The majority of Africa’s people derive livelihoods from the agricultural sector. However, a rapidly changing climate hinders the continent from realizing its full potential in agriculture. Emerging patterns of climate variability and climate change have raised the
level of vulnerability for rural...
Kimeli, Philip
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Mungai, Catherine
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Kinyangi, James
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Recha, John W.M.
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[Climate Smart Villages: A Community Approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods]
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Climate Smart Villages: A Community Approach to Climate Resilient Agriculture and Sustainable Livelihoods
This study conducted in western Kenya demonstrates how a gendered intersectionality lens can be used to explore how and the extent to which farming communities are coping with climate change. Results from a quantitative survey undertaken with 51 farmers and from 4 focused group discussions held w...
Mungai, Catherine
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Opondo, Maggie
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Outa, George
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Nelson, Valerie
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Kimeli, Philip
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[Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture Through a Gendered Intersectionality Lens: Experiences from Western Kenya]
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Uptake of Climate-Smart Agriculture Through a Gendered Intersectionality Lens: Experiences from Western Kenya
Concerns of climate change impacts and adaptations have continued to receive much attention in both local and international climate change debate. It is now understood that the challenge of climate change cannot be addressed as a standalone issue but within different social, economic, and environ...
Nyasimi, Mary
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Ayanlade, Ayansina
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Mungai, Catherine
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Derkyi, M.
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Jegede M.O.
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[Inclusion of gender in Africa’s climate change policies and strategies]
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Inclusion of gender in Africa’s climate change policies and strategies