Most of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), including Kenya, depend heavily on agriculture for income and food security. Any effort aiming to sustain and improve the productivity in agriculture is, therefore, an important step towards improving the livelihoods of many households. Soils are...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.]
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Cost and benefit analysis for climate-smart soil practices in Western Kenya.
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
Adapting to climate risks is central to the goal of increasing food security and enhancing resilience of farming systems in East Africa. We examined farmers’ attitudes and assessed determinants of adaptation using data from a random sample of 500 households in Borana, Ethiopia, Nyando, Kenya, Hoi...
Shikuku, K.M.
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Pérez, Juan Guillermo
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Läderach, Peter
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[Smallholder farmers’ attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa]
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Smallholder farmers’ attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa
Crop-livestock production systems play an important role in the livelihoods of many rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) but are vulnerable to the adverse impacts of climate change. Understanding which farming options will give the highest return on investment in light of climate change ...
Shikuku, K.M.
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Valdivia, Roberto
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Paul, Birthe K.
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Läderach, Peter
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Silvestri, Silvia
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[Prioritizing climate-smart livestock technologies in rural Tanzania: a minimum data approach]
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Prioritizing climate-smart livestock technologies in rural Tanzania: a minimum data approach