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      Southeast Asian StudiesClimate ChangeClimate Change and National and International SecurityClimate Change and Security
With the explosive growth in the world’s population which has little or no corresponding rise in the food production, food insecurity has become eminent, and hence, the need to seek for opportunities to increase food production in order... more
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      Computer ScienceFormal Concept Analysis (Data Mining)Food Security and InsecurityImpacts Of Climatic Change On Agriculture
The government established several strategies to decline the hazards of climate alteration. The most significant of these strategies which usually neglected is recognizing the variances between several communities with regard to resilience... more
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      Climate ChangeClimate Change AdaptationAdaptation to Climate ChangePhilosophy Of Climate Change
This study examined the impact of climate change on commercial beef production in Botswana using time series data from 1980-2016. We estimated a Ricardian model to quantify the impact of climate change on commercial beef production in a... more
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      Environmental EconomicsSustainable agricultureSustainable DevelopmentAgricultural Economics
With the explosive growth in the world's population which has little or no corresponding rise in the food production, food insecurity has become eminent, and hence, the need to seek for opportunities to increase food production in... more
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      Computer ScienceFormal Concept Analysis (Data Mining)Food Security and InsecurityImpacts Of Climatic Change On Agriculture
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      SociologyAnimal EthicsFood PolicyAnthropology of Food
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      Development StudiesPostcolonial StudiesAgroecologyRural Development
Climate change threatens to cause the largest refugee crisis in human history. Millions of people, largely in Africa and Asia, might be forced to leave their homes to seek refuge in other places or countries over the course of the... more
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      International RelationsClimate ChangeInternational LawEnvironmental policy
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
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      Climate ChangeClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
In the present report, submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with its resolution 22/9, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food explores the obstacles faced by those wishing to seek remedy for violations related to the... more
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      Food SovereigntyFood SecurityClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureClimate Change and Food Security
Sorghum [Sorghum bicolar (L.) R. Br.] is a drought-tolerant crop that may serve as an alternative summer crop in the dry region of Zimbabwe. A field experiment was conducted in 2002 at Matopos Research Station, Makoholi Research station,... more
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      AgronomyValue chain analysisFood SecuritySmall Millets Nutritional Quality and Technology
Cereals and legumes are prone to perishability and have very short shelf-life if not given proper treatment. During different handling and marketing operations, there is a huge postharvest loss of agricultural produce. The qualitative and... more
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      Agriculture and Food StudiesFood Science and TechnologyClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
This report provides a summary of the "Environmental Politics in the Middle East" research initiative, which explores the geopolitics of natural resources in the Middle East in an attempt to expand the focus to include the region’s many... more
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      Political Geography and GeopoliticsPolitical EconomyMiddle East StudiesGeopolitics
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      Sustainable DevelopmentSolid Waste ManagementClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
The study set out to investigate the work motivation level of Development Agents in Agarfa and Sinana Districts, Bale Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia and the factors that influence their motivation to work. For this study all the... more
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Irrigation development is an important means for achieving food self-sufficiency and food security in many arid and semi-arid countries, including Ethiopia, in order to address the main challenge caused by food insecurity. Development of... more
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      Foreign Policy AnalysisSustainable DevelopmentEnvironmental SustainabilityClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Este documento presenta un analisis del hambre estacional en Guatemala, que se manifiesta por una variacion regular y marcadamente estacional de la desnutricion aguda infantil, alcanzando picos todos los anhos entre los meses de mayo y... more
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      Environmental EconomicsClimate ChangeNutritionPublic Health Nutrition
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      PhotojournalismDocumentary PhotographyAgriculture and Food StudiesDocumentary Film
The paper presents an overview of agriculture in West Africa, evidence of the vulnerability and adaptation of agricultural systems to climate change, agricultural development and climate adaptation policies, gaps in climate change... more
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
One of the major issues facing humankind is global food security. A changing climate, coupled with a heightened consumer awareness of how food is produced and legislative changes governing the usage of agrichemicals for improving plant... more
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      Agricultural EngineeringHorticulturePlant EcologyThe industrialization of agriculture: vertical coordination in the US food system.
