Economic, social and technical considerations determining investments in groundwater in Bangladesh by Johnson, S.H.

“…With a total land area the size of the state of Illinois and a population exceeding 90 million, Bangladesh has one of the highest man-land ratios in the world. Blessed with vast river systems but having such a flat topography that large-scale reservoir and gravity surface irrigation systems are not feasible, Bangladesh has been forced to turn to groundwater as a source for dry season irrigation water. …”
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State of Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Efforts for Agriculture in Bhutan by Wang SW

“…Despite a high level of environmental protection and awareness, Bhutan has become a victim of the global impacts of climate change caused by emissions in other countries. There is little historical climate data available in Bhutan; current records date back only to 1994. …”
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Integrating soil conservation and fodder production as climate adaptation strategy in Ethiopia by Guyon, Lolita, Demeke, Getamesay, Redon, Philippe, Bourgois, Francois, Mega, Tadesse, Tilahun, Abebe, Desalegn, Mesfin

“…In these rural areas, given the fertility rate, the population will double by 2050; agricultural practices must preserve the environment to maintain its productive capacity, for current and future generations; the necessity to rapidly adapt farming practices to cope with climate changes. …”
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Efecto del ambiente cálido sobre algunas características de matanza en toretes Jersey by Alba, Jorge de, Andreu, J, Riera, S.

“…But, differences at the 5% level were found for a higher dressing percentage and more tender meat in the calves on the high temperature chamber…”
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Annual report 2015: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Agriculture gained prominence in the Paris climate agreement, and CCAFS science increasingly informed initiatives to enhance millions of farmers’ resilience to climate impacts and help them reduce emissions. In 2015, there was strategic support to 9 national and 23 subnational initiatives, with scientists closely partnering with policy makers to strengthen the national plans that will deliver the Paris Agreement, among others. …”
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