The paper contributes to an understanding of the determinants of food security with a bias on the link between gender of household head and food security using detailed farm household and plot level survey data from 30 divisions in rural Kenya. Both parametric and non-parametric econometric techn...
Kassie, Menale
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Ndiritu SW
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Shiferaw, Bekele
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[Determinants of Food Security in Kenya, a Gender Perspective]
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Determinants of Food Security in Kenya, a Gender Perspective
We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-
Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing...
We calculated a simple indicator of food availability using data from 93 sites in 17 countries across contrasted agroecologies in sub-
Saharan Africa (>13,000 farm households) and analyzed the drivers of variations in food availability. Crop production was the major source of energy, contributing...
Frelat, Romain
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López Ridaura, Santiago
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Giller, Ken E.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Djurfeldt, Agnes Andersson
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Henderson, Benjamin B.
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Kassie, Menale
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Rigolot, Cyrille
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Ritzema, Randall S.
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Rodríguez, Daniel
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms]
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Drivers of household food availability in sub-Saharan Africa based on big data from small farms
The world population is projected to increase to 9–10 billion by 2050, during which time it will be necessary to reduce anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change. The particular challenge this places on agriculture is to identify practices which ensure stable and productiv...
Bellarby, J.
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Vetter, Sylvia H.
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Kassie, Menale
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Kanampiu F
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Sonder, Kai
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Smith, Pete
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Hillier, Jonathan
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[Identifying secure and low carbon food production practices: a case study in Kenya and Ethiopia]
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Identifying secure and low carbon food production practices: a case study in Kenya and Ethiopia
The adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices (CSAPs) is important for sustaining Indian agriculture in the face of climate change. Despite considerable effort by both national and international agricultural organizations to promote CSAPs in India, adoption of these practices is low. This ...
Aryal, Jeetendra Prakash
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Jat, Mangi Lal
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Sapkota, Tek B.
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Khatri-Chhetri, Arun
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Kassie, Menale
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Rahut, Dil Bahadur
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Maharjan, Sofina
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[Adoption of multiple climate-smart agricultural practices in the Gangetic plains of Bihar, India]
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Adoption of multiple climate-smart agricultural practices in the Gangetic plains of Bihar, India