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Improving small farmers' adaptive capacity in semi-arid regions
In Latin America, as in Africa and Asia, 15-25% of the population lives in semi-arid areas, mostly in small isolated rural communities that are often the most severely affected by climate change. Strategies employed to build adaptive capacity in Brazil’s semi-arid areas focused on improved water supply, management and use, while at the same time promoting access to technology and improved production techniques, all with a focus on knowledge sharing and multi-level collaboration. The lessons from Brazil’s response will be useful for policymakers and community organisations in other semi-arid re ...
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Available online: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08ab540f0b652dd00086c/111104_E [...]
Published by: Government of the United Kingdom ; 2012
In Latin America, as in Africa and Asia, 15-25% of the population lives in semi-arid areas, mostly in small isolated rural communities that are often the most severely affected by climate change. Strategies employed to build adaptive capacity in Brazil’s semi-arid areas focused on improved water supply, management and use, while at the same time promoting access to technology and improved production techniques, all with a focus on knowledge sharing and multi-level collaboration. The lessons from Brazil’s response will be useful for policymakers and community organisations in other semi-arid regions.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Climate change ; Agroclimatology ; Arid climate ; Latin America ; Region I - Africa ; Region II - Asia
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Adaptation to climate change in semi-arid environments: experience and lessons from Mozambique
FAO, 2012 (Environment and Natural Resources Management-No. 19)Southern Africa and Mozambique are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The region is frequently exposed to droughts, floods, variable rainfall and heat, which are expected to worsen, and sensitivity to such exposure of the natural resource-based livelihood system is very high. The project area is remote and highly underdeveloped and the population is poor, food insecure, and not resilient to the impact of climate shocks. Due to water scarcity, not sufficient for humans and livestock except in a few communities along the Limpopo River, livelihood options are limited. Livelihoods ...
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Available online: http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2581e/i2581e00.pdf
Published by: FAO ; 2012
Southern Africa and Mozambique are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The region is frequently exposed to droughts, floods, variable rainfall and heat, which are expected to worsen, and sensitivity to such exposure of the natural resource-based livelihood system is very high. The project area is remote and highly underdeveloped and the population is poor, food insecure, and not resilient to the impact of climate shocks. Due to water scarcity, not sufficient for humans and livestock except in a few communities along the Limpopo River, livelihood options are limited. Livelihoods are underpinned almost entirely by the little available water, agricultural lands and rangelands, and natural forests, and current practices and usage are threatening to become unsustainable. Existing coping mechanisms and safety nets are heavily reliant on the natural resources base, and livelihoods are seriously at risk under the projected climate changes. Urgent action is required to strengthen resilience now and into the future, when climate change will present significant additional stress. In response to this need, the Government of Mozambique (six ministries and national institutes) led by MICOA and the United Nations (six agencies) initiated a United Nations Joint Programme (UNJP/JP) for environmental mainstreaming and adaptation to climate change, with the latter component implemented in a remote district of southern Mozambique, Chicualacuala. This publication gives an account of the Government of Mozambique/FAOled interventions on strengthening smallholder agriculture, community-based natural resources management, and livelihood diversification in the face of current and future climate-related stresses.
Collection(s) and Series: Environment and Natural Resources Management- No. 19
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free)Tags: Climate ; Example/ Good practice ; Climate change ; Adaptation ; Drought ; Arid climate ; Case/ Case study ; Mozambique
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Global Drylands : a UN system-wide response
United Nations, 2011More than two billion people depend on the world’s arid and semi-arid lands. Preventing land degradation and supporting sustainable development in drylands has major implications for food security, climate change and human settlement. This report, issued at the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, sets out a shared strategy by UN agencies to rise to the challenge of addressing the special needs of these vital zones. Our focus is twofold: tackling the underlying causes of land degradation, and strengthening the capacity of dryland populations ...
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Available online: https://www.unep-wcmc.org/resources-and-data/global-drylands--a-un-system-wide-r [...]
