A three-year study in Ethiopia reviews the application and impacts on participatory rangeland management in. Continue reading
Category Archives: Gender
Adapting the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey in Uganda: insights from the field
Originally published on the RHoMIS blog. Sam Adams, describes his experience training enumerators to be able to apply the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) in Uganda. Continue reading
Gender inequalities across farming systems: Insights from the Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey
The Rural Household Multiple-Indicator Survey is now filling knowledge gaps on how strategies to mitigate the effects of climate change, may intensify inequalities between men and women. Continue reading
The Rural Household Multiple Indicator Survey (RHOMIS): evaluating where and for whom sustainable intensification works
‘The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHOMIS) framework (www.rhomis.org) provides an implementation-ready solution that produces quantitative information for planning and monitoring investments in sustainable intensification across a range of rural contexts. RHOMIS is a flexible digital platform built on open-source software that can be easily modified to meet a range of needs while collecting a core … Continue reading
Women and environment: Understanding market-based conservation schemes from a gendered perspective
A number of approaches have been adopted towards conservation of natural resources with a view of ensuring environmental sustainability especially in areas where crop and livestock agriculture are dominant sources of livelihoods. Some of these approaches include Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES), which represent a market based conservation approach with an incentive attached to it. A new study explored the extent to which three market-based conservation schemes in Kenya integrate gender in design and implementation. Continue reading
Gender differences in household food security and implications for climate change adaptation in East Africa
This poster for the 2014 Tropentag conference illustrates the differences in food security between farmers in East Africa using a gender lens. Continue reading