Despite the considerable progress made in the last decade towards building governance systems for climate change adaptation in Africa, implementation still limits positive responses. This study applies an iterative process of field assessments and literature reviews across multiple governance lev...
Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Providence, H.
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Acosta, M.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
,
[Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: a case study on policy action gaps in Uganda]
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Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: a case study on policy action gaps in Uganda
Climate change creates widespread risks for food production. As climate impacts are often locally specific, it is imperative that large-scale initiatives to support smallholder farmers consider local priorities and integrate lessons from successful autonomous adaptation efforts. This article expl...
Wright, H.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Laganda, G.
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Olupot, M.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Jat, Mangi Lal
,
[Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring communitybased adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes]
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Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring communitybased adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes
Expectations that gender‐mainstreaming efforts would effectively advance gender equality have been disappointed in contemporary sub‐Saharan Africa. Examining this apparent disconnect, we focus on the narratives through which policy‐makers relate to, and dis/engage with, gender issues. Using in‐de...
Acosta, Mariola
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Wessel, Margit van
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Bommel, Severine van
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Feindt, Peter
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[The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda's climate change policy]
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The power of narratives: Explaining inaction on gender mainstreaming in Uganda's climate change policy
Climate change creates widespread risks for food production. As climate impacts are often locally specific, it is imperative that large-scale initiatives to support smallholder farmers consider local priorities and integrate lessons from successful autonomous adaptation efforts. This article expl...
Wright, H
,
Vermeulen, Sonja J.
,
Laganda, G
,
Olupot, M
,
Ampaire, Edidah L.
,
Jat, Mangi Lal
,
[Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring community-based adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes]
,
Farmers, food and climate change: ensuring community-based adaptation is mainstreamed into agricultural programmes
Despite the considerable progress made in the last decade towards building governance systems for climate change adaptation in Africa, implementation still limits positive responses. This study applies an iterative process of field assessments and literature reviews across multiple governance lev...
Ampaire, Edidah L.
,
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
,
Providence, Happy
,
Acosta, Mariola
,
Twyman, Jennifer
,
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
,
Asten, Piet J.A. van
,
[Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: A case study on policy action gaps in Uganda]
,
Institutional challenges to climate change adaptation: A case study on policy action gaps in Uganda
This article provides a description of intra-household survey data that were collected in Uganda and Tanzania in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The surveys were implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 585 households in Uganda and 608 in Tanzania. Information on decision maki...
Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Nyakundi, Fridah
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Twyman, Jennifer
,
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
,
Ampaire, Edidah L.
,
Acosta, Mariola
,
Läderach, Peter
,
[Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania]
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Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania
Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in agricultural systems. The climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) is a mixed method approach that dr...