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    e-Adaptation within agricultural livelihoods in Colombia's high mountain regions

    Centre for Development Informatics, 2012
    Colombia's agricultural communities have been severely affected by the impacts of climatic uncertainty and volatility. These communities operate within contexts characterised by multiple resource constraints (e.g.
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    Predicting the Impact of Climate Change on the Cocoa-Growing Regions in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire

    Participatory Research with Farmers, International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 2011
    This document is one of three reports on the methods and results of a consultancy with the title 'Predicting the impact of climate change on cocoa, cashew and cotton growing regions in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire' conducted by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF).This report focuses on cocoa but also summarises the impact of climate
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    Land for Life: Securing our Common Future

    2011
    The GEF and UNCCD Secretariats collaborated on this new book to convey how sustainable land management (SLM) practices are helping shape a sustainable future for people and the planet.
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    Vulnerability of arid and semi-arid regions to climate change: impacts and adaptive strategies

    2009
    This perspective document, part of the 16-paper series on water and climate change adaptation, focuses on the impacts and adaptive strategies in arid and semi-arid regions. The series reflect the central topic of the 5th World Water Forum, ‘climate change and adaptation’, where it was presented and discussed.
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    Adaptation to climate change in international river basins in Africa: a review

    Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, 2008
    Africa’s fresh water resources, which are under pressure, are vital to the support of livelihoods, food security and power generation, as well as growing domestic and industrial needs.
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    IFAD Strategic Framework 2011-2015

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2011
    IFAD’s fourth Strategic Framework covers the period 2011-2015. It presents IFAD’s overarching goal, objectives and thematic areas of focus. It also articulates the principles of engagement that will guide operations and how IFAD will deliver against the framework. IFAD’s unique mandate is improving rural food security and nutrition, and enabling rural women and men to overcome poverty.
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    Building climate resilience in South Asia

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This publication outlines several projects run by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) to improve resilience to climate change in South Asia, concentrating on 'Pakistan's post-flood reconstruction'.
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    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security (CCAFS)

    The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) a
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    Climate Economics: The State of the Art

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2011
    Economic analysis has become increasingly central to the climate policy debate, but the models and assumptions of climate economics often lag far behind the latest developments in this fast-moving field. This report aims to correct this problem and identify areas where substantially more research must be done.
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    Weather Index-Based Insurance in Agricultural Development: A Technical Guide

    International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2011
    The technical guide is intended as a practical reference tool to guide IFAD, WFP and other donors’ country programme management staff through the steps of implementing a Weather Index-based Insurance programme. It is based on the recognition that weather index-based insurance represents an increasingly viable approach to help smallholder farmers prepare for climatic events.

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