Todd Crane

Todd Crane

Principal Scientist, Climate change adaptation & Head of delegation UNFCCC

Dr. Todd Crane is a Principal Scientist - Climate Change Adaptation in the Livestock, Climate and Environment program at the International Livestock Research Institute in Nairobi, Kenya. With over 20 years of research experience in East and West Africa, his work focuses on the social and institutional dynamics of climate change adaptation and low-emission development in agricultural and pastoral systems. An anthropologist by training, Dr. Crane oversees a team of social science researchers whose work covers the social dimensions of climate change impacts and interventions, including locally-led adaptation, innovative scaling models, gender and social inclusion, governance institutions and science-policy interactions. With one foot in critical analysis and another in practical engagements, his goal to promote more sustainable and socially equitable climate change solutions for rural development in Africa.

My Projects

Livestock

Programme for climate-smart livestock systems

My Blog Posts

Field day participants learn from an adaptation pioneer (photo credit: ILRI).

ILRI News

Farmer-led approach supports socially inclusive innovations in Kenya's dairy sector

My Publications

A review of approaches to the integration of humanitarian and development aid: the case of drought management in the Horn of Africa

  • Mohamed, Tahira Shariff
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Derbyshire, Samuel F.
  • Roba, Guyo Malicha

An Intersectional Approach to Agricultural Research for Development (AR4D)

  • Tavenner, Katie
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Bullock, Renee
  • Galiè, Alessandra
  • Campos, Hugo
  • Katothya, Gerald
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From fix to fitting: Connecting low-emission development with multilevel smallholder dairy practices in Kenya

  • Vernooij, Vera
  • Schoneveld, G.C.
  • Vellema, Sietze
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • Kihoro, Esther

Synergies in action: Supporting equitable scaling of locally led adaptation in Kenya’s dairy sector

  • DuttaGupta, Tanaya
  • Bullock, Renee
  • Kiptoo, Emmaculate
  • Habermann, Birgit
  • Maiyo, Nathan
  • Chebet, J.
  • Gichuki, Leah
  • Crane, Todd A.

Supporting collaborative action for sustainable solutions: Locally-led adaptation as a policy instrument for climate change adaptation practices

  • Habermann, Birgit
  • Crane, Todd A.

Transformation from the ground: Adaptation pioneers as agents of change through climate-resilient agriculture

  • Habermann, Birgit
  • Gichuki, Leah
  • Worku, Tigist
  • Kiptoo, Emmaculate
  • Crane, Todd A.
  • DuttaGupta, Tanaya