Karamoja’s population is highly dependent on
subsistence agriculture, which is sensitive to
climate conditions, making agriculture one of the
most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate
change. As a result, the region suffers chronic food
insecurity due to the combined impacts of high
level...
Chaplin, Daniel
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Byekwaso, Flavia
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Semambo, Medi
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Mujuni, Godfrey
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Bantaze, James
,
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Wabyona, Edgar
,
Krishnaswamy, Siddharth
,
[The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Livelihoods in Karamoja]
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The Impacts of Climate Change on Food Security and Livelihoods in Karamoja
Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, technologies, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to changing climatic conditions and cope with climate variability. This paper assesses farmer adopt...
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Kimeli, Philip
,
Sayula, George
,
Radeny, Maren A.O.
,
Kinyangi, James
,
Mungai, Catherine
,
[Adoption and Dissemination Pathways for Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Lushoto, Northeast Tanzania]
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Adoption and Dissemination Pathways for Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Lushoto, Northeast Tanzania
National governments across East Africa are in the process of formulating and implementing adaptation and mitigation strategies to assist farmers cope with climate change. These include formulating actions, frameworks and programs to address climate change and embedding these within the long-term...
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Radeny, Maren A.O.
,
Kinyangi, James
,
[Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives for agriculture in East Africa]
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Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives for agriculture in East Africa
Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development
has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase
in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion,
with very little change ...
Williams, Timothy O.
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Mul, Marloes L.
,
Cofie, Olufunke O.
,
Kinyangi, James
,
Zougmoré, Robert B.
,
Wamukoya, George
,
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Mapfumo, Paul
,
Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika
,
Amwata, D.
,
Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
,
Partey, Samuel T.
,
Girvetz, Evan H.
,
Rosenstock, Todd S.
,
Campbell, Bruce M.
,
[Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context]
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Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context
The agrarian economy of Uganda has been declining due to many factors including climate change. With the majority of Ugandans depending on agriculture and agricultural related activities for their livelihoods, this decline is threatening their survival as well as Uganda’s future economic developm...
The vulnerability of Africa’s agriculture to climate change is complex. It is shaped by biophysical, economic, socio-cultural, geographical, ecological, institutional, technological and governance processes that interact in intricate ways, and can together reduce farmers’ adaptive capacity. Women...
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Amwata, D.
,
Hove, L.
,
Kinyangi, James
,
Wamukoya, George
,
[Evidence of Impact: Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa]
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Evidence of Impact: Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa
This paper presents the initial data analyses of the CCAFS gender survey implemented in four sites in Africa. Using descriptive statistics we show gender differences in terms of perceptions of climate change, awareness and adoption of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practices, and types and sour...
Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) technologies and practices, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to climate change and cope with climate variability. This paper assesses farmer uptake of climat...
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Radeny, Maren A.O.
,
Kimeli, Philip
,
Mungai, Catherine
,
Sayula, George
,
Kinyangi, James
,
[Uptake and dissemination pathways for climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices in Lushoto, Tanzania]
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Uptake and dissemination pathways for climate-smart agriculture technologies and practices in Lushoto, Tanzania
En las últimas décadas la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en América Latina y el Caribe se ha fortalecido, pasando de un 14.7% de población afectada por el hambre en 1990 a un 5.5% en 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), cumpliendo con la meta del hambre de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio. Sin embar...
In recent decades, food and nutrition security in Latin America and the Caribbean has strengthened, decreasing the number of the population affected by hunger from 14.7% in 1990 to 5.5% in 2014 (FAOSTAT, 2016), meeting the hunger goal of the Millennium Development Goals. However, climate change, ...
Cramer, Laura
,
Huyer, Sophia
,
Lavado, Angela
,
Loboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana María
,
Martínez Barón, Deissy
,
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Thomas, Timothy S.
,
Thornton, Philip K.
,
Etten, Jacob van
,
Wijk, Mark T. van
,
[Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana]
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Métodos propuestos para evaluar el impacto potencial del cambio climático sobre la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en Centroamérica y la República Dominicana
Climate change is currently acknowledged as one of the pressing global threats to the
environment and humanity. This threat has moved the global community to take action on
adaptation and mitigation efforts to cushion its devastating effects. Cognizance has been taken
of the disproportionate impa...
Aura, Ruth
,
Nyasimi, Mary
,
Cramer, Laura
,
Thornton, Philip K.
,
[Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa]
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Gender review of climate change legislative and policy frameworks and strategies in East Africa