This report presents 4 scenarios for the future of food security, agriculture, livelihoods and environments in East Africa. These scenarios were developed by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security in collaboration with a wide range of regional stakeholders. Th...
Vervoort, Joost M.
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Palazzo, Amanda
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Mason-D'Croz, Daniel
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Havlík, Petr
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Jost, Christine
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Rowlands, H.
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[The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios]
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The future of food security, environments and livelihoods in Eastern Africa: four socio-economic scenarios
Uganda, and especially the Rakai district, is highly vulnerable to climate variability and likely to be amongst the worst hit under climate change. Any responses to climate change affected communities cannot be considered complete unless women-specific responses are interwoven in a variety of ada...
Kyazze, Florence B.
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Owoyesigire B
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Chaudhury M
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[Using a gender lens to explore farmers’ adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda]
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Using a gender lens to explore farmers’ adaptation options in the face of climate change: Results of a pilot study in Uganda
This paper analyses data from a household-level survey of 980 agricultural and fishing households in seven sites across southern Bangladesh. We examine the relationship between assets, livelihood strategies, food security and farming practice changes. These households are coping with huge demogra...
Wright, H
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Bhatta, Gopal Datt
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[Understanding Adaptive Capacity: Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security in Coastal Bangladesh]
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Understanding Adaptive Capacity: Sustainable Livelihoods and Food Security in Coastal Bangladesh
Getting a better understanding of how climate variability affects rural men and women differently, and in different regions, is challenging. Since their ability to respond to change and take action that will make them more resilient and able to adapt to a changing climate (alongside all the other...
Chaudhury M
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Kyagazze F
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Naab, Jesse B.
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Neelormi S
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[Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda]
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Participatory gender-sensitive approaches for addressing key climate change- related research issues: Evidence from Bangladesh, Ghana, and Uganda
This paper presents the initial data analyses of the CCAFS gender survey implemented in four sites in Africa. Using descriptive statistics we show gender differences in terms of perceptions of climate change, awareness and adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices, and types and sour...
Climate change has become a major concern in African agriculture, with farmers in many places struggling to cope with changing temperatures and rainfall patterns and increased flood and drought risks. For subsistence farmers, especially, these changes pose a serious threat to food security. At th...
Emerging sustainability challenges, such as food security, livelihood development and climate change, require innovative and experimental ways of linking science, policy and practice at all scales. This requires the development of processes that integrate diverse knowledge to generate adaptive de...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor]
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A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor
This brief focuses on the constraints that women face to more equitable participation in smallholder carbon and climatesmart initiatives. It highlights the important role that a flexible learning approach plays in advancing equity goals, and offers recommendations for concrete actions that can em...
Bernier, Quinn
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Franks P
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Otzelberger A
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Foster K
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[Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture]
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Addressing Gender in Climate-Smart Smallholder Agriculture
Research and action toward better food security, environmental health and rural livelihoods under climate change in the developing world must deal with interacting natural and human systems change processes across multiple dimensions (e.g. biophysical, economic, policy, temporal) and scales (e.g....
Thornton, Philip K.
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Förch, Wiebke
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Kok K
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Ingram J
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[The role of regional scenarios in CCAFS cross-scale research, planning and action toward improved food security, environments and livelihoods]
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The role of regional scenarios in CCAFS cross-scale research, planning and action toward improved food security, environments and livelihoods
The focus of climate-smart agriculture CSA) research is often on creating technological solutions to climate problems. Yet female and male farmers differ in terms of their vulnerability to climate change and the ways in which they benefit from technical interventions. We believe that targeting wo...
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Ferdous, N.
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Jost, Christine
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[Participatory approaches for gender-sensitive research design]
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Participatory approaches for gender-sensitive research design