Policy Brief : Climate risk reduction and adaptation in Lao PDR
This policy brief, Compelling reason for local action: climate risk reduction and adaptation in Lao PDR, assesses climate risks for small-scale farmers in Lao PDR, their vulnerability, response strategies and adaptive capacity.
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11th August 2014
Policy Brief : Reducing Climate Risks for Rice Farmers in the Philippines
This short policy brief, Local Power to Act: Reducing Climate Risks for Rice Farmers (Philippines), looks at what climate change means for Pangasinan and Tarlac, current farming practices, current response strategies and constraints and makes policy recommendations.
Report : The Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Enhancing Food Security and Climate Change Resilience in East and West African Cities
This research paper, The Role of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture in Enhancing Food Security and Climate Change Resilience in East and West African Cities, performs a meta-analysis to evaluate the role that urban and peri-urban agriculture plays in enhancing urban food security in East African and West African cities, and how the provision of food within peri-urban and urban areas affects, and is affected by, climate change.
Report : Improving Seasonal Forecast Information for Managing On-farm Decisions
This project, Improving Seasonal Forecast Information for Managing On-farm Decisions, examined how seasonal forecast development and delivery could be enhanced by testing the ability of downscaled climate forecasts to improve information available from seasonal forecasts; by assessing the use of an optimisation procedure to guide tactical decision making; and subsequently indicate where improvements in communicating seasonal forecast information could be made.