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Dr. Ana Maria Loboguerrero
Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

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Ana Maria holds a Master and a PhD on Economics from University of California, Los Angeles, USA (UCLA). She has more than 12 years’ experience of working on climate change challenges. Dr. Loboguerrero is Research Director of Climate Action for the Alliance of Bioversity International and International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). In this position, she provides strategic leadership of the Alliance’s Climate Action Research Program (mainstreaming climate action in food systems for adaptation and mitigation). Ana Maria is also Head of Global Policy Research for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). In the latter position, she plays a major role in leadership on partnerships and capacity for Scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture. She also manages global engagement processes and global synthesis topics, including engagement and communication and leading on major CCAFS proposals. Through her work, Ana Maria has contributed to strengthen the agricultural sector around the world so that it is not totally dependent on climate variability, but on the contrary, it manages climate to its advantage, or at least to avoid the bulk of negative consequences. Ana Maria has used her experience working in the public sector to become a key partner of policy makers and planners so that they truly use climate information and tools to design and implement plans and strategies and find ways to make climate information useful and applicable.

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Evidence
Published: 14 July 2021 in Conservation Science and Practice
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Silvopastoral systems (SPS)—production systems integrating trees, forages, and livestock within the same land area—are recognized as critical for reducing tropical deforestation and improving livelihoods, ecosystem services, and carbon sinks. Yet, research on how scaling SPS influences forest cover changes at large geographical scales is scant. Our study delves deeper into the interlinkages between scaling SPS and deforestation. In two surveys conducted among 144 Colombian Amazon livestock producers with traditional or SPS farms, we assessed changes in herd composition between 2016 and 2020. Results showed a change in herd composition, with fewer males and more cows/heifers, suggesting a shift toward specializing in milk production, which, with the appropriate environmental incentives and safeguards, would unlikely broaden deforestation. However, interlinkages between the dairy and beef value chains suggest that extra male cattle from SPS intensification would be moved for fattening as a source of beef to new pastures at the forest border. If SPS scaling interventions in the Colombian Amazon are to be truly deforestation-free, they need to be designed based on a clear understanding of the interlinkages between food and land systems. Therefore, policies advancing the livestock and land-use agenda must create mechanisms that support deforestation-free livestock intensification, based on biophysical and socioeconomic evaluations.

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Augusto Castro‐Nunez; Alexander Buriticá; Carolina Gonzalez; Eliza Villarino; Federico Holmann; Lisset Perez; Martha Del Río; Danny Sandoval; Luca Eufemia; Katharina Löhr; Sandra Durango; Miguel Romero; Marcos Lana; Steven Sotelo; Ovidio Rivera; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Marcela Quintero. The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems. Conservation Science and Practice 2021, e495 .

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Augusto Castro‐Nunez, Alexander Buriticá, Carolina Gonzalez, Eliza Villarino, Federico Holmann, Lisset Perez, Martha Del Río, Danny Sandoval, Luca Eufemia, Katharina Löhr, Sandra Durango, Miguel Romero, Marcos Lana, Steven Sotelo, Ovidio Rivera, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Marcela Quintero. The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems. Conservation Science and Practice. 2021; ():e495.

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Augusto Castro‐Nunez; Alexander Buriticá; Carolina Gonzalez; Eliza Villarino; Federico Holmann; Lisset Perez; Martha Del Río; Danny Sandoval; Luca Eufemia; Katharina Löhr; Sandra Durango; Miguel Romero; Marcos Lana; Steven Sotelo; Ovidio Rivera; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Marcela Quintero. 2021. "The risk of unintended deforestation from scaling sustainable livestock production systems." Conservation Science and Practice , no. : e495.

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Published: 06 November 2020
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The global community recognizes that silvopastoral systems (SPS), which are considered a form of sustainable land use, could reduce forest loss. Studies indicate that SPS can improve livelihoods, provide ecosystem services and act as carbon sinks. What has been missing from the literature, however, is how scaling SPS influences forest cover. Our research results from the Colombian Amazon point to possible unintended deforestation due to aggregated effects of farm-level changes in herd composition from broader SPS adoption with the absence of safeguards, appropriate incentives and government agencies devoted to implementing traceability of dairy and beef products to their deforestation-free origins. Our conclusions are drawn from surveying 144 livestock producers with traditional or SPS farms in Caquetá, one of the departments with the highest deforestation rates in Colombia. Land grabbing, in tandem with cattle pasture, is one of the major deforestation and conflict drivers in Colombia. We surveyed the farmers twice, both in 2016 and 2020, to determine the impact of SPS on herd composition. Our results show that surveyed SPS farmers reduced the number of male cattle and increased the number of lactating cows and calves in the herd. This suggests that these farmers specialize in producing milk, a move that constitutes a process of intensification that with the proper safeguards and incentives would unlikely broaden deforestation at the local scale. The availability of more calves and male cattle from SPS adoption, though, may exacerbate the drivers of deforestation because there is a risk that these extra calves and males would be moved to new pastures at the forest border, where they can be fattened as a source of beef. Our findings, as such, warrant a further investigation into the risk of unintended deforestation from scaling SPS and on how to mitigate that risk to make the process deforestation-free.

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Augusto Castro-Nunez; Alexander Buritica; Carolina Gonzalez; Eliza Villarino; Federico Holmann; Lisset Perez; Martha Del Rio; Danny Sandoval; Luca Eufemia; Katharina Loehr; Miguel Romero; Marcos Lana; Steven Sotelo; Ovidio Rivera; Ana Loboguerrero; Marcela Quintero. A deforestation-free path to scaling silvopastoral production systems. 2020, 1 .

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Augusto Castro-Nunez, Alexander Buritica, Carolina Gonzalez, Eliza Villarino, Federico Holmann, Lisset Perez, Martha Del Rio, Danny Sandoval, Luca Eufemia, Katharina Loehr, Miguel Romero, Marcos Lana, Steven Sotelo, Ovidio Rivera, Ana Loboguerrero, Marcela Quintero. A deforestation-free path to scaling silvopastoral production systems. . 2020; ():1.

