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Building resilience through climate risk insurance: insights from agricultural research for development.

Published online: 02 Jun 2020

Authors: Kramer, B. & Hellin, J. & Hansen, J. & Rose, A. & Braun, M.

Content type: Bulletin

Scaling insurance to transfer climate risk from the rural poor to financial markets is vital to enhance agricultural risk management in developing cou...

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Adaptation options for agricultural cultivation systems in the south central coast under the context of climate change: assessment report.

Published online: 05 Jun 2020

Authors: Nguyen van Bo & Chu Thai Hoanh & P. van du & Cuong, H. H. & Hanh, T. T. M. & Tuan, D. M. & Trung, N. D.

Content type: Bulletin

This report highlights the results of consultation meetings and field visits organized by the Department of Crop Production and the CGIAR Research Pro...

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A review of projections of demand and supply of livestock-derived foods and the implications for livestock sector management in LSIL focus countries: Mid-Project Research Report of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Livestock Systems (LSIL) Futures Foresight Component, Module I (Quantitative Scenario Modelling).

Published online: 05 Jun 2019

Authors: Enahoro, D. & Njiru, N. & Thornton, P. & Staal, S. J.

Content type: Bulletin

National planners and others in the international development community are looking to transform a rising demand for animal-source foods in many low- ...

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Delivering climate risk information to farmers at scale: the Intelligent agricultural Systems Advisory Tool (ISAT).

Published online: 28 Mar 2019

Authors: Rao, K. P. C. & Murthy, K. D. & Dhulipala, R. & Bhagyashree, S. D. & Gupta, M. D. & Soudamini Sreepada & Whitbread, A. M.

Content type: Bulletin

One of the strategies for helping smallholder farmers cope with climate variability and change is the provision of climate services that better decisi...

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Who gets the information? Gender, power and equity considerations in the design of climate services for farmers.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Tall, A. & Kristjanson, P. & Chaudhury, M. & McKune, S. & Zougmore, R.

Content type: Bulletin

Central to understanding the usefulness of climate and weather forecasts in support of agricultural decision-making is addressing the issue of who rec...

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How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Pérez, C. & Jones, E. & Kristjanson, P. & Cramer, L. & Thornton, P. & Förch, W. & Barahona, C.

Content type: Bulletin

Social, economic and institutional factors and driving forces enhance or hinder the adaptation capacity of agricultural and pastoral households and co...

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Annual report - CGIAR Research Program on Maize, 2016.

Published online: 20 Jun 2018

Content type: Annual report

This annual report summarizes the activities and achievements made by the CGIAR Research Programme on Maize (MAIZE) during 2016. During this year, MAI...

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Integrating indigenous knowledge with scientific seasonal forecasts for climate risk management in Lushoto district in Tanzania.

Published online: 03 Jun 2015

Authors: Mahoo, H. & Mbungu, W. & Yonah, I. & Recha, J. & Radeny, M. & Kimeli, P. & Kinyangi, J.

Content type: Bulletin

Improving food security needs appropriate climate related risk management strategies. These include using climate information to guide farm level deci...

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A spatially explicit assessment of the vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change in the Union of the Comoros.

Published online: 09 Aug 2017

Authors: Bourgoin, C. & Parker, L. & Martínez-Valle, A. & Mwongera, C. & Läderach, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Located between Mozambique and Madagascar, the Union of the Comoros is one of the most poor countries of the world. Its very high dependence on the ag...

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Using information and communication technologies to disseminate and exchange agriculture-related climate information in the Indo-Gangetic Plains.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Balaji, V. & Craufurd, P. Q.

Content type: Bulletin

This report documents and analyses emerging trends in the delivery and exchange of climate information in institutionalized agricultural extension sys...

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