Publications

Evidence and perceptions of rainfall change in Malawi: Do maize cultivar choices enhance climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan Africa?

Research article by Chloe Sutcliffe, Andy Dougill, Claire Quinn on 1 Apr 2016

Getting farmers to adopt new cultivars with greater tolerance for coping with climatic extremes and variability is considered as one way of adapting agricultural production to climate change. However, for successful adaptation to occur, an accurate recognition and understanding of the climate signal by key stakeholders (farmers, seed suppliers and agricultural extension services) is an essential […]

Environmental impacts of food trade via resource use and greenhouse gas emissions

Research article by Carole Dalin, Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe on 4 Mar 2016

Agriculture will need to significantly intensify in the next decades to continue providing essential nutritive food to a growing global population. However, it can have harmful environmental impacts, due to … read more »

Water resources transfers through southern African food trade: water efficiency and climate signals

Research article by Carole Dalin, Declan Conway on 27 Jan 2016

We combine global hydrological model simulations with international food trade data to quantify the water resources embedded in international food trade in southern Africa and with the rest of the world, from 1986–2011. read more »

Integrating mitigation and adaptation in climate and land use policies in Indonesia: a policy document analysis

Working paper by Monica Di Gregorio, Leandra Fatorelli, Maria Brockhaus, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Emilia Pramova, Intan Maya Sari, Bruno Locatelli on 25 Nov 2015

Most of the climate policy integration literature focuses on mainstreaming mitigation OR adaptation into sectoral policies. Such approaches, however, tend to ignore possible interactions between climate change adaptation and mitigation, which are particularly important in the land use sector. This paper investigates climate policy integration and coherence in the forest and agricultural sectors in Indonesia. […]

The Role of Land Certification in Reducing Gaps in Productivity between Male- and Female-Owned Farms in Rural Ethiopia

Research article by on 17 Nov 2015

Mintewab Bezabih , Stein Holden , Andrea Mannberg. 2015. In: The Journal of Development Studies

Crop diversification and child health: Empirical evidence from Tanzania

Working paper by Stefania Lovo, Marcella Veronesi on 15 Oct 2015

Malnutrition is recognized as a major issue among low-income households in developing countries with long-term implications for economic development. Recently, crop diversification has been recognized as a strategy to improve … read more »

Do dietary changes increase the propensity of food riots? An exploratory study of changing consumption patterns and the inclination to engage in food-related protests

Research article by on 3 Oct 2015

Legwegoh A.F., Fraser E. D. G., Krishna Bahadur, KC, & Antwi-Agyei P. (2015). In Sustainability, 7, 14112-14132.

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