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Augusto Castro-Nunez; Alexander Buritica; Carolina Gonzalez; Eliza Villarino; Federico Holmann; Lisset Perez; Martha Del Rio; Danny Sandoval; Luca Eufemia; Katharina Loehr; Miguel Romero; Marcos Lana; Steven Sotelo; Ovidio Rivera; Ana Loboguerrero; Marcela Quintero. 2020. "A deforestation-free path to scaling silvopastoral production systems." , no. : 1.

Review
Published: 23 October 2020 in Games
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Games are particularly relevant for field research in agriculture, where alternative experimental designs can be costly and unfeasible. Games are also popular for non-experimental purposes such as recreating learning experiences and facilitating dialogue with local communities. After a systematic review of the literature, we found that the volume of published studies employing coordination and cooperation games increased during the 2000–2020 period. In recent years, more attention has been given to the areas of natural resource management, conservation, and ecology, particularly in regions important to agricultural sustainability. Other games, such as trust and risk games, have come to be regarded as standards of artefactual and framed field experiments in agriculture. Regardless of their scope, most games’ results are subject to criticism for their internal and external validity. In particular, a significant portion of the games reviewed here reveal recruitment biases towards women and provide few opportunities for continued impact assessment. However, games’ validity should be judged on a case-by-case basis. Specific cultural aspects of games might reflect the real context, and generalizing games’ conclusions to different settings is often constrained by cost and utility. Overall, games in agriculture could benefit from more significant, frequent, and inclusive experiments and data—all possibilities offered by digital technology. Present-day physical distance restrictions may accelerate this shift. New technologies and engaging mediums to approach farmers might present a turning point for integrating experimental and non-experimental games for agriculture in the 21st century.

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera; Max Mauerman; Alexandra Herrera; Kathryn Vasilaky; Walter Baethgen; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Rahel Diro; Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste; Daniel Osgood. Games and Fieldwork in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science. Games 2020, 11, 47 .

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera, Max Mauerman, Alexandra Herrera, Kathryn Vasilaky, Walter Baethgen, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Rahel Diro, Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste, Daniel Osgood. Games and Fieldwork in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science. Games. 2020; 11 (4):47.

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera; Max Mauerman; Alexandra Herrera; Kathryn Vasilaky; Walter Baethgen; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Rahel Diro; Yohana Tesfamariam Tekeste; Daniel Osgood. 2020. "Games and Fieldwork in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science." Games 11, no. 4: 47.

Journal article
Published: 29 September 2020 in Global Food Security
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There is broad agreement that current food systems are not on a sustainable trajectory that will enable us to reach the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, particularly in the face of anthropogenic climate change. Guided by a consideration of some food system reconfigurations in the past, we outline an agenda of work around four action areas: rerouting old systems into new trajectories; reducing risks; minimising the environmental footprint of food systems; and realigning the enablers of change needed to make new food systems function. Here we highlight food systems levers that, along with activities within these four action areas, may shift food systems towards more sustainable, inclusive, healthy and climate-resilient futures. These actions, summarised here, are presented in extended form in a report of an international initiative involving hundreds of stakeholders for reconfiguring food systems.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Philip Thornton; Jonathan Wadsworth; Bruce M. Campbell; Mario Herrero; Daniel Mason-D’Croz; Dhanush Dinesh; Sophia Huyer; Andy Jarvis; Alberto Millan; Eva Wollenberg; Stephen Zebiak. Perspective article: Actions to reconfigure food systems. Global Food Security 2020, 26, 100432 -100432.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Philip Thornton, Jonathan Wadsworth, Bruce M. Campbell, Mario Herrero, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Dhanush Dinesh, Sophia Huyer, Andy Jarvis, Alberto Millan, Eva Wollenberg, Stephen Zebiak. Perspective article: Actions to reconfigure food systems. Global Food Security. 2020; 26 ():100432-100432.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Philip Thornton; Jonathan Wadsworth; Bruce M. Campbell; Mario Herrero; Daniel Mason-D’Croz; Dhanush Dinesh; Sophia Huyer; Andy Jarvis; Alberto Millan; Eva Wollenberg; Stephen Zebiak. 2020. "Perspective article: Actions to reconfigure food systems." Global Food Security 26, no. : 100432-100432.

Review
Published: 11 August 2020
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Framed experiments and games are a useful medium to understand how context affects individual and group decision-making. They are particularly relevant for field research in agriculture, where alternative experimental designs can be costly and unfeasible. After a systematic review of the literature, we found that the volume of published studies employing coordination and cooperation games increased during the 2000-2020 period. In recent years, there has been greater attention given to natural resource management, conservation, and ecology areas, especially in strategic regions for agriculture sustainability. Other games, such as trust and risk games, have come to be regarded as standards of framed field experiments in agriculture. Regardless of sectoral focus, most games' results are subject to internal and external validity criticism. In particular, a significant portion of the games showed potential recruitment biases against women and no opportunities for a continued impact assessment. However, games' validity should be judged on a case-by-case basis. Specific cultural aspects of games might reflect the real context, and generalizing games' conclusions to different settings is often constrained by cost and utility. Overall, games in agriculture could benefit from more significant, frequent, and inclusive experiments and data – all possibilities offered by digital technology. Present-day physical distance restrictions may accelerate this shift. New technologies and engaging ways to approach farmers might represent a turning point for games in agriculture in the 21st century.

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera; Max Mauerman; Alexandra Herrera; Kathryn Vasilaky; Walter Baethgen; Ana M. Loboguerrero; Rahel Diro; Yohana Tesfammariam; Daniel Osgood. Framed Experiments and Games in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science. 2020, 1 .

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera, Max Mauerman, Alexandra Herrera, Kathryn Vasilaky, Walter Baethgen, Ana M. Loboguerrero, Rahel Diro, Yohana Tesfammariam, Daniel Osgood. Framed Experiments and Games in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science. . 2020; ():1.

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J. Nicolas Hernandez-Aguilera; Max Mauerman; Alexandra Herrera; Kathryn Vasilaky; Walter Baethgen; Ana M. Loboguerrero; Rahel Diro; Yohana Tesfammariam; Daniel Osgood. 2020. "Framed Experiments and Games in Agriculture: A Systematic Review of the 21st Century in Economics and Social Science." , no. : 1.