United Nations Environment Programme ; United Nations Environment Management Group
Published by: United Nations ; 2011More than two billion people depend on the world’s arid and semi-arid lands. Preventing land degradation and supporting sustainable development in drylands has major implications for food security, climate change and human settlement. This report, issued at the beginning of the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, sets out a shared strategy by UN agencies to rise to the challenge of addressing the special needs of these vital zones. Our focus is twofold: tackling the underlying causes of land degradation, and strengthening the capacity of dryland populations to mitigate and adapt to environmental change, including climate change. Our approach is proactive: by striving for drylands development, we can reverse and prevent desertification and land degradation, reduce poverty and support environmental sustainability.
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free) (ill.)Tags: Environment and landscape ; Desertification control ; Environmental degradation ; Climate change ; Sustainable development ; Arid climate
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CAgM Report, 86. Validation of information requirements on livestock and pasture production in arid and semi-arid regions
Validation of information requirements on livestock and pasture production in arid and semi-arid regions
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Published by: WMO ; 2002
Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 1134; CAgM Report- No. 86
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)Tags: Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) ; Information management ; Agrometeorology ; Agriculture ; Breeding ; Arid climate
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CAgM Report, 79. Weather and climate related to pasture and livestock production in arid and semi-arid regions
Published by: WMO ; 1997
Collection(s) and Series: WMO/TD- No. 989; CAgM Report- No. 79
Language(s): English
Format: Digital (Free), Hard copy (ill.)Tags: Agricultural Meteorology Programme (AgMP) ; Commission for Agricultural Meteorology (CAgM) ; Weather ; Agrometeorology ; Agroclimatology ; Breeding ; Arid climate
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CAgM Report, 64. Part I - Definition of agrometeorological information required for forest management and exploitation in humid tropical regions, followed by: Part II - Meteorological needs for temperate and boreal forest management -and by: Part III - Meteorological Information Required for Managing forests in Arid and Semi-arid Regions
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Abreu Sá T.Deane de; Fosberg Michael A.; et al. - WMO, 1995 (WMO/TD-No. 728)- Part I: Definition of Agrometeorogical Information Required for Forest Management and Exploitation in Humid Tropical Regions (Retnowati, E. Part 1-A. A Case Study from Indonesia. 23 pp.; Deanna de Abreu Sá, T. Part I-B. Specific Management Decisions that Require Agrometeorological Data. 21 pp.
- Part II: Meteorological Needs for Temperate and Boreal Forest Management. Fosberg, M.A. 1995. 13 pp.
- Part III. Meteorological Information Required for Managing forests in Arid and Semi-arid Regions. Clayton, J.L. and Elosmani, M. 1997. 7 pp.
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Land management in arid and semi-arid areas
This report is intended to provide basic information for meteorologists, agriculturists, pasture and livestock managers and others working in arid and semi-arid areas. It identifies the meteorological factors that influence land-use and management decisions and makes proposals and recommendations for further study and the monitoring of agrometeorological aspects of land management in arid and semi-arid areas.
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CAgM Report, 06. Report on Water Requirements of Agricultural Crops Under Arid and Semi-arid Conditions
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Agroclimatology of the highlands of Eastern Africa
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - WMO, 1974 (WMO-No. 389)
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CAgM. A study of agroclimatology in semi-arid and arid zones of the Near East
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ; Wallén C.C.; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); et al. - WMO, 1963 (WMO-No. 141)
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Commission de météorologie agricole (CMAg). Une étude d'agroclimatologie dans les zones arides et semi-arides du Proche Orient
Organisation météorologique mondiale (OMM); Wallén C.C.; Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'Alimentation et l'Agriculture (FAO); et al. - OMM, 1963 (OMM-No. 141)
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Artificial inducement of precipitation : with special to the arid and semi-arid regions of the world (a preliminary report prepared by the Technical division of the WMO Secretariat)
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