Posted on December 12, 2009 by cgiar
Agricultural landscapes can help mitigate climate change and help farmers adapt to its impacts, but research from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) shows that farmers will only adopt new practices if they are profitable. IFPRI’s Claudia Ringler presented evidence from East Africa, a region where the economy is closely tied to cycles of [...]
Filed under: Adaptation, Agriculture, Agroforestry, CGIAR scientists, Climate change impact, Farmers, Food crops, Mitigation | Tagged: Agricultural systems, Climate models, Conservation agriculture, COP15, Food security | Leave a Comment »
Posted on October 7, 2009 by cgiar
Submitted by Liz Kemp, ILRI
Despite scientific consensus that we are already experiencing major biological and physical changes due to climate change, the current broad-brush models that predict such changes are still too crude to allow people to see how climate change will affect them personally and spur them into action, according to a recent paper [...]
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Posted on October 1, 2009 by cgiar
Submitted by Christina Lakatos, IFPRI
By 2050, crop yield declines and food price increases brought about by global climate change will have raised the number of malnourished children in the world by 20 percent relative to a world with no climate change, accordging to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
Titled Climate Change: Impact [...]
Filed under: Agriculture, Climate change impact, Policy | Tagged: Carbon dioxide fertilization, Child nutrition, Climate models, Crop modeling, Food price inflation, IFPRI | 4 Comments »