Perspective
Published: 19 May 2020 in Nature Food
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Future technologies and systemic innovation are critical for the profound transformation the food system needs. These innovations range from food production, land use and emissions, all the way to improved diets and waste management. Here, we identify these technologies, assess their readiness and propose eight action points that could accelerate the transition towards a more sustainable food system. We argue that the speed of innovation could be significantly increased with the appropriate incentives, regulations and social licence. These, in turn, require constructive stakeholder dialogue and clear transition pathways.

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Mario Herrero; Philip K. Thornton; Daniel Mason-D’Croz; Jeda Palmer; Tim G. Benton; Benjamin L. Bodirsky; Jessica R. Bogard; Andrew Hall; Bernice Lee; Karine Nyborg; Prajal Pradhan; Graham Bonnett; Brett A. Bryan; Bruce M. Campbell; Svend Christensen; Michael Clark; Mathew T. Cook; Imke J. M. De Boer; Chris Downs; Kanar Dizyee; Christian Folberth; Cecile M. Godde; James S. Gerber; Michael Grundy; Petr Havlik; Andrew Jarvis; Richard King; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Mauricio A. Lopes; Cathrine McIntyre; Rosamond Naylor; Javier Navarro; Michael Obersteiner; Alejandro Parodi; Mark B. Peoples; Ilje Pikaar; Alexander Popp; Johan Rockström; Michael Robertson; Pete Smith; Elke Stehfest; Steve M. Swain; Hugo Valin; Mark Van Wijk; Hannah H. E. Van Zanten; Sonja Vermeulen; Joost Vervoort; Paul C. West. Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system. Nature Food 2020, 1, 266 -272.

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Mario Herrero, Philip K. Thornton, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Jeda Palmer, Tim G. Benton, Benjamin L. Bodirsky, Jessica R. Bogard, Andrew Hall, Bernice Lee, Karine Nyborg, Prajal Pradhan, Graham Bonnett, Brett A. Bryan, Bruce M. Campbell, Svend Christensen, Michael Clark, Mathew T. Cook, Imke J. M. De Boer, Chris Downs, Kanar Dizyee, Christian Folberth, Cecile M. Godde, James S. Gerber, Michael Grundy, Petr Havlik, Andrew Jarvis, Richard King, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Mauricio A. Lopes, Cathrine McIntyre, Rosamond Naylor, Javier Navarro, Michael Obersteiner, Alejandro Parodi, Mark B. Peoples, Ilje Pikaar, Alexander Popp, Johan Rockström, Michael Robertson, Pete Smith, Elke Stehfest, Steve M. Swain, Hugo Valin, Mark Van Wijk, Hannah H. E. Van Zanten, Sonja Vermeulen, Joost Vervoort, Paul C. West. Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system. Nature Food. 2020; 1 (5):266-272.

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Mario Herrero; Philip K. Thornton; Daniel Mason-D’Croz; Jeda Palmer; Tim G. Benton; Benjamin L. Bodirsky; Jessica R. Bogard; Andrew Hall; Bernice Lee; Karine Nyborg; Prajal Pradhan; Graham Bonnett; Brett A. Bryan; Bruce M. Campbell; Svend Christensen; Michael Clark; Mathew T. Cook; Imke J. M. De Boer; Chris Downs; Kanar Dizyee; Christian Folberth; Cecile M. Godde; James S. Gerber; Michael Grundy; Petr Havlik; Andrew Jarvis; Richard King; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Mauricio A. Lopes; Cathrine McIntyre; Rosamond Naylor; Javier Navarro; Michael Obersteiner; Alejandro Parodi; Mark B. Peoples; Ilje Pikaar; Alexander Popp; Johan Rockström; Michael Robertson; Pete Smith; Elke Stehfest; Steve M. Swain; Hugo Valin; Mark Van Wijk; Hannah H. E. Van Zanten; Sonja Vermeulen; Joost Vervoort; Paul C. West. 2020. "Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system." Nature Food 1, no. 5: 266-272.

Research article
Published: 20 November 2019 in Climate and Development
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Climate variability largely affects agriculture in the developing world where rainfed agriculture is highly prevalent, and farmers rely on favourable climatic conditions to grow their crops. In Colombia, interannual climate variability can increase human vulnerabilities. Evidence on the vulnerability of farming households to climate variability at the local scale is, however, scarce. Here, we assessed the climate vulnerability and its determinants for a representative sample of 567 bean growing households in Santander, Colombia. We first applied Multiple Correspondence Analysis to calculate a vulnerability index and its components (exposure, sensitivity and adaptive capacity). The vulnerability index is in turn used to classify households into three vulnerability groups, namely, high, medium, and low. We then estimated a Generalized Ordered Probit Model to assess the probability of falling into each vulnerability category according to the household and farm management characteristics. We find that vulnerability is highly variable in the study region, with up to 65% of households classified as highly vulnerable. Geography, access to agronomic training, crop diversification, the percentage of household members making productive decisions and the gender of the household head are the most important factors determining the probability of being more or less vulnerable.

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Lisset Perez; David A. Rios; Diana C. Giraldo; Jennifer Twyman; Genowefa Blundo-Canto; Steven D. Prager; Julian Ramirez-Villegas. Determinants of vulnerability of bean growing households to climate variability in Colombia. Climate and Development 2019, 12, 730 -742.

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Lisset Perez, David A. Rios, Diana C. Giraldo, Jennifer Twyman, Genowefa Blundo-Canto, Steven D. Prager, Julian Ramirez-Villegas. Determinants of vulnerability of bean growing households to climate variability in Colombia. Climate and Development. 2019; 12 (8):730-742.

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Lisset Perez; David A. Rios; Diana C. Giraldo; Jennifer Twyman; Genowefa Blundo-Canto; Steven D. Prager; Julian Ramirez-Villegas. 2019. "Determinants of vulnerability of bean growing households to climate variability in Colombia." Climate and Development 12, no. 8: 730-742.

