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End of Desertification? Disputing Environmental Change in the Drylands

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Argentina, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, China, Cameroon, Algeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Central Asia
Land Conflicts
Land in post-conflict settings
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
conflicts
desertification
drylands
geographical information systems
land policies
It took scientists more than three decades to transform a perceived desertification crisis in the Sahel into a non-event. Looking beyond the Sahel, the chapters in this book provide case studies from around the world that examine the use and relevance of the desertification concept.
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Questioning the use of ‘degradation’ in climate mitigation: A case study of a forest carbon CDM project in Uganda

Land Use Policy Volume 59

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2016
Uganda
Forest Landscape Restoration
Forest Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
deforestation
geographical information systems
land use
research
An urgent need to stop degradation is frequently cited as support for climate mitigation efforts involving forests. However, lessons learnt from social science research on degradation narratives are not taken into consideration. This creates a risk of problematic degradation narratives being used to legitimise forest carbon projects. This study examined a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) forest plantation in Uganda, where incomplete and partly contradictory evidence on land use change was interpreted in a way that overemphasised degradation.
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Development and implementation of a pilot village-based goat improvement scheme

Reports & Research
June, 2016
Eastern Africa, Ethiopia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
Community based goat breed improvement was established to improve the productivity performance of goat through selective breeding and to demonstrate community based utilization and conservation of local breed. The community based breeding with 56 participant farmers have been established since March 2012 at Dinzaz Village Gumara Makseget watershed. 12 bucks user group were established for easy management of the selected bucks. The data were recorded through trained enumerators and best bucks were selected and distributed for buck user group.
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Response of tef row planting to sowing dates on the highland heavy clay soils: Reducing Land Degradation and Farmers’ Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Highland Dry Areas of North-Western Ethiopia

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Eastern Africa, Ethiopia
Land Degradation & Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
Teff, Eragrostis tef /zucc./ Trotter is one of the most important cereal crops in Ethiopia that occupies (32%), the largest cultivated area under cereals and 26% of the whole area cultivated to annual field crops by covering about two million hectares of land annually. Tef is adapted to environments ranging from drought stress to water logged soil conditions. It can be grown at altitude ranging from sea level to 3000m above sea level, with the maximum production occurs between 1700 and 2400m.
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Reducing land degradation and farmers’ vulnerability to climate change in the highland dry areas of north-western Ethiopia

Institutional & promotional materials
June, 2016
Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
agriculture
climate change
land degradation
The document presents research activities on Mitigating Soil Erosion and Water Scarcity, Increasing Farmers’ Adaptation Capacity to Climate Change in the Highland dry areas of Ethiopia
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Reducing land degradation and farmers’ vulnerability to climate change in the highland dry areas of north-western Ethiopia inception workshop agenda

Training Resources & Tools
June, 2016
Ethiopia, Eastern Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
climate change
land degradation
Reducing land degradation and farmers’ vulnerability to climate change in the highland dry areas of north-western Ethiopia inception workshop agenda.
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Managing change to implement integrated urban water management in African cities

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Africa
Urban Tenure
Land, Climate Change & Environment
urbanization
climate change
water management
urban areas
With increasing pressures from global changes (urbanization, climate change, etc.), cities in Africa will experience difficulties in efficiently managing water resources. Most of the urbanization in Africa over the next 30 years will occur in fast-growing small towns that lack mature infrastructure. This offers a unique opportunity to implement innovative solutions based on integrated urban water management (IUWM). While IUWM approaches have been widely reported in the literature, their application has been limited.
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Kenya

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2016
Kenya, Eastern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects an
ambition to further integrate agricultural development and
climate responsiveness. CSA aims to achieve food security
and broader development goals under a changing climate
and increasing food demand. CSA initiatives sustainably
increase productivity, enhance resilience, and minimize
greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. Increased planning is
vital in order to address tradeoffs and synergies between
the three pillars: productivity, adaptation, and mitigation
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Rwanda

Policy Papers & Briefs
January, 2016
Rwanda, Middle Africa, Eastern Africa, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
land use
food security
agriculture
The climate-smart agriculture (CSA) concept reflects
an ambition to improve the integration of agriculture
development and climate responsiveness. It aims to
achieve food security and broader development goals
under a changing climate and increasing food demand.
CSA initiatives sustainably increase productivity, enhance
resilience, and reduce/remove greenhouse gases (GHGs),
and require planning to address tradeoffs and synergies
between these three pillars: productivity, adaptation,
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The impact of investment in smallholder irrigation schemes on irrigation expansion and crop productivity in Malawi

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Malawi, Africa
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
climate change
food security
agriculture
farmers
Reliance on rainfall for agriculture and increased climate change and variability pose growing production risks in developing countries. Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who depend mainly on rain-fed agriculture, putting food security at both household and national levels at risk, especially in the event of drought. Investment in smallholder irrigation becomes a priority in developing countries if food security and national development goals are to be met, as their economies are agro-based.