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The Farmer’s Perspective: Climate Risk and Risk Management in Sri Lanka’s Agriculture Sector

STEP BY STEP GUIDANCE: Gender-lens investing in climate and disaster risk financing and insurance (CDRFI) solutions

The Differential Risk Transfer: a new approach for reducing vulnerability to climate-related hazards
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The use of the wetting front detector as an irrigation‐scheduling tool for pepper production in the Upper East Region of Ghana: Evidence from field experiment and farmers’ perceptions

We compare the effect of the wetting front detector on yield and water productivity with farmers’ […]

A systems model describing the impact of organic resource use on farming households in low to middle income countries

ABSTRACT We present a new systems model that encompasses both environmental and socioeconomic outcomes to simulate […]

Partitioning private and external benefits of crop pollination services

ABSTRACT Ecosystem services (ES) provide a range of benefits to people, but landowners that produce ES […]

Inducing agribusiness investment in Malawi: Insights from investors

ABSTRACT Agriculture is key to Malawi’s development strategy, with over 80 per cent of the workforce […]

Risk Management Strategies to Cope Catastrophic Risks in Agriculture: The Case of Contract Farming, Diversification and Precautionary Savings

ABSTRACT Risk management is an essential way for farmers to reduce uncertainty. In this research, a […]

Method of biochar application affects growth, yield and nutrient uptake of cowpea

ABSTRACT Biochar produced from pyrolysis of organic materials has been found to improve plant growth by […]

Making smallholder agricultural production work: What we can learn from the socioeconomic and agrarian transformation through agro-well access in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka

ABSTRACT The North Central Province (NCP) is situated in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka. Average […]

People-Centric Nature-Based Land Restoration through Agroforestry: A Typology

SUMMARY Restoration depends on purpose and context. At the core it entails innovation to halt ongoing […]

The Living Planet Index (LPI) for migratory freshwater fish – Technical Report

SUMMARY Migratory freshwater fish (i.e. fish that use freshwater systems, either partly or exclusively) occur around […]

Supermarket contracts and smallholder farmers: Implications for income and multidimensional poverty

ABSTRACT Food systems in developing countries are changing rapidly with a growing role of modern supermarkets. […]

Evaluating satellite-based evapotranspiration estimates for hydrological applications in data-scarce regions: A case in Ethiopia

ABSTRACT Water resource development opens up opportunities for improving smallholder farmer livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa; however, […]

De-risking smallholder agricultural value chains: promising scalable risk management solutions

SUMMARY Smallholders face a variety of risks that make their productivity and incomes unstable and unpredictable. […]

Strategy for Managing Invasive Species in Africa 2021–2030

SUMMARY Invasive species pose a huge global threat, both in terms of biodiversity and the cost […]

The Evidence Base on Anticipatory Action

SUMMARY Anticipatory action (A-A) is attracting global attention with the number of pilot initiatives delivering support […]

Rotation, Mulch and Zero Tillage Reduce Weeds in a Long-Term Conservation Agriculture Trial

ABSTRACT Weed management is one of the main challenges of conservation agriculture. Although all three components […]

The ‘triple dividend’ of early warning systems: Evidence from Tanzania’s coastal areas

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Early warning systems (EWSs) have been effective in reducing loss of life and injury […]

Climatic risk adaptation strategies by smallholder livestock farmers in Eastern Amhara Region, Ethiopia

ABSTRACT The study was conducted to analyze the predominant climatic risks and the strategies livestock farmers […]

Policy interventions to mitigate negative effects on poverty, agriculture and food security from disease outbreaks and other crises

SUMMARY This review draws lessons from previous shocks that may be relevant to dealing with the […]

Dealing with Covid-19 in rural Africa: lessons from previous crises

SUMMARY This note summarises insights from a study commissioned by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development […]

The Integrated Risk Management Programme (IRMP): Lessons from Malawi

SUMMARY In recent decades, Malawi has been experiencing adverse climatic shocks as most rural farmers still […]