Original research article
Published: 24 May 2019 in Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
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The literature is increasing on how to prioritize climate-smart options with stakeholders but relatively few examples exist on how to co-design climate-smart farming systems with them, in particular with smallholder farmers. This article presents a methodological framework to co-design climate-smart farming systems with local stakeholders (farmers, scientists, NGOs) so that large-scale change can be achieved. This framework is based on the lessons learned during a research project conducted in Honduras and Colombia from 2015 to 2017. Seven phases are suggested to engage a process of co-conception of climate-smart farming systems that might enable implementation at scale: (1) “exploration of the initial situation,” which identifies local stakeholders potentially interested in being involved in the process, existing farming systems, and specific constraints to the implementation of climate-smart agriculture (CSA); (2) “co-definition of an innovation platform,” which defines the structure and the rules of functioning for a platform favoring the involvement of local stakeholders in the process; (3) “shared diagnosis,” which defines the main challenges to be solved by the innovation platform; (4) “identification and ex ante assessment of new farming systems,” which assess the potential performances of solutions prioritized by the members of the innovation platform under CSA pillars; (5) “experimentation,” which tests the prioritized solutions on-farm; (6) “assessment of the co-design process of climate-smart farming systems,” which validates the ability of the process to reach its initial objectives, particularly in terms of new farming systems but also in terms of capacity building; and (7) “definition of strategies for scaling up/out,” which addresses the scaling of the co-design process. For each phase, specific tools or methodologies are used: focus groups, social network analysis, theory of change, life-cycle assessment, and on-farm experiments. Each phase is illustrated with results obtained in Colombia or Honduras.

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Nadine Andrieu; Fanny Howland; Ivonne Acosta-Alba; Jean-François Le Coq; Ana Milena Osorio-Garcia; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Catherine Gamba-Trimiño; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Eduardo Chia. Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 2019, 3, 1 .

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Nadine Andrieu, Fanny Howland, Ivonne Acosta-Alba, Jean-François Le Coq, Ana Milena Osorio-Garcia, Deissy Martinez-Baron, Catherine Gamba-Trimiño, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Eduardo Chia. Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 2019; 3 ():1.

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Nadine Andrieu; Fanny Howland; Ivonne Acosta-Alba; Jean-François Le Coq; Ana Milena Osorio-Garcia; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Catherine Gamba-Trimiño; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Eduardo Chia. 2019. "Co-designing Climate-Smart Farming Systems With Local Stakeholders: A Methodological Framework for Achieving Large-Scale Change." Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 3, no. : 1.

Review
Published: 05 March 2019 in Sustainability
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Human activities and their relation with land, through agriculture and forestry, are significantly impacting Earth system functioning. Specifically, agriculture has increasingly become a key sector for adaptation and mitigation initiatives that address climate change and help ensure food security for a growing global population. Climate change and agricultural outcomes influence our ability to reach targets for at least seven of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. By 2015, 103 nations had committed themselves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, while 102 countries had prioritized agriculture in their adaptation agenda. Adaptation and mitigation actions within agriculture still receive insufficient support across scales, from local to international level. This paper reviews a series of climate change adaptation and mitigation options that can support increased production, production efficiency and greater food security for 9 billion people by 2050. Climate-smart agriculture can help foster synergies between productivity, adaptation, and mitigation, although trade-offs may be equally apparent. This study highlights the importance of identifying and exploiting those synergies in the context of Nationally Determined Contributions. Finally, the paper points out that keeping global warming to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 requires going beyond the agriculture sector and exploring possibilities with respect to reduced emissions from deforestation, food loss, and waste, as well as from rethinking human diets.

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Ana Loboguerrero; Bruce Campbell; Peter Cooper; James Hansen; Todd Rosenstock; Eva Wollenberg. Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems. Sustainability 2019, 11, 1372 .

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Ana Loboguerrero, Bruce Campbell, Peter Cooper, James Hansen, Todd Rosenstock, Eva Wollenberg. Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (5):1372.

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Ana Loboguerrero; Bruce Campbell; Peter Cooper; James Hansen; Todd Rosenstock; Eva Wollenberg. 2019. "Food and Earth Systems: Priorities for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation for Agriculture and Food Systems." Sustainability 11, no. 5: 1372.

Other
Published: 06 December 2018 in Outlook on Agriculture
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The challenges facing agriculture in the coming decades are daunting. Recent research suggests that the impacts of climate change on agriculture and food systems may be wider-ranging than previously understood. Can feasible pathways to a food secure and sustainable future be identified? The scale of change required to meet the sustainable development goals, including those of no poverty, zero hunger and the urgent action needed to address climate change, will necessitate the transformation of local and global food systems. We identify eight elements of a theory of change to drive such transformation and highlight four pathways by which transformation may occur. We conclude with some suggestions for ‘business unusual’ for agricultural research for development.

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Philip Thornton; Dhanush Dinesh; Laura Cramer; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Bruce Campbell. Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse. Outlook on Agriculture 2018, 47, 283 -290.

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Philip Thornton, Dhanush Dinesh, Laura Cramer, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Bruce Campbell. Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse. Outlook on Agriculture. 2018; 47 (4):283-290.

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Philip Thornton; Dhanush Dinesh; Laura Cramer; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Bruce Campbell. 2018. "Agriculture in a changing climate: Keeping our cool in the face of the hothouse." Outlook on Agriculture 47, no. 4: 283-290.

