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    Adaptation and mitigation initiatives in Philippine rice cultivation

    United Nations Development Programme, 2015
    This report presents a number of Adaptation and Mitigation Initiatives in Agriculture (AMIA).
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    Towards a comprehensive Strategic Framework to Upscale and Out-scale EbA-driven agriculture In Africa

    United Nations [UN] Environment Programme, 2015
    This report aims to challenge the current food insecurity scenario in Africa by laying a case for a paradigm shift from current conventional agricultural approaches.
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    Using Crop Genetic Resources To Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change: Economics and Policy

    Economic Research Service, USDA, 2015
    Climate change poses significant risks to future crop productivity as temperatures rise, rainfall patterns become more variable, and pest and disease pressures increase. The use of crop genetic resources to develop varieties more tolerant to rapidly changing environmental conditions will be an important part of agricultural adaptation to climate change.
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    The Role of Policy in Facilitating Adoption of Climate-Smart Agriculture in Uganda

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015
    This study aims at understanding the influence of policy frameworks on climate change adaptation in Uganda. It combines literature review on existing natural resource management policies, focus group discussions with farming communities and interviews with key informants across various policy implementation levels.
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    Adaptation actions in Africa: evidence that gender matters

    Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2014
    This paper uses descriptive statistics to shows gender differences in terms of perceptions of climate change, awareness and adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices, and types and sources of agro-climatic information in four sites in Africa.
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    What climate services do farmers and pastoralists need in Tanzania?

    Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015
    This report presents final findings from the baseline data collection exercise conducted for Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa. The GFCS programme, having a focus on agriculture, food security, health and disaster risk reduction, is implemented in Tanzania and Malawi.
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    Adaptation Framework: Adaptation of Food Supply Chains to the Impacts of Progressively Changing Climate

    Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, Colombia, 2011
    This report presents a framework for supply chain-inclusive adaptation to climate change impacts on agriculture. The objective of the concepts introduced here is to help build climate-proof agricultural production systems and to reduce small farmer’s susceptibility to the adverse affects of global climate change (GCC) by lifting adaptation strategies to the supply chain level.
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    Salinity-induced loss and damage to farming households in coastal Bangladesh

    2013
    Salinity intrusion in soil caused by climate-induced hazards, especially cyclones and sea level rise, is adversely affecting rice production - a key staple food - in coastal Bangladesh. The southwest coastal district of Satkhira is one of the most vulnerable areas because of its high exposure to salinity intrusion and widespread poverty.
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    Climate change, rural livelihoods and agriculture (focus on Food security) in Asia-Pacific region

    Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, India, 2011
    Climate change, rural livelihoods and agriculture (focus on Food security) in Asia-Pacific region Document Type Working Paper Date Updated Not supplied Description Climate change is a major challenge for agriculture, food security and rural livelihoods for billions of people including the poor in the Asia-Pacific region.
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    Food security and adaptation impacts of potential climate smart agricultural practices in Zambia

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2015
    This paper aims to provide insights into the interplay between food security outcomes and climatic variables, and provides policy implications for targeted interventions to improve the productivity and the resilience of smallholder agriculture in Zambia in the face of climate change.

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