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.
Report : Management of Ecosystems Services of the Forests of Southwest Nigeria in Support of Rural Livelihoods and Food Security
This detailed study, Management of Ecosystems Services of the Forests of Southwest Nigeria in Support of Rural Livelihoods and Food Security, was carried out to assess the present status of the tropical natural ecosystem of southwest Nigeria, their contributions to rural livelihood, the quantity and quality of their services and the level of awareness and impacts of anthropogenic activities on climate change.