Journal article
Published: 23 August 2018 in Climate Risk Management
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Agriculture is highly sensitive to variations in both weather and climate. Farmers face uncertainty in the weather patterns over the short term, and climate over the longer term. The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has promoted a system of Local Technical Agro-Climatic Committees (LTACs) in two Colombian regions to explore means of creating dialogue between researchers and farmers that would provide farmers with options in the face of both short- and longer-term variations in climate. The article uses a case study approach to describe how the original LTACs were established, the benefits obtained from the LTAC system, and the expansion of the system to areas outside Colombia. The basic premise behind the LTAC approach is: If farmers and the local rural community at large can access and understand weather and climate forecasts and the responses of their crop production, processing, and marketing options under local conditions, they can make better decisions on how to manage their farms and businesses. There are six basic components that are required to implement the LTAC approach to bridging the gap between climate science and farmers: (i) Establishment of the LTAC with alignment of local parties interested in managing variation in the climate and definition of their roles; (ii) local climate and monthly climate forecast; (iii) crop modeling and understanding of climate variation on crop production, processing and marketing and the impact this will have on management; (iv) dialogue between scientists, experts, and farmers; (v) dissemination and socialization of the dialogue ;and (vi) local capacity building, which cuts across all the other five components. The regular monthly meetings of the LTACs are the focal point of the overall process, bringing together information from various sources, organizing the ideas and thoughts, and then disseminating the information. A feature of the committees was their diversity. The committees required specific inputs, particularly on climate and the crop response before each meeting. Research organizations provided climate forecasts and crop response data. The forecasts proved closer to reality than long term means and the crops models that were used to predict crop response to changes in management and climate variation were relatively simple and unsophisticated. The committees gained confidence in these prognoses, which then formed the basis for dialogue on how best to manage climate variation. The production-side participants appreciated the opportunity to present their own points of view and the move from top-down recommendations, coming from the researchers and extension agents, towards a menu of options which they discussed. At the same time, it was evident in the early meetings that many of the participants came ill-prepared to grasp concepts related to managing climatic variation, thus highlighting the need for capacity building within the LTACs themselves. LTACs actively promulgated their findings through bulletins, social networks, extension services, farmers’ organizations radio, TV, and the press. In the dry El Niño year of 2015, many farmers used the information generated by the LTACs to better manage their crops, increasing yields, and reducing losses. More LTACs are now being established in Colombia, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. These countries have understood the value of creating mechanisms through which researches and farmers can exchange ideas, with the farmers choosing options to improve their management based on better weather and climate forecasts and an understanding of how the weather and climate affects their crops.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Francisco Boshell; Gloria León; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Diana Giraldo; Liliana Recaman Mejía; Eliecer Díaz; James Cock. Bridging the gap between climate science and farmers in Colombia. Climate Risk Management 2018, 22, 67 -81.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Francisco Boshell, Gloria León, Deissy Martinez-Baron, Diana Giraldo, Liliana Recaman Mejía, Eliecer Díaz, James Cock. Bridging the gap between climate science and farmers in Colombia. Climate Risk Management. 2018; 22 ():67-81.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Francisco Boshell; Gloria León; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Diana Giraldo; Liliana Recaman Mejía; Eliecer Díaz; James Cock. 2018. "Bridging the gap between climate science and farmers in Colombia." Climate Risk Management 22, no. : 67-81.

Review
Published: 01 March 2018 in Sustainability
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The burgeoning demand for rice in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) exceeds supply, resulting in a rice deficit. To overcome this challenge, rice production should be increased, albeit sustainably. However, since rice production is associated with increases in the atmospheric concentration of two greenhouse gases (GHGs), namely methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), the challenge is on ensuring that production increases are not associated with an increase in GHG emissions and thus do not cause an increase in GHG emission intensities. Based on current understanding of drivers of CH4 and N2O production, we provide here insights on the potential climate change mitigation benefits of management and technological options (i.e., seeding, tillage, irrigation, residue management) pursued in the LAC region. Studies conducted in the LAC region show intermittent irrigation or alternate wetting and drying of rice fields to reduce CH4 emissions by 25–70% without increasing N2O emissions. Results on yield changes associated with intermittent irrigation remain inconclusive. Compared to conventional tillage, no-tillage and anticipated tillage (i.e., fall tillage) cause a 21% and 25% reduction in CH4 emissions, respectively. From existing literature, it was unambiguous that the mitigation potential of most management strategies pursued in the LAC region need to be quantified while acknowledging country-specific conditions. While breeding high yielding and low emitting rice varieties may represent the most promising and possibly sustainable approach for achieving GHG emission reductions without demanding major changes in on-farm management practices, this is rather idealistic. We contend that a more realistic approach for realizing low GHG emitting rice production systems is to focus on increasing rice yields, for obvious food security reasons, which, while not reducing absolute emissions, should translate to a reduction in GHG emission intensities. Moreover, there is need to explore creative ways of incentivizing the adoption of promising combinations of management and technological options.

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda; Laura Arenas; Maria Katto; Sandra Loaiza; Fernando Correa; Manabu Isthitani; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Deissy Martínez-Barón; Eduardo Graterol; Santiago Jaramillo-Cardona; Carlos Felipe Torres; Miguel Arango; Myriam Guzmán; Ivan Avila; Sara Hube; Ditmar Bernardo Kurtz; Gonzalo Zorrilla; Jose Terra; Pilar Irisarri; Silvana Tarlera; Gabriel LaHue; Walkyria Bueno Scivittaro; Aldo Noguera; Cimelio Bayer. Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality. Sustainability 2018, 10, 671 .

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Laura Arenas, Maria Katto, Sandra Loaiza, Fernando Correa, Manabu Isthitani, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Deissy Martínez-Barón, Eduardo Graterol, Santiago Jaramillo-Cardona, Carlos Felipe Torres, Miguel Arango, Myriam Guzmán, Ivan Avila, Sara Hube, Ditmar Bernardo Kurtz, Gonzalo Zorrilla, Jose Terra, Pilar Irisarri, Silvana Tarlera, Gabriel LaHue, Walkyria Bueno Scivittaro, Aldo Noguera, Cimelio Bayer. Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality. Sustainability. 2018; 10 (3):671.

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda; Laura Arenas; Maria Katto; Sandra Loaiza; Fernando Correa; Manabu Isthitani; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Deissy Martínez-Barón; Eduardo Graterol; Santiago Jaramillo-Cardona; Carlos Felipe Torres; Miguel Arango; Myriam Guzmán; Ivan Avila; Sara Hube; Ditmar Bernardo Kurtz; Gonzalo Zorrilla; Jose Terra; Pilar Irisarri; Silvana Tarlera; Gabriel LaHue; Walkyria Bueno Scivittaro; Aldo Noguera; Cimelio Bayer. 2018. "Sustainable and Low Greenhouse Gas Emitting Rice Production in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Review on the Transition from Ideality to Reality." Sustainability 10, no. 3: 671.

