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    What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015
    This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, health and disaster risk reduction, is implemented in Tanzania and Malawi.
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    Integrating urban agriculture and forestry into climate change action plans: Lessons from Western Province, Sri Lanka and Rosario, Argentina

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2015
    For cities to be sustainable, they need to simultaneously address the vulnerability of people, places and sectors that may be affected by a changing climate; mitigate their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; and ensure adequate access to basic urban services such as water, food and energy to their growing populations. 
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    Addressing land degradation: benefits, costs, and policy directions

    Philippine Journal of Development, 2010
    Land degradation in the Philippines is a serious environmental problem with long-term implications for the sustainability of agricultural production. Protection of the resource base has thus become a policy priority, whether in terms of improving crop management in the lowlands or more urgently, arresting soil erosion in the uplands.
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    El Niño Southern Oscillation in the Philippines: Impacts, Forecasts, and Risk Management

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The climate of the Philippines is highly influenced by the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Nino is associated with an increased chance of drier conditions and La Nina is associated with an increased chance of wetter conditions.
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    Assessing the Value of Seasonal Climate Forecasts on Farm-level Corn Production through Simulation Modeling

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    Rainfall variability greatly influences corn production. Thus, a skillful forecast is potentially of value to the farmers because it could help them make a number of crop management decisions including crop choice, variety selection, timing of planting, and input usage.
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    Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2013
    This four-page policy brief focuses on the constraints that women face to more equitable participation in smallholder carbon and climate-smart initiatives. It highlights the important role that a flexible learning approach plays in advancing equity goals, and offers recommendations for concrete actions that can empower both women and men. Key policy recommendations include:
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    Risk-efficient Planting Schedules for Corn in Matalom, Leyte, Philippines

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    The study was conducted to identify risk-efficient cropping schedules for corn farmers in Matalom, Leyte, Philippines using stochastic dominance analysis of simulated yields, given the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) forecasts during the cropping period.
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    Corn Farmers’ Decisionmaking Based on Seasonal Climate Forecasts

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    Although our ability to predict climate conditions has improved significantly, farmers` use of climate information and forecasts in farming decisions and practices has changed a little. Part of the reasons is the lack of communication of innovations like the seasonal climate forecasts (SCFs).
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    Policy Options for Rice and Corn Farmers in the Face of Seasonal Climate Variability

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2009
    In the face of seasonal climate variability, the smallholder farmers, particularly those in rural communities, are among the most adversely affected. As a way to address this, together with concern on low productivity, the Philippine government has been implementing a range of risk management programs for farmers and other agricultural stakeholders.
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    Second National Communication to the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    UNFCCC National Communications (Non-Annex I), 2009
    Although Belize is a minute contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, it will be among those countries which will be severely impacted by Climate Change. These impacts pose major impediments to Belize’s efforts to promote sustainable economic and social development and the reduction of poverty.

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