Esther Lupafya
Biographic Data
| ID | 186811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther Lupafya |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | Lupafya |
| SIGNATURE | LUPAFYA E |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization - Malawi |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Qualitative Forest Quality Assessment Through Local Knowledge Integration and Co-Creation: A Participatory Study in Northern Malawi
Forest ecosystems in many low-income tropical countries experience high rates of degradation. Often, remote sensing and forest surveys are used to assess the degradation, neglecting local knowledge in the evaluation and management responses. In this study, we integrate scientific and local knowledge to co-create customized indicators for qualitatively plumb forests and identify suitable management strategies. We used the Drivers-Pressures-Stresso…
Integrating participatory GIS, remote sensing, and explainable machine learning to assess forest provisioning services
Forests play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods by providing essential resources such as food, fuelwood, and medicine. Ensuring the sustainable utilization of these resources while balancing environmental protection requires a data-driven approach that integrates advanced technologies and local knowledge to inform forest management. This study synthesizes data from Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) of 66 forest plots an…
Towards Food Sovereignty: The Role of Smallholder Farmers' Seed Security in Improving Climate Change Resilience in Northern Malawi
With climate extreme events increasing in frequency and intensity in Malawi, the future of local food production faces serious threats, necessitating renewed efforts to build the adaptive capabilities of the majority poor smallholder farmers. In this context, seed security is critical to improving rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity; however, knowledge of its role in climate change resilience is sparse. Drawing insights from vulnerability and …
Ecosystem service demand and supply dynamics under different farming systems: A participatory GIS assessment in Malawi
Empowering women through a gender-responsive seed multiplication program in Northern Malawi
Can gender transformative agroecological interventions improve women’s autonomy
A Geospatial Approach to Assessing the Impact of Agroecological Knowledge and Practice on Crop Health in a Smallholder Agricultural Context
In the context of food insecurity in resource-poor settings, agroecology (AE) has emerged as an important approach promoted for improving crop productivity, yet few studies have demonstrated how a combination of agroecological methods can improve crop health and thereby crop productivity. Using a geospatial approach, this study investigated whether agroecological practices can improve crop health in smallholder contexts. We compared leaf area ind…
Assessing local perceptions of deforestation, forest restoration, and the role of agroecology for agroecosystem restoration in northern Malawi
Deforestation drives climate change and reinforces food insecurity in forest‐dependent communities. What drives deforestation varies by location and is shaped by livelihood systems. But how locals perceive restoration is crucial for developing restoration policies. Evidence suggests that applying sustainable farming strategies can potentially restore forests and sustain livelihoods. Applying a broad‐based conceptualization of deforestation and re…
Does participatory farmer-to-farmer training improve the adoption of sustainable land management practices
Agroecology and household production diversity and dietary diversity: Evidence from a five-year agroecological intervention in rural Malawi
Beyond ecological synergies: Examining the impact of participatory agroecology on social capital in smallholder farming communities
The pivotal role of social capital in smallholder agriculture is widely acknowledged. The growth effect of social capital manifests in how networks and trust facilitate access to productive resources and knowledge sharing among farmers. While sub-Saharan Africa is considered a storehouse of rich social capital, recent literature indicates its rapid depletion due mainly to the rise of capitalist agriculture and concomitant reorganization of the re…
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle: On the Limits of Time Use Surveys
Almost every intervention in the field of international agricultural development - from microcredit finance to fertilizer subsidies to trade policy - has come to recognize gender, and relationships within households, as important. Yet most interventions continue to treat the household as a 'black box', with changes within the household measured by the effects on income, anthropometry, health, or other secondary metrics within bargaining models. I…
Repairing rifts or reproducing inequalities? Agroecology, food sovereignty, and gender justice in Malawi
This Malawi study examines whether agroecology can be effectively used by smallholders to address food sovereignty. We build on the concept of the metabolic rift, arguing that repairing this rift includes social relations. Agroecological methods can be important strategies, but are labour and knowledge intensive, and require addressing power dynamics within and beyond households in order to address food sovereignty. The case study included partic…
Integrated agriculture programs to address malnutrition in northern Malawi
Participatory education that explicitly addresses hegemonic masculinities related to child nutrition, such as women's roles in child care, can begin to change dominant gender norms. Involving male leaders, participatory methods and integrating agriculture and food security concerns with nutrition appear to be key components in the context of agrarian communities
Agroecology and sustainable food systems: Participatory research to improve food security among HIV-affected households in northern Malawi
Repairing rifts or reproducing inequalities? Agroecology, food sovereignty, and gender justice in Malawi
This Malawi study examines whether agroecology can be effectively used by smallholders to address food sovereignty. We build on the concept of the metabolic rift, arguing that repairing this rift includes social relations. Agroecological methods can be important strategies, but are labour and knowledge intensive, and require addressing power dynamics within and beyond households in order to address food sovereignty. The case study included partic…
Agroecology and sustainable food systems: Participatory research to improve food security among HIV-affected households in northern Malawi
