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... evidencetosupportimprovedmanagementofthe food system(e.g., food delivery,trade,crisisresponse,post‐crisisrecovery)inthefaceofclimatefluctuationsMilestone2.2.12013;Policy‐orientedanalysisofclimateimpactson food securitycomponents, and gender‐ and socially‐differentiatedcosts and benefitsofalternative food securityinterventions,communicatedwithkey food systemstakeholders.; Food systemdecisionmakersengagedinrefining and testingdecisionsupporttoolsfor food securityresponsestrategies.ILRI,IFPRI,IRRI,GEOSAS,WFP,FSIN,UNDP,NDR ... I,StrategicAsia,IFEWSNET,relevantlineministries(e.g.MoA,MoE),otherrelevantregional and national food system and food securityresponseorganizationsSAs,EA, and WAObjective2.3:Supportriskmanagementthroughenhancedpredictionofclimateimpactson agriculture, and enhancedclimateinformation and servicesOutput2.3.1Improved,value‐addedclimateinformationproducts,knowledge,tools,methods; and platformsformonitoring and predictingimpactsofclimatefluctuationsonagriculturalproduction and biologicalthreats;tosupportmanagementofagricultural and food securityriskMilestone2.3.12013.Historicgriddeddailymeteorologicaldatasetsdeveloped and evaluated, and institutionalcapacityenhanced,in2countriesorregionalinstitutions;Crop/rangelandforecastingtoolsdeveloped;Institutionsin4countriesengagedtodevelop and testcropforecastingtoolstailoredtoprioritycrops and localneeds.CIP,CIMMYT,AGRHYMET,ACMAD,CEREGE,EthiopiaNMA,ANAMS(Senegal),AsiaRiskCenter,WashingtonStateU.,IRI,NASA‐JPL,FutureWater,KansasStateU.,BARC,NARC,ICAR,FAO,JR ... msinIndia(ICRAF);(iv)majorcropsofSub‐SaharanAfrica,coffee and cocoaagroforestry(IITA);(v)drylandJatrophasites(ICRISAT);(v)pasture and coffeesystems(CIAT,withIFPRI);(vi)landusechange,landrehabilitation, and peatlandmanagementunderoilpalm(CIFOR);(vii)biochar,integratedsmallholderagroforestry,smallholderbiofuelproduction(ICRAF);(viii)livestock,rangelands(ILRI).Seealso3.2.12013(2)onbiochar(IFPRI).NARIsineachregion,CIMMYT,IFPRI,ICRISAT,ILRI,CIFOR,ICRAF,CIP,IITA,CIAT,IRRI.AllCCAFSregions,LAC,SEAOutput3.3.2.Methodsdeveloped and validatedforGHGmonitoring and accountingatfarm and landscapeleveltocontributetocompliance and voluntarymarketstandardsMilestone3.3.22013.Researchestablishedtodevelopaprotocolforquantificationofwholefarm and landscapeGHGemissionsamongsmallholders(ICRAF,ILRI,IRRI,CIMMYT,CIAT,T3).LinkedtoMilestones3.3.12013‐15,3.2.12013 and T4.2.ColoradoStateUniversity,T‐AGG,GlobalResearchAlliance,KarlsruheInstituteofTechnology,MasenoUniversity,NARSinKenya,Philippines and Vietnam,DukeUniversity,ICRAF.EAOutput3.3.3Enhancedcapacityfortheuse and developmentofmonitoring and accountingmethods and assessingfeasibility and impactsinregional and nationalresearchinstitutionsMilestone3.3.32013.Workinggroups and networksestablishedinthreeregionstodevelopmethodsformanagement and MRVofGHGemissions(EA,WA,SAS).ILRI,GlobalResearchAlliance,NARSinMali,Ghana,Kenya,Ethiopia,Bangladesh and Nepal,AarhusUniversity,CLIFFPhDstudentnetwork.EA,WA,SAs22Majorcommunicationsefforts:...

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... available food and food needed to support a target per capita nutritional standard. However, the aggregate food availability projections do not account for food security problems due to food distributiondifficulties ... between land quality and the productivity of agricultural land, Wiebe and Tegene (2000) recently combined information on soil and climate quality with data on land,labor, fertilizer, and other ... Tegene, and Keith Wiebe (2000). "Land Tenure and the Adoptionof Conservation Practices." American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(4): 993-1005, November.United Nations Food and Agriculture...

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