Climate change and variability present a major challenge to agricultural production and rural livelihoods, including livelihoods of women smallholder farmers. There are significant efforts underway to develop, deploy, and scale up Climate-Smart Agricultural (CSA) practices and technologies to fac...
Murray U
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Gebremedhin Z
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Brychkova, Galina
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Spillane, Charles
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[Smallholder farmers and climate smart agriculture: Technology and labor-productivity constraints amongst women smallholders in Malawi]
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Smallholder farmers and climate smart agriculture: Technology and labor-productivity constraints amongst women smallholders in Malawi
East African Highland bananas (EAHBs) are a subgroup of triploid (AAA genome) bananas of importance to food security in the Great Lakes region of Africa. Little is known about their genetic variation, population structure and evolutionary history. Ninety phenotypically diverse EAHB cultivars were...
Kitavi, M.
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Downing, T.
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Lorenzen, J.H.
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Karamura, D.
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Onyango, M.
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Nyine, M.
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Ferguson, M.
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Spillane, Charles
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[The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation]
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The triploid East African Highland Banana (EAHB) genepool is genetically uniform arising from a single ancestral clone that underwent population expansion by vegetative propagation
Index insurance is an agricultural risk management tool that can provide a safety net for smallholder farmers experiencing climate risk. While uptake and scale-out of index insurance may be slow among smallholders, we can learn from experiences that demonstrate where crop insurance can protect sm...
Born, Lorna
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Spillane, Charles
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Murray, Una
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[Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa]
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Integrating gender into index-based agricultural insurance: a focus on South Africa