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  Providing collateral and improving product market access for smallholder farmers: a randomised evaluation of inventory credit in Sierra Leone

  International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, 2013

  Inter-seasonal fluctuation of agricultural prices is widespread throughout the developing world. Prices decrease during the harvest season due to the availability of large quantities of crop, while the prices increase in the lean season.
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  Regional impact of the climate change: a CGE analysis for Turkey

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  The effects of climate change on the overall economy necessitate taking into account backward and forward linkages of agriculture; however, the number of studies that relate climate change to agricultural production in Turkey through a sector or economy wide model is limited.
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  An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the agriculture sector in Jamaica

  United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2011

  Despite its post-war decline in GDP contribution, agriculture continues be a major force in Jamaica. With a little less than half of the population living in rural communities, agricultural activities, and their linkages with other economic activities, continue to play an important role as a source of livelihoods, and by extension, the economic development of the country.
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  Adaptation Framework: Adaptation of Food Supply Chains to the Impacts of Progressively Changing Climate

  Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2011

  This report presents a framework for supply chain-inclusive adaptation to climate change impacts on agriculture. The objective of the concepts introduced here is to help build climate-proof agricultural production systems and to reduce small farmer’s susceptibility to the adverse affects of global climate change (GCC) by lifting adaptation strategies to the supply chain level.
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  Salinity-induced loss and damage to farming households in coastal Bangladesh

  2013

  Salinity intrusion in soil caused by climate-induced hazards, especially cyclones and sea level rise, is adversely affecting rice production - a key staple food - in coastal Bangladesh. The southwest coastal district of Satkhira is one of the most vulnerable areas because of its high exposure to salinity intrusion and widespread poverty.
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  Issues and Challenges of Climate Change for Women Farmers in the Caribbean: The potential of ICTs

  2009

  This paper focuses on the potential role of organic farming for regional food security and for addressing climate change impacts in the Caribbean. The correlation between access to quality information and livelihood security is also explored and the particular implications for women farmers.
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  Climate change impacts on wheat yields in the north-west of Tunisia

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2011

  By the end of the 21st century, climate change could have substantial impacts on agricultural production, and this can deeply affect the farming sector in Tunisia due to its geographical position and general orientation of the main relief.
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  Climate change, rural livelihoods and agriculture (focus on Food security) in Asia-Pacific region

  Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2011

  Climate change, rural livelihoods and agriculture (focus on Food security) in Asia-Pacific region Document Type Working Paper Date Updated Not supplied Description Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods for billions of people including the poor in the Asia-Pacific region.
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  Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015

  This paper aims to provide insights into the interplay between food security outcomes and climatic variables, and provides policy implications for targeted interventions to improve the productivity and the resilience of smallholder agriculture in Zambia in the face of climate change.
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  Recent climate and air pollution impacts on Indian agriculture

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2014

  This study presents results of the combined effects of climate change and the direct effects of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) on wheat and rice yields in India from 1980 to 2010.

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