By Lars Otto Naess, FAC Climate Change theme convenor, and Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex.
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While there is broad agreement that the increased focus on climate change and agriculture provides important opportunities, the case studies suggest that it is too early to say whether these opportunities translate into benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable groups and how this should happen in practice.
The failure of the discussions on agriculture in Doha could be used as an opening to better understand what is at stake, and under what conditions concepts such as ‘climate smart agriculture’ could improve the lives of poor and vulnerable farmers.
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A new working paper suggests that modest efforts to tackle climate change are not enough to protect the world’s food supply. Delete the scoop?
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Projects based on radio, mobile technology and social networking give an insight into what works best for farmers 
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February 27, 5:24 AM
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Report by World Bank's own evaluators say its investments support logging and do little to help rural poor people 
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February 7, 12:26 AM
In my view World Bank may need to focus on capacity building for innovative commerce and small indusries financing to build sustainbale micro economic communities.
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Nature Climate Change
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A global assessment of the effects of climate policy on the impacts of climate changeNature Climate Change(2013)doi:10.1038/nclimate1793
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Nourishing the Planet
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the global agricultural sector could potentially reduce and remove 80 to 88 percent of the carbon dioxide that it currently emits. By adopting more-sustainable approaches, small-scale agriculture in developing countries has the potential to contribute 70 percent of agriculture’s global mitigation of climate change. And many of these innovations have the potential to be replicated, adapted, and scaled up for application on larger farms, helping to improve water availability, increase diversity, and improve soil quality, as well as mitigate climate change. Delete the scoop?
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In the course of his Guest Lecture at the opening of the 30th General Assembly of ICSU in Rome, Professor Matthias Kleiner, President of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the German Research Foundation, announced two projects that DFG... Delete the scoop?
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For agricultural systems to achieve climate-smart objectives, including improved food security and rural livelihoods as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation, they often need to be take a landscape approach; they must become... Delete the scoop?
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Global warming is already affecting farmers worldwide; future impacts will vary by region, crop and temperature... Delete the scoop?
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University of Leeds News - Food security effects of climate change will be felt in 10 years - Research released today shows that within the next 10 years large parts of Asia can expect increased risk of more severe droughts, which will impact... Delete the scoop?
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Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices: The costs of feeding a warming world | Oxfam GB | Policy & Practice
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FAO, IFAD, and WFP issued a joint statement on food prices: "In responding to high food prices, the things we must avoid doing are just as important as the things we should do. In particular, countries must avoid panic buying and refrain from imposing export restrictions, which, while temporarily helping some consumers at home, are generally inefficient and make life difficult for everyone else. Delete the scoop?
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New report by Lars Hein and Rik Leemans. The large majority of biofuels to date is “first-generation” biofuel made from agricultural commodities. All first-generation biofuel production systems require phosphorus (P) fertilization. P is an essential plant nutrient, yet global reserves are finite. We argue that committing scarce P to biofuel production involves a trade-off between climate change mitigation and future food production. We examine biofuel production from seven types of feedstock, and find that biofuels at present consume around 2% of the global inorganic P fertilizer production. For all examined biofuels, with the possible exception of sugarcane, the contribution to P depletion exceeds the contribution to mitigating climate change. The relative benefits of biofuels can be increased through enhanced recycling of P, but high increases in P efficiency are required to balance climate change mitigation and P depletion impacts. We conclude that, with the current production systems, the production of first-generation biofuels compromises food production in the future. Delete the scoop?
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Farm yields are low not because improved practices do not exist, but because farmers are unaware of them Delete the scoop?
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One of the few potential advantages attributed to soaring carbon dioxide levels has been enhanced crop growth. Delete the scoop?
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Dar es Salaam — Recent research done by different scientists in Africa has shown that production of important crops especially maize will decrease by 30% for the period of 20 years due to the effect of Climate Change. The most affected areas according to scientists are in the Southern and Eastern Africa including Tanzania. That was revealed by the Assistant Director of Environment in the Vice President's Office, Mr Richard Muyungi in Dar es Salaam last week during the agriculture workshop organized by Agriculture Council of Tanzania (ACT). 
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February 4, 5:41 AM
"Recent research done by different scientists in Africa has shown that production of important crops especially maize will decrease by 30% for the period of 20 years due to the effect of Climate Change." Delete the scoop?
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By Lars Otto Naess, FAC Climate Change theme convenor, and Peter Newell, Professor of International Relations at the University of Sussex.
CGIAR Climate's insight:
While there is broad agreement that the increased focus on climate change and agriculture provides important opportunities, the case studies suggest that it is too early to say whether these opportunities translate into benefits for the poorest and most vulnerable groups and how this should happen in practice. The failure of the discussions on agriculture in Doha could be used as an opening to better understand what is at stake, and under what conditions concepts such as ‘climate smart agriculture’ could improve the lives of poor and vulnerable farmers.
Sam Sani Nzevela's comment,
December 14, 2012 6:40 AM
Lack of proper leadership at the community level is also another source of poverty. Good leaders should be able to help the community to manage the resources and create meaningful wealth. If we engage the community to plant trees then we must provide alternative energy and other meaningful economic activities to support live. Leaders must be able to form effective community teams - like saccos to initiate and take ownership of economic processes/activities, attract funding and apply proper implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of community projects
Sam Sani Nzevela's comment,
December 14, 2012 6:40 AM
Lack of proper leadership at the community level is also another source of poverty. Good leaders should be able to help the community to manage the resources and create meaningful wealth. If we engage the community to plant trees then we must provide alternative energy and other meaningful economic activities to support live. Leaders must be able to form effective community teams - like saccos to initiate and take ownership of economic processes/activities, attract funding and apply proper implementation, management, monitoring and evaluation of community projects
Sam Sani Nzevela's curator insight,
December 14, 2012 6:44 AM
Agriculture, Climate Change and Politics, is the order that I see it. Very good topic. Keep it up.
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Young scientists are invited to submit applications for participation in a Networking Conference on Integrated Science. The ISSC and ICSU, in collaboration with the DFG, are planning to assemble a large group of young researchers with diverse research perspectives to reflect on Food Futures and debate relevant issues as part of a series of conferences on Integrated Science. The aim is to bring together creative multidimensional, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives to address such a complex topic like food systems. These early career scientists will ask what are and will be the challenges related to food, now and in the future, and they are expected to devise the next generation of research programmes and projects, looking for a suitable definition and means to reach global sustainability goals. Delete the scoop?
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Regulating livestock greenhouse gas emissions could shift livestock production to unregulated, less developed countries unless those poorer nations can be enticed to preserve their forested lands, according to a Purdue University economic study. Photo: N Palmer (CIAT) Delete the scoop?
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Persian Gulf, Libya, and Pakistan expected to be hardest hit by decline in fish stocks in coming decades... Delete the scoop?
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Conservation agriculture is being tested in East Africa, where it could cut costs, boost production and help fight climate change... Delete the scoop?
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Price spikes will be a devastating blow to the world's poorest and will also affect UK consumers... Delete the scoop?
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Some women start to grow vegetables as temperatures creep higher, while others struggle on with maize... Delete the scoop?
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With the nourishing downpours of the monsoon season down an average of 12 percent across India, farmers are on the brink of disaster. Delete the scoop?
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Agriculture, Climate Change and Politics, is the order that I see it. Very good topic. Keep it up.