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Sarah Kasyoka

Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog Scientists and development practitioners around the world are working with smallholder farmers to transform their agricultural practices to better adapt to, and even mitigate, climate change. The international development community has prioritized two strategies...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

New program to enhance climate-smart livestock systems launched in Uganda

Uganda’s agricultural sector contributes significantly to both incomes and direct availability of food in the country. It is also a major contributor to economic growth through provision of raw materials for agro-industries, job opportunities and foreign exchange. Agriculture contributes to about...

Sustainable livestock systems
Sarah Kasyoka

Positive deviance: Uncovering superior farming practices in Tanzania

Originally posted on the RHoMIS blog . Around the world, agricultural development organizations often struggle with surprisingly weak adoption of innovations that had previously been successful at other places. If all goes well, the smallholder farmers addressed by a development program readily...

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