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Policies and practices for climate smart agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa: A comparative assessment of challenges and opportunities across 15 countries
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2014This report is a product of the collaboration between the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) and the Earth System Governance Project, on policies for climate-smart agriculture.DocumentPulse crops and sustainability: a framework to evaluate multiple benefits
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2016The potential of pulses - beans, peas, chickpeas, lentils, and other pulses - to help address future global food security, nutrition and environmental sustainability needs has been acknowledged through the UN declaration of the 2016 International Year of Pulses. However, the full set of benefits that pulse crops can offer has not been systematically characterised.DocumentDeveloping beans that can beat the heat
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2015In Africa and Latin America, the production of beans ( Phaseolus vulgaris ) is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts, which include higher temperatures and more frequent drought.DocumentHow traditional knowledge and technologies are contributing to climate change adaption in Lain America's mountains
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2015High climate variability has been a characteristic of mountain ecosystems, even before climate change concerns emerged. Indigenous cultures of Central America and the Andean region have been living in unpredictable environments for centuries. As a result, they possess a variety of knowledge and technologies that have helped them to adapt their livelihoods to increasing uncertainty and risk.DocumentSolar Pumps for Sustainable Irrigation in India
Council on Energy, Environment and Water, 2015Researchers in this study put forward a budget-neutral approach for incentivising the adoption of solar pumps in India. The study also looks at parity between solar and electric pumps from economic perspective, i.e. NPV (net present value) of the expenses to be incurred by the farmer.DocumentThe status of agricultural water use, access, and productivity in the Limpopo Basin — opportunities for poverty alleviation
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010The Limpopo River Basin is home to 14,000,000 people, at least half of whom live in rural areas. Over ten million South Africans live in the basin - nearly 25% of the national population. The remaining population live in Botswana - one million people, nearly 60% of the national population - Mozambique and Zimbabwe.DocumentPolicies for enhanced livestock productivity and wealth creation in a changing climate
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2010Agriculture in Africa is changing rapidly. Agriculture and livestock systems are among the most climate sensitive economic sectors. Many of the climate change predictions suggest that African livestock will be damaged by as early as 2020.DocumentAppropriate climate smart technologies for smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network, 2013Nearly 70 per cent of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) live in rural areas and rely mainly on agriculture for livelihood security. Low agricultural productivity in the region keeps this population under constant pressure, even though investment in agriculture is a proven way to reduce regional poverty.DocumentFood security, farming, and climate change to 2050: scenarios, results, policy options
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010This report addresses the potential scale and geography of climate change in order to identify which populations and areas will be most affected and to help policy makers facilitate adaptation.DocumentFarming’s climate smart future: placing agriculture at the heart of climate-change policy
Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, 2011This paper places agriculture at the heart of climate change policy stating that climate change is already changing the face of farming. Increases in temperature, changing patterns of rainfall, more extreme droughts and floods, and the shifting distribution of pests and diseases can all be attributed in part to the increase in emissions of greenhouse gases resulting from human activities.Pages