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Africa's livestock producers are bucking a trend, by proving resilient to climate change and generating huge economic benefits for their nations and regions, say researchers in a book published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and SOS Sahel.

Climate-change experts from around the world meet this month to share the latest knowledge about how communities can reduce their vulnerability, and how government policies can help make this happen.

Unanswered questions threaten to breed mistrust in the promises of climate-change funding that governments made in the Copenhagen Accord at December's UN summit, says a paper published today by the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).

Small scale producers, agribusiness entrepreneurs, researchers, nongovernmental organisations and others from across Asia, will gather in India next week to suggest solutions to the challenges confronting smallholders in global, regional and national markets.

A multimedia publication launched today by the International Institute for Environment and Development calls for a new approach to policymaking that gives citizens a greater say in decisions that affect them.

Farmers, pastoralists and fisher-folk from Mali, Benin, Senegal and Burkina Faso will have their say on the future of food and agriculture research during two forthcoming citizens' juries, which have been welcomed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food.

Western consumer concern over climate change can do more harm than good if it cuts demand for food produced in developing nations.

Top economists and international agencies call for new economic approaches more in tune with people and the planet.

The findings are critical as governments are set to agree a system to pay countries to avoid deforestation as part of global efforts to tackle climate change.

The jury will hear the testimony of special witnesses from government departments, agricultural universities, and farmers and consumers organisations.