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Agriculture and food security are key sectors for intervention under climate change. Agricultural production is highly vulnerable even to 2C (lowend) predictions for global mean temperatures in 2100, with major implications for rural poverty and for both rural and urban food security. Agriculture also presents untapped opportunities for mitigation, given the large land area under crops and rangeland, and the additional mitigation potential of aquaculture.
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Kenya, Africa, Eastern Africa
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Conference Papers & Reports
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Ethiopia, Africa, Eastern Africa
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The study was conducted in Goma district of Jimma Zone of Ethiopia with the objectives of documenting the reasons why
farmers in coffee dominant mixed-farming systems of western Ethiopia keep small ruminants, and identifying the
constraints and opportunities for improvement of this sector. Results are based on diagnostic survey of 160 sample
households, group discussions and personal observation. The study district was stratified into three groups based on flock
distribution as: sheep dominating, goat dominating and mixed flock sites.
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Burkina Faso, Ghana, Western Africa
V3 project focuses on integrated management options at local scale for small reservoirs (SR), in a multiple use context. Integrated management of SR can aim at several objectives: (i) perpetuating infrastructures, obvious condition for socio-agro-ecosystem durability; (ii) protecting and if necessary improving the water quality for the various uses; (iii) reaching and enhancing water productivity potentials; (iv) seeking for equity (pro-poor position).
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The project ‘Water Productivity Improvement of Cereals and Food Legumes in the Atbara Basin of Eritrea’ is an example of organization and implementation of farmers’ participatory research, conducted utilizing the available indigenous knowledge while empowering farming communities. Farmers have been partners in technology development with extension and research, with full decision-making power in planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation.
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