This summary note is an excerpt from the chapter on Kenya that will appear in the peer-reviewed IFPRI monograph, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A Comprehensive Analysis.
Makokha Odera M
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Waithaka, Michael
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Kyotalimye, Miriam
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[East African agriculture and climate change: Kenya. Summary note]
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East African agriculture and climate change: Kenya. Summary note
Conservation agriculture (CA) can increase resilience to climate change and has the potential
to contribute to climate change mitigation. The benefits of CA are highly site- specific. Innovative approaches are needed to overcome barriers for uptake of CA by smallholders.
Richards, Meryl
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Sapkota, Tek Bahadur
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Stirling, Clare M.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Verhulst, Nele
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Friedrich, T
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Kienzle, J
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[Conservation agriculture: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors]
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Conservation agriculture: Implementation guidance for policymakers and investors
In order to obtain an enriched understanding of the
framing of gender issues in climate change related
policies in Uganda and to explore its impacts on climate
change adaptation at grassroots, the International
Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) and the International
Center for Tropical Agr...
Acosta, M.
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Okolo, Wendy
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Twyman, Jennifer
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[Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks]
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Gender and Climate Change in Uganda: Effects of Policy and Institutional Frameworks
Varietal preference is a carefully weighed balance between consumption and production characteristics. Farmers not only select the high yielding varieties but prefer landraces because of their taste, nutritional value and the ability to grow with fewer inputs. Differences in temperatures, rainfal...
Reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD ) should focus on places where such emissions occur. Protected Areas (PAs) are, in theory, protected and hence, should have no emissions associated with land use/land cover change. In practice rotection is incomplete. Can PAs be included...
Janudianto
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Mulyoutami E
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Joshi, Laxman
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Wardell DA
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Noordwijk, Meine van
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[Recognizing traditional tree tenure as part of conservation and REDD+ strategy]
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Recognizing traditional tree tenure as part of conservation and REDD+ strategy
Between 2010 and 2012 Bioversity International worked with partners and stakeholders in Ethiopia to develop an innovative low-cost strategy for managing risks to agricultural systems posed by the adverse effects of climate change. The objective, which the project indeed achieved, was to decrease ...
Gotor, E
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Fadda, Carlo
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Trincia, C
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[Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia]
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Matching Seeds to Needs - female farmers adapt to a changing climate in Ethiopia
Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) is a rice management practice that reduces water use by up to 30% and can save farmers money on irrigation and pumping costs. AWD reduces methane emissions by 48% without reducing yield. Efficient nitrogen use and application of organic inputs to dry soil can fu...
On-farm trees in West and Central Africa are increasingly recognized as an important source of timber with tremendous opportunities for enhancing livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, contributing to reducing forest degradation and other functions. This policy brief highlights key findings and ...
Robiglio V
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Minang, Peter A.
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Asare, R.
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[On-farm timber production for emission reduction with sustainable benefits at the tropical forest margins]
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On-farm timber production for emission reduction with sustainable benefits at the tropical forest margins
The conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity requires an understanding of the biotic and abiotic factors that condition the presence and survival of organisms in natural habitats. The global distribution and ecological hypersensitivity of pteridophytes have made them ideal candidat...
Abotsi, K.E.
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Bose, R.
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Adjossou, K.
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Deblauwe, V.
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Rouhan, G.
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Segla, K.N.
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Atsri, K.H.
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Kokou, K.
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[Ecological drivers of pteridophyte diversity and distribution in Togo (West Africa)]
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Ecological drivers of pteridophyte diversity and distribution in Togo (West Africa)
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has three goals—productivity, resilience and mitigation. Rarely are these accounted for in CSA programming or the scientific evidence that supports it. Here, we evaluate the climate smartness of CSA-based agroforestry practices in Tabora and Dodoma, Tanzania using ...
Kimaro, Anthony A.
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Sererya, Ogossy G.
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Matata, Peter
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Uckert, Götz
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Hafner, Johanes
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Graef, Frieder
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Sieber, Stefan
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: Examples from agroforestry in Tanzania]
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Understanding the multidimensionality of climate-smartness: Examples from agroforestry in Tanzania