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Searching with a thematic focus on Agricultural biodiversity and natural resource management, Agriculture and food, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change, Climate change agriculture and food security in Uganda

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  Climatic trends, risk perceptions and coping strategies of smallholder farmers in rural Uganda

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015

  Smallholder farmers in Uganda face a wide range of agricultural production risks, with climate change and variability presenting new risks and vulnerabilities. Climate related risks  such as prolonged dry seasons have become more frequent and intense with negative impacts on agricultural livelihoods and food security.
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  Evidence-based opportunities for out-scaling climate-smart agriculture in East Africa

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2016

  Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is being widely promoted as a solution for food insecurity and climate change adaptation in food systems of sub-Saharan Africa, while simultaneously reducing the rate of greenhouse gas emissions. Governments throughout Africa are writing
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  Economic Assessment of the impacts of climate change in Uganda: National Level Assessment - agricultural sector report

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2015

  The agricultural sector is a fundamental part of the Ugandan economy, employing about 66 percent of the working population in 2009/10 and contributing about 22 percent to total GDP in the year 2012 (UBOS, 2013).