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Exploring climate change resilience of major crops in Somalia: implications for ensuring food security

open access: yesInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
The complex relationship between climate change and major crop output poses urgent challenges for contemporary food production systems. Recognizing the diverse responses of different crops to climatic stressors, it is necessary to investigate the ...
Abdikafi Hassan Abdi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High Sequestration, Low Emission, Food Secure Farming. Organic Agriculture - a Guide to Climate Change & Food Security [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
- affordable high sequestration practices based on local resources - enables continuous farmer-based adaptation to climate change - ideal for the improvement of the world’s 400 million smallholder farms - locally adapted, affordable and people ...
Jordan, Robert   +2 more
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Organic Agriculture and the Environmental Stability of Food Supply [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
CONCLUSIONS Organic production systems can make important contributions to food supply stability and farmer livelihoods by establishing soil fertility, providing diversity and, therefore, resilience to food production systems in light of the many ...
Earley, Jane   +2 more
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Cultivating climate-smart crop systems: a systematic map of agronomic interventions in a Mediterranean-type climate

open access: yesFrontiers in Agronomy
Agriculture systems require evidence-based management approaches to minimize impacts from climate change and to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. This is critical in global regions with a Mediterranean-type climate where the impacts are expected to ...
Kent Buchanan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-term effects of soil management practices on selected indicators of chemical soil quality

open access: yesActa Agrobotanica, 2016
The study was conducted in scope of Catch-C project “Compatibility of agricultural management practices and types of farming in the EU to enhance climate change mitigation and soil health” (7FP), realized in 2012–2014 by the consortium of partners from ...
Alicja Pecio, Zuzanna Jarosz
doaj   +1 more source

CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry - Plan of Work and Budget 2020 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
There were no significant changes in 2019 to FTA’s theory of change1. FTA plans all its work on the basis of its operational priorities. These, in turn, focusresearch towards major development demands and knowledge gaps, orienting FTA towards the ...
CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees and Agroforestry
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Reducing heat stress damage in cereal crops through agronomic management and breeding strategies

open access: yesPlant Stress
Global climate change escalates the impact of heat stress (HS) and subsequent drought stress on plant species, causing significant yield loss in cereal crops.
Abu Bakar Siddique   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Impact assessment of climate change at farm level: A methodological approach nased on integrated biophysical and economic models

open access: yesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON)
The dominant agricultural sector in Slovakia is crop production, with the majority of arable land dedicated to cultivating cereals (57%), followed by fodder crops (20%) and industrial crops (19%).
Tatiana Bullová   +9 more
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Agricultural land management extends the duration of the impacts of extreme climate events on vegetation in double–cropping systems in the Yangtze–Huai plain China

open access: yesEcological Indicators
Extreme climate events can have severe impacts on both vegetation and the carbon cycle. However, whether land management exacerbates or mitigates the effects of extreme climate events on vegetation remains unknown.
Tiexi Chen   +11 more
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