Working Papers

CCAFS Working Papers

Nepalese woman farmer. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 47

Gender roles and greenhouse gas emissions in intensified agricultural systems in the mid-hills of Nepal

by Raut N, Raya B, Sitaula BK, Bajracharya RM, Kristjanson P

May 2013

climate info gender

Working Paper no. 42

Investigating climate information services through a gendered lens

by Chesney McOmber, Amy Panikowski, Sarah McKune, Wendy-Lin Bartels, Sandra Russo

Climate info 

Working Paper no. 41

Delivery models for climate information in East and West Africa

by Christine Jost

 Scaling Up Climate Services

Working Paper no. 40

Scaling Up Climate Services for Farmers in Africa and South Asia: Workshop Report

by Arame Tall, Alexa Jay, Jim Hansen

 Gender strategy mitigation

Working Paper no. 36

A gender strategy for pro-poor climate change mitigation

by David Edmunds, Jade Sasser, Eva Wollenberg

 Coping strategies in Mali

Working Paper no. 35

Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mali

by Ng'ang'a SK, Diarra L, Notenbaert A, Herrero M

WP34 

Working Paper no. 34

Climate change, agriculture and food security: a comparative review of global modelling approaches

by Dumollard G, Havlík P, Herrero M

WP32 

Working Paper no. 32

Understanding Adaptive Capacity: Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security in Coastal Bangladesh

by Helena Wright, Patti Kristjanson, Gopal Bhatta

October 2012

Photo: CCAFS 

Working Paper no. 31

Innovations technologiques pour l’adaptation et l’atténuation des effets des changements climatiques en Afrique de l’Ouest: Récits paysans

by Sogoba B, Samake OB, Zougmore R, Moussa AS

 Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 30

Smallholder agricultural carbon projects in Ghana: Benefits, barriers, and institutional arrangements

by Jean Lee

December 2012

Photo: R. Zougmore 

Working Paper no. 29

Setting the agenda: Climate change adaptation and mitigation for food systems in the developing world

by Eva Wollenberg, Mario Herrero, Reiner Wassmann, Henry Neufeldt, Sonja Vermeulen, Thomas Rosswall, Bruce Campbell, Jonathan Hellin,
Andrew Jarvis, Andrew Challinor, Laura Snook, Vladimir Smakhtin, James Kinyangi

Nov 2012

 Photo: ILRI

Working Paper no. 28

Coping strategies and vulnerability to climate change of households in Mozambique

by Stanley Karanja Ng’ang’a, Felisberto Maute, An Notenbaert, Mario Herrero, Siboniso Moyo

Nov 2012

WP27 

Working Paper no. 27

Online tools for assessing the climatology and predictability of rainfall and temperature in the Indo-Gangetic plains based on observed datasets and seasonal forecast models

by Robertson, AW, Bell, M, Cousin, R, Curtis, A, Li, S

May 2013

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT) 

Working Paper no. 26

Using a gender lens to explore farmers' adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda

by Florence Birungi Kyazze, Brian Owoyesigire, Patti Kristjanson, and Moushumi Chaudhury

Sept 2012

 

Photo: Olive Thiong'o

Working Paper no. 25

A framework for the simulation of regional decadal variability for agricultural and other applications

by Arthur M. Greene, Lisa Goddard and James W. Hansen

August 2012

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 23

Impacts of climate change on the agricultural and aquatic systems and natural resources within the CGIAR’s mandate

by Thornton, P. and Cramer, L. (eds.).

note: this was developed as input to The High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on food security and nutrition advising the Committee on World Food Security (CFS). Download their report on Food Security and Climate Change.

August 2012

Photo: F. Fiondella

Working Paper no. 22

Climate change communication and social learning - Review and strategy development for CCAFS

by Blane Harvey, Jonathan Ensor, Liz Carlile, Ben Garside, Zachary Patterson, Lars Otto Naess

October 2012

rainfall data

Working Paper no. 21

Application of non-linear techniques for daily weather data reconstruction and downscaling coarse climate data for local predictions

by Roberto Quiroz, Adolfo Posadas, Christian Yarlequé, Haline Heidinger, Rubi Raymundo, Mariela Carbajal, Mariana Cruz, Jose Guerrero, Victor Mares, Elizabeth Silvestre, Charles Jones, Leila V. de Carvalho, and Tufa Dinku

August 2012

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT) 

Working Paper no. 20

A review on farm household modelling with a focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation

by Mark T. van Wijk Mariana C. Rufino Dolapo Enahoro David Parsons Silvia Silvestri Roberto O. Valdivia Mario Herrero

