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    Building urban food resilience: assessing the peri-urban food system in Kathmandu Nepal

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition ISET-Nepal, 2008
    This report from ISET-Nepal describes how agricultural production in urban and peri-urban areas of inland city, Kathmandu, has become unable to meet food security demands due to rapid urban growth and decreased water availability and water pollution. The report describes the physical, environmental and social vulnerabilities of the food system and populations of the Kathmandu valley.
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    Instituting REDD+: An analysis of the processes and outcomes of two pilot projects in Brazil and Tanzania

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    REDD readiness is about developing national strategies for REDD+ including the necessary systems to ensure reduced DD, encompassing systems for monitoring/carbon accounting and distribution of international compensations. Establishing REDD+ is a process of change not least regarding actions on the ground.
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    The Ongo Community Forest REDD+ pilot Project, Uganda: A socioeconomic baseline survey

    Environmental Economics Programme, IIED, 2012
    This report aims to synthesise information on current socioeconomic conditions within the villages that are to be involved in the Ecotrust Pro-Poor REDD+ pilot project in the Masindi district of western Uganda.
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    The Kilosa District REDD+ pilot project, Tanzania: A socioeconomic baseline study

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013
    Tanzania has decided to embark upon a national REDD programme to meet its obligations of managing its forests sustainably while responding to poverty reduction initiatives. As part of the REDD Readiness phase, nine pilot projects are being carried out in different areas of the country to draw lessons to assist in structuring a successful REDD+ in the future.
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    Stepping up to the challenge – Six Issues facing global climate change and food security

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014
    There are several complex and interrelated challenges and barriers to achieving global food and nutrition security in an increasingly variable  climate. Without urgent action for mitigation and adaptation, the world faces more loss and damage and this will further threaten the productive capacity and long-term viability of smallholder farmers.
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    Climate change in Mali: expected impacts on pests and diseases afflicting livestock

    US Agency for International Development, 2014
    This report presents a series of tables which analyse the potential impact of a changed climate on the most common diseases afflicting cattle, sheep, goats, camels, donkeys, pigs, and chickens in Mali.
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    The challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries

    Center for International Forestry Research, 2014
    Since 2007, it has been hoped that REDD+ would deliver on the 3E+ criteria (effectiveness, efficiency, equity, social and environmental co‑benefits) for strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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    Thirsty, hungry and no power? : African resources in a global world

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014
    Water, food and energy are fundamental to African development. However, several crucial issues need to be addressed. Are African resources used to meet African needs or are they being exploited to satisfy the needs of other actors facing food and energy insecurity?
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    Impact of fertilizer use on weed management in conservation agriculture - a review

    2014
    Intensive farming has been adopted to produce large amounts of food grains and cash crops but environment is being deteriorated at alarming rate also. Increased use of fertilizers, pesticides, chemical growth regulators, machinery and poor management practices are accelerating environmental pollution, soil degradation, global warming, climatic change and food deterioration.
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    Gender and climate change adaptation in agrarian settings

    US Agency for International Development, 2013
    The impacts of climate variability and change on the rural poor in the Global South become more pronounced with each passing year. While entire communities and regions will be exposed to the same changing temperatures and precipitation, the ways in which they are vulnerable to these changes will vary greatly.

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