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During the Phase I of the CCAFS project we conducted a systematic land and soil health assessment in Lushoto District in November 2012. These data were used to inform climate-smart agricultural interventions for the IFAD project as well as to parameterize DSSAT crop models for maize and beans. T...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.Vågen, Tor-GunnarLyamchai, CharlesSayula, GeorgeMsoka, Elizabeth[Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: Effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania]Landscape-scale variability of soil health indicators: Effects of cultivation on soil organic carbon in the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania

The Africa Soil Information Service (AfSIS), was a project led by the Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute (TSBF) of the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), based in Nairobi, in collaboration with several partners including the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). The AfS...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.Morrison, ScholasticaWeullow, ElvisSila, AndrewVågen, Tor-Gunnar[Near-infrared spectra for the AfSIS Sentinel Sites in Tanzania]Near-infrared spectra for the AfSIS Sentinel Sites in Tanzania

During the Phase II of the SOIL project in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Landscape, a wide range of activities were implemented during the 2011- 2013 in order to develop and expand sustainable agriculture activities within the landscape. This report highlights the land and soil health assessment that ...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.Vågen, Tor-GunnarMulumuma, JanvierBashagaluke, JanvierVanlauwe, Bernard[Land and Soil Health Assessment in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) Landscape, Djolu, Yamboyo, DRC as part of the CARPE Phase II-Sustainable Opportunities for Improving Livelihoods Project]Land and Soil Health Assessment in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba (MLW) Landscape, Djolu, Yamboyo, DRC as part of the CARPE Phase II-Sustainable Opportunities for Improving Livelihoods Project

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.[Replication Data for: Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies]Replication Data for: Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies

This was Task 1.2. Soil survey to characterize two sentinel sites as part of Work Package 1 Identification of the key biophysical production constraints to crops and livestock at farm and landscape levels The aim of this task was to conduct an assessment of soil and land health in the Babati ...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.[Soil and land health survey to characterize two-100 km2 sites using the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) within Babati district, Tanzania]Soil and land health survey to characterize two-100 km2 sites using the Land Degradation Surveillance Framework (LDSF) within Babati district, Tanzania

The objective of organizing this dataset was to measure farmers’ attitudes and assess determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa. This dataset comprises information about farmers’ adaptation strategies to climate risks in four CCAFS sites in east Africa, namely Nyando, Kenya; Hoim...


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

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.Läderach, PeterMwongera, CarolineTwyman, JenniferMashisia, KelvinOkolo, WendyEitzinger, AntonRodríguez, Beatriz[Increasing Food Security and Farming System Resilience in East Africa through Wide-Scale Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices]Increasing Food Security and Farming System Resilience in East Africa through Wide-Scale Adoption of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices

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

This intra-household survey was conducted by CCAFS in Northern Uganda and Southern Tanzania in 2014 and 2015 respectively. The main aim of the project is to increase farm production and farming system resilience of small scale farmers in Uganda and Tanzania while mitigating climate change through...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.Läderach, PeterMwongera, CarolineShikuku, K.M.Miyinzi, ChrisOkolo, Wendy[Intra-household and farm production decision making survey in rural Tanzania and Uganda]Intra-household and farm production decision making survey in rural Tanzania and Uganda

The aim of this project component was to conduct a landscape assessment of soil and land health in near Hallu, Tanzania for the CIAT-Soils activity for the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). The selection of the LDSF site near Hallu was informed by Se...


Winowiecki, Leigh A.[Assessment of soil and land health at Hallu, Babati, Tanzania]Assessment of soil and land health at Hallu, Babati, Tanzania

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