Crop biodiversity, productivity and production risk: Panel data micro-evidence from Ethiopia
Bangwayo-Skeete, P. F., Bezabih, M. and Zikhali, P. (2012). Natural Resources Forum, 36: 263–273.
Topic: Agriculture and food security
The politics of agricultural carbon finance: the case of the Kenya Agricutural Carbon Project.
Atela, J. November 2012. Working paper, STEPS Centre, IDS, Brighton, UK.
The relative importance of rainfall, temperature and yield data for a regional-scale crop model.
Watson, J., and Challinor, A.J. In press. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.
High tech farming, local food systems, food aid, or strict environmental regulation? How the American dust bowl can teach us to deal with drought
Abstract of Working Paper 110 This paper examines responses to the American Dust Bowl in the 1930s as a way of exploring how society today may be able to respond to today’s droughts and pending “food crises”. With regards the debate over solutions to the Dust Bowl, four broad themes emerge. First, some argued that […]
Correcting a fundamental error in greenhouse gas accounting related to bioenergy.
Paavola, J., et al (other members of the the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency). June 2012. Energy Policy, v.45, pp.18-23. {External link to full article |http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512001681
Agricultural land allocation in small farms around Maasai Mau forest, Kenya and the implications on carbon stock.
Atela, J., Denich, M., Kaguamba, R., and Kibwage, J. February 2012. Journal of Ecology and the Natural Environment, v.4, pp.98-108.
A Synthesis of Remote Sensing and Local Knowledge Approaches in Assessing Land Degradation in the Bawku East District ? Ghana
Yiran, G.A.B., Kusimi, J.M, and Kufogbe, S.K (2011) International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Elservier
Opportunity for conserving and utilizing agrobiodiversity in Southern Africa
Chirwa, P.W., Akinnifesi, F.K., Sileshi G., Syampungani. S., Kalaba, F.K., Ajayi, O.C.(2008). Biodiversity 9 (1&2), pp 45-48.
Options for support to agriculture and food security under climate change
Vermeulen, S. J., Aggarwal, P.K., Ainslie, A., Angelone, C., Campbell, B.M., Challinor, A.J., Hansen, J.W., Ingram, J.S.I., Jarvis, A., Kristjanson, P., Lau, C., Nelson, G.C., Thornton, P.K., Wollenberg, E. January 2012. Environmental Science & Policy, v.15, pp.136–144.
African farmers’ perceptions of erratic rainfall
Abstract of Working Paper 73 Farmers’ perceptions of how rainfall is changing is crucial in anticipating the effects of climate change, as only farmers who perceive a problem will adapt to it. However, even within the same location, people may perceive rainfall changes differently. Therefore, how can scientists, practitioners, and farmers ensure that they talk […]