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Landskapsarkitektoniska perspektiv på flyktingläger by Rydmark, Ella

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Coping with crisis - smoke, drought, flood and currency: Iban women and their households in West Kalimantan by Wadley, R.L.

“…This paper contributes to the growing literature on the impact of climatic fluctuation and economic change on the livelihoods of local people in Southeast Asia and other parts of the Third World.…”
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From new order to regional autonomy: shifting dynamics of "illegal" logging in Kalimantan, Indonesia by Casson, A., Obidzinski, K.

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Virtual water trade in dairy economy: irrigation water productivity in Gujarat by Singh, Om Prakash, Sharma, Amrita, Singh, Rahul, Shah, Tushaar

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The global groundwater situation: opportunities and challenges by Shah, Tushaar, Molden, David J., Sakthivadivel, Ramaswamy, Seckler, D.

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Exploring the future for food security, agriculture and environments under climate change by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Decision makers and researchers from Southeast Asia, one of CCAFS newest regions, met in Vietnam to debate how future climate, environmental, political and socio-economic factors could impact food security in the region. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture: in need of a theory of scaling by Vernooy, Ronnie, Bouroncle, Claudia

“…Since 2011, the CGIAR program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has supported research in different parts of the world on how climate-smart technologies, practices and information can address the challenge of transitioning to climatesmart agriculture at a large scale under the new realities of climate change. …”
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Tackling Egypt’s rising food insecurity in a time of transition by Breisinger, Clemens, Al-Riffai, Perrihan, Ecker, Olivier, Abuismail, Riham, Waite, Jane, Abdelwahab, Noura, Zohery, Alaa, El-Laithy, Heba, Armanious, Dina

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Property rights, risk, and livestock development in Africa by McCarthy, Nancy, Swallow, Brent M., Kirk, Michael, Hazell, Peter B. R.

“…It is estimated that a population of 87 million live in these areas, and these people are among the poorest in the world. Not only are average incomes low, but their livelihoods are also subject to a great deal of risk—environmental, tenurial, social, and political.…”
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Facts, interests, and values: Identifying points of convergence and divergence for food systems by Deconinck, Koen

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Overcoming barriers to informal milk trade in Kenya by Omore, Amos O., Staal, Steven J., Randolph, Thomas F.

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A 2020 vision for food, agriculture, and the environment in southern Africa by Pinstrup-Andersen, Per, Pandya-Lorch, Rajul, Babu, Suresh Chandra

“…Following considerable political, social, institutional, and economic transformations, particularly in the last 5 to 10 years, Southern Africa today, more than ever before, has the potential assure a better and more secure world for its people now and in the future. …”
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Famine in Africa: Causes, responses, and prevention by von Braun, Joachim, Teklu, Tesfaye, Webb, Patrick

“…Though famine has affected many parts of the world in the twentieth century, the conditions that produce famine--extreme poverty, armed conflict, economic and political turmoil, and climate shocks--are now most prevalent in Africa. …”
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Grasslands Stewards of East Africa: Voices of Pastoralists and Scientists by International Livestock Research Institute

“…As agricultural ecologist Ian Scoones reminds us: ‘As we confront uncertainties in today’s complex and turbulent world, we could all learn from pastoralists, who continue to navigate uncertainties with deep knowledge and practised skill.’ …”
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Agricultural policies and trade paths in Turkey by Larson, Donald, Martin, Will, Sahin, Sabnem, Tsigas, Marinos

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Development Strategy and Governance Division (DSGD) by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…Designing cost-effective strategies requires micro- and macro-analyses that take into account many of the emerging issues facing the developing world, including an increasingly competitive global environment for agricultural trade, the rapid expansion of cities and secondary towns, persistent high underemployment and, in many countries, protracted political transitions. …”
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Closer to people and trees: will decentralisation work for the people and the forests of Indonesia? by Resosudarmo, I.A.P.

“…For over 30 years, Indonesia's central government controlled its forests, the third largest area of tropical forests in the world. Driven by serious political, administrative, and economic demands for reforms, the central government has begun to decentralize, transferring new powers to the district and municipal levels. …”
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Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design by Borner, J., Wunder, Sven

“…Forest loss in the Brazilian Amazon has traditionally been highest in the world and, thus, represents a likely target for future REDD initiatives. …”
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Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) for resilient agriculture, food security and inclusive business growth in East Africa by Solomon, Dawit, Mungai, Catherine, Radeny, Maren A.O.

“…Climate variability and change poses significant threats to sustained economic growth and agricultural development, poverty reduction, food security and political stability globally. The threats are compounded by repeated food price spikes, a growing food crisis in many parts of the world, high fossil fuel and fertilizer prices, and increasing environmental degradation and competition for food and water. …”
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Sustainable intensification in agriculture: premises and policies by Garnett, Tara, Appleby, M.C., Balmford, A., Bateman, I.J., Benton, Tim G., Bloomer, P., Burlingame, B., Dawkins, M., Dolan, L., Fraser, D., Herrero, Mario, Hoffmann, I., Smith, Pete, Thornton, Philip K., Toulmin, C., Vermeulen, Sonja J., Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…In an increasingly globalized world, food insecurity in one region can have widespread political and economic ramifications (2).…”
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