Tanzanian smallholder farmers are vulnerable to the effects of climate change, especially the resultant rainfall variability. One strategy for adapting to the changing climate is to utilise genetic seed sources to resist abiotic and biotic stressors. Another strategy is to access and exchange gen...
Otieno, Gloria
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Lacasse, Hannah
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Recha, John W.M.
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Mollel, Margaret
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Reynolds, Travis W.
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Fadda, Carlo
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[Social Seed Networks and Climate Change Adaptation in Central Tanzania: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in Dodoma and Singida Districts, Tanzania]
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Social Seed Networks and Climate Change Adaptation in Central Tanzania: Results from a study to better understand farmers’ primary sources of seed information in Dodoma and Singida Districts, Tanzania
In Tanzania 6% of the land under production is used for the cultivation of sunflower. In areas like Mbeya (Southern Highlands) and Dodoma and Singida (Central Corridor), the area under sunflower varies from 1 - 10 acres per household. According to FAO, the average yield of sunflower is 979 kilogr...
The Nyando Basin covering two counties of western Kenya, namely Kericho and Kisumu has been adversely affected by climate change. Prolonged droughts, followed by heavy and unpredictable rainfall that causes flooding has led to land denudation, crop and livestock losses (IPCC, 2007; Onyango et al....
Muigai, Anne W.T.
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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Audho, James O.
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Oyieng, Edwin P.
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Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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[Sheep and goat marketing in Nyando Climate-Smart Villages of western Kenya: What do the farmers gain?]
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Sheep and goat marketing in Nyando Climate-Smart Villages of western Kenya: What do the farmers gain?
Agriculture in Kenya contributes to the national economy, food security, and employment of rural households. Climate change and weather variability affect agricultural production negatively and it is expected to worsen in the future. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices present an opportunit...
In Tanzania, 7% of the land under production is used for the cultivation of beans. The average yield of beans (dry) is 888 kilograms per hectare (CIAT & World Bank, 2017). Common beans, despite its relatively low profitability, is considered a key value chain crop because of its inclusiveness, nu...
The present case study analyses the financial environment within which the farmers in Nyando operate and within which they deploy their CSA practices. This initial financial mapping will help the project to identify relevant questions to be asked in the financial diaries surveys, including interp...
Wattel, Cor
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Asseldonk, Marcel van
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Wesenbeeck, Lia van
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Oostendorp, Remco
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Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Gathiaka, John
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Mulwa, Richard
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[Financial landscape mapping for climate-smart agriculture in the Nyando Basin, Western Kenya]
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Financial landscape mapping for climate-smart agriculture in the Nyando Basin, Western Kenya
Recha, John W.M.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Kimeli, Philip
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Atakos, Vivian
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Lyamchai, Charles
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Ngatoluwa R
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Sayula, George
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[Climate-smart villages and progress in achieving household food security in Lushoto, Tanzania]
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Climate-smart villages and progress in achieving household food security in Lushoto, Tanzania
Agricultural landscapes must provide food, fiber and energy to
a growing population in a changing climate, while potentially
serving as instruments for climate change mitigation. Agriculture
is the backbone of the Kenyan economy, contributing approximately
25% of the GDP annually and employing mo...
Shames, Seth
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Heiner, Krista
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Kapukha, Martha
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Wekesa, Amos
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Recha, John W.M.
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[Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya]
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Scaling up Sustainable Agriculture Land Management in Bungoma County, Kenya
Benin is located on the Guinean coast of West Africa and has a mixed tropical and sub-equatorial climate with two rainy seasons. Beninoise farmers practice mixed rain-fed crop and livestock farming. Climate change puts the country at risk of food insecurity. Since the 1960s the mean average tempe...
Otieno, Gloria
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N’Danikou, Sognigbe
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Bossou, Bienvenu
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Mikpon, Toussaint
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Vodouhe, Raymond
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Recha, John W.M.
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Halewood, Michael
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[Enhancing the capacity of local communities to access crop genetic diversity for climate change adaptation]
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Enhancing the capacity of local communities to access crop genetic diversity for climate change adaptation