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ACCESO in Honduras: Mitigation co-benefits of perennial crop expansion, soil management, and livestock improvements

Policy Papers & Briefs
November, 2016
Honduras, Central America, South America
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
food security
agriculture
rangelands
The agricultural development project ACCESO

reduced greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and

led to net carbon sequestration due to perennial

crop expansion.

? Increased fertilizer use was a moderate source

of emissions that was more than offset by

reduced emissions from other ACCESOsupported

practices, including improvements in

soil, water, and fertilizer management, and in

feed and grassland use by dairy cows.

? Compared to conventional practices, ACCESOsupported

activities reduced emission intensity
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Adding value to smallholder forage-based dual-purpose cattle value chains in Nicaragua, in the context of carbon insetting. Thesis (MSc. in Agricultural Sciences in the Tropics and Subtropics)

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2015
Nicaragua, Central America, South America
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
agriculture
rangelands
The thesis explores the extent to which payment for the ecosystem service of carbon sequestration

provided in a value chain context, through an innovative climate change mitigation and adaptation

strategy known as 'carbon insetting', could generate 'win-win' outcomes for all actors.

Drawing on examples of where the concept of carbon insetting has been adopted in coffee and cocoa value chains in Mexico and Honduras respectively, the thesis investigated the feasibility of
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Climate-smart agriculture success stories from farming communities around the world

Journal Articles & Books
November, 2013
Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Algeria, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Cape Verde, Comoros, Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Eswatini, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Western Africa, Middle Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
rangelands
To ensure a food-secure future, farming must become climate resilient. Around the world, governments and communities are adopting innovations that are improving the lives of millions while reducing agriculture’s climate footprint. These successful examples show the many ways climate-smart agriculture can take shape, and should serve as inspiration for future policies and investments.
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Decreto Nº 87/15 - Declara de alto interés nacional la preservación de la Cuenca Alta del Rio Ozama e instruye al Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, dar fiel cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Art. 122 de la Ley No. 64-00.

Regulations
April, 2015
Dominican Republic
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
forestry
pastoralists
land-use planning
environment
fisheries
agriculture
El presente Decreto declara de alto interés nacional la preservación de la Cuenca Alta del Rio Ozama e instruye al Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, dar fiel cumplimiento a lo establecido en el Art.
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Global versus local environmental impacts of grazing and confined beef production systems

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2013
Uruguay, Central America, South America
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
rangelands
grazing
Carbon footprint is a key indicator of the contribution of food production to climate change and its importance is increasing worldwide. Although it has been used as a sustainability index for assessing production systems, it does not take into account many other biophysical environmental dimensions more relevant at the local scale, such as soil erosion, nutrient imbalance, and pesticide contamination.
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Guyana National Forest Plan.

National Policies
Guyana, Americas, South America
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Forest Tenure
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
deforestation
forestry
land-use planning
land governance
environment
fisheries
land management
forest conservation
forest land
agriculture
grazing
sustainable land use
The overall objective of the present National Forest Policy is the conservation, protection, management and utilisation of the nation’s forest resources, while ensuring that the productive capacity of the forests for both goods and services is maintained or enhanced.
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Género y Agricultura en el Perú: Inclusión de intereses y necesidades de hombres y mujeres en la formulación de políticas públicas

Policy Papers & Briefs
May, 2015
Peru, Central America, South America
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
rangelands
Perú tiene una población de treinta millones de personas de las que el 22% vive en zonas rurales. Mujeres y hombres juegan roles esenciales en el ámbito rural del país pues ambos son productores, administradores de recursos, garantes de la seguridad alimentaria, tomadores de decisión y cuidadores de la biodiversidad. Sin embargo, las mujeres rurales no tienen el mismo acceso a recursos productivos y a espacios de toma de decisiones que los hombres, lo que implica una brecha de género en la producción.
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Inferencia paleodietaria en el sitio arqueológico Los Amarillos (Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina)

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2016
Argentina
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
grazing
El siguiente trabajo expone los resultados del análisis de isótopos estables de carbono y nitrógeno (δ13Cco, δ15N y δ13Cap) de una muestra de 20 individuos humanos adultos procedentes de diferentes sectores del sitio Los Amarillos (Período de Desarrollos Regionales e Inca, Quebrada de Humahuaca, Jujuy, Argentina). El principal objetivo consistió en determinar los recursos predominantes en las dietas, considerando la información isotópica regional para recursos vegetales y animales.
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Land Rights and Women's Empowerment in Rural Peru: Insights from Item Response Theory

Journal Articles & Books
June, 2016
Central America, South America
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
climate change
food security
agriculture
rangelands
Women’s land rights are increasingly advocated as an empowerment tool to spur development outcomes. However, empirical evidence of this relationship is limited. In this study we use data from peasant communities in rural Peru to explore the effect of the intra-household allocation of inherited land on women’s empowerment. Empowerment is modeled as a latent variable measured by different influence indicators using a Generalized Structural Equation approach.
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Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture

Reports & Research
July, 2013
Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, India, Niger, Tanzania, Vietnam, Central America, South America, Northern America, Southern Asia, South-Eastern Asia, Western Africa, Africa, Asia, Eastern Asia, Eastern Africa
Rangelands, Drylands & Pastoralism
agriculture
rangelands
This paper identifies sixteen cases of large-scale actions in the agriculture and forestry sectors that have adaptation and/or mitigation outcomes, and distils lessons from the cases. The cases cover policy and strategy development (including where climate-smart objectives were not the initial aim), climate risk management through insurance, weather information services and social protection, and agricultural initiatives that have a strong link to climate change adaptation and mitigation.

Key lessons learned include: