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Agricultural productivity growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and other world regions: an analysis of climatic effects, convergence and catch-up
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2016The agricultural sector plays a critical role in the economy of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. However, agricultural productivity in LAC countries is facing the rising challenge imposed by climate change, natural resource depletion and environmental degradation.DocumentThe State of Biodiversity in Latin America and the Caribbean: a mid-term review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2016Global Biodiversity Outlook-4, the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, provided a global assessment of progress towards the attainment of the Plan’s global biodiversity goalsand associated Aichi Biodiversity Targets, but contained limited regional information.DocumentThe State of Biodiversity in Asia and the Pacific: a mid-term review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2016Global Biodiversity Outlook-4 (GBO-4), the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, provided a global assessment of progress towards the attainment of the Plan’s global biodiversity goals and associated Aichi Biodiversity Targets, but contained limited regional information.DocumentThe State of Biodiversity in West Asia: a mid-term review of progress towards the Aichi Biodiversity Targets
United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2016Global Biodiversity Outlook-4 (GBO-4), the mid-term review of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 , published by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (SCBD), provides a global assessment of progress towards the attainment of the Planâs biodiversity goals and associated twenty Aichi Biodiversity Targets, but contains limited regional information.DocumentEconomic assessment of the impacts of climate change in Uganda: Arabica coffee production in the Mount Elgon Region (Bududa District)
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2015The Mount Elgon region is very vulnerable to climate change and variability, with a heavy dependence on coffee production. Yields and quality of coffee crops have been declining over the last 30 years, in part owing to poor management practices and in part because of an increase in the frequency of droughts, landslides and floods.DocumentFeeding climate change: what the Paris Agreement means for food and beverage companies
Oxfam, 2016The Paris Agreement marked a major breakthrough in support for climate action from many parts of the business community, including from key actors in the food and beverage sector.DocumentClimate change and impacts on family farming in the North and Northeast of Brazil
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2016The starting point for this study was the consideration of future climate change scenarios and their uncertainties. In assessing the possible climate change scenarios and related impacts on family farming across Brazil’s North and Northeast regions, the main conclusion is that smallholder farmers will have to adapt to a world of increasing climate variability.DocumentChanging climate, changing diets: pathways to lower meat consumption
Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2015Demand for animal protein is growing. Global consumption of meat is forecast to increase 76 per cent on recent levels by mid-century. A âprotein transitionâ is playing out across the developing world: as incomes rise, consumption of meat is increasing. In the developed world, per capita demand for meat has reached a plateau, but at excessive levels.DocumentIndia and Africa - collaboration for growth
KPMG, 2016The nature of India’s relationship with Africa is clearly evolving into a wider, deeper engagement that, while clearly in India’s advantage, also offers significant potential benefits to its African counterparts. This overview of Indian/African economic collaboration is a joint piece of work from KPMG and the Confederation of Indian Industry. It specifically looks at:DocumentHot, hungry and starved of investment: supporting smallholders to build a climate-resilient agricultural sector in southern Africa
Oxfam, 2016As the African Development Bank meets in southern Africa, one of the strongest and most sustainedPages