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  Understanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh

  International Water Management Institute, 2012

  This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. We examine the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and farming practice changes. These households are coping with huge demographic, economic, and environmental changes.
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  The gender advantage: Women on the front line of climate change

  International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2014

  This publication has been compiled to illustrate the experiences of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in their work to close the gender gap and mobilise women in climate change adaptation programmes and projects.
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  Foodgrain Management Policy, FCI and implications for food security

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013

  The Government of India has recently passed an ordinance to enact the Food Security Act (FSA). There has been an intense debate on the merits and demerits of the Food Security Bill draft.The main argument in favour of a coupon based/cash transfer-led food programme is that it would minimise leakages and hence reduce the burden on the exchequer.
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  Food security in a world of natural resource scarcity: The role of agricultural technologies

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2014

  This book is aimed at policymakers in ministries of agriculture and national agricultural research institutes, as well as multilateral development banks and the private sector and provides guidance on various technology strategies and which to pursue as competition grows for land, water, and energy across productive sectors and even increasingly across borders.
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  Agriculture and climate change mitigation in the developing world

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014

  This paper argues that agricultural activities in the developing world which directly contribute to the current anthropogenic forcing of the global climate, and indirectly through forest clearing and degradation, constitute a quarter of the total global climate forcing from all sources.
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  Knowledge levels of extension agents and their perceived impact of climate change on extension service provision in Ghana

  Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2014

  This study examined the knowledge levels of extension agents and their perceived impact of climate change on extension service provision in Ghana. Extension agents are employed to develop and deliver educational programmes. Specifically, the paper examines awareness levels of agents on the causes, effects and methods for mitigating climate change.
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  Creating a sustainable food future: A menu of solutions to sustainably feed more than 9 billion people by 2050

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013

  With population growth and development creating ever-more demand for food (noted here as comprising two-thirds and one-third a function of the increase respectively), humanity faces a growing food gap between what will be needed in 2050, and what can sustainably be produced.
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  Reality check in Mozambique. Building better understanding of the dynamics of poverty and well-being. Annual report. Year three 2013 - agriculture, climate and employment.

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2013

  The “Reality Checks in Mozambique” are expected to: Inform the public discussion among key development actors on poverty reduction, especially in the province of Niassa; Contribute to a better understanding of qualitative poverty monitoring methods in Mozambique; Provide Sweden with relevant qualitative data on developments and results from its engagement in Mozambique and support f
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  A South African perspective on livestock production in relation to greenhouse gases and water usage

  South African Journal of Animal Science, 2013

  The issue of livestock farming in relation to climate change is a highly charged area of debate, attracting sharp criticism from many environmentalists and animal rights groups. Yet much of the information in the public sphere is misguided, misinformed, or propaganda.
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  Climate variability and gender: Emerging experiences from Western Zambia

  Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2013

  This paper uses Sesheke district in Western Zambia as a case study on climate variability and gender and relates it to how the livelihoods of natural resource dependent women and men have been affected.

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