Big Facts on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security Evidence of Success

Switching to hardier crops boosts profits almost 40-fold for smallholder farmers in Kashmir via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 332.

Jena M. 2011. Facing Climate Change With Flower Power. Inter Press Service 27 September 2011. (Available from http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/09/india-facing-climate-change-with-flower-power/) (Accessed on 15 June 2014)

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Adding trees to cattle ranches in central Nicaragua raises incomes and milk production by 50% via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 230–231.

Chuncho G. 2010. Análisis de la percepción y medidas de adaptación al cambio climático que implementan en la época seca los productores de leche en Río Blanco y Paiwas, Nicaragua. Turrialba, Costa Rica: CATIE (MSc. Thesis; in Spanish).

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Pacific island nations use a fishing permit trading scheme to balance their fishery activities in a highly variable climate via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 255.

Lehody P et al. 2011. Vulnerability of oceanic fisheries in the tropical Pacific to climate change. In: Bell J, Johnson J, Hobday A, eds. Vulnerability of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change. Noumea, New Caledonia, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. (Available at http://www.spc.int/climate-change/fisheries/assessment/main-book.html) (Accessed on 14 June 2014)

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Financial incentives for good peatland management can result in increased resilience and carbon storage via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 69–69.

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South-South technology transfer allows rice farmers in Senegal to cut post-harvest losses via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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Africa Rice Center. 2005. How partnership built ASI and ISA. Annual Report 2004–2005. Cotonou: AfricaRice. (Available from http://www.warda.cgiar.org/publications/AR2004-05/ASI.pdf) (Accessed on 28 May 2014)

FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 300.

Mohapatra S. 2012. The little machine that could. Rice Today. Cotonou: AfricaRice. (Available from http://www.africarice.org/publications/ricetoday/The_little_machine_that_could.pdf) (Accessed on 28 May 2014)

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Seasonal rainfall forecasts are helping farmers make decisions in a changing climate via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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Cooper PJM, Cappiello S, Vermeulen SJ, Campbell BM, Zougmoré R, Kinyangi J. 2013. Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture. CCAFS Working Paper No. 50. Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Farmers are tapping into innovative credit mechanisms to support sustainable practices via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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Cooper PJM, Cappiello S, Vermeulen SJ, Campbell BM, Zougmoré R, Kinyangi J. 2013. Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture. CCAFS Working Paper No. 50. Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Evidence of Success for Crops and Farming Systems
Switching to hardier crops boosts profits almost 40-fold for smallholder farmers in Kashmir via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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FAO. 2013. Climate-Smart Agriculture Sourcebook. Rome: FAO. p 332.

Jena M. 2011. Facing Climate Change With Flower Power. Inter Press Service 27 September 2011. (Available from http://www.ipsnews.net/2011/09/india-facing-climate-change-with-flower-power/) (Accessed on 15 June 2014)

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Drought-tolerant maize produces 20-30% higher yields in dry conditions via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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Cooper PJM, Cappiello S, Vermeulen SJ, Campbell BM, Zougmoré R, Kinyangi J. 2013. Large-scale implementation of adaptation and mitigation actions in agriculture. CCAFS Working Paper No. 50. Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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Learn more about Drought-tolerant maize boosting food security in 13 African countries
Alternate wetting and drying in rice cultivation reduces water use by up to 30% and methane emissions by 48% via @cgiarclimate #BigFacts
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Richards M, Sander BO. 2014. Alternate wetting and drying in irrigated rice. CCAFS Info Note. Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

CCAFS. 2014. Putting Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) on the map, globally and nationally. Copenhagen: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS).

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