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Carbon storage in cocoa growing systems across different agroecological zones in Ghana

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Dezembro, 2020
Ghana

Shade grown cocoa systems have been credited with stocking high quantities of carbon and therefore possess the potential to mitigate climate change and help achieve targets of the United Nations Collaborative Program on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+).

Making peace with nature: A scientific blueprint to tackle the climate, biodiversity and pollution emergencies

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Dezembro, 2020
Global

This report presents a flexible scientific blueprint for how the climate change, biodiversity and pollution emergencies can be tackled jointly within the framework of the SDGs. The first of its kind, this report gathers expertise from across recent global assessments to gauge Earth’s environmental decline and suggest how society at large can best respond.

Drivers of land use complexity along an agricultural transition gradient in Southeast Asia

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Dezembro, 2020
Global

Agricultural systems in Southeast Asia are rapidly transitioning from subsistence-oriented to market-oriented agriculture. Driven by the highly complex and variable decision processes of individual farm households, these transitions have produced a diverse landscape mosaic across the region.

To farm or not to farm: Understanding the determinants of youth livelihood aspirations in Vietnam

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Dezembro, 2020
Global

In the context of commercial agriculture in Vietnam, this study investigates rural youth livelihood aspirations through an analysis of young people’s value for family farming and an assessment of whether or not they foresee agriculture as their main occupation.

Rethinking resilient agriculture: From climate-smart agriculture to vulnerable-smart agriculture

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Dezembro, 2020
Global

Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is seeking to overcome the food security problem and develop rural livelihoods while minimizing negative impacts on the environment. However, when such synergies exist, the situation of small-scale farmers is often overlooked, and they are unable to implement new practices and technologies.

Livelihood assets’ influence on Ugandan farmers’ control practices for Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW)

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Dezembro, 2020
Global

This study analyzes the influence of livelihood assets on Ugandan farmers’ decisions to control Banana Xanthomonas Wilt (BXW), a disease that has threatened banana production and the livelihoods of Ugandan farmers since 2001.

Scaling Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration for Climate Change Mitigation

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Dezembro, 2020
Netherlands

Moving towards net zero GHG emissions by 2050 is likely a pre-condition for avoiding global warming higher than 1.5ËšC by the end of the century. The land-use and agriculture sector can provide close to one third of this global commitment while ensuring food security, farmer resilience, and sustainable development.

Adapting Green Innovation Centres to climate change. Analysis of value chain adaptation potential: Tomato, potato and apple value chains in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh, India

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Dezembro, 2020
India

The present report aims to provide a climate and vulnerability analysis of the Green Innovation Centres (GIC) target commodity value chains. Herein we identify climate change- related vulnerabilities, hazards, and opportunities for adaptation to the same.

Impacts of land use and land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in the Yayo coffee forest biosphere reserve, southwestern Ethiopia

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Dezembro, 2020
Ethiopia

Land management to increase food production while conserving the environment and associated ecosystem services (ESs) is one of the major development and research challenges of the 21st Century. Any land-use practice or change to obtain a particular ecosystem service affects the other ES positively or negatively.

Climate-Smart Agriculture in Indonesia

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Dezembro, 2020
Indonesia

This CSA Country Profile describes the risks posed by climate change to agriculture in Indonesia, discusses the potential of CSA to attenuate those risks, identifies factors that can influence the adoption of CSA practices, and highlights potential entry points for investment in CSA at scale. The report is split into two parts; the National Profile and Provincial Profiles.