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  Climate change impacts and adaptation in Nepal

  International Water Management Institute, 2010

  This working paper aims to create a more comprehensive understanding of how the impacts of CC will be realized at different scales in Nepal (from household livelihoods to national food security), and the many institutions governing the ultimate adaptation process. SectionI, Background, provides background information on Nepal.
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  Agriculture and climate change: a scoping report

  Meridian Institute, 2011

  This scoping report provides context and analysis for addressing agriculture in international climate negotiations with the aim of informing climate negotiators and other stakeholders of different options and unpacking issues of interest.
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  Biocharred pathways to sustainability? Triple wins, livelihoods and the politics of technological promise

  STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2010

  Considerable hype and debate are currently surrounding the potential of biochar (charcoal created through the burning of biomass in low oxygen environments) in climate change mitigation and agriculture. This report attempts to summarise the arguments, assumptions and interests in the biochar debate and offer reflections on its prospects.
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  Action research on the development of appropriate technology for mud crab (Scylla olivacea) culture through active participation of poor women in the impact zone of the Sundarban mangrove forest, Bangladesh

  Community Advancement And Research Initiatives, Bangladesh, 2012

  An action research on the development of appropriate technology for mud crab (Scylla olivacea) culture through active participation of six poor women was carried out in Mithakhali, Mongla, Bagerhat from August 2003 to July, 2004.
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  Achieving food security in the face of climate change: final report from the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2012

  This report, released by the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change, identifies a set of clear actions to be undertaken by key stakeholders to achieve food security in the context of climate change.
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  Climate variability and change in the Himalayas: Community perceptions and responses

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2011

  This study, published by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, investigates how climate and socio-economic change is affecting the livelihoods of the mountain peoples of the Himalayas.
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  ICTs and the global food price crisis

  International Development Research Centre, 2008

  This study identifies four linkages between ICTs and the global food price crisis, each representing a potential entry point for Acacia. The four entry points that this paper presents: Prevention of the crisis Monitoring the crisis Management of the crisis and Study of the crisis
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  Urban agriculture and poverty reduction: evaluating how food production in cities contributes to livelihood entitlements in Malawi

  Leeds University, 2007

  Urban agriculture (UA) can reduce poverty but there is need for more precise analyses on how it contributes to food security. A study in Malawi,revealed two predominant types of urban farmers:
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  Technologies for climate change adaptation: agriculture sector

  United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2011

  The agriculture sector faces the challenge of providing adequate food to a growing world population. There is limited scope to expand arable land, and unpredictable weather, floods, and other disastrous events make food production even more challenging. This guidebook provides information on 22 technologies and options for adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector.
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  The global supply and demand for agricultural land in 2050: a perfect storm in the making?

  AgEcon Search, 2010

  The number of people which the world must feed is expected to increase by 50% during the first half of this century, but will the world’s agricultural resource base be up to the task of meeting the diverse demands being placed on it?

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