A multi-level analysis has examined how policy processes within agriculture, forestry, natural resource- and land management in Uganda support or undermine climate change adaptive responses and policy implementation with a particular focus on the Nwoya and Rakai districts. This Info Note summariz...
Okolo, Wendy
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Acosta, M.
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[Barriers to successful climate change policy implementation in Uganda]
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Barriers to successful climate change policy implementation in Uganda
Achieving economic growth while reducing poverty in an equitable manner demands that governments in Sub-Saharan Africa commit actions and resources to address gender inequalities, even more so under a changing climate which is expected to widen social inequalities (Dankelman, 2012). International...
Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Kigonya, Ritah
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Kyomugisha, Sylvia
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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[Towards gender responsive policy formulation and budgeting in the agricultural sector: Opportunities and challenges in Uganda]
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Towards gender responsive policy formulation and budgeting in the agricultural sector: Opportunities and challenges in Uganda
In order to obtain an enriched understanding of the
framing of gender issues in climate change related
policies in Uganda and to explore its impacts on climate
change adaptation at grassroots, the International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International
Center for Tropical Agr...
Acosta, M.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Okolo, Wendy
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks]
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Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has been ratified by more countries than any other UN convention (Gabizon, 2016). The United Republic of Tanzania is one such country that hopes to fully utilize its human resources, both men and women, for socio-econo...
A robust, resilient, and enabling policy environment is critical to take agriculture innovations to scale at national or regional level.
Policy formulation processes that consider climate variability, socioeconomic and environmental shocks require participatory, inclusive, and explorative scenari...
The agricultural sector is central to Tanzania’s economy, natural resources and livelihoods. Climate change and climate variability presents adverse effects to the growth of the agriculture sector and the livelihoods of 80 percent of Tanzanians (MAFC, 2014). Owing to this, the Tanzania government...
More than twenty years have passed since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, where gender mainstreaming was acknowledged as an indispensable global strategy for achieving gender equality. Since then, Tanzania has undoubtedly made efforts in mainstreaming gender in its national policies and stra...
Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Okolo, Wendy
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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[Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Tanzania: A Gender Policy Review]
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Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Tanzania: A Gender Policy Review
Key messages: Participants in policy processes require constant communication and networking among stakeholders to be able to exploit the available policy windows. The review process requires a dynamic and engaging tool. The robustness of a review tool is one step toward having a good and fruitfu...
Muchunguzi, Perez
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Acosta, Mariola
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Rutting, Lucas
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Tumuhereze, Martin
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Okiror, John Francis
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Scenario guided policy planning: processes, comparisons, and lessons from East Africa]
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Scenario guided policy planning: processes, comparisons, and lessons from East Africa