This Study analyzed the impact of productive safety net programme (PSNP) on household food security status. Multistage stage sampling technique was applied to draw 180 sample respondents considering PSNP participants and non-participants.... more
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      Food Security and InsecurityClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureFood and Resource Economics
"A catastrophic draught event was reported across much of the north of South America during August - December 2005. This resulted in extensive and irreversible damage in parts of the Amazon river network. The 2005 Amazon draught followed... more
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      Environmental EngineeringEnvironmental ScienceAquatic EcologyClimate Change
This a scoping study  for fitfteen countries to look at the role of agriculture insurance in protecting farmers of Asia and Africa from extreme weather events
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      Climate change policyClimate Change ImpactsClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureAgricultural Finance and Insurance
The study has assessed the determinants of fertilizer and improved chicken use and their impact on the livelihoods of poor women households using the data collected from two locations in Degua Temben district, central zone of Tigray... more
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      Mainstreaming of gender and environmental issues in rural development programsRural women's empowermentClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureFood security and rural livelihoods
This is Chapter 1 in the book Livestock: Production, Management strategies and Challenges”. Worldwide, animal production from livestock (meat, dairy products, eggs, fiber and hides and skins is the basis of livelihoods of billions of... more
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      Animal Husbandry and LivestockClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureRangelands and Pasture sciences
Abstract Carbon sequestration through forestry can help in the mitigation of global warming. For Africa, carbon sequestration also represents an opportunity to fund sustainable through financial inflows. However, with a low share of... more
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      Carbon SequestrationEnvironmental SustainabilityCarbon Credits, Emissions Trading, Pricing of Cabon CreditsClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
This report describes the work conducted during a three month rural internship in Adhikari Gau Community of Gorkha district. The internship was based on livelihood project for the Income Generating Activities (IGA) that would help to... more
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      Research MethodologyTraining and DevelopmentClimate Change AdaptationCommunity Engagement & Participation
IT WILL WORK ANYWHERE TO TRANSFORM ALL AGRICULTURAL LANDS INTO ORGANIC VIA ALCHEMICAL TRANSMUTATION OF THE POISONOUS AG ADDITIVES FROM MONSANTO AND THE LIKE. FUNNY ALL OF THE YEARS OF WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE CAN BE CANCELED IN A FEW... more
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      Agricultural EngineeringAgronomyAgricultural EducationAgribusiness
There is increasing recognition of the significance of how traditional knowledges (TKs) can inform our understanding of the impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation. And yet there are potential risks to... more
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      Indigenous StudiesIndigenous or Aboriginal StudiesClimate ChangeParticipatory Research
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Women play an immense role in rural non-farm economy. However, historically much of women's work is undervalued and their role in non-farm activities is overlooked. Having this rationale, very little is known about women's participation... more
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      Rural livelihoods and economyClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureEmpowering Rural Women Entrepreneurs and Its Contribution to Food SecurityWomen and Rural Economy
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      PhysicsClimate ChangeClimate variabilityMultidisciplinary
The training was organized by YPARD Nepal to more than 30 participants representing diverse sectors of agriculture entrepreneurship in Nepal such as agri-engineering, IT, agri-students, YPARD members in Nepal and some development... more
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      AgribusinessFood and NutritionEnterprise Information SystemsClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
The sustainable management and development of the Mekong River Basin, it have to promote capacity and ensure technology transfer to member countries in the process of designing and conducting of the study so it will produce a set of... more
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      Organic agricultureSustainable Water Resources ManagementWatershed HydrologyClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Mounding often occurs beneath engineering structures designed to infiltrate reuse water. AQTESOLV software and a spreadsheet solution for Hantush, together with soil moisture water balance (SWAGMAN farm model), were used for... more
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      Environmental EngineeringHydrology/HydrographyEnvironmental ScienceHydrogeology
Recently NATURE published a discussion on construction of sills in attempt to prevent or slow melting glaciers that are discharging ice into the ice fjords. Several further papers promptly followed publication of this essentially... more
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      EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringCivil EngineeringNuclear Engineering
ABSTRACT The r u r a l sector in many developing countries is increasingly characterized by the prevalence of poverty and food insecurity (FAO, 1990b: 2) In a qualitative and quantitative study of 160 women, 93% reacted positively towards... more
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Profitability of different rates of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and five potato varieties (Bellete, Gudene, Jalene, Marachere and local check) was investigated in southern Ethiopia to find out rates of the nutrients and varieties that... more
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Abstract The study was conducted on physico-chemical parameters and microbial quality of water from the Karaga dam in Northern region of Ghana from July, 2011 to August, 2012. The study was aimed at assessing its suitability and safety... more
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    • Climate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and Agriculture
Human civilization’s food production system is currently unprepared for catastrophes that would reduce global food production by 10% or more, such as nuclear winter, supervolcanic eruptions or asteroid impacts. Alternative foods that do... more
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      Disaster StudiesSustainable agricultureFood Security and InsecurityDisaster risk management
This work shows a new hypothesis for global warming, based on the chemical processes of oxygen to produce heat and light, because of the high reactivity of oxygen to the energy of the Sun, knowing its high absorption of ultraviolet rays... more
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      Climate ChangeClimate Change AdaptationAdaptation to Climate ChangeClimate change policy
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      EthiopiaEnvironmental SecurityClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureClimate Change and Food Security
An experiment was conducted at Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna District in the Division of Khulna and one of the coastal areas of Bangladesh, where agriculture is a challenging enterprise. The whole study was furnished in 5 selected unions... more
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      Climate Change Adaptation And Mitigation StrategiesClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureClimate Change and Food SecurityCoastal Environment Management
The paper examines the biowaste management issues across rural areas of Romania in the context of poor waste management infrastructure in the last decade (2003-2012). Biowaste is the main fraction of municipal waste, thus a proper... more
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      EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringAgricultural EngineeringLandscape Ecology
Викладено сучасний стан досліджень по проблемі визначення парникового ефекту в світі та Україні. Наведено результати експериментальних визначень балансу вуглекислого газу та оцінки розбіжностей у визначенні цього показника за методикою... more
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      Climate ChangeClimate Change AdaptationSustainable agricultureRisk Analysis
A method is presented to analyze the interaction between groundwater and Lake Linlithgow (Australia) as a case study. A simplistic approach based on a " node " representing the groundwater component is employed in a spreadsheet of water... more
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      Landscape EcologyHydrology/HydrographyHydrogeologyClimate Change
The drylands of Kenya that comprise of Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) make up about 80% of the total land area and are largely inhabited by agro and nomadic pastoralists. Despite the large area, their contribution to Gross Domestic... more
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      Social SciencesFood Security and InsecurityKenyaFood Security
Geliş (Received): 03.11.2017 Kabul (Accepted): 15.12.2017 ÖZET: Bitkisel verimliliği etkileyen birçok faktör vardır. Tohum genetik yapısı, toprak yapısı, uygulanan tarım metotlarının yanında verimi etkileyen en önemli faktörlerden biri... more
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      Climate ChangeCottonClimate Change and Its Impact on Food Security and AgricultureEffects of Climate Change on Agriculture and Land Resources