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Published: 01 January 2018 in Ecology and Society
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Aggarwal, P. K., A. Jarvis, B. M. Campbell, R. B. Zougmoré, A. Khatri-Chhetri, S. J. Vermeulen, A. Loboguerrero, L. S. Sebastian, J. Kinyangi, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Radeny, J. Recha, D. Martinez-Baron, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S. Huyer, P. Thornton, E. Wollenberg, J. Hansen, P. Alvarez-Toro, A. Aguilar-Ariza, D. Arango-Londoño, V. Patiño-Bravo, O. Rivera, M. Ouedraogo and B. Tan Yen. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture. Ecology and Society 23(1):14. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09844-230114

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Pramod K. Aggarwal; Andy Jarvis; Bruce M. Campbell; Robert B. Zougmoré; Arun Khatri-Chhetri; Sonja J. Vermeulen; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Leocadio S. Sebastian; James Kinyangi; Osana Bonilla-Findji; Maren Radeny; John Recha; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Julian Ramirez-Villegas; Sophia Huyer; Philip Thornton; Eva Wollenberg; James Hansen; Patricia Alvarez-Toro; Andrés Aguilar-Ariza; David Arango-Londoño; Victor Patiño-Bravo; Ovidio Rivera; Mathieu Ouedraogo; Bui Tan Yen. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture. Ecology and Society 2018, 23, 1 .

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Pramod K. Aggarwal, Andy Jarvis, Bruce M. Campbell, Robert B. Zougmoré, Arun Khatri-Chhetri, Sonja J. Vermeulen, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Leocadio S. Sebastian, James Kinyangi, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Maren Radeny, John Recha, Deissy Martinez-Baron, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Sophia Huyer, Philip Thornton, Eva Wollenberg, James Hansen, Patricia Alvarez-Toro, Andrés Aguilar-Ariza, David Arango-Londoño, Victor Patiño-Bravo, Ovidio Rivera, Mathieu Ouedraogo, Bui Tan Yen. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture. Ecology and Society. 2018; 23 (1):1.

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Pramod K. Aggarwal; Andy Jarvis; Bruce M. Campbell; Robert B. Zougmoré; Arun Khatri-Chhetri; Sonja J. Vermeulen; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Leocadio S. Sebastian; James Kinyangi; Osana Bonilla-Findji; Maren Radeny; John Recha; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Julian Ramirez-Villegas; Sophia Huyer; Philip Thornton; Eva Wollenberg; James Hansen; Patricia Alvarez-Toro; Andrés Aguilar-Ariza; David Arango-Londoño; Victor Patiño-Bravo; Ovidio Rivera; Mathieu Ouedraogo; Bui Tan Yen. 2018. "The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrative strategy for scaling up adaptation options in agriculture." Ecology and Society 23, no. 1: 1.

Journal article
Published: 27 October 2017 in Sustainability
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Agricultural producers grapple with low farm yields and declining ecosystem services within their landscapes. In several instances, agricultural production systems may be considered largely unsustainable in socioeconomic and ecological (resource conservation and use and impact on nature) terms. Novel technological and management options that can serve as vehicles to promote the provision of multiple benefits, including the improvement of smallholder livelihoods, are needed. We call for a paradigm shift to allow designing and implementing agricultural systems that are not only efficient (serving as a means to promote development based on the concept of creating more goods and services while using fewer resources and creating less waste) but can also be considered synergistic (symbiotic relationship between socio-ecological systems) by simultaneously contributing to major objectives of economic, ecological, and social (equity) improvement of agro-ecosystems. These transformations require strategic approaches that are supported by participatory system-level research, experimentation, and innovation. Using data from several studies, we here provide evidence for technological and management options that could be optimized, promoted, and adopted to enable agricultural systems to be efficient, effective, and, indeed, sustainable. Specifically, we present results from a study conducted in Colombia, which demonstrated that, in rice systems, improved water management practices such as Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) reduce methane emissions (~70%). We also show how women can play a key role in AWD adoption. For livestock systems, we present in vitro evidence showing that the use of alternative feed options such as cassava leaves contributes to livestock feed supplementation and could represent a cost-effective approach for reducing enteric methane emissions (22% to 55%). We argue that to design and benefit from sustainable agricultural systems, there is a need for better targeting of interventions that are co-designed, co-evaluated, and co-promoted, with farmers as allies of transformational change (as done in the climate-smart villages), not as recipients of external knowledge. Moreover, for inclusive sustainability that harnesses existing knowledge and influences decision-making processes across scales, there is a need for constant, efficient, effective, and real trans-disciplinary communication and collaboration.

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda; Laura Arenas; Sandra Loaiza; Catalina Trujillo; Maria Katto; Paula Chaparro; Jonathan Nuñez; Jacobo Arango; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Ana María Loboguerrero; Luis A. Becerra Lopez-Lavalle; Ivan Avila; Myriam Guzmán; Michael Peters; Jennifer Twyman; María García; Laura Serna; Daniel Escobar; Diksha Arora; Jeimar Tapasco; Lady Mazabel; Fernando Correa; Manabu Ishitani; Mayesse Da Silva; Eduardo Graterol; Santiago Jaramillo; Adriana Pinto; Andres Zuluaga; Nelson Lozano; Ryan Byrnes; Gabriel LaHue; Carolina Alvarez; Idupulapati Rao; Rolando Barahona. Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems. Sustainability 2017, 9, 1891 .

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Laura Arenas, Sandra Loaiza, Catalina Trujillo, Maria Katto, Paula Chaparro, Jonathan Nuñez, Jacobo Arango, Deissy Martinez-Baron, Ana María Loboguerrero, Luis A. Becerra Lopez-Lavalle, Ivan Avila, Myriam Guzmán, Michael Peters, Jennifer Twyman, María García, Laura Serna, Daniel Escobar, Diksha Arora, Jeimar Tapasco, Lady Mazabel, Fernando Correa, Manabu Ishitani, Mayesse Da Silva, Eduardo Graterol, Santiago Jaramillo, Adriana Pinto, Andres Zuluaga, Nelson Lozano, Ryan Byrnes, Gabriel LaHue, Carolina Alvarez, Idupulapati Rao, Rolando Barahona. Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems. Sustainability. 2017; 9 (11):1891.

