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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change, Climate Change Adaptation, Climate change agriculture and food security

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  Cambodian agriculture: Adaptation to climate change impact

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2013

  Cambodia has been identified as one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. This International Food and Policy Institute discussion paper utilises crop models and village surveys to provide an overview of Cambodian agriculture's adaptation to climate change impacts.
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  Recognizing local agro-ecological knowledge in sustainable intensification of tree-crop-livestock farming systems

  World Agroforestry Centre, 2013

  This technical paper by the World Agroforestry Centre analyses what farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia currently know about ecosystem processes and the interactions between trees, crops and livestock. The aim is to use this information to guide interventions that will build more intensive and climate-resilient systems.
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  Analysis of farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate change in cocoa production in Kwara State

  Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2013

  Changing climate and weather patterns are predicted to have severe negative impacts on food production, food security and natural resources in the immediate and coming years. Climate change alters the development of cocoa pods, insect pests and pathogens which translate into lower crop yields and impact farm income.
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  Challenges for a climate compatible development: how to strengthen agricultural, livestock and forestry public policies

  Latin American Platform on Climate, 2012

  This policy brief emerges from a process of analysis of the status and quality of the public policies on climate change and development in ten Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, El Salvador and Paraguay.
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  British Journal of Environment and Climate Change

  British Journal of Environment and Climate Change (ISSN: 2231–4784) aims to publish original research articles, review articles and short communications.
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  Determinants of choice of indigenous climate related strategies by smallholder farmers in northern Ghana

  British Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 2013

  This study assesses the determinants of choice of indigenous climate related strategies by smallholder farmers in northern Ghana. The study uses primary data obtained through community focus group discussions and household surveys, and subjected to the Multinomial Logit regression model.
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  Agricultural vulnerability and adaptation to climatic changes in Malaysia: review on paddy sector

  Current World Environment, 2013

  This paper provides a brief review on the global and Malaysian perspective of climate change, and its impacts on Malaysian agriculture and relevant adaptation practices. It also provides policy recommendations for better coping with the changing nature of climatic factors.
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  The impacts of climate change on coffee in Uganda: lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori mountains

  Oxfam, 2013

  This Oxfam research report focuses on coffee-based livelihoods in Uganda, where Arabica coffee production faces severe threat from rising temperatures. First, the areas suitable for growing Arabica coffee in Uganda were mapped, together with a projection to 2030 and 2050. Then, a study of farmers’ perceptions was carried out in Kasese where farmers from two sites were interviewed.
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  Gender, climate change, agriculture and food security: a CCAFS training-of-trainers (TOT) manual to prepare South Asian rural women to adapt to climate change

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2013

  Southeast Asia is widely considered one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, with women expected to be disproportionately impacted.
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  The climate and development challenge for Latin America and the Caribbean: options for climate-resilient, low-carbon development

  Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2013

  This comprehensive report by the Inter-American Development Bank seeks to assess the physical and economic impacts of climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as well as adaptation options available. Additionally, the report examines how, and at what cost, the region can reduce its carbon footprint to a level consistent with global stabilisation goals.

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