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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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  Gender equality and food security: women’s empowerment as a tool against hunger

  Asian Development Bank, 2013

  Released during the Asia and the Pacific Regional High-level Consultation on Gender, Food Security and Nutrition (July 2013), this report explores the relationship between gender-based discrimination and the different channels through which households and individuals access food. Focusing on Asia and the Pacific, the author Dr.
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  Mesoamerican coffee: building a climate change adaptation strategy

  International Center for Tropical Agriculture, 2013

  In Mesoamerica, coffee is an important part of agricultural GDP and export revenues which supports about half a million farmers, and employs millions of people on the farms and all along the supply chain. This policy brief summarises the potential risks and impacts of climate change on coffee farming in the region.
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  New pathways to resistance: outcomes of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa research and capacity building program 2006-2012

  International Development Research Centre, 2012

  This report presents a brief and interactive summary of the Climate Change in Africa research and capacity program’s chief contributions.
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  Feeding an urban world: a call to action

  Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 2013

  This report focuses on the specific issue of urban food security, describing the demographic and environmental trends as well as food production and infrastructure challenges that impact supply and demand for food in urban areas.
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  Training guide: gender and climate change research in agriculture and food security for development

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012

  It has been estimated that over 100 million people could be lifted out of poverty, if women were granted equal access to and control of resources. However, climate change and gender have yet to be implemented into agricultural development in an effective way.
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  Understanding past and future impacts of climate change in agriculture: implications for adaptation planning

  Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012

  Climate change poses a serious risk to food security and agriculture in China. Agriculture is of critical importance to China, because 54 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas. This policy brief outlines the key research highlights to date on the impacts of climate change on agriculture.
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  Analysis of climate change impacts on coffee, cocoa and basic grains value chains in northern Honduras

  Instituto de Estudios del Hambre (Institute of Hunger Studies), 2013

  This study examines, applying future climate local scenarios, climate change impacts in northern Honduras and makes recommendations to strengthen the resilience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development’s (IFAD) ‘Northern Horizons’ project beneficiaries in the coffee, cocoa, maize and bean value chains.
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  A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria

  Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013

  This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for their optimum performance. Therefore, decreasing and/or irregular rainfall patterns threaten food security in the state.

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