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Institutions for agricultural mitigation: Potential and challenges in four countries
Bryan, Elizabeth; De Pinto, Alessandro; Ringler, Claudia; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132844
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Agricultural management for climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation, and agricultural productivity: Insights from Kenya
Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; Okoba, Barrack; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2011
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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009189437
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How does climate change alter agricultural strategies to support food security?:
Thornton, Philip K.; Lipper, Leslie - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010781475
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Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture
Nelson, Gerald C.; Robertson, Richard; Msangi, Siwa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008482043
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Global carbon markets: Are there opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa?
Bryan, Elizabeth; Akpalu, Wisdom; Ringler, Claudia; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996793
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Global carbon markets: Are there opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa?
Bryan, Elizabeth; Akpalu, Wisdom; Yesuf, Mahmud; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038023
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West African agriculture and climate change: A comprehensive analysis
Jalloh, Abdulai (contributor); Nelson, Gerald C. (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
The first of three books in IFPRI’s climate change in Africa series, West African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis examines the food security threats facing 11 of the countries that make up West Africa – Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145651
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Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014: Le défi de la faim invisible
von Grebmer, Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Alors qu’il ne reste plus qu’une année avant la date d’échéance de la réalisation des Objectifs du Millénaire pour le développement, l’Indice de la faim dans le monde 2014 (GHI) offre une analyse multidimensionnelle de la faim et présente de nouvelles données permettant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011152382
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Climate, change adaptation assets and group-based approaches: Gendered perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya:
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Ali, Snigdha; Behrman, Julia A.; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
Using a participatory rural appraisal approach, a series of qualitative studies were conducted in four countries facing negative impacts of climate change—Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya and Mali—in order to determine men’s and women’s perceptions of climate change,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200211
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Understanding the policy landscape for climate change adaptation: A cross-country comparison using the Net-map method:
Aberman, Noora-Lisa; Birner, Regina; Haglund, Eric; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2015
In the context of increasing vulnerability to climate change for people dependent on natural resources for their livelihoods, the International Food Policy Research Institute and partner organizations in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, and Bangladesh undertook a project broadly aiming to create knowledge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200217