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
This Info Note summarizes the findings from the monitoring efforts of CSA practices conducted in 2018 in the Climate-Smart Villages of Guatemala and Honduras within the framework of the project “Generating evidence on gender-sensitive climate-smart agriculture to inform policy in Central America”...
Acosta, Mariola
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Arora, Diksha
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Martinez- Baron, Deissy
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Bejarano, Gustavo
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Suchini, Jose Gabriel
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[Examining gender differences in the access to and implementation of climate-smart agricultural practices in Central America]
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Examining gender differences in the access to and implementation of climate-smart agricultural practices in Central America
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...
Esta nota informativa resume los hallazgos provenientes del Monitoreo de prácticas ASAC realizado en 2018 los TeSAC de Guatemala y Honduras en el marco del proyecto “Generando evidencia sobre la Agricultura Sostenible Adaptada al Clima con perspectiva de género para informar políticas en Centroam...
Acosta, Mariola
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Arora, Diksha
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Bejarano, Gustavo
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Suchini, Jose Gabriel
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[Diferencias de género asociadas al acceso y a la implementación de prácticas sostenibles adaptadas al clima en Centroamérica]
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Diferencias de género asociadas al acceso y a la implementación de prácticas sostenibles adaptadas al clima en Centroamérica
Según el quinto informe del Panel Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC, por sus siglas
en inglés), la región de Centro América ha experimentado en los últimos años cambios en la variabilidad climática, aumentos en los extremos de temperatura, y en los episodios extremos,...
Acosta, Mariola
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Howland, Fanny Cecile
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Le Coq, Jean François
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[Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala]
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Inclusión de Género en las Políticas de Agricultura, Cambio Climático, Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición en Honduras y Guatemala
CSA and its principles: food security, mitigation, and adaptation, have been widely recognized as key elements for decision makers to include to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet implementing successful innovations on a wider scale across nations – and even geographies – remains a chall...
Mwongera, Caroline
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Läderach, Peter
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Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Lamanna, Christine
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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[Nine ways to make agriculture more climate-smart]
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Nine ways to make agriculture more climate-smart
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...
Better soil health can increase agricultural productivity. Restoration activities can build on-farm resilience and contribute to climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Land and soil health surveys can improve crop modeling predictions under various climate scenarios and guide more targeted in...
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Läderach, Peter
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Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Lamanna, Christine
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Invest in climate-smart soil and land health]
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Invest in climate-smart soil and land health
Research suggests that gender equity is a critical factor in the adoption of climate-smart agricultural (CSA) practices.
If gender is not explicitly considered in climate-related interventions, the adoption of climate-resilient practices is unlikely to reach scale.
Climate-resilient interventio...
Twyman, Jennifer
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Läderach, Peter
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Acosta, Mariola
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Lamanna, Christine
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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[Design climate-smart agricultural interventions to be gender inclusive]
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Design climate-smart agricultural interventions to be gender inclusive
Using socio-economic scenarios in policy formulation allows for an anticipatory approach to governance processes and the formulation of policies/plans that take into account future uncertainty To fully benefit from the dividends of scenario planning in the Ugandan context, there is need to build ...
Rutting, Lucas
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Tumuhereze, Martin
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Muchunguzi, Perez
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Acosta, Mariola
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Okiror, John Francis
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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[Scenario-guided policy planning in Uganda]
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Scenario-guided policy planning in Uganda