Unpacking livelihood challenges and opportunities in energy crop cultivation: perspectives on Jatropha curcas projects in Mali.
Favretto, N., L.C. Stringer and A.J. Dougill. 2013. The Geographical Journal. doi: 10.1111/geoj.12053
Topic: Agriculture and food security
Floristic composition, species diversity and carbon storage in charcoal and agriculture fallows and management implications in Miombo woodlands of Zambia.
Kalaba, F.K., Quinn, C.H., Dougill, A.J., Vinya, R. 2013. Forest Ecology and Management, v.304, pp.99-109.
A micro-econometric approach to deriving use and non-use values of in-situ groundwater: The Vosvozis case study, Greece
The present study attempts to estimate the shadow price of unextracted groundwater in the Vozvozi aquifer. In the context of this study, we model the production … read more »
Vulnerability of fishery-based livelihoods to the impacts of climate variability and change: insights from coastal Bangladesh.
Md. Monirul Islam, Susannah Sallu, Klaus Hubacek, Jouni Paavola. (2014). Regional Environmental Change. 14(1), 281-294.
Unpacking livelihood challenges and opportunities in energy crop cultivation: perspectives on Jatropha curcas projects in Mali
Abstract of Working Paper 132 Nicola Favretto, L.C. Stringer and A.J. Dougill This study contributes to global debates on biofuels and rural development: it provides insights to the future of Jatropha curcas (Jatropha) promotion to fight global poverty and promote sustainable energy. Jatropha energy crop investments have proliferated as a means to substitute imported oil, […]
Predicting agricultural impacts of large-scale drought: 2012 and the case for better modeling
The 2012 growing season saw one of the worst droughts in a generation in much of the United States and cast a harsh light on the … read more »
Calibration and bias correction of climate projections for crop modelling: an idealised case study over Europe
Hawkins, E., Osborne, T.M., Hoa, C.K., Challinor, A.J. In press. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
Farmer participation in the Equitable Payments for Watershed Services in Morogoro, Tanzania
Abstract of Working Paper 123 This article contributes to the limited empirical evidence on the determinants of landowners’ participation decision in land use-modifying (active agricultural land) Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) programmes in developing countries. It examines how resource manager characteristics, the features of a PES program, and the institutional context of its implementation determine […]
The Environment in Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the Rio 20 Summit
Afionis, S.,N. Favretto, M. Buckeridge, J. Van Alstine and L.C. Stringer. 2013. In: Europa Publications (Ed) South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2014, The Europa Regional Surveys of the World, Routledge, pp.17-21., The Europa Regional Surveys of the World, Routledge, pp.17-21.
Increasing influence of heat stress on French maize yields from the 1960s to the 2030s.
Hawkins, E., Fricker, T.E., Challinor, A.J., Ferro, C.A.T., Ho, C.K., and Osborne, T.M. December 2012. Global Change Biology.