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Deploying solar pumps at scale in South Asia: opportunities for solarizing agriculture in South Asia by Verma, Shilp, Patel, Kalpana, Neupane, Nilhari, Shrestha, Shisher

“…Driven largely by private investments from millions of small and poor farmers, this infrastructure underpins regional food security for 1.6 billion people, yet it also contributes to severe groundwater depletion, rising greenhouse gas emissions, and chronic financial distress among electricity utilities. …”
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Malawi’s agrifood system: Transformation and environmental impacts by Diao, Xinshen, De Weerdt, Joachim, Fang, Peixun, Jones, Eleanor, Nagoli, Joseph, Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

“…The important addition from the previous country brief is a new section assessing agriculture’s environmental footprint, focusing on water use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by subsector and over time. Unlike the previous version, this brief does not include a forward-looking analysis—using IFPRI’s Rural Investment and Policy Analysis (RIAPA) model (IFPRI 2023)—of the contribution of productivity growth in agricultural value chains on agrifood transformation, employment, and socioeconomic outcomes. …”
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Sustaining circular livelihoods: a qualitative analysis of the wastewater aquaculture value chain in India by Rajkhowa, Pallavi, Chakrabarti, A., Molla, S., Saha, D., Sathiskumar, Abinaya, Taron, Avinandan

“…The system efficiently recycles nutrients, regulates floods, reduces carbon emissions, and sustains diverse livelihoods. However, the EKW faces mounting pressures from urban expansion, land-use change, pollution, and contamination risks, resulting in a steady decline in wetland area. …”
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Enabling the scaling of evidence-based climate-smart agriculture technologies and innovations in West Africa and the Sahel by Kpadonou, G Esaie, Ganyo, Komla Kyky, Segnon, Alcade Christel, Ouedraogo, Harouna, Lamien, Nieyidouba, Zougmore, Robert Bellarmin

“…Reorienting agricultural practices is essential for enabling climate-resilient and low-emission food systems through climate-smart agriculture (CSA). …”
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Water financing: scaling up finance to the Water, Energy, Food and Environment (WEFE) Nexus by Ravindranath, Darshini, Steele, P.

“…Although water’s role in adaptation is widely acknowledged, emerging evidence also highlights its relevance for mitigation, with the water sector contributing significantly to global emissions. With global water financing needs exceeding USD 200 billion annually—and expected to rise sharply by 2030—systemic, transparent, and cross-sectoral financing approaches are critical to addressing escalating water insecurity.…”
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Productivity impacts and environmental trade-offs of livestock-based systems in the northern uplands of Lao PDR by Dao Thu, Hang Thi, Notenbaert, An, Van Der Hoek, Rein, Philp, Joshua, Jalonen, Riina, Mponela, Powell, Atieno, Mary

“…However, these interventions must be carefully designed to fit local agroecological and socioeconomic conditions and to minimize trade-offs related to land, water, and emissions. Building on this foundation, the present report develops intervention scenarios for sustainable livestock intensification in Nonghet District. …”
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Could payments for forest carbon contribute to improved tropical forest management? by Smith, J., Applegate, G.

“…Under the Kyoto Protocol industrialized countries will be able to meet carbon emission reduction commitments by financing forestry projects that sequester carbon in developing countries. …”
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Market mechanisms and efficiency in urban dairy products markets in Ghana and Tanzania by Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J., Wanyoike, Francis N., Osafo, E.L.K., Kurwijila, Lusato R., Barton, David N., Mdoe, N.S.Y., Nurah, G.K., Aning, G.

“…Processing of traditional dairy products is the topic addressed in Chapter 4, with a focus on the traditional fresh cheese, wagashi, in Ghana. Chapter 5 presents the impacts of the training activities conducted during the study while Chapter 6 indicates ways in which the project contributed to meeting the research goal. …”
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Life cycle assessment of Jatropha biodiesel as transportation fuel in rural India by Achten, W.M.J., Almeida, J., Fobelets, V., Bolle, E., Mathijs, E., Singh, Virendra Pal, Tewari, D.N., Verchot, Louis V., Muys, B.

“…Although adding biogas production to the system boosts the energy efficiency of the system (NER = 3.40), the GWP reduction would not increase (51%) due to additional CH4 emissions. For the land use impact, Jatropha improved the structural ecosystem quality when planted on wasteland, but reduced the functional ecosystem quality. …”
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Evaluating land use and livelihood impacts of early forest carbon projects: lessons for learning about REDD+ by Caplow, S., Jagger, P., Lawlor, K., Sills, E.

