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  Linkages among key actors in the climate change and food security innovation system in Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Liberia

  African Journals Online - AJOL, 2012

  Published in the Journal of Agricultural Extensions, this paper outlines a study examining the linkages among actors in climate change and food security innovation systems in the west African sub-region.
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  National integrated mitigation planning in agriculture: a review paper

  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2013

  This review of national greenhouse gas mitigation planning in the agriculture sector has two objectives: to provide national policymakers and others in the agriculture sector with an overview of national mitigation planning processes and aid then in identifying the relevance of these processes for promoting agricultural development; and to provide policymakers and advisors involved in low-emission
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  Climate related risks and opportunities for agricultural adaptation in semi-arid eastern Kenya

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2013

  This paper reports on a field assessment of risks associated with climate variability in eastern Kenya by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It also includes the compilations of climate related agricultural risks gathered from a Kamba radio dialogue with local communities, aired in 2012.
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  West African agriculture and climate change: a comprehensive analysis

  2013

  This book examines the food security threats facing 11 west African countries — Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo — and explores how climate change will increase the efforts needed to achieve sustainable food security throughout the region.
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  Small-scale farmers and climate change. How can farmer organisations and Fairtrade build the capacity of smallholders?

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2012

  As climate change impacts are increasingly felt by smallholder farmers, there is an urgent need to identify approaches that strengthen ongoing economic development efforts and enhance the adaptive capacity of farmers, their households and their communities.
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  Index-based mortality livestock insurance in Mongolia

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2013

  This ‘Inside story on climate compatible development’ by the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) explains how the Government of Mongolia’s Index-Based Livestock Insurance (IBLI) project is helping Mongolian herders cope with the harsh and unpredictable weather resulting from climate change.
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  The future of the food system: cases involving the private sector in South Africa

  Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2013

  The food system is facing unprecedented pressure from environmental change exacerbated by the expansion of global agri-food corporations. With a large proportion of sub-Saharan African countries’ gross domestic product still heavily reliant on agriculture, global trends in agri-food business are having an increasing impact on African countries.
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  Urban poverty, food security and climate change

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2013

  This paper argues that the high and volatile food prices that triggered a renewed interest in food security since the 2008–09 crisis are expected to continue due to the impacts of climate change.
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  Reflections on 20 years of land-related development projects in Central America: 10 things you might not expect, and future directions

  International Land Coalition, 2013

  Drawing upon several sources of information and types of analysis, including literature reviews, field visits and rapid participatory assessments, this paper provides a critical assessment of land-related development policies and projects over the past two decades in Central America.
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  Understanding past and future impacts of climate change in agriculture: implications for adaptation planning

  Adapting to Climate Change in China, 2012

  Climate change poses a serious risk to food security and agriculture in China. Agriculture is of critical importance to China, because 54 per cent of the country’s population lives in rural areas. This policy brief outlines the key research highlights to date on the impacts of climate change on agriculture.

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