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  Cross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals: A nexus approach

  Stockholm Environment Institute, 2014

  This brief proposes ways to use the water-energy-food nexus framework to facilitate cross-sectoral integration in the Sustainable Development Goals process, with the purpose of making the SDGs more cost-effective, efficient and sustainable in the long term.
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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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  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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  Climate change and adaptation in fisheries and aquaculture: Compilation of initial examples

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2014

  This document contains a selection of current and recent climate change adaptation activities and measures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. Some of the highlighted activities are specifically targeted at addressing climate change impacts in fisheries or aquaculture, and others address related areas (e.g.
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  Desertification: the invisible frontline

  Convention to Combat Desertification, 2014

  This publication examines desertification as a cause of global conflict and instability and calls for urgent action to support communities in crisis. It argues that the effects of desertification are increasingly felt globally as victims turn into refugees, internally displaced people and forced migrants or they turn to radicalisation, extremism or resource-driven wars for survival.
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  What are the hidden global food crises that challenge future development?

  International Journal of Development and Sustainability, 2014

  This paper describes ‘brightening and dimming phenomena’ in relation to climate change and sunlight and argues that there needs to be more global awareness of these trends. The aim of the article is to focus on world economic prospects, especially the risk and opportunities facing the world food supply due to climate changes.
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  Climate adaptation: Seizing the challenge

  World Economic Forum, 2014

  This report argues that nations and communities will need to adapt while at the same time seeking mitigation solutions to climate change. It highlights an increase in the interest of the policy, business and academic communities to the challenge of adaptation and sees it as something that will need to be continued as more people feel the impacts of climate change.
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  Watershed development in India: Economic valuation and adaptation considerations

  World Resources Institute, Washington DC, 2013

  This paper explores how watershed development, an ecosystem-based approach for development of rain-fed regions in India, is gaining traction and political support, and its potential contribution to poverty reduction, food security, and climate change adaptation.
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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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