SPECIAL COVERAGE: Agriculture and Rural Development Day at the UN climate talks
Sat, 26 Nov 2011 14:15 GMT
Farmers are at the forefront of dealing with climate change around the world. How are they coping, and what opportunities do the shifts present? We take a look as Agriculture and Rural Development Day takes place at the UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa
Here's a list of news, blogs and multimedia on the topic:
News and features
Caribbean sizes up climate threats to food security
Insurance aims to help herders avoid 'downward spiral' from drought
Scientists seek solutions to rising costs of drought
Irrigation helps Mozambican farmers survive unreliable rains
Zimabwe farmers struggle to determine right planting time
Revamp African ag policy to address hunger and poverty - experts
Herders receive first drought insurance payouts in Kenya
Malawi farmers lay down their hoes to combat climate change
'Extended life' rice could quadruple yields, cut costs
Recovery from Pakistan floods will be financial, planning challenge
Guyana's coastal population faces threat of sea level rise
Extreme weather pushes up food prices - and unrest?
Blogs
Climate information: Malian farmers' most valuable tool?
Without healthy farms, Africa's forecast is hunger
Combining traditional knowledge and climate science in Chad
Tune climate policy to women for real change
Cashing in on climate change - with apples
How we can have our corn and eat it too
Swazi farmer brings 'Happy' ending to food security woes
Cracking the pigeon pea genetic code to help poor farmers
Is there enough food for a world of 7 billion?
Livestock insurance: A chance to outsmart drought?
A glimpse of climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
Not everyone is talking climate change this NovemberT
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