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Journal Article 2009-11-15

Autor: Steeg, Jeannette van de Notenbaert, An Maria Omer Herrero, Mario T. Thornton, Philip K.

Raising and selling farm animals allows more than 1 billion people to make a daily subsistence living. But as essential as they are for food, income and health, these tropical livestock systems can damage as well as enhance land and water resources, and, like all livestock systems, they generate ...

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Steeg, Jeannette van de ,  Notenbaert, An Maria Omer ,  Herrero, Mario T. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  [Livestock and climate change] ,  Livestock and climate change
Journal Article 2014-01-29

Autor: Challinor, Andrew J. Martre, Pierre Asseng, Senthold Thornton, Philip K. Ewert, Frank

Increasing use of regionally and globally oriented impacts studies, coordinated across international modelling groups, promises to bring about a new era in climate impacts research. Coordinated cycles of model improvement and projection are needed to make the most of this potential.

Enlace original: https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/34993

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Challinor, Andrew J. ,  Martre, Pierre ,  Asseng, Senthold ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Ewert, Frank ,  [Making the most of climate impacts ensembles] ,  Making the most of climate impacts ensembles
Journal Article 2004

Autor: Reid, Robin S. Thornton, Philip K. Kruska, R.L.

Little of the current focus on landscape fragmentation has focused on rangelands or pastoral lands. This paper investigates the existing evidence for causes and processes of fragmentation in pastoral lands and its effects of landscapes and peoples. More conceptual work is needed on the definition...

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Reid, Robin S. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Kruska, R.L. ,  [Loss and fragmentation of habitat for pastoral people and wildlife in East Africa: Concepts and issues] ,  Loss and fragmentation of habitat for pastoral people and wildlife in East Africa: Concepts and issues
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Galvin, K.A. Thornton, Philip K. Pinho, J.R. de Sunderland, J. Boone, Randall B.

A major challenge for contemporary conservation policies and practices is formulating workable compromises between wildlife conservation and the people who live with wildlife. We strongly support the view that anthropology has a critical role to play in contributing to our understanding of human-...

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Galvin, K.A. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Pinho, J.R. de ,  Sunderland, J. ,  Boone, Randall B. ,  [Integrated modeling and its potential for resolving conflicts between conservation and people in the rangelands of East Africa] ,  Integrated modeling and its potential for resolving conflicts between conservation and people in the rangelands of East Africa
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Thornton, Philip K. BurnSilver, S.B. Boone, Randall B. Galvin, K.A.

Pastoral communities in East Africa are facing considerable challenges arising from shifts in land tenure policy from communal to individual landholdings and high human population growth rates. Over the last 30 years, livestock-to-human ratios have generally declined to levels that will no longer...

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Thornton, Philip K. ,  BurnSilver, S.B. ,  Boone, Randall B. ,  Galvin, K.A. ,  [Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya] ,  Modelling the impacts of group ranch subdivision on agro-pastoral households in Kajiado, Kenya
Journal Article 2015-08-21

Autor: Thornton, Philip K. Herrero, Mario T.

Mixed crop–livestock systems are the backbone of African agriculture, providing food security and livelihood options for hundreds of millions of people. Much is known about the impacts of climate change on the crop enterprises in the mixed systems, and some, although less, on the livestock enterp...

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Thornton, Philip K. ,  Herrero, Mario T. ,  [Adapting to climate change in the mixed crop and livestock farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa] ,  Adapting to climate change in the mixed crop and livestock farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Journal Article 2006

Autor: Boone, Randall B. Galvin, K.A. Thornton, Philip K. Swift, D.M. Coughenour, M.B.

Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), Tanzania, contains renowned wildlife, an expanding human population, and cultivation by Maasai agro-pastoralists and non-Maasai agriculturalists. We used integrated assessments to explore some effects of cultivation on livestock, resident wildlife, and people. ...

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Boone, Randall B. ,  Galvin, K.A. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Swift, D.M. ,  Coughenour, M.B. ,  [Cultivation and conservation in Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania] ,  Cultivation and conservation in Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
Journal Article 2002

Autor: Toit, A.S. du Prinsloo, M.A. Wafula, B.M. Thornton, Philip K.

The inability of CERES-Maize v3.0 to simulate a fluctuating water table has been identified as a major constraint in using this particular model in South Africa and in Kenya. Information regarding fluctuating water tables under specific conditions, and their influence on maize production, has bee...

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Toit, A.S. du ,  Prinsloo, M.A. ,  Wafula, B.M. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  [Incorporating a water-logging routine into CERES-Maize, and some preliminary evaluations] ,  Incorporating a water-logging routine into CERES-Maize, and some preliminary evaluations
Journal Article 2001-12-01

Autor: Randolph, Thomas F. Kristjanson, Patricia M. Omamo, S.W. Odero, A.N. Thornton, Philip K. Reid, Robin S. Robinson, Timothy P. Ryan, J.G.

Priorities are assessed according to: the contribution of the proposed research to poverty alleviation; expected economic and environmental impacts; internationality of the problem and solution; and contribution to capacity building and improved research efficiency. A weighted composite index is ...

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Randolph, Thomas F. ,  Kristjanson, Patricia M. ,  Omamo, S.W. ,  Odero, A.N. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Reid, Robin S. ,  Robinson, Timothy P. ,  Ryan, J.G. ,  [A framework for priority setting in international livestock research] ,  A framework for priority setting in international livestock research
Journal Article 2007

Autor: Waithaka, M.M. Thornton, Philip K. Shepherd, Keith D. Ndiwa, Nicholas N.

Sub-Saharan Africa faces huge food supply challenges due to increasing human population, limited opportunities to increase arable land, and declining yields associated with continuously declining soil fertility. To cater for their food requirements, smallholders use only modest levels of inorgani...

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Waithaka, M.M. ,  Thornton, Philip K. ,  Shepherd, Keith D. ,  Ndiwa, Nicholas N. ,  [Factors affecting the use of fertilizers and manure by smallholders: The case of Vihiga, western Kenya] ,  Factors affecting the use of fertilizers and manure by smallholders: The case of Vihiga, western Kenya

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