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the world's freshwater supplies go to agriculture; in South Asia, agriculture uses over 90%. On-farm greenhouse gas … to "end hunger" and "achieve food security and improved nutrition," while promoting "sustainable agriculture." Lifting …; in Asia, during the same period, on-farm GHG emissions grew by 27%, from 2.5 to 3.2 GtCO2e. All of this puts agriculture …
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developments in big data analytics and climate change science with agriculture can greatly accelerate agricultural research and … innovation for climate smart agriculture (CSA). CSA refers to an integrated set of technologies and practices that simultaneously … emissions from farming. It is a multistage, multiobjective, data-driven, and knowledge based approach to agriculture, with the …
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climate change on agriculture are discussed based on two main approaches: Ricardian Models and Integrated Assessment Models … discusses several policy options to minimize negative impacts (and enhance positive impacts) of climate change on agriculture …
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The production and consumption of animal source foods is central to the ongoing discussion of global food systems. The objectives of this report are first to describe the patterns and changing structures of the Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) livestock sector and secondly to explore innovations that...
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, agriculture, is virtually rain-fed. The role of the sector in the current economic structure and the potency of the anticipated … biophysical impacts of climate change necessitates proactive adaptation in agriculture. This, however, breeds questions of … adaptation costs and adaptation finance. This study attempts to derive plausible range of planned adaptation costs in agriculture …
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Changing climate and weather patterns have resulted in reduced agricultural productivity in some parts of the world and … developing world. In this paper we provide estimates of frost warnings valuation in the context of small-scale quinoa production …
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The use of climate information in economic activities, typically provided by climate services, may serve as a possible adaptation strategy to changing climate conditions. The present paper analyzes the value of climate services aimed at improving agricultural productivity through a reduction in...
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-Kühn Institut und der Ostfalia Hochschule gemeinsam organisierte Fachtagung zum Thema "Bewässerung in der Landwirtschaft" statt …On September 11 and 12, 2017, a symposium on "Irrigation in agriculture", jointly organized by the Thünen Institute …
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The risk of losses of income and productive means due to adverse weather associated to climate change can significantly differ between farmers sharing a productive landscape. It is important to learn more about how farmers react to different levels of risk, under measurable and unmeasurable...
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