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Stephen Twomlow
Researcher at International Fund for Agricultural Development
Publications - 40
Citations - 3058
Stephen Twomlow is an academic researcher from International Fund for Agricultural Development. The author has contributed to research in topics: Agriculture & Tillage. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 40 publications receiving 2668 citations. Previous affiliations of Stephen Twomlow include International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics & CGIAR.
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Coping better with current climatic variability in the rain-fed farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa: An essential first step in adapting to future climate change?
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present tools and approaches that allow for better understanding, characterization and mapping of the agricultural implications of climate variability and the development of climate risk management strategies specifically tailored to stakeholders needs.
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The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture
Jules Pretty,William J. Sutherland,Jacqueline Anne Ashby,Jill S. Auburn,David C. Baulcombe,Michael J. Bell,Jeffrey Bentley,Sam Bickersteth,Katrina Brown,Jacob Burke,Hugh Campbell,Kevin Chen,Eve Crowley,I. R. Crute,Dirk A. E. Dobbelaere,Gareth Edwards-Jones,F. R. Funes-Monzote,H. Charles J. Godfray,Michel Griffon,Phrek Gypmantisiri,Lawrence Haddad,Siosiua Halavatau,H. R. Herren,Mark Holderness,Anne-Marie Izac,Monty Jones,Parviz Koohafkan,Rattan Lal,Tim Lang,Jeffrey A. McNeely,Alexander Mueller,Nicholas Nisbett,Andrew Noble,Prabhu Pingali,Yvonne M. Pinto,Rudy Rabbinge,N. H. Ravindranath,Agnes C. Rola,Niels Röling,Colin Sage,William H. Settle,J M Sha,Luo Shiming,Tony Simons,Pete Smith,Kenneth Strzepeck,Harry Swaine,Eugene Terry,Thomas P. Tomich,Camilla Toulmin,Eduardo Trigo,Stephen Twomlow,Jan Kees Vis,Jeremy D. Wilson,Sarah Pilgrim +54 more
TL;DR: The UK Government's Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures project as mentioned in this paper aims to improve dialogue and understanding between agricultural research and policy by identifying the 100 most important questions for global agriculture.
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Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: A methodological framework for knowledge management
Mark Reed,Michaela Buenemann,Julius Atlhopheng,Mariam Akhtar-Schuster,Felicitas Bachmann,Gary N. Bastin,H. Bigas,R. Chanda,Andrew J. Dougill,W. Essahli,Anna Evely,Luuk Fleskens,N. Geeson,Jayne Glass,Rudi Hessel,Joseph Holden,Antonio A. R. Ioris,B. Kruger,Hanspeter Liniger,Wanda N. Mphinyane,Doan Nainggolan,J.S. Perkins,Christopher M. Raymond,Coen J. Ritsema,Gudrun Schwilch,Reuben Sebego,M. Seely,Lindsay C. Stringer,Richard J. Thomas,Stephen Twomlow,Simone Verzandvoort +30 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an approach for land degradation monitoring and assessment that incorporates multiple knowledge sources and types (including land manager perspectives) from local to national and international scales.
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Urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts (SDG 13): transforming agriculture and food systems
Bruce M. Campbell,Bruce M. Campbell,James Hansen,Janie Rioux,Clare M. Stirling,Stephen Twomlow,Eva K. Wollenberg +6 more
TL;DR: Actions on climate change (SDG 13), including in the food system, are crucial as mentioned in this paper, given that UNFCCC negotiations set the framework for climate change actions. But transformative actions come with risks, for farmers, investors, development agencies and politicians.
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Towards sustainable land management in the drylands: Scientific connections in monitoring and assessing dryland degradation, climate change and biodiversity
Annette Cowie,Trent D. Penman,L. Gorissen,M. Winslow,Johannes Lehmann,T. D. Tyrrell,Stephen Twomlow,Andreas Wilkes,Rattan Lal,James W. Jones,A. Paulsch,K. Kellner,Mariam Akhtar-Schuster +12 more
TL;DR: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and its sister conventions, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Convention on Biological Diversity, all aim to halt or mitigate the deterioration of the ecological processes on which life depends as discussed by the authors.