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Entries for May 2016

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Banana boom and bust as climate changes

For bananas and plantains, climate change may significantly alter both yields as well as vulnerability to diseases, which would affect the food security and incomes of millions of Africans and Latin Americans. The East African Highland Banana, for example, is a starchy staple for 80 million people in Africa alone. Zoom in to see area harvested (2009) for the East Africa highland banana.

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Posted in: Fruits
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"Agricultural intensification alone is not enough" says UK Science Chief

Climate-smart agriculture can achieve triple wins (co-benefits): adaptation, mitigation and food security, said UK Science Chief Sir John Beddington in a recent speech to policy makers, private sector and members of civil society. He highlighted that a shift to climate-smart agriculture is needed in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050 in the face of climate change.

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Posted in: Agriculture
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Overhauling crop-climate models for food security

In order to adequately adapt agriculture to a changing climate, scientists need good estimates of how much food we can grow in a warming world. But many of the current crop-climate models are out of date and have significant information gaps.

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Posted in: Agriculture
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Defending a vegetable farm against drought

His name is written “Naakpi” and pronounced “Naakwi”, that we understood fast. But it took us much longer to comprehend why Naakpi looked so tired, and walked around with a back bent as if he had a burden too heavy for one man to carry.

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Posted in: Agriculture
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Act now for farmers’ futures

A former coffee farmer who has switched to production of plantain due to the effects of climate change in Colombia. Pic by Neil Palmer (CIAT).

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Posted in: Agriculture
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In India, a surge in interest to make agriculture climate-smart

Business leaders, state governments, take action to safeguard food supply in a changing climate, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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Posted in: Agriculture
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Scaling up the "farms of the future" approach

A collaboration among regional research institutes and National Agricultural Research Systems establishes strong partnership for upscaling the “farms of the future” approach.

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Posted in: Vegetables
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