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
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Kimeli, Philip
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Sayula, George
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Mungai, Catherine
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[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
There is limited documentation of soil and water management technologies that enhance adaptation to climate change in drylands of Kenya. Rainfall patterns were analyzed in the semi-arid Machakos and Makueni counties of eastern Kenya using historical data. A total of forty...
Recha, John W.M.
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Mati, Bancy M.
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Kimeli, Philip
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Kinyangi, James
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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[Changing rainfall patterns and farmers ’ adaptation through soil water management practices in semi- arid eastern Kenya]
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Changing rainfall patterns and farmers ’ adaptation through soil water management practices in semi- arid eastern Kenya
Women face barriers that significantly constrain their production and entangle them in a low productivity trap. These barriers encompass societal norms, the gender division of labour (GDOL), resource constraints (access to and use of land), no or low use of inputs (egdrought-adapted seeds), and ...
Nyasimi, Mary
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Huyer, Sophia
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[Closing the gender gap in agriculture under climate change]
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Closing the gender gap in agriculture under climate change
The gender perspective of climate information use is not well studied although
necessary for developing gender-responsive climate information services (CIS). This study
determined how CIS use by men and women farmers may be influenced by their perceptions
about climate change (CC), farm activitie...
Partey, Samuel T.
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Dakorah, Angela D.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Nikoi, Gordon K
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Huyer, Sophia
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[Gender and climate risk management: evidence of climate information use in Ghana]
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Gender and climate risk management: evidence of climate information use in Ghana