Climate change is already negatively affecting Sub Saharan African agriculture. One of the most effective ways to adapt on farm is to switch crop varieties. This technological change depends on the policies and institutions involved in governing the seed systems on which farmers rely for access t...
Westengen, O.T.
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Haug, R.
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Guthiga, Paul M.
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Macharia, E.
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[Governing seeds in East Africa in the face of climate change: Assessing political and social outcomes]
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Governing seeds in East Africa in the face of climate change: Assessing political and social outcomes
Zingiro, A.
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Okello, J.J.
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Guthiga, Paul M.
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[Assessment of adoption and impact of rainwater harvesting technologies on rural farm household income: the case of rainwater harvesting ponds in Rwanda.]
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Assessment of adoption and impact of rainwater harvesting technologies on rural farm household income: the case of rainwater harvesting ponds in Rwanda.
Deforestation and forest degradation are estimated to account for between 12% and 20% of annual greenhouse gas emissions and in the 1990s (largely in the developing world) released about 5.8 Gt per year, which was bigger than all forms of transport combined. The idea behind REDD + is that payment...
Bluffstone, R.
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Robinson, E.
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Guthiga, Paul M.
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[REDD+and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: Any hope for a linkage?]
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REDD+and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: Any hope for a linkage?
With increasing water scarcity and competing uses and users, water use efficiency is becoming increasingly important in many parts of developing countries. The lake Naivasha basin has an array of different water users and uses ranging from large scale export market agriculture, urban domestic wat...
Njiraini, G.W.
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Guthiga, Paul M.
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[Are small-scale irrigators water use efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya]
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Are small-scale irrigators water use efficient? Evidence from Lake Naivasha Basin, Kenya
This article seeks to shed light on policy processes arising from interaction between indigenous rainmakers and meteorologists, in participatory action research aimed at increasing the capacity of a local community to adapt to climate change. Policy processes were analysed from the perspective of...
Guthiga, Paul M.
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Newsham, A.
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[Meteorologists meeting rainmakers: Indigenous knowledge and climate policy processes in Kenya]
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Meteorologists meeting rainmakers: Indigenous knowledge and climate policy processes in Kenya
The Kakamega Forest is the only remaining tropical rainforest fragment in Western Kenya and hosts large numbers of endemic animal and plant species. Protected areas were established decades ago in order to preserve the forest's unique biodiversity from being converted into agricultural land by th...
Borner, J.
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Mburu, J.
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Guthiga, Paul M.
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Wambua, S.
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[Assessing opportunity costs of conservation: Ingredients for protected area management in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya]
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Assessing opportunity costs of conservation: Ingredients for protected area management in the Kakamega Forest, Western Kenya