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Drought risk reduction in agriculture: a review of adaptive strategies in East Africa and the Indo-Gangetic Plain of South Asia.

Published online: 23 Dec 2014

Authors: Cenacchi, N.

Content type: Bulletin

This report is a component of the Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security (CCAFS) - funded project "Impacts of Climate Extr...

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Development, adoption, and management of drought-tolerant corn in the United States.

Published online: 01 May 2019

Authors: McFadden, J. & Smith, D. & Wechsler, S. & Wallander, S.

Content type: Bulletin

Drought, a recurring source of crop yield losses and crop failure, often prompts Federal natural disaster and crop insurance payments to U.S. farmers....

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Smallholder farmers' perceptions and strategies for adaptation to climate change in Brong Ahafo and Upper West Regions of Ghana.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Abdoulaye, T. & Bamire, A. S. & Akinola, A. A. & Etwire, P. M.

Content type: Bulletin

With data collected from 750 farming households using survey questionnaire and 25 Focus Group Discussions (FGD), this report documents farmers' percep...

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The value of forests: Payments for Ecosystem Services in a green economy.

Published online: 23 Mar 2016

Content type: Bulletin

Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) describes the situation where the user of an environmental service, such as water purification, pays the landown...

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Economic valuation of forest ecosystem services in Kenya: implication for design of PES schemes and participatory forest management.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Okumu, B. & Muchapondwa, E.

Content type: Bulletin

Forest ecosystem services are critical for human well-being as well as functioning and growth of economies. However, despite the growing demand for th...

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Determinants of successful collective management of forest resources: evidence from Kenyan community forest associations.

Published online: 08 Nov 2017

Authors: Okumu, B. & Muchapondwa, E.

Content type: Bulletin

Participation of local communities in management and utilization of forest resources through collective action has become widely accepted as a possibl...

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The California spotted owl: current state of knowledge.

Published online: 07 Feb 2018

Authors: Gutiérrez, R. J. & Manley, P. N. & Stine, P. A.

Content type: Bulletin

This conservation assessment represents a comprehensive review by scientists of the current scientific knowledge about the ecology, habitat use, popul...

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CCAFS baseline study at household level in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Diagnostic phase of the study: "Contribution of tree diversity to livelihoods for climate change adaptation and mitigation".

Published online: 21 Aug 2019

Authors: Hidalgo, E. J. L. & Rapidel, B. & Somarriba, E. & Ordoñez, J. C.

Content type: Bulletin

The combinations of trees, crops and animals in agroforestry systems are supposed to play a positive role in adapting to climate change at the farm, h...

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Probabilistic decision modelling to determine impacts on natural resource management and livelihood resilience in Marsabit County, Kenya.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Tamba, Y. & Muchiri, C. & Luedeling, E. & Shepherd, K.

Content type: Bulletin

Decision makers, from the household to state level, are frequently faced with decisions that need to be made within a context of risks, uncertainties,...

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Agroforestry species of Peru: annotated list and contribution to priorization for genetic resource conservation.

Published online: 14 Aug 2019

Authors: Cerrón-Macha, J. M. & Castillo, J. D. del & Valverde-Quiroz, J. C. & Cornelius, J. P.

Content type: Bulletin

In 2017, ICRAF began a prioritization process aimed at orientating its future genebank activities in Peru. The present report documents the first stag...

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