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    Climate change adaptation in agriculture and natural resource management in Tanzania: a gender policy review

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2016
    More than twenty years have passed since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, where gender mainstreaming was acknowledged as an indispensable global strategy for achieving gender equality. Since then, Tanzania has undoubtedly made efforts in mainstreaming gender in its national policies and strategies.
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    Vulnerability and Risk Assessment in Botswana's Bobirwa Sub-District

    Adaptation at Scale in Semi-Arid Regions, 2016
    Vulnerability and Risk Assessment (VRA methodology) aims at developing a common understanding among various stakeholders, including government officials, village committees and local communities, about the main hazards and issues affecting communities living in a given social-ecological landscape. These stakeholders constitute the Knowledge Group (KG) considered in ths report.
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    Is the livestock sector in Southern Africa prepared for climate change?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    The climate of the Southern African region is moving towards drier and hotter regimes. Livestock production will be significantly affected by the change and variability of climate, yet the response to climate change in the region has been unco-ordinated and sporadic. The drought of 2015/2016, which has been the most severe in 35 years, has forced policymakers to rethink this issue.
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    Climate adaptation readiness for agriculture: drought lessons from the Western Cape, South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016
    Agriculture is a critical component of national and sub-national economies, yet it is also highly vulnerable to weather extremes and scarce water resources. Climate change is increasing disaster risks in Southern Africa. Despite progress on integrated climate change and disaster risk management frameworks, the 2015/2016 El Niño linked drought severely affected the region.
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    Climate change adaptation and agriculture in South Africa: a policy assessment

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2016
    Agriculture is one of the two sectors (along with mining) at the core of economic development. Underpinning food systems, agricultural activities constitute an indispensable pillar of sustainable development. This is especially true in South Africa, where the economic, social and environmental opportunities of sustainable agriculture are yet to be fully exploited.
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    The State of Food and Agriculture 2016: climate change, agriculture and food security

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016
    In adopting the goals of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the international communit y took responsibility for building a sustainable future. But meeting the goals of eradicating hunger and poverty by 2030, while addressing the threat of climate change, will require a profound transformation of food and agriculture systems worldwide.
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    Adaptation measures in agricultural systems: Messages to the SBSTA 44 Agriculture Workshops

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2016
    It is well recognized that if livelihoods and food security of farmers are to be improved in the face of climate change challenges, adaptation measures at massive scale will be needed. This will require an enabling environment to catalyse the positive behavioural changes that will be needed to move towards climate resilient food systems.
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    Agricultural practices and technologies to enhance food security, resilience and productivity in a sustainable manner: messages to the SBSTA 44 agriculture workshops

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2016
    This paper synthesizes knowledge within CGIAR and its partners on agricultural practices and technologies to enhance food security, resilience and productivity in a sustainable manner. A number of agricultural practices and technologies which contribute to these objectives were identified and assessed to generate four key lessons.
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    Measures for climate change adaptation in agriculture

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2016
    In 2014 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), as part of its mandate to consider issues related to agriculture, invited submissions from parties and observers, covering four topics, in 2015 and 2016.
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    Climate change adaptation in agriculture: practices and technologies

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2016
    In 2014 the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA), as part of its mandate to consider issues related to agriculture, decided to invite submissions from parties and observers, covering four topics, in 2015 and 2016.

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