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CLEANED X - Version 3.0.1
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/111558
Abstract
This is the third version of CLEANED (Comprehensive Livestock Environmental Assessment for Improved Nutrition, a Secured Environment, and Sustainable Development along Livestock and Fish Value Chains) Excel tool. This tool is a rapid ex-ante environmental impact assessment tool that allows users to explore multiple impacts of developing livestock value chains. It models the impact of changes in the livestock production systems and value chains along several…
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Scaling up critical finance for sustainable food systems through blended finance
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/115123
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Sustainable agriculture is systemically underfinanced in developing countries – disproportionately, relative to other sectors – despite its critical contribution to many SDGs. This paper provides a pathway for scaling investment for food system transformation through blended finance by mobilizing commercial banks, non-bank financial institutions and their clients. The development finance community needs to…
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GANSO: New business model and technical assistance for the professionalization of sustainable livestock farming in Colombia
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114559
Publication year
2021
Authors
Arango, Jacobo
Ruden, Alejandro
Castro, Juan Pablo
Koenig, Simon
Gutiérrez Solís, Jhon Freddy
Full Citation
Arango, J.; Ruden, A.; Castro, J.P.; Koenig, S.; Gutierrez…
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The Climate Security Sensitiveness Tool (CSST) - Sahel template
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127683
Abstract
The CSST is a programming assessment tool for conflict-sensitive and peace-responsive climate action, which can be used at the designing phase of a program. The tool is employed on the premise any fragile context is characterized by a unique set of risk factors for crises, including human and natural hazards, socioeconomic vulnerabilities, vulnerable groups, and low institutional and infrastructural coping capacity, which can…
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Short introduction to a proposed One CGIAR initiative on 'ActioNs for Innovative climate change Mitigation and Adaptation of Livestock Systems' (ANIMALS)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114669
Publication year
2021
Authors
International Livestock Research Institute
Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas…
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Reporte capacitación en herramientas de análisis de mercado de valor agregado - Metodología LINK
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116656
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Este informe presenta el resumen de las principales actividades y logros del proceso de capacitación en herramientas de análisis de mercados con valor agregado, bajo la estructura de la Metodología LINK1. Este ciclo de intercambios permitió dar a conocer una herramienta facilitadora en la construcción de modelos de negocio incluyentes para las cadenas productivas de Boyacá, y su relación con el…
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Theory of Change for five learning labs - vegetable and maize-legume cropping systems in Ethiopia and Kenya
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/159949
Abstract
A theory of change (ToC) is a strategic framework that outlines causal pathways through which specific initiative outcomes are achieved. It draws a causal analysis based on processes and activities undertaken by an initiative contributing to a chain of results that lead to intended or observed impacts. A comprehensive ToC is driven by analysis of current program implementation,…
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To what extent do policies from across 5 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region integrate climate-related security concerns and risks?
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127882
Abstract
This factsheet presents the main results of a policy coherence analysis focused on climate security in Middle East and North Africa
Publication year
2022
Authors
Schapendonk, Frans
Scartozzi, Cesare M.
Kurath, Tina
Meddings…
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Towards a Common Vision for Climate Security in Senegal (workshop report)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128758
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This memory report presents the main findings of the ClimBeR climate security workshop held in Senegal in October 2022. This workshop brought together over 35 stakeholders from Senegal's humanitarian, development, climate and peace sectors, including government representatives, NGOs, international organizations, and research institutes, with the goal of appraising climate and insecurity linkages in Senegal and…
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GapAnalysis: an R package to calculate conservation indicators using spatial information
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113708
Abstract
Effective assessments of the current status of biodiversity conservation are needed to support planning, policy and action, from local to global levels. Of particular use would be well documented, reproducible methods based on openly accessible data and tools. Such methods should provide an accurate estimate of the state of…
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The effect of climate-smart agriculture on soil fertility, crop yield, and soil carbon in Southern Ethiopia
Bioversity-CIAT Alliance (Bioversity-CIAT Alliance)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113758
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It is critical to develop technologies that simultaneously improve agricultural production,offset impacts of climate change, and ensure food security in a changing climate. Within this context,considerable attention has been given to climate-smart agricultural practices (CSA). This study wasconducted to…
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Gender-Smart Investing for Food Systems Transformation Webinar Report
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/125881
Abstract
Dissemination workshop report for the webinar to launch the “Strategic roadmap on mainstreaming gender-smart investing to scale climate-smart agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa” brief. The webinar was held virtually on October 11, 2022.
Presentations from CGIAR, GIZ, public and private investors, ecosystem enablers, and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) of different scales operating in Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, and…
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Building capacities: the next generation of women scientists
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116949
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● From 2015 to 2021, a total of 21 women scientists participated in the LivestockPlus Phase I and II projects. A set of key questions were elaborated to gather the experiences of those women during their time at the Tropical Forages Program.
● Participants identified and narrated several gender gaps in their access to science education, as well as to job opportunities in the same field, even if these gaps were not experienced…
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Cultivando para Ganar - Choice Game for climate action
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/109614
Abstract
Smallholders are decision-makers with goals and strategies. Their decisions and behaviors towards the adaptation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) options depend on individual livelihood goals, beliefs concerning the likelihood of uncertain climate events, and personal motives. Understanding the decision-making of farmers about the…
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Armed conflicts and food insecurity - a short literature review
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114586
Abstract
‘‘End hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote agriculture” is one of the stated goals of the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. A major obstacle to achieving this goal is the growing incidence of armed conflict, terrorism and state fragility in the developing world. This obstacle deserves to be understood in particular its relation with food insecurity. In this perspective, availability of data in…
