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  Proceedings of the first Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation Programme Scientific Conference, 2012

  Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2012

  The 5-year CCIAM Programme is funded by the Norwegian Government and is carried out in cooperation between Tanzanian and Norwegian research institutions.
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  Climate Change and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: New Concerns, Old Arguments?

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011

  Paula Silva Villanueva and Rocio HiraldoSeptember 2011
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  Agriculture and Climate Change in the UN climate negotiations

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011

  Policy Brief 43
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  Farmers’ Knowledge and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights from Policy Processes in Kenya ...

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2011

  Policy Brief 42
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  Food Aid and Smallholder Agriculture in Ethiopia

  Future Agricultures Consortium, 2006

  By Samuel Gebreselassie
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  An insight on farmers’ willingness to pay for insurance premium in South India: hindrances and challenges

  Bioforsk / Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, 2012

  Farmers are vulnerable to substantial weather risks in many parts of India. To this purpose, weather based crop insurance has been recently designed for the rain-fed crops to provide farmers insurance against risks and losses in crop yields resulting from adverse weather.
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  Technologies for climate change mitigation: agriculture sector

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012

  This guidebook by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) project describes crop and livestock management technologies and practices that contribute to climate change mitigation while improving crop productivity and reducing reliance on synthetic fertilizers.
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  Addressing financing for agriculture: ensuring a triple dividend for smallholders

  International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2012

  The agricultural sector plays a critical role in food security, poverty reduction and economic growth, especially in developing countries, where agriculture is fundamental to sustainable development.
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  GRAIN — Squeezing Africa dry: behind every land grab is a water grab

  GRAIN, 2012

  Food cannot be grown without water. In Africa, one in three people endure water scarcity and climate change will make things worse.
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  Institutional innovations in African smallholder carbon projects

  Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2012

  According to this report, climate funds for reducing greenhouse gas emissions can benefit small farmers and help achieve development objectives. In the detailed study of six African agricultural carbon projects, researchers found that communities are benefiting from a range of activities related to planting and managing trees on farms.

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