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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideClimate-smart agriculture training manual
A reference manual for agricultural extension agents
2018Also available in:
No results found.This manual is designed for a four-day training course on climate-smart agriculture that would take the learner from the basics of climate science to the impacts of climate change and the linkages among climate, agriculture and food security. It contains four modules, each addressing a particular aspect and consisting of several sessions that are held either in plenary, as one group, or in smaller work groups. The content and structure of this manual has been developed and tested through fieldwork involving extension agents and agricultural producers in Zambia, Malawi and Viet Nam. -
Book (stand-alone)Training materialPart 5: Farmer Field School data recording and governance
Climate-smart Farmer Field School curriculum
2025Also available in:
No results found.This document, Part 5: Farmer Field School data recording and governance, is a key component of the standardized curriculum package for the Climate-Smart Farmer Field School (CS-FFS) initiative in Jordan. This part specifically delves into the critical role of data in ensuring the effectiveness and sustainability of the CS-FFS programme. Recognizing that data serves as the backbone of informed decision-making, programme monitoring, and evaluation, Part 5 provides a comprehensive framework for data recording and governance. This framework encompasses a detailed set of guidelines, policies, and mechanisms designed to manage the entire data lifecycle within the CS-FFS programme. It meticulously outlines standards for data collection, ensuring accuracy and relevance, while also emphasizing secure storage and responsible sharing practices. By promoting ethical data use and maintaining data integrity, the programme aims to build trust among participants and stakeholders. The importance of this module lies in its capacity to strengthen the CS-FFS programme on multiple fronts. By promoting meticulous data recording and adherence to robust governance principles, it contributes to enhanced programme effectiveness, allowing for more efficient field implementation and informed programme management. Furthermore, it fosters a culture of accountability and transparency, ensuring that programme resources are utilized responsibly, and that progress can be tracked effectively. This part also facilitates a continuous learning cycle, enabling ongoing monitoring, evaluation, and adaptation of the CS-FFS programme to the evolving needs of farmers and the dynamic challenges posed by climate change. In essence, Part 5 serves as an indispensable guide for all practitioners, facilitators, and supervisors engaged in the CS-FFS programme. It equips them with the necessary tools and knowledge to effectively manage data, ensuring its quality, security, and ethical use. By promoting data literacy and responsible data practices, this module contributes significantly to the programme's overarching goal of fostering climate-resilient sustainable development in Jordan, empowering vulnerable communities to adapt to climate change and build more secure livelihoods. -
BookletCorporate general interestGACSA. REVIEW Index-based insurance for Climate-Smart Agriculture 2017
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Book (stand-alone)Manual / guideRecarbonizing global soils – A technical manual of recommended management practices
Volume 5 - Forestry, wetlands, urban soils – Practices overview
2021Also available in:
No results found.During the last decades, soil organic carbon (SOC) attracted the attention of a much wider array of specialists beyond agriculture and soil science, as it was proven to be one of the most crucial components of the earth’s climate system, which has a great potential to be managed by humans. Soils as a carbon pool are one of the key factors in several Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 15, “Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss” with the SOC stock being explicitly cited in Indicator 15.3.1. This technical manual is the first attempt to gather, in a standardized format, the existing data on the impacts of the main soil management practices on SOC content in a wide array of environments, including the advantages, drawbacks and constraints. This manual presents different sustainable soil management (SSM) practices at different scales and in different contexts, supported by case studies that have been shown with quantitative data to have a positive effect on SOC stocks and successful experiences of SOC sequestration in practical field applications. Volume 5 includes 24 practices that have a direct impact on SOC sequestration and maintenance in forestry, wetlands and urban soils. -
Book (series)Technical studyThe impact of climate variability and extremes on agriculture and food security - An analysis of the evidence and case studies
Background paper for The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
2020Also available in:
No results found.Global climate studies show that not only temperatures are increasing and precipitation levels are becoming more varied, all projections indicate these trends will continue. It is therefore imperative that we understand changes in climate over agricultural areas and their impacts on agriculture production and food security. This study presents new analysis on the impact of changing climate on agriculture and food security, by examining the evidence on recent climate variability and extremes over agricultural areas and the impact of these on agriculture and food security. It shows that more countries are exposed to increasing climate variability and extremes and the frequency (the number of years exposed in a five-year period) and intensity (the number of types of climate extremes in a five-year period) of exposure over agricultural areas have increased. The findings of this study are compelling and bring urgency to the fact that climate variability and extremes are proliferating and intensifying and are contributing to a rise in global hunger. The world’s 2.5 billion small-scale farmers, herders, fishers, and forest-dependent people, who derive their food and income from renewable natural resources, are most at risk and affected. Actions to strengthen the resilience of livelihoods and food systems to climate variability and extremes urgently need to be scaled up and accelerated.