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Searching with a thematic focus on Climate change agriculture and food security, Climate change, Climate change poverty and vulnerability

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  Rural households in a changing climate

  World Bank, 2013

  This World Bank policy research working paper investigates household-level strategies for adapting to climate change in rural settings, looking particularly at the adaptive capacity of poor rural households – a subject the authors claim has received little attention due to its broad and complex nature.
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  A critical analysis of climate change factors and its projected future values in Delta state, Nigeria

  Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 2013

  This study analyses climate change factors (temperature and rainfall) and their projected future values in the Delta state, Nigeria. A variety of crops such as maize, yam and cassava produced in Delta state depend on rainfall for their optimum performance. Therefore, decreasing and/or irregular rainfall patterns threaten food security in the state.
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  SIDS-focused green economy: an analysis of challenges and opportunities

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2012

  The movement towards a green economy is seen as a critical pathway to achieving sustainable development. More importantly, it is an opportunity for investments in green industries, job creation and improvements in human welfare.
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  Conflict resolution among pastoral communities in West Pokot County, Kenya: a missing link

  SAVAP International, 2012

  Conflicts over control of and access to natural resources are common among pastoral communities living in arid and semi-arid environments of Kenya. This study investigates conflicts and conflict resolution strategies in West Pokot County, Kenya.
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  Malaria and agriculture: a global review of the literature with a focus on the application of integrated pest and vector management in East Africa and Uganda

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012

  Roughly half of the world's population lives at risk of contracting malaria, a disease which disproportionately affects the poor. As such, farming households are particularly vulnerable; malaria is therefore an intimate link between poverty, agriculture and health.
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  From vulnerability to resilience: Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) in Niger

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2011

  For decades, Nigerien farmers cleared their fields of native trees and shrubs, exposing their crops to the fierce Sahelian winds. However, the Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), in combination with other improved soil and water conservation practices, has helped to reverse this trend.
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  Adaptation to a changing climate in the Arab countries: a case for adaptation governance and leadership in building climate resilience

  World Bank, 2012

  The Arab people have been adapting to climate change for thousands of years, but over the next century global climatic variability is predicted to increase unprecedentedly. This report assesses the potential effects of climate change on the Arab region and outlines possible approaches and measures to prepare for its consequences.
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  Local perceptions and responses to climate change and variability: the case of Laikipia district, Kenya

  Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2012

  This empirical analysis of smallholders' perceptions of, and adaptation to, climate change demonstrates the value and importance of local knowledge in the Laikipia district, Kenya. The paper recognises that agricultural policies are presently short of mechanisms to promote farmers' adaptation, and that this has hindered agricultural production.
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  Turn down the heat: why a 4°C warmer world must be avoided

  World Bank, 2012

  This report, produced for the World Bank by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Climate Analytics, attempts to describe what climate change impacts are likely to be felt in a ‘4°C world', i.e. a world where global average temperatures have risen four degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
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  Where the rain falls: climate change, food and livelihood security, and migration

  United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security, 2012

  This comparative study highlights that rainfall variability and food insecurity are key drivers for human mobility. The empirical research is based on eight country case studies, including a 1,300 household survey and participatory research sessions involving 2,000 individuals. The results reveal that migration is an important risk management strategy for vulnerable households.

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