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Book (series)Working paperThe challenge of making climate adaptation profitable for farmers – Evidence from Sri Lanka’s rice sector 2021
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No results found.Increased incidences of drought and water scarcity due to climate change is an important challenge facing Sri Lanka’s agricultural sector. Identifying farm practices that can reduce its adverse impacts on agricultural production and farmers’ livelihoods is a key policy objective in Sri Lanka. This paper makes use of household survey data collected in Anurādhapura District to evaluate the impacts of 11 drought adaptation practices adopted by farmers in the district. The impacts of the practices are estimated simultaneously along two dimensions: 1) impact on sensitivity to water stress (measured in terms of the probability of experiencing crop loss due to wilting) and 2) impact on household livelihood (measured in terms of total value of crops harvested and total gross household income). After accounting for a wide range of confounding factors, five practices are found to be associated with a reduced sensitivity to water stress. However, only two of these are simultaneously associated with a higher gross value of crops harvested, while none is associated with significant differences in household income relative to non-adopters. The reasons for this vary by practice, but are linked to opportunity costs of household labour and market weaknesses for crops other than rice. Making climate adaptation practices profitable is a key challenge faced by policy-makers and will require a holistic research and extension approach that is bundled with complementary support to market institutions, such as appropriate mechanization services, value chain support for other field crops and input supply systems. -
BookletCorporate general interestCollective tenure rights: Realizing the potential for REDD+ and sustainable development
Information brief
2019Also available in:
No results found.The security of tenure rights is a fundamental factor in positive outcomes for forests, in reducing deforestation and forest degradation within the larger context of sustainable development. This Information Brief focuses on the key contribution of collective tenure rights towards mitigating climate change, paying particular attention to the links with national strategies to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) and nationally determined contributions (NDCs). The brief summarizes some of the key rationales for prioritizing the securing of collective tenure rights in the context of REDD+ and sustainable development. The paper presents three examples, from Nepal, Peru and the United Republic of Tanzania, to showcase the positive impact of secure collective tenure rights and proposes a range of measures that countries can take to accelerate progress towards collective tenure rights recognition. -
Journal, magazine, bulletinBulletinLes écosystèmes aquatiques continentaux d’Afrique et leur contribution à l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire et de la nutrition
Nature & Faune, Volume 32, Numéro 2
2019Also available in:
This special issue offers a dedicated platform to concerned members of broad society as well as institutional and individual specialists (such as hydrologists, natural and social scientists, fisheries professionals, biodiversity experts and limnologists) to share their thoughts on Africa's inland aquatic ecosystems, and how they can increase food security and nutrition. The edition covers the value/contributions of Africa’s diverse aquatic systems to food security, nutrition and livelihoods.