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    Belize: effects of climate change on agriculture

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    With the intention of providing elements useful for decision making, this study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) analyses the potential impacts of climate change on the agricultural sector in Belize. The document is organised into six chapters.
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    Capabilities of universities in achieving the agricultural transformation agenda in Nigeria: evidence from climate change study in Southeast, Nigeria

    Journal of Agricultural Extension, 2013
    Agricultural transformation agenda among other things aims at making Nigeria food secure. This mission stands to be threatened by the negative impact of climate change, hence, innovations that will help overcome the threats is paramount. Such innovations could be developed in the universities if the needed enabling environment is provided.
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    Climate change and vulnerability of agroforestry

    World Agroforestry Centre, 2012
    Providing a detailed picture of the value of trees for local people in the tropics is a difficult undertaking. Not only does this represent the difficulty in accounting for values outside formal markets, but it also reflects the multiplicity of the species involved and the many different ways in which trees are used.
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    Securing Africa’s land for shared prosperity: a program to scale up reforms and investments

    World Bank, 2013
    Based on worldwide experience and encouraging evidence from country pilots in African countries such as Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania,and Uganda, this new report suggests a series of ten steps that may help to revolutionise agricultural production and eradicate poverty in Africa.
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    Zero carbon Britain: rethinking the future

    Centre for Alternative Technology, 2013
    This report explores how Britain can achieve Carbon neutrality. Building upon the groundwork laid by the Zero Carbon Britain project over the last six years, the authors incorporate the latest developments in science and technology, plus more detailed research in two main areas: balancing highly variable energy supply and demand; and the nutritional implications of a low carbon diet.
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    New pathways to resistance: outcomes of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa research and capacity building program 2006-2012

    International Development Research Centre, 2012
    This report presents a brief and interactive summary of the Climate Change in Africa research and capacity program’s chief contributions.
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    Managing the land in a changing climate

    Committee on Climate Change, 2013
    This report is part of a series of annual progress reports by the Adaptation Sub-Committee to assess how the United Kingdom is preparing for the major risks and opportunities presented by climate change. Together these reports will provide the baseline evidence for the Committee’s statutory report to Parliament on preparedness due in 2015.
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    Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2013
    This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases.
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    Laying the foundations for climate resilient development: voices from Africa

    Africa Adaptation Programme, 2013
    This Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP) report details the achievements and lessons learned, as told by those who implemented it. It features interviews with representatives from almost every AAP country and seeks to chronicle the successes of the Programme by giving a voice to the people on the ground who made it happen.
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    Climate Change, growth, and Poverty in Ethiopia

    2013
    Climate change is now a global phenomenon with growth, poverty, food security, and stability implications. Because of significant dependence on the agricultural sector for production, employment, and export revenues, Ethiopia is seriously threatened by climate change, which contributes to frequent drought, flooding, and rising average temperatures.

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