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  Indonesia: costs of climate change 2050 – technical report

  United States Agency for International Development, 2016

  The Climate Change Adaptation, Thought Leadership and Assessments (ATLAS) Project undertook an assessment of the future economic costs of climate change in Indonesia to provide USAID/Indonesia and the Government of Indonesia with actionable information for climate change adaptation programming and climate resili
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  Adoption of drought tolerant maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi

  Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2017

  This paper examines adoption of drought tolerant (DT) maize varieties under rainfall stress in Malawi using a Mundlak-Chamberlain panel Probit model with a Control Function approach. DT maize varieties is a promising technology that has the capacity to help smallholder farmers adapt to drought risks.
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  Social protection or humanitarian assistance: Contested input subsidies and climate adaptation in Malawi

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2017

  The purpose of this article is to assess factors that contributed to the apparent success of the Farm Input Support Programme (FISP) in the period 2005–15, and discuss the lessons that can be learned from this experience in relation to climate change adaptation.
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  Status of gender, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change in the Hindu Kush Himalaya : impacts and implications for livelihoods, and sustainable mountain development

  International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD), Nepal, 2017

  The overarching recognition in all the literature is that climate change will have huge and largely detrimental impacts on vulnerable communities, and that gender will be a defining feature in shaping individuals’ experiences of adverse circumstances.
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  Climate impacts on agriculture and tourism: the case for climate resilient investment in the Caribbean

  Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2017

  For the Caribbean, climate change is not tomorrow’s problem. The threats it poses are neither distant nor abstract – they are already apparent.
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  The Future of rice security under climate change

  Centre For Non-Traditional Security Studies, 2016

  Food systems are climate and weather dependent; heat stress and changes in rainfall patterns and relative humidity are likely to regulate crop yields. Elevated carbon dioxide (CO2) are likely to directly and indirectly bring new challenges to the stability and sustainability of global food production including rice.
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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, 2014

  This 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.
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  Climatic trends, risk perceptions and coping strategies of smallholder farmers in rural Uganda

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015

  Smallholder farmers in Uganda face a wide range of agricultural production risks, with climate change and variability presenting new risks and vulnerabilities. Climate related risks  such as prolonged dry seasons have become more frequent and intense with negative impacts on agricultural livelihoods and food security.
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  Malawi summary of baseline studies: country report for the GFCS Adaptation Program in Africa

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015

  This report reflects the summary of baseline findings in Malawi, under the auspices of the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) Adaptation Programme in Africa.
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  Crops, crop pests and climate change - why Africa needs to be better prepared

  Climate Change Agriculture Food Security, 2015

  Ongoing investments in agriculture will not deliver for Africa until the destabilising nature of crop pest events, especially shock outbreak events, are addressed. As a result of climate change, the prevalence of crop pests will change and the frequency of shock pest events will increase, putting agricultural systems at risk.

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