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Date of Publication: Aug 2013
Between now and 2050, the world’s population will increase by one-third. Most of these additional 2 billion people will live in developing countries. At the same time, more people will be...
Date of Publication: Aug 2013
This report reviews a synthesis and summary of frameworks for the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of climate change adaptation and resilience (CCAR) interventions, with a specific focus on...
Date of Publication: Jun 2013
The goal of this factsheet with additional descriptions of Vulnerability Assessments (VA) applications is to provide an overview of experiences with VAs gained in Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Date of Publication: May 2013
The 2013 AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting in Washington, DC will offer AAEA members, CAES members, and other applied economists a chance to interact and learn over the course of the three day...
Date of Publication: May 2013
Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) is an underutilised species with potential to contribute nutritional and food security in marginal areas. Growth, phenology and yield of a local...
Date of Publication: May 2013
The reality of climate change is now a well-accepted reality and there is emerging evidence that climate changeposes a massive threat for development especially in poor countries. An understanding of...
Date of Publication: Apr 2013
Taro [Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott] is an underutilised crop in sub-Saharan Africa due to lack of agronomic research on it. There is no information describing water-use and drought tolerance of...
Date of Publication: Mar 2013
Climate-smart agriculture seeks to increase productivity in an environmentally and socially sustainable way, strengthen farmers' resilience to climate change, and reduce agriculture's...
Date of Publication: Mar 2013
Maize (Zea mays L.) is the major grain crop in South Africa where most subsistence farmers still plant landraces. The objective of this study was to compare two landrace selections of maize with two...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
This introductory chapter serves as a lead-in to the science presented in the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
The Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook comprises a wide range of knowledge and expertise on the concept of CSA to better guide policy makers, programme managers, sectoral experts, academics,...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
Successful crop stand establishment, a critical prerequisite for efficient crop production, is primarily determined by propagule quality. Taro [C%casia escu/enta (L.) Schott] corms of different sizes...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
The ocean influences climate by storing and transporting large amounts of heat, freshwater, and carbon, and by exchanging these properties with the atmosphere. About 93% of the excess heat energy...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) considers new evidence of climate change based on many independent scientific analyses from observations of the...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis is the contribution of Working Group I (WGI) to the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). This...
Date of Publication: Jan 2013
Dans cette contribution au cinquième Rapport d’évaluation du GIEC (RE5), le Groupe de travail I (GTI) examine de nouveaux éléments concernant le changement climatique sur la base de nombreuses...