August 2012

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 19

Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change-related research issues: evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana and Uganda

by Moushumi Chaudhury, Patti Kristjanson, Florence Kyagazze, Jesse Naab and Sharmind Neelormi

June 2012

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 18

Flows under Stress: Availability of Plant Genetic Resources in Times of Climate and Policy Change

by Isabel López-Noriega, Gea Galluzzi, Michael Halewood, Ronnie Vernooy, Enrico Bertacchini, Devendra Gauchan and Eric Welch

July 2012

Gender adaptation Ghana. Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 17

Using a gender lens to explore farmers' adaptation options in the face of climate change: results of a pilot study in Ghana

by Jesse B. Naab and Helen Koranteng

May 2012

Photo: N. Palmer (CIAT)

Working Paper no. 16

Community-Based Adaptation Costing: An integrated framework for the participatory costing of community-based adaptations to climate change in agriculture

by Chase Sova, Abrar Chaudhury, Ariella Helfgott, Caitlin Corner-Dolloff

May 2012

 Boran climate adaptation

Working Paper no. 15
Changing Climate Adaptation Strategies of Boran Pastoralists in Southern Ethiopia

by Matthew Hurst, Nathan Jensen, Sarah H. Pedersen, Asha Sharma, and Jennifer A. Zambriski 

March 2012

WP 14 CSR 

Working Paper no. 14
Corporate social responsibility and supply agreements in the private sector: decreasing land and climate pressures 

by Gabrielle Kissinger

February 2012

Working Paper 13

Working Paper no. 13
Baseline GHG Emissions from the Agricultural Sector and Mitigation Potential in Countries of East and West Africa

by Sandra Brown, Alex Grais, Stephen Ambagis, Timothy Pearson

February 2012

Analogues

Working Paper no. 12
Climate Analogues: Finding tomorrow's agriculture today

by Julián Ramírez-Villegas, Charlotte Lau, Ann-Kristin Köhler, Johannes Signer,
Andy Jarvis, Nigel Arnell, Tom Osborne, Josh Hooker

December 2011

Working Paper no. 11
The Viability of Cattle Ranching Intensification in Brazil as a Strategy to Spare Land and Mitigate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

by Avery Cohn, Maria Bowman, David Zilberman, Kate O’Neill

September 2011

Note: revised 19 September 2011 replacing all previous versions.

WP10

Working Paper no. 10
Overcoming tenurial constraints to carbon forestry projects in Africa

by Edward B. Barbier, Anteneh T. Tesfaw 

September 2011

Working Paper no. 9
Swidden, Rubber and Carbon. Can REDD+ work for people and the environment in Montane Mainland Southeast Asia?

by Jefferson Fox, Jean-Christophe Castella, Alan D. Ziegler

September 2011

Working Paper no. 8
REDD sticks and carrots in the Brazilian Amazon. Assessing costs and livelihood implications 

by Jan Börner, Sven Wunder, Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, Glenn Hyman, Nathália Nascimento

September 2011 (Updated January 2012)

WP7

Working Paper no. 7
Does secure land tenure save forests? A review of the relationship between land tenure and tropical deforestation 

by Brian E. Robinson, Margaret B. Holland, Lisa Naughton-Treves 

September 2011

 

Working Paper no. 6
Financing mitigation in smallholder agricultural systems: Issues and Opportunities 

by Tanja Havemann 

August 2011

Working Paper no. 5
The State of Climate Information Services for Agriculture and Food Security in East African Countries

by Mohammed Kadi, Leonard Njogu Njau, John Mwikya, Andre Kamga

August 2011

Working Paper no. 4
The State of Climate Information Services for Agriculture and Food Security in West African Countries 

by Mohammed Kadi, Leonard Njogu Njau, John Mwikya, Andre Kamga

August 2011

Working Paper no. 3
C-AGG, T-AGG and M-AGG
A model for building collaborative actions and common understanding on agricultural GHG mitigation 

by Lydia Olander, Debbie Reed, Daniella Malin, Karen Haugen-Kozyra

July 2011

Working Paper no. 2
Emerging techniques for soil carbon measurements 

by Debora MBP Milori, Aline Segnini, Wilson TL da Silva, Adolfo Posadas, Victor Mares, Roberto Quiroz, Ladislau Martin-Neto

July 2011

Working Paper no. 1
Linking forests and food in the REDD+ Context

by Gabrielle Kissinger

June 2011