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| Editorial - Dealing with climate change | 4-5
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| ILEIA editorial team |
| “The rains these days are unpredictable… One year they start in November, another year in December, and then we have dry spells at the critical stages of crop growth…” All over the world, the observat... |  |
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| An integrated approach to climate change adaptation | 6-8
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| Gehendra Bahadur Gurung, Dinanath Bhandari |
| It is now apparent that dealing with climate change is unavoidable. Nepal’s temperature is rising faster than the global average, and rainfall is becoming unpredictable. Many communities are strugglin... | |
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| Adapting to change with a blend of traditional and improved practices | 9-11
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| Ronak Shah, Nirajan Ameta |
| In Dhala, farmers have been blending traditional and “improved” farming practices to adapt to the changes in climate they are experiencing. By including practices like mulching, new seeds or vermicomp... | |
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| Farmers and sorghum in Nicaragua's northern region | 12-13
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| Gilles Trouche, Henri Hocde, Silvio Aguirre, Irma Ortega Sequeira |
| In some regions of Nicaragua, sorghum used to be the poor man’s crop. In recent years, more farmers are growing sorghum, instead of maize, in response to changes in the local climate. A participatory ... | |
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| More information for better planning | 14-15
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| Cynthia Brenda Awuor |
| Rural communities have been adapting to a changing environment for a long time. But the scale of adaptation has to increase as a result of climate change. The Sakai project, implemented in Kenya, show... | |
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| Climate Field Schools in Indonesia: Improving "response farming" to climate change | 16-18
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| Yunita T. Winarto, Kees Stigter, Esti Anantasari, Siti Nur Hidayah |
| Following the successful Farmer Field School approach, experimental Climate Field Schools were set up in Indonesia. These aim to increase farmers’ knowledge on the climate and improve their response t... | |
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| 25 years of LEISA Magazine | 19
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| ILEIA editorial team |
| Next year it will be 25 years since the first LEISA Magazine (then called ILEIA Newsletter) appeared. We would like to celebrate this jubilee year together with you, the readers of the magazine. To do... | |
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| Using radio to share farmers' adaptation strategies | 20-21
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| Blythe McKay |
| Farm Radio International recently held a script-writing competition on the topic of adapting to climate change. Working together with different partners, the fifteen winners’ scripts were distributed ... | |
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| Livestock and climate change: Two views | 22-23
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| Akke van der Zijpp, Nitya S. Ghotge |
| Livestock rearing contributes to climate change, but at the same time it brings many benefits to small-scale farmers. Do these benefits outweigh the disadvantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions?... | |
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| Adaptive agriculture in flood affected areas | 24-25
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| Shiraz A. Wajih |
| Eastern Uttar Pradesh, in the foothills of the Nepal Himalayas, has been prone to floods for centuries. In the last 60 years, however, their frequency has increased dramatically. People living in the ... | |
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| Cultivating resilience: Lessons from the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka | 26-27
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| Melissa Harvey, Sathis Wijewardane |
| Coastal communities are particularly vulnerable to climate change. They are affected by changes in sea-level and wave height, as well as changes in weather patterns. Some families with home gardens we... | |
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| Partnerships for sustainability | 28-29
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| Chris Koopmans, Marleen Zanen |
| In 2002, the beer brewer Heineken got together with the Agrarische Unie and farmers in Flevoland, the Netherlands. Together they wanted to explore the possibilities of sustainable barley production. E... | |
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| Farmers' perceptions lead to experimentation and learning | 30-31
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| Paul Mapfumo, Florence Mtambanengwe, Regis Chikowo, Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Ricardo Maria, Freddy Baijukia, Andrew Mvula, Ken Giller |
| “Learning centres” in seven African countries are identifying opportunities for adaptation, based on farmers’ perceptions of climatic changes. Together, researchers, farmers and extension agents are e... | |
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| The potential of community managed forests for carbon trade | 32-33
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| Ashish Tewari, Vishal Singh, Pushkin Phartiyal |
| The “Kyoto: Think Global Act Local” initiative is an international project. It was set up to assess the potential for communities such as those in the state of Uttarakhand, India, to benefit from carb... | |
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| Malawi's initiatives in response to climate change | 34-35
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| Edgar Kapiza Bayani |
| Malawi has recognised that climate change is an issue that needs tackling now. Adaptation and mitigation initiatives are already underway. Various government ministries are promoting tree planting or ... | |
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| Old methods for tackling new threats | 36
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| Ritah Lumala |
| Using different means to predict weather conditions, farmers in Uganda have always been able to prepare their farms accordingly. However, the effects of climate change are now being felt, and farmers ... | |
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| Networking | 37
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| Sources | 38-39
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| Conference brings farmers together from around the world | 40
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| Nico Bakker |
| Over 400 farmers from 75 countries gathered in Matola, Mozambique, in October 2008, for the fifth general assembly of their global organisation, La Vía Campesina. The farmers analysed how the present ... | |
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