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    Food security and climate change: the answer is biodiversity

    Reliefweb, 2008
    Climate change will profoundly affect agriculture and food security worldwide and will particularly impact smallholder farmers in poor countries. Based on a short review of recent scientific literature, this document argues that the most effective strategy to adapt agriculture to climate change is to increase biodiversity. Key points include:
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    Turning up the heat on African agriculture: the impact of climate change on Cameroon’s agriculture

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    Climate variation and change can have significant impacts on agricultural production, forcing farmers to adopt new practices in response to altered conditions. This paper examines the effect of changes in climatic averages on agricultural production at the national level in Cameroon.
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    Climate change and poverty in Africa: mapping hotspots of vulnerability

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    Climate change and increasing climate variability threaten the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Some of the worst effects on human health and agriculture will be in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in vulnerable regions.
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    Animal husbandry in Africa: climate change impacts and adaptations

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This study investigates the effects of climate change on animal husbandry in Africa. Cross-sectional methods are used to estimate the sensitivity of African livestock to climate, based on surveys of almost 5000 livestock farmers across ten countries. Findings include:
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    Determinants of African farmers’ strategies for adapting to climate change: multinomial choice analysis

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    Climate change is expected to have a considerable impact on poor peoples' livelihoods in Africa and finding ways to help farmers adapt is of critical importance. This study analyses determinants of farm-level climate adaptation measures in Africa using a multinomial choice model fitted to data from a cross-sectional survey of over 8000 farms from 11 African countries.
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    Crop switching as a strategy for adapting to climate change

    African Association of Agricultural Economists, 2008
    This paper examines the impact of climate change on primary crops grown in Africa. An innovative approach is presented that bridges the gap between agro-economic and traditional Ricardian models, labelled by the authors as a ‘Structural Ricardian model’. It first captures the type of crop a farmer will select and then examines the conditional net revenue of that crop.
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    Fuelling exclusion? The biofuels boom and poor people's access to land

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food price hikes and social environmental impacts.
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    Mitigating the impact of climate change and land degradation through IFAD’s COSOP in Viet Nam.

    Global Mechanism, 2008
    This report analyses the impact of climate change and land degradation on agriculture and related sectors in Viet Nam.
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    Climate change and adaptation in African agriculture

    Stockholm Environment Institute, 2008
    The development of climate projections for Africa is evolving rapidly, yet little is known about how effectively this data is being utilised. This study, commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, aims to identify and understand the extent to which, and ways in which, information from climate change models is being integrated into agricultural development practice and decision-m
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    The economic impact of climate change on agriculture in Cameroon

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2007
    Cameroon’s economy is primarily agrarian and 80% of the country’s poor are involved in farming. Changes in temperature and precipitation pose a serious threat to the nation’s economy. This study examines the impact of climate change on crop farming in Cameroon.

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