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 Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Shikuku, K.M.
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Nyakundi, Fridah
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Winowiecki, Leigh A.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Acosta, Mariola
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Läderach, Peter
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[Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania]
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Survey data of intra-household decision making and smallholder agricultural production in northern Uganda and southern Tanzania
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Shiferaw, Kaleb
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Tegegne, Azage
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Hoekstra, Dirk
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[Analysis of milk production, butter marketing and household use of inputs in rural Ethiopia]
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Analysis of milk production, butter marketing and household use of inputs in rural Ethiopia
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
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Woldehanna, Mengistu
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Flintan, Fiona E.
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Wieland, Barbara
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Poole, Elizabeth J.
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[Livestock ownership, market participation and household cash income]
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Livestock ownership, market participation and household cash income
The Himalayas are highly susceptible to the impacts of climate change, as it consequently increases the vulnerability of downstream communities, livelihoods and ecosystems. Western Nepal currently holds significant potential as multiple opportunities for water development within the country are u...
Pandey, Vishnu Prasad
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Sharma, Akriti
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Dhaubanjar, Sanita
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Bharati, Luna
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Joshi, I.R.
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[Climate shocks and responses in Karnali-Mahakali basins, western Nepal]
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Climate shocks and responses in Karnali-Mahakali basins, western Nepal
This paper describes data that were collected in three counties of western Kenya, namely Siaya, Bungoma, and Kakamega. The main aim of collecting the data was to assess the climate smartness, profitability and returns of soil protection and rehabilitation measures. The data were collected from 88...
Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley
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Mwungu, Chris Miyinzi
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Mwongera, Caroline
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Kinyua, Ivy
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Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Survey data on cost and benefits of climate smart agricultural technologies in western Kenya]
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Survey data on cost and benefits of climate smart agricultural technologies in western Kenya
The overuse and misuse of chemical pesticides has widely been reported in vegetable cultivation in Sri Lanka. While safer and environmental friendly pest and disease management methods such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM) are popular around the world, only little effort has been taken to prom...
Jayasooriya, H.J.C.
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Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.
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[Adoption and factors affecting on adoption of integrated pest management among vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka]
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Adoption and factors affecting on adoption of integrated pest management among vegetable farmers in Sri Lanka
Teame, Ataklti Techane
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Hagos, Fitsum
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[Weather index crop insurance as a climate-smart approach for the vulnerable groups: the case of Adiha, northern Ethiopia]
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Weather index crop insurance as a climate-smart approach for the vulnerable groups: the case of Adiha, northern Ethiopia
Food systems large and small around this planet are changing more quickly and more profoundly than ever before in human history. If the same processes and priorities continue, we can expect more of the same results: the last fifty years of a productionist paradigm have resulted in increased produ...
Herforth, Anna
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Johns, Timothy
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Creed-Kanashiro, Hilary M.
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Jones, Andrew D.
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Khoury, Colin K.
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Lang, Timothy
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Maundu, Patrick
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Powell, Bronwen
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Reyes García, Victoria
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[Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same]
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Agrobiodiversity and Feeding the World: More of the Same Will Result in More of the Same
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 Carolina
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González, Carolina
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Twyman, Jennifer
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Useche, Pilar
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Talsma, Elise F.
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[Household Food Security: Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”]
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Household Food Security: Project results for “His and Hers, time and income: how intra-household dynamics impact nutrition in agricultural households”
Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa earn a substantial part of their living from rain-fed smallholder agriculture, which is highly sensitive to climate change. There is a growing number of multi-level assessments on impacts and adaptation options for African smallholder systems under climate c...
Wichern, Jannike
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Giller, Ken E.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Taulya, G.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda]
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Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda