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How can African agriculture adapt to climate change?: Insights from Ethiopia and South Africa

Ringler, Claudia; Shewmake, Sharon; Deressa, Temesgen; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

Table of Contents: Brief 1: The Impact of Climate Variability and Climate Change on Water and Food Outcomes: A Framework for Analysis by Claudia Ringer Brief 2: Vulnerability and the Impact of Climate Change in South Africa's Limpopo River Basin by Sharon Shewmake Brief 5: Measuring Ethiopian...

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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling [in Amh...

Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

"Ethiopia possesses abundant water resources and hydropower potential, yet less than 5 percent of irrigable land in the …. Consequently, the Ethiopian government is pursuing plans to develop hydropower and irrigation along the Blue Nile River in an … analyzes potential hydropower generation and irrigation supply for four large-scale dams and reservoirs along the Blue Nile …

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Integrated management of the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia under climate variability and climate change hydropower and irrigation modeling: Hydropower and irrigation modeling

Block, Paul J.; Strzepek, Kenneth; Rajagopalan, Balaji - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2008

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996808

Science and technology options for harnessing bioenergy's potential: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Woods, Jeremy - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Much of the technology development for bioenergy to date has been geared toward competing with cheap fossil fuels. Bioenergy technologies have focused on reducing the cost per unit of energy produced, often exclusively by exploiting very cheap feedstocks and processing them on a large scale....

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Environmental effects of bioenergy: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Kartha, Sivan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Bioenergy crop systems can—if properly designed—yield significant benefits, both environmental and social. The right choice of biomass crops and production methods can lead to favorable carbon and energy balances and a net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. But bioenergy production...

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Overview: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Hazell, P.B.R.; Pachauri, J. K. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"In recent years bioenergy... has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers and rural communities around the world. For many countries...

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Bioenergy and the poor: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Karekezi, Stephen; Kithyoma, Waeni - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"This brief delineates two broad categories for bioenergy development — the exploitation of existing agricultural wastes and the establishment of energy plantations—and suggests high-priority steps for developing bioenergy in ways that benefit the poor... Once developing countries have...

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Developing bioenergy economic and social issues: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

la Torre Ugarte, Daniel G. de - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"... There is a clear link between access to energy services and poverty alleviation and development. The first set of critical energy needs are those that satisfy basic human needs: fuel for cooking, heating and lighting, energy for pumping water, and electricity for health and education...

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Bioenergy in Europe experiences and prospects: bioenergy and agriculture promises and challenges

Henninges, Oliver; Zeddies, Jurgan - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2006

"Given Europe's high import demand for fuel and its commitments to reduce CO2 emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, political pressure to implement strategies for the use of renewable energy is ever increasing. Thus, Europe aspires to use substantially more biofuels than it currently produces....

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Impact of climate change and bioenergy on nutrition

Cohen, Marc J.; Tirado, Cristina; Aberman, Noora-Lisa; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Food security has deteriorated since 1995 and reductions in child malnutrition are proceeding too slowly to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for halving hunger by 2015. Three major challenges threaten to drastically complicate efforts to overcome food insecurity and...

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