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Working Paper 2014-09-01

Autor: Pérez, Carlos Jones, E. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Cramer, Laura Thornton, Philip K. Förch, Wiebke Barahona, C.

Using a 9-country dataset from sub-Saharan Africa, and integrating quantitative household-level analyses with qualitative work, the paper shows that gender relations affect agricultural practices and adaptation. The women farmers in our sample control less land than men, the land they control is ...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/42207

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Pérez, Carlos ,  Jones, E. ,  Kristjanson, Patricia M. ,  Cramer, Laura ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Förch, Wiebke ,  Barahona, C. ,  [How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?] ,  How resilient are farming households, communities, men and women to a changing climate in Africa?
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Thornton, Philip K. BurnSilver, S.B. Boone, Randall B. Galvin, K.A.

Pastoral communities in East Africa are facing considerable challenges arising from shifts in land tenure policy from communal to individual landholdings and high human population growth rates. Over the last 30 years, livestock-to-human ratios have generally declined to levels that will no longer...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/30002

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Thornton, Philip K. ,  BurnSilver, S.B. ,  Boone, Randall B. ,  Galvin, K.A. ,  [Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya] ,  Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya
Journal Article 1998

Autor: Thornton, Philip K. Jones, Peter G.

A dynamic agriucltural land-use model based on a Markov process and governed by a few simple decision rules is described. Currently, the model is purely conceptual, and was designed with one objective: to investigate the possibility of constructing top-down land-use models based on as few process...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/28101

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Thornton, Philip K. ,  Jones, Peter G. ,  [A conceptual approach to dynamic land-use modelling] ,  A conceptual approach to dynamic land-use modelling
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Nicholson, C. Thornton, Philip K. Muinga, R.W.

This study uses heteroskedastic Tobit and Censored Least Absolute Deviations models to examine the impacts of dairy cow ownership on selected outcomes for a sample of 184 households in coastal Kenya. The outcomes examined include gross household cash income, gross non-agricultural income, consump...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/32965

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Nicholson, C. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Muinga, R.W. ,  [Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya] ,  Household-level impacts of dairy cow ownership in coastal Kenya
Journal Article 2003

Autor: Thornton, Philip K. Galvin, K.A. Boone, Randall B.

East Africa contains areas with some of the greatest large mammal biodiversity on the planet. These areas are key natural resources for the economic development of the region. They are also key areas for pastoralists who have co-existed with wildlife for millennia. Increasing populations, conflic...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/29999

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Thornton, Philip K. ,  Galvin, K.A. ,  Boone, Randall B. ,  [An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa] ,  An agro-pastoral household model for the rangelands of East Africa
Conference Paper 1999

Autor: Nicholson, C. Thornton, Philip K. Staal, Steven J. Thorpe, W.R. Muinga, R.W. Mwamachi, D.M. Mohamed, L. Elbasha, E.

This study examined the factors influencing adoption of three related dairy technologies in coastal Kenya, and assessed the impacts of dairy adoption on household income, employment generation, and nutritional status of pre-school children. The technologies studied were adoption of grade and cros...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/50521

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Nicholson, C. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Staal, Steven J. ,  Thorpe, W.R. ,  Muinga, R.W. ,  Mwamachi, D.M. ,  Mohamed, L. ,  Elbasha, E. ,  [Factors affecting the use of dairy technologies in coastal Kenya and assessment of their impacts] ,  Factors affecting the use of dairy technologies in coastal Kenya and assessment of their impacts
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Galvin, K.A. Thornton, Philip K. Boone, Randall B. Sunderland, J.

East African pastoral adaptation and vulnerability to climate variability and climate change is assessed, using data from decision making processes and ecological data of the Maasai of Ngorongoro Conservation Area as an example. The paper uses integrated modeling, linking PHEWS, a household mode...

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/29985

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Galvin, K.A. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Boone, Randall B. ,  Sunderland, J. ,  [Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania] ,  Climate variability and impacts on East African livestock herders: The Maasai of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania

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