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  Agricultural vulnerability and adaptation to climatic changes in Malaysia: review on paddy sector

  Current World Environment, 2013

  This paper provides a brief review on the global and Malaysian perspective of climate change, and its impacts on Malaysian agriculture and relevant adaptation practices. It also provides policy recommendations for better coping with the changing nature of climatic factors.
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  The impacts of climate change on coffee in Uganda: lessons from a case study in the Rwenzori mountains

  Oxfam, 2013

  This Oxfam research report focuses on coffee-based livelihoods in Uganda, where Arabica coffee production faces severe threat from rising temperatures. First, the areas suitable for growing Arabica coffee in Uganda were mapped, together with a projection to 2030 and 2050. Then, a study of farmers’ perceptions was carried out in Kasese where farmers from two sites were interviewed.
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  Infrastructure: Rapid evidence reviews

  Evidence on Demand, 2012

  This document contains a collection of the 15 Rapid Evidence Reviews commissioned by DFID as background papers for its Infrastructure Position Paper.
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  Economic analysis of climate change adaptation strategies in selected coastal areas in Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam

  The WorldFish Center, 2013

  With many Southeast Asian countries dependent on marine ecosystems for food security and livelihoods, particularly in coastal communities, they are at significant risk to the impacts of climate change. This cross-country analysis by WorldFish seeks to better understand the risks associated with climate change and assess the various adaptation and policy options available.
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  Establishing links between disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the context of loss and damage: policies and approaches in Bangladesh

  Germanwatch, 2013

  The aim of this paper is to examine the challenges of addressing loss and damage through national institutional arrangements that integrate disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Bangladesh.
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  Integrating disaster risk management into climate change adaptation

  Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, 2013

  The Asian Disaster Preparedness Network have produced this guidebook to serve as a reference for integrating disaster risk management (DRM) into climate change adaptation (CCA), and to promote the adoption of a risk management approach to climate-sensitive decision-making. It guides the reader on how to contribute to CCA by improving the management of climate extremes.
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  Climate change impact on Togo’s agriculture performance: a Ricardian analysis based on time series data

  Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies and Management, 2013

  This paper applies a Ricardian approach to measure the effect of climate change on agriculture performance in Togo using time series data from the period 1971-2004. The findings show that there is a non-linear relationship between agricultural added value and recorded precipitations during the cropping period.
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  Gender equality and food security: women’s empowerment as a tool against hunger

  Asian Development Bank, 2013

  Released during the Asia and the Pacific Regional High-level Consultation on Gender, Food Security and Nutrition (July 2013), this report explores the relationship between gender-based discrimination and the different channels through which households and individuals access food. Focusing on Asia and the Pacific, the author Dr.
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  Mesoamerican coffee: building a climate change adaptation strategy

  International Center for Tropical Agriculture, 2013

  In Mesoamerica, coffee is an important part of agricultural GDP and export revenues which supports about half a million farmers, and employs millions of people on the farms and all along the supply chain. This policy brief summarises the potential risks and impacts of climate change on coffee farming in the region.
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  Unlocking the power of local knowledge: a novel framework to cost community-based adaptation to climate change

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012

  Current approaches to identify the costs and benefits of adaptation are primarily quantitative, using top-down methodologies that may grossly underestimate the true costs. This policy brief argues that global policies require credible evidence from the local level.

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