“…The ‘Bali Road Map’ of UNFCCC COP-13 calls for sharing lessons learned from demonstration activities that aim to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation and enhance forest carbon stocks (now known as ‘REDD+’). …”
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Ðe án thí diem REDD+ là gì?: Các loai hình de án thí diem REDD dua trên các hoat d og thí diem o Indonesia by Madeira, E.M., Sills, E., Brockhaus, Maria, Verchot, Louis V., Kanninen, M.

“…High transaction costs deter the development of pilots that partner directly with smallholders to reduce emissions. New models and strategies should be developed to reduce these transaction costs, for example, by aggregating or bundling smallholder initiatives. …”
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Croppers to livestock keepers: livelihood transitions to 2050 in Africa due to climate change by Jones, Peter G., Thornton, Philip K.

“…For the currently cropped areas (which already include the highland areas where cropping intensity may increase in the future), we estimated probabilities of failed seasons for current climate conditions, and compared these with estimates obtained for future climate conditions in 2050, using downscaled climate model output for a higher and a lower greenhouse-gas emission scenario. Transition zones can be identified where the increased probabilities of failed seasons may induce shifts from cropping to increased dependence on livestock. …”
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Growth and carcass composition of tropical fat-tailed Menz and Horro sheep breeds by Eneyew, N., Rottmann, O.J., Pirchner, F., Rege, J.E.O.

“…Although there was an effect on fat to lean ratios (P < 0.05), growth phase had no significant effect on dressing out proportion, and lean to bon ratios. A significant influence of genotype (P < 0.001) and sex (P < 0.05) on lean to bone ratios indicated that the Horro sheep and ram lambs had a much more developed and heavier skeleton than the Menz sheep and ewe lambs Higher pre slaughter, hot carcass, lean and bone and fat weights of May/June born lambs revealed significant advantages of wet season lambing for fast growth and improved carcass composition. …”
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Recognizing farmers' knowledge in development initiatives: Indigenous bee-keeping in Alaba Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia by Shiferaw, A., Dindamo, B., Berhe, Kahsay, Tegegne, Azage, Hoekstra, Dirk

“…Honey is used in various social events including conflict resolution, blessing, weeding and religious ceremony. The indigenous feature of beekeeping in Alaba and its value reflects the importance of apiculture and its cultural base for economic development. …”
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Feed a key issue to manage livestock systems in transition by International Livestock Research Institute

“…He emphasized that feed is a key issue in determining livestock productivity and the overall economics of livestock system; it also concerns how much we are affecting the environment through, for example, greenhouse gas emissions. So feed is very much at the interface of the positive and negative effects of livestock. …”
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Assessment of threats to ecosystems in South America by Jarvis, Andy, Touval, Jerome L., Castro, M., Sotomayor L, Hyman, Glenn G.

“…South America is blessed with both world-leading levels of biodiversity, and world-record breaking levels of habitat conversion in some areas. …”
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Effects of diets based on 2 different maize varieties (QPM and common) on growth and slaughter performance of Ethiopian highland ram-lambs by Mekonnen, H., Endale, M., Salvador, F., Tegegne, Azage

“…Diets based on whole plant silage significantly improved final weights and weight gains (p < 0.001), the food conversion ratio (p < 0.001) and the carcass traits (slaughter weights, hot and cold carcass weights, dressing percentage and the total edible offal) (p < 0.01 to p < 0.001) compared to diets based on earless silage or stover form. …”
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Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry in Africa by Luedeling, Eike, Sileshi, Gudeta W., Beedy, Tracy, Dietz, Johannes

“…However, at prices of $10 per Mg CO2-eq or less, the value of stored C in most systems would be less than $30 ha?…”
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Climate change effects on walnut pests in California by Luedeling, Eike, Steinmann KP, Zhang M, Brown, P.H., Gran J, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…For two past (1950 and 2000) and 18 future climate scenarios (2041 2060 and 2080 2099; each for three General Circulation Models and three greenhouse gas emissions scenarios), 100 years of hourly temperature were generated for 205 locations. …”
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Management and land use change effects on soil carbon in China s grasslands: a synthesis by Wang, Shiping, Wilkes, Andreas, Zhang, Zhicai, Chang, Xiaofeng, Lang, Rong, Wang, Yanfen, Niu, Haishan

“…1, which is equivalent to about 16% of fossil fuel CO2 emissions in China in 2006.…”
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