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Food security and agriculture

Activities aimed to ensure access to and availability of adequate food supplies and the preservation of agricultural livelihoods under the pressures of climate hazards and food chains threats.

Crop resistance and household resilience – The case of cassava and sweetpotato in the Philippines

Latest Food security & agriculture additions in the Knowledge Base

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The role of social assistance in advancing climate adaptation and nature based solutions in least developed countries thumbnail
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This working paper examines how social assistance programs can support climate adaptation and nature-based solutions (NbS) in least developed countries (LDCs).

World Bank, the
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Ancestral knowledge combined with climate-smart techniques is boosting food security and increasing family incomes in the Lake Atitlán region.

Climate Home News
Diverse connections between climate extremes and agricultural loss across the Southern Slopes of the Himalayas thumbnail
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This report assesses how drought, heat stress, and extreme precipitation influence crop productivity under single and double cropping systems at the Southern Slopes of the Himalaya.

Geophysical Research Letters (AGU)
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Paul Müller from the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) explores climate adaptation, governance challenges, and the future of coastal fisheries in Europe

Open Access Government
Habitat suitability for desert locust across arid and semi-arid regions of India thumbnail
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This research uses a MaxEnt habitat suitability model to map morph-specific desert locust risk zones (hoppers, bands, adults, swarms) across arid and semi-arid Rajasthan, India, to guide targeted field surveillance.

Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment
Experiential accounts of life in flood-prone areas: Basis for a community-centered flood resilience program thumbnail
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This study examined the experiences of 18 residents living in flood-prone communities, particularly those relying on agriculture & small businesses. Through in-depth interviews, the research explored how repeated flooding affects people's lives & response

International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
Coffee bean fields in brazil
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Forecasters expect the El Niño now underway in the tropical Pacific to strengthen into a strong or very strong climate driver later this year.

Conversation Media Group, the
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Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide,

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