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Ngonidzashe Chirinda; Laura Arenas; Sandra Loaiza; Catalina Trujillo; Maria Katto; Paula Chaparro; Jonathan Nuñez; Jacobo Arango; Deissy Martinez-Baron; Ana María Loboguerrero; Luis A. Becerra Lopez-Lavalle; Ivan Avila; Myriam Guzmán; Michael Peters; Jennifer Twyman; María García; Laura Serna; Daniel Escobar; Diksha Arora; Jeimar Tapasco; Lady Mazabel; Fernando Correa; Manabu Ishitani; Mayesse Da Silva; Eduardo Graterol; Santiago Jaramillo; Adriana Pinto; Andres Zuluaga; Nelson Lozano; Ryan Byrnes; Gabriel LaHue; Carolina Alvarez; Idupulapati Rao; Rolando Barahona. 2017. "Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems." Sustainability 9, no. 11: 1891.

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Published: 28 May 2017 in Climate Policy
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The 2015 Paris Agreement was adopted at the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In the run-up to COP 21, most UNFCCC Parties put forward intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), containing mitigation pledges. These INDCs are now being confirmed as nationally determined contributions (NDCs), as governments formally ratify the Paris Agreement. NDCs are supposed to provide transparent, quantifiable, comparable, and verifiable mitigation objectives. However, there is neither methodological nor data consistency in the way Parties have prepared their NDCs. This article showcases recent collaboration among research, government, and private institutions that contributed to the Colombian NDC. While documenting the novel research, data, and rich web of collaboration that helped the Colombian government prepare the country’s NDC, this article links this specific case with the challenges of policy-oriented and interactive models of research. Our experience confirms previous research on the importance of stakeholder interaction, transparency and openness of processes, and willingness to break disciplinary and institutional barriers. In addition, the experience points to the importance of having appropriate available resources and a local institution acting as champion for the project. POLICY RELEVANCE The lack of methodological and data consistency in the way parties have prepared their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) can significantly slow down the progress toward limiting global warming below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels. In the meantime, calls for scientists to provide ‘usable’ information are increasing and the importance of close collaboration between scientists, end-users, and stakeholders is also increasingly acknowledged. In this article we make explicit the process and research challenges faced during what was, in the authors’ opinion, the successful collaboration among scientists, governmental, and private institutions that led to the formulation of an essential component of the Colombian NDC. As policy makers move forward with the implementation of their plans and as scientists become increasingly engaged with government planning, it is essential that they are aware of the needs and demands in terms of collaborations, data, resources, and type of results necessary to produce analyses that can be made fully public and can withstand international scrutiny.

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Alessandro De Pinto; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Mario Londoño; Katherine Ovalle Sanabria; Rodrigo Suarez Castaño. Informing climate policy through institutional collaboration: reflections on the preparation of Colombia’s nationally determined contribution. Climate Policy 2017, 18, 612 -626.

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Alessandro De Pinto, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Mario Londoño, Katherine Ovalle Sanabria, Rodrigo Suarez Castaño. Informing climate policy through institutional collaboration: reflections on the preparation of Colombia’s nationally determined contribution. Climate Policy. 2017; 18 (5):612-626.

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Alessandro De Pinto; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Mario Londoño; Katherine Ovalle Sanabria; Rodrigo Suarez Castaño. 2017. "Informing climate policy through institutional collaboration: reflections on the preparation of Colombia’s nationally determined contribution." Climate Policy 18, no. 5: 612-626.

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Published: 01 February 2017 in Agricultural Systems
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Central American countries, particularly Guatemala, are experiencing extreme climate events which are disproportionately affecting agriculture and subsequently rural livelihoods. Governments are taking action to address climatic threats, but they need tools to assess the impact of policies and interventions aiming to decrease the impacts of climate change on agriculture. This research, conducted with national policy makers and climate change and agriculture stakeholders in Guatemala, provides a comparative analysis of eight climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices and technologies associated with the smallholder maize-beans production system in the Dry Corridor. The practices were identified as high-interest for investment by national stakeholders. CSA practices and technologies aim to improve food security, resilience, and low emissions development, where possible and appropriate. The paper assesses the cost-benefit profile of the introduction of CSA options into farm production systems. Indicators related to profitability and valuation of environmental and social externalities are used to assess options. Probabilistic cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is used to address field variability and high uncertainty around parameter values. All practices except one were profitable over their lifecycle, with some practices, expected to be ideal for drought prone areas, presenting a higher risk for adoption. The results were discussed with national stakeholders who established best-bet CSA investment portfolios. This paper argues that a thorough understanding of the costs and benefits of potential CSA options is needed to channel investments effectively and efficiently towards both short- and long-term interventions and should be coupled with broader assessment of tradeoffs between CSA outcomes. (Résumé d'auteur

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Gustavo Sain; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Miguel Lizarazo; Andreea Nowak; Deissy Martínez Barón; Nadine Andrieu. Costs and benefits of climate-smart agriculture: The case of the Dry Corridor in Guatemala. Agricultural Systems 2017, 151, 163 -173.

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Gustavo Sain, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Miguel Lizarazo, Andreea Nowak, Deissy Martínez Barón, Nadine Andrieu. Costs and benefits of climate-smart agriculture: The case of the Dry Corridor in Guatemala. Agricultural Systems. 2017; 151 ():163-173.

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Gustavo Sain; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Miguel Lizarazo; Andreea Nowak; Deissy Martínez Barón; Nadine Andrieu. 2017. "Costs and benefits of climate-smart agriculture: The case of the Dry Corridor in Guatemala." Agricultural Systems 151, no. : 163-173.

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Published: 01 December 2016 in Global Food Security
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Climate change will have far-reaching impacts on crop, livestock and fisheries production, and will change the prevalence of crop pests. Many of these impacts are already measurable. Climate impact studies are dominated by those on crop yields despite the limitations of climate-crop modelling, with very little attention paid to more systems components of cropping, let alone other dimensions of food security. Given the serious threats to food security, attention should shift to an action-oriented research agenda, where we see four key challenges: (a) changing the culture of research; (b) deriving stakeholder-driven portfolios of options for farmers, communities and countries; (c) ensuring that adaptation actions are relevant to those most vulnerable to climate change; (d) combining adaptation and mitigation.

