A rapid rural appraisal (RRA) was carried out by the CIAT-IITA team in northern Uganda between 18th February and 1st March 2014. The RRA aimed to assess within and between district variations in farming systems and agricultural management practices in order to guide strategic agricultural investm...
The overall project goal is to improve food security and farming system resilience of smallholder mixed crop-livestock farmers in East Africa while mitigating climate change through wide-scale adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA). The project integrates interdisciplinary approaches, includ...
Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Läderach, Peter
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Mashisia, Kelvin
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Okolo, Wendy
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Rodríguez, Beatriz
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[Increasing Food Security and Farming System Resilience in East Africa through Wide-Scale Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices]
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Increasing Food Security and Farming System Resilience in East Africa through Wide-Scale Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices
As part of this CCAFS project we collected various types of data in order to better understand vulnerabilities of smallholder farmers in East Africa to climate change. We collected and integrated interdisciplinary datasets in order to assess the biophysical, agronomic, social and economic realiti...
Läderach, Peter
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Eitzinger, Anton
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Shikuku, K.M.
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[Playing Out Transformative Adaptation in CCAFS Benchmark Sites in East Africa: "When, Where, How and With Whom?"]
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Playing Out Transformative Adaptation in CCAFS Benchmark Sites in East Africa: "When, Where, How and With Whom?"
The purpose of this brief is to share insights on agriculture and NAPs with national-level decision makers in developing countries and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), multilateral agencies, UNFCCC negotiators and donors. This brief explores how countries are overcoming the biggest challenges in...
Kissinger, Gabrielle
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Sova, Chase
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Allassane, B
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Maïga, IA
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Benefor, DT
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Nutsukpo, D.K.
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Ky-Zerbo, AZ
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Roth-Liehoun, C
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King'uyu, S.M.
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Orindi, VA
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Rojas, E
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Rivera, JL
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Mishra, JP
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Singh, R.
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Joshi, Pramod K.
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Kinyangi, James
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Sebastian, Leocadio S.
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Martínez Barón, Deissy
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Bonilla Findji, Osana
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Jarvis, Andy
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[Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans]
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Climate adaptation and agriculture: Solutions to successful national adaptation plans
The agricultural sector is central to Tanzania’s economy, natural resources and livelihoods. Climate change and climate variability presents adverse effects to the growth of the agriculture sector and the livelihoods of 80 percent of Tanzanians (MAFC, 2014). Owing to this, the Tanzania government...
El empoderamiento de las mujeres es un tema de investigación e intervención pública a nivel mundial. Cada vez más, entidades y donantes internacionales incentivan proyectos que incluyan esta perspectiva de trabajo en sus metas. En este ámbito, existen metodologías para la construcción de indicado...
Muriel, Juliana
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García, María Alejandra
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Construcción de indicadores de empoderamiento de las mujeres. Un estudio sobre hogares productores de arroz en Ecuador.]
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Construcción de indicadores de empoderamiento de las mujeres. Un estudio sobre hogares productores de arroz en Ecuador.
Para fortalecer las capacidades de mitigación de los impactos del cambio climático de los productores de ganado, es importante tomar en cuenta las relaciones de género que influyen en el sistema de producción. En los sistemas de producción de leche, carne y con ganado de doble propósito de Améric...
Gumucio, Tatiana
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Mora Benard, María Alejandra
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Clavijo, Mónica
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Hernández, María Camila
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Tafur, Mariana
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Sistemas silvopastoriles en América Latina: Oportunidades de mitigación para hombres y mujeres que se dedican a la producción ganadera]
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Sistemas silvopastoriles en América Latina: Oportunidades de mitigación para hombres y mujeres que se dedican a la producción ganadera
Policies, institutions and services to help farmers develop new approaches to deal with climate change will need to produce results for women farmers as well as men. This brief provides five policy lessons to support this process, based
on evidence from research in low- and middle- income countri...
Huyer, Sophia
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Koningstein, Manon
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Ashby, Jacqueline A.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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[Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons]
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Supporting women farmers in a changing climate: five policy lessons
