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Climate change demands new approaches to agriculture: farmers’ practices will need to change in order to adapt to and mitigate changing conditions. This is also a gender issue: in the least developed countries 79% of economically active women report agriculture as their primary economic activity ...


Huyer, SophiaTwyman, JenniferKoningstein, ManonAshby, Jacqueline A.Vermeulen, Sonja J.[Draft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons]Draft for discussion. Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons

Adapting to climate risks is central to the goal of increasing food security and enhancing resilience of farming systems in East Africa. We examined farmers’ attitudes and assessed determinants of adaptation using data from a random sample of 500 households in Borana, Ethiopia, Nyando, Kenya, Hoi...


Shikuku, K.M.Winowiecki, Leigh A.Twyman, JenniferEitzinger, AntonPérez, Juan GuillermoMwongera, CarolineLäderach, Peter[Smallholder farmers’ attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa]Smallholder farmers’ attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa

This article provides a description of intra-household survey data that were collected in Uganda and Tanzania in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The surveys were implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 585 households in Uganda and 608 in Tanzania. Information on decision maki...


Mwungu, Chris MiyinziMwongera, CarolineShikuku, K.M.Nyakundi, FridahTwyman, JenniferWinowiecki, Leigh A.Ampaire, Edidah L.Acosta, MariolaLäderach, Peter[Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania]Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania

Approaches that aim to identify and prioritize locally appropriate climate smart agriculture (CSA) technologies will need to address the context-specific multi-dimensional complexity in agricultural systems. The climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA) is a mixed method approach that dr...


Mwongera, CarolineShikuku, K.M.Twyman, JenniferLäderach, PeterAmpaire, Edidah L.Asten, Piet J.A. vanTwomlow, StephenWinowiecki, Leigh A.[Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies]Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies

Roles and responsibilities in livestock production and household maintenance are segregated along gender lines. Men’s and women’s participation in the livestock sector varies by tasks. Women combine livestock production, particularly, milk processing activities with the responsibility of househol...


Arora, DikshaArango, JacoboBurkart, StefanChirinda, NgonidzasheTwyman, Jennifer[Gender [im]balance in productive and reproductive labor among livestock producers in Colombia: Implications for climate change responses]Gender [im]balance in productive and reproductive labor among livestock producers in Colombia: Implications for climate change responses

This Info Note considers three metrics widely used in development projects due to their ease of implementation: Household Dietery Diversity Score (HDDS), Months of Adequate Household Food Provisioning (MAHFP) and Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS), which act to principally evaluate th...


Lopera, Diana CarolinaGonzález, CarolinaTwyman, JenniferUseche, PilarTalsma, Elise F.[Household Food Security: Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”]Household Food Security: Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”
Chirinda, NgonidzasheArenas-Calle, Laura N.Loaiza, SandraTrujillo, CatalinaKatto, María CristinaChaparro, PaulaNunez, JonathanArango, JacoboMartínez Barón, DeissyLoboguerrero Rodriguez, Ana MaríaBecerra López Lavelle, Luis AugustoAvila, IvanGuzmán, MyriamPeters, MichaelTwyman, JenniferGarcía, MariaSerna-Hurtado, Laura PatriciaEscobar, DanielArora, DikshaTapasco, JeimarMazabel, LadyCorrea, FernandoIshitani, ManabuSilva, Mayesse daGraterol, EduardoJaramillo, SantiagoPinto, AdrianaZuluaga, AndresLozano, NelsonByrnes, Ryan C.LaHue, GabrielÁlvarez, CarolinaRao, Idupulapati M.Barahona Rosales, Rolando[Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems]Novel Technological and Management Options for Accelerating Transformational Changes in Rice and Livestock Systems
Twyman, JenniferUseche, PilarDeere, C[Gendered perceptions of land ownership and agricultural decision-making in Ecuador: Who are the farm managers?]Gendered perceptions of land ownership and agricultural decision-making in Ecuador: Who are the farm managers?

This dataset provides a description of rice growers collected in Ecuador between October 2014 and March 2015. The survey was implemented using a structured questionnaire administered among 1,028 households in the main rice production areas of Ecuador. Information collected was provided by househo...


Labarta, R.A.Orrego, MayraMarin, DiegoGarcía, María AlejandraTwyman, JenniferAndrade, RobertYanez, FernandoMendoza, Luis[Adoption of improved modern rice varieties and management practices in Ecuador]Adoption of improved modern rice varieties and management practices in Ecuador

More than twenty years have passed since the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action, where gender mainstreaming was acknowledged as an indispensable global strategy for achieving gender equality. Since then, Tanzania has undoubtedly made efforts in mainstreaming gender in its national policies and stra...


Acosta, MariolaAmpaire, Edidah L.Okolo, WendyTwyman, JenniferJassogne, Laurence T.P.[Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Tanzania: A Gender Policy Review]Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in Tanzania: A Gender Policy Review

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