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The purpose of the paper is to identify how climate change affects how we should approach the process of transforming agricultural systems (including crops, livestock, fisheries and forestry) to support global food security and poverty reduction in a sustainable way. We also identify...
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smallholder producers in Kenya. Several practices emerge as triple wins in terms of climate adaptation, GHG mitigation, and …, rural development, and climate change mitigation for generations to come. …
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mitigation options for three agricultural sources of GHGs—methane (CH4) emissions from irrigated rice production, nitrous oxide … great opportunities for cost-effective mitigation of GHGs in Indian agriculture, but caution that our results are based on a …
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needed adaptation measures. The potential annual value stream for Sub-Saharan Africa from mitigating GHG emissions is … estimated to be US$4.8 billion at carbon prices of US$0–20/tCO2e. Moreover, agricultural mitigation measures, including soil and …, respectively, of the global total potential for mitigation in these sectors. However, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are …
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resources. Mitigation of the adverse effects of climate change is a high priority on the international agenda. Carbon trading … countries). The potential for mitigation through agriculture in the African region is estimated at 17 percent of the global … total, and the economic potential (i.e. considering carbon prices) is estimated at 10 percent of the total global mitigation …
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rising temperatures, shifting precipitation patterns, and increasing extreme events. Without attention to adaptation, the …
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(SLWM) practices that provide local mitigation benefits, reducing or offsetting the negative effects of climate change at … the level of the plot, farm, or even landscape. However, adaptation to climate change using SLWM practices in sub …-Saharan Africa (SSA) remains low. This study was conducted to examine the impact of government policies on adaptation to climate …
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, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda) have adopted, or are planning to adopt, a range of climate change adaptation strategies in … countries cite the promotion of rainwater harvesting as an important adaptation strategy, either small scale with small check … drought-tolerant species, and soil conservation. To date, the national adaptation policies of only three countries have …
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. The extent to which these impacts are felt depends in large part on the extent of adaptation in response to climate change …. Adaptation is widely recognized as a vital component of any policy response to climate change. Without adaptation, climate change … would be detrimental to the agricultural sector, but with adaptation, vulnerability can be significantly reduced. This brief …
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