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Lecture Notes of the Massive Open Online Course National Adaptation Plans: Building Climate Resilience in Agriculture

Module 4: Identifying and prioritizing climate adaptation options

Year of publication 2018

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 30

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document presents a lecture note prepared for the National Adaptation Plans: Building Climate Resilience into Agriculture Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) which is one of the deliverables of the National Adaptation Plans (NAP-Ag) Programme. The Module 4 presents different types of adaptation actions in the agriculture sector, including specific case-studies from the livestock, croplands as well as aquaculture and fisheries sub-sectors. This module offers practical exercises for learners to get acquainted with the tools and methods at their disposal for prioritizing and appraising different actions. Finally, the module provides insights into the mechanics of designing a climate change adaptation project.

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