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Bruce M. Campbell; Sonja J. Vermeulen; Pramod K. Aggarwal; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Evan Girvetz; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Julian Ramirez-Villegas; Todd Rosenstock; Leocadio Sebastian; Philip K. Thornton; Eva Wollenberg. Reducing risks to food security from climate change. Global Food Security 2016, 11, 34 -43.

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Bruce M. Campbell, Sonja J. Vermeulen, Pramod K. Aggarwal, Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Evan Girvetz, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Julian Ramirez-Villegas, Todd Rosenstock, Leocadio Sebastian, Philip K. Thornton, Eva Wollenberg. Reducing risks to food security from climate change. Global Food Security. 2016; 11 ():34-43.

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Bruce M. Campbell; Sonja J. Vermeulen; Pramod K. Aggarwal; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Evan Girvetz; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Julian Ramirez-Villegas; Todd Rosenstock; Leocadio Sebastian; Philip K. Thornton; Eva Wollenberg. 2016. "Reducing risks to food security from climate change." Global Food Security 11, no. : 34-43.

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Published: 01 May 2016 in Energy Economics
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In this paper we investigate CO2 emission scenarios for Colombia and the effects of implementing carbon taxes and abatement targets on the energy system. By comparing baseline and policy scenario results from two integrated assessment partial equilibrium models TIAM-ECN and GCAM and two general equilibrium models Phoenix and MEG4C, we provide an indication of future developments and dynamics in the Colombian energy system. Currently, the carbon intensity of the energy system in Colombia is low compared to other countries in Latin America. However, this trend may change given the projected rapid growth of the economy and the potential increase in the use of carbon-based technologies. Climate policy in Colombia is under development and has yet to consider economic instruments such as taxes and abatement targets. This paper shows how taxes or abatement targets can achieve significant CO2 reductions in Colombia. Though abatement may be achieved through different pathways, taxes and targets promote the entry of cleaner energy sources into the market and reduce final energy demand through energy efficiency improvements and other demand-side responses. The electric power sector plays an important role in achieving CO2 emission reductions in Colombia, through the increase of hydropower, the introduction of wind technologies, and the deployment of biomass, coal and natural gas with CO2 capture and storage (CCS). Uncertainty over the prevailing mitigation pathway reinforces the importance of climate policy to guide sectors toward low-carbon technologies. This paper also assesses the economy-wide implications of mitigation policies such as potential losses in GDP and consumption. An assessment of the legal, institutional, social and environmental barriers to economy-wide mitigation policies is critical yet beyond the scope of this paper

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Silvia Calderón; Andrés Camilo Alvarez; Ana María Loboguerrero; Santiago Arango; Katherine Calvin; Tom Kober; Kathryn Daenzer; Karen Fisher-Vanden. Achieving CO2 reductions in Colombia: Effects of carbon taxes and abatement targets. Energy Economics 2016, 56, 575 -586.

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Silvia Calderón, Andrés Camilo Alvarez, Ana María Loboguerrero, Santiago Arango, Katherine Calvin, Tom Kober, Kathryn Daenzer, Karen Fisher-Vanden. Achieving CO2 reductions in Colombia: Effects of carbon taxes and abatement targets. Energy Economics. 2016; 56 ():575-586.

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Silvia Calderón; Andrés Camilo Alvarez; Ana María Loboguerrero; Santiago Arango; Katherine Calvin; Tom Kober; Kathryn Daenzer; Karen Fisher-Vanden. 2016. "Achieving CO2 reductions in Colombia: Effects of carbon taxes and abatement targets." Energy Economics 56, no. : 575-586.

Book chapter
Published: 27 October 2015 in Climate Change and Agriculture Worldwide
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The climate-smart agriculture concept aims to encourage reflection on the transition to sustainable agricultural systems adapted to climate change. This chapter is based on participatory research studies carried out in Colombia and Burkina Faso to investigate, with farmers, the relevance of new (agroclimatic information) or long promoted (compost) solutions that could be considered climate-smart. These studies were based on an analysis of farmers' strategies to cope with climate change and variability, while also relying on modelling in the case of Burkina Faso. We highlight that these solutions should be dovetailed with existing strategies. The range of adaptation mechanisms used by farmers in Colombia influenced their agroclimatic information needs. In Burkina Faso, these adaptation mechanisms led to specific effects of compost on climate-smart agriculture assessment criteria. We discuss methodological lessons learned for the co-design of farms adapted to climate change. (Résumé d'auteur

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Nadine Andrieu; Philippe Pédelahore; Fanny Howland; Katrien Descheemaeker; Éric Vall; Osana Bonilla-Findji; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Eduardo Chia. Climate-Smart Farms? Case Studies in Burkina Faso and Colombia. Climate Change and Agriculture Worldwide 2015, 143 -154.

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Nadine Andrieu, Philippe Pédelahore, Fanny Howland, Katrien Descheemaeker, Éric Vall, Osana Bonilla-Findji, Caitlin Corner-Dolloff, Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Eduardo Chia. Climate-Smart Farms? Case Studies in Burkina Faso and Colombia. Climate Change and Agriculture Worldwide. 2015; ():143-154.

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Nadine Andrieu; Philippe Pédelahore; Fanny Howland; Katrien Descheemaeker; Éric Vall; Osana Bonilla-Findji; Caitlin Corner-Dolloff; Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Eduardo Chia. 2015. "Climate-Smart Farms? Case Studies in Burkina Faso and Colombia." Climate Change and Agriculture Worldwide , no. : 143-154.

Journal article
Published: 13 January 2006 in Contributions in Macroeconomics
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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Ugo Panizza. Does Inflation Grease the Wheels of the Labor Market? Contributions in Macroeconomics 2006, 6, 1 -28.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero, Ugo Panizza. Does Inflation Grease the Wheels of the Labor Market? Contributions in Macroeconomics. 2006; 6 (1):1-28.

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Ana Maria Loboguerrero; Ugo Panizza. 2006. "Does Inflation Grease the Wheels of the Labor Market?" Contributions in Macroeconomics 6, no. 1: 1-28.