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Analysing vulnerability: a multi-dimensional approach from Colombia’s upper Cauca river basin
Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012In Colombia, agriculture is an economic mainstay, creating direct employment for much of the country’s population. Agriculture’s dependence on predictable seasonal patterns leaves many communities vulnerable to climate change.DocumentUnderstanding adaptive capacity: sustainable livelihoods and food security in coastal Bangladesh
Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. It examines the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and changes in farming practices.DocumentThe future of environmental sustainability in the Taita Hills, Kenya: assessing potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change
Fennia, 2012The indigenous cloud forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya, have suffered substantial degradation due to agricultural expansion. Currently, only one per cent of the original forested area remains preserved. Furthermore, climate change imposes an imminent threat for local economy and environmental sustainability.DocumentInvisible guardians: women manage livestock diversity
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012This paper highlights the important role of women in maintaining livestock diversity by analysing global trends in the livestock sector from the perspective of their influence on gender roles in livestock keeping and animal genetic resources management.DocumentThe politics of agricultural carbon finance: the case of the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project
STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2012In the context of major scientific and policy concern with the causes and implications of climate change, various actors are now keen to demonstrate how agricultural carbon finance can help achieve multiple benefits or ‘triple wins’ for sub-Saharan African agriculture.DocumentEnhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa: an exploration into alternative investment options
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012This discussion paper seeks to explore alternative investment options with the aim of enhancing resilience in the Horn of Africa. Climate change, conflict, drought and increasing populations are leading many to pessimistic conclusions regarding the future viability of pastoral farming, arguing that these livelihoods should be sedentarised and diversified.OrganisationWatershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) is a non-profit non-governmental organisation founded in 1993, currently operating in five 5 Indian states: Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan aDocumentA monitoring and evaluation report of the Conservation Agriculture Project (CAP1) in Zambia
Noragric, Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2012The Conservation Agriculture Project 1 (CAP1) was a project implemented by the Conservation Farming Unit (CFU) of the Zambian National Farmers Union (ZNFU) from 2006 to 2011. The project focused on the Eastern, Southern and Central regions and had a target to reach 120,000 farm households.DocumentNorway & Tanzania: partners in development - booklet from Norwegian Embassy in Tanzania
2012Norway and Tanzania have been partners for 50 years. Political commitment, social, cultural, academic and commercial interactions have created links and relations that go far beyond the traditional development cooperation.DocumentThe poverty and welfare impacts of climate change quantifying the effects, identifying the adaptation strategies
World Bank, 2012Although poverty remains widespread in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, substantial progress has been made especially in the past three decades. Nevertheless, this report stresses that climate change is likely to reduce agricultural productivity, which will directly affect poor people's livelihood assets including health, access to water and other natural resources, homes and infrastructure.Pages