Does participatory farmer-to-farmer training improve the adoption of sustainable land management practices
Agroecology and household production diversity and dietary diversity: Evidence from a five-year agroecological intervention in rural Malawi
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle: On the Limits of Time Use Surveys
Almost every intervention in the field of international agricultural development - from microcredit finance to fertilizer subsidies to trade policy - has come to recognize gender, and relationships within households, as important. Yet most interventions continue to treat the household as a 'black box', with changes within the household measured by the effects on income, anthropometry, health, or other secondary metrics within bargaining models. I…
Towards Food Sovereignty: The Role of Smallholder Farmers' Seed Security in Improving Climate Change Resilience in Northern Malawi
With climate extreme events increasing in frequency and intensity in Malawi, the future of local food production faces serious threats, necessitating renewed efforts to build the adaptive capabilities of the majority poor smallholder farmers. In this context, seed security is critical to improving rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity; however, knowledge of its role in climate change resilience is sparse. Drawing insights from vulnerability and …
Integrating participatory GIS, remote sensing, and explainable machine learning to assess forest provisioning services
Forests play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods by providing essential resources such as food, fuelwood, and medicine. Ensuring the sustainable utilization of these resources while balancing environmental protection requires a data-driven approach that integrates advanced technologies and local knowledge to inform forest management. This study synthesizes data from Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) of 66 forest plots an…
Integrated agriculture programs to address malnutrition in northern Malawi
Participatory education that explicitly addresses hegemonic masculinities related to child nutrition, such as women's roles in child care, can begin to change dominant gender norms. Involving male leaders, participatory methods and integrating agriculture and food security concerns with nutrition appear to be key components in the context of agrarian communities
Agroecology and sustainable food systems: Participatory research to improve food security among HIV-affected households in northern Malawi
Farming for change: Developing a participatory curriculum on agroecology, nutrition, climate change and social equity in Malawi and Tanzania
The Invisible Hand that Rocks the Cradle: On the Limits of Time Use Surveys
Almost every intervention in the field of international agricultural development - from microcredit finance to fertilizer subsidies to trade policy - has come to recognize gender, and relationships within households, as important. Yet most interventions continue to treat the household as a 'black box', with changes within the household measured by the effects on income, anthropometry, health, or other secondary metrics within bargaining models. I…
Repairing rifts or reproducing inequalities? Agroecology, food sovereignty, and gender justice in Malawi
This Malawi study examines whether agroecology can be effectively used by smallholders to address food sovereignty. We build on the concept of the metabolic rift, arguing that repairing this rift includes social relations. Agroecological methods can be important strategies, but are labour and knowledge intensive, and require addressing power dynamics within and beyond households in order to address food sovereignty. The case study included partic…
Beyond ecological synergies: Examining the impact of participatory agroecology on social capital in smallholder farming communities
The pivotal role of social capital in smallholder agriculture is widely acknowledged. The growth effect of social capital manifests in how networks and trust facilitate access to productive resources and knowledge sharing among farmers. While sub-Saharan Africa is considered a storehouse of rich social capital, recent literature indicates its rapid depletion due mainly to the rise of capitalist agriculture and concomitant reorganization of the re…
Does participatory farmer-to-farmer training improve the adoption of sustainable land management practices
Agroecology and household production diversity and dietary diversity: Evidence from a five-year agroecological intervention in rural Malawi
Assessing local perceptions of deforestation, forest restoration, and the role of agroecology for agroecosystem restoration in northern Malawi
Deforestation drives climate change and reinforces food insecurity in forest‐dependent communities. What drives deforestation varies by location and is shaped by livelihood systems. But how locals perceive restoration is crucial for developing restoration policies. Evidence suggests that applying sustainable farming strategies can potentially restore forests and sustain livelihoods. Applying a broad‐based conceptualization of deforestation and re…
A Geospatial Approach to Assessing the Impact of Agroecological Knowledge and Practice on Crop Health in a Smallholder Agricultural Context
In the context of food insecurity in resource-poor settings, agroecology (AE) has emerged as an important approach promoted for improving crop productivity, yet few studies have demonstrated how a combination of agroecological methods can improve crop health and thereby crop productivity. Using a geospatial approach, this study investigated whether agroecological practices can improve crop health in smallholder contexts. We compared leaf area ind…
Ecosystem service demand and supply dynamics under different farming systems: A participatory GIS assessment in Malawi
Empowering women through a gender-responsive seed multiplication program in Northern Malawi
Can gender transformative agroecological interventions improve women’s autonomy
Towards Food Sovereignty: The Role of Smallholder Farmers' Seed Security in Improving Climate Change Resilience in Northern Malawi
With climate extreme events increasing in frequency and intensity in Malawi, the future of local food production faces serious threats, necessitating renewed efforts to build the adaptive capabilities of the majority poor smallholder farmers. In this context, seed security is critical to improving rural livelihoods and agrobiodiversity; however, knowledge of its role in climate change resilience is sparse. Drawing insights from vulnerability and …
Qualitative Forest Quality Assessment Through Local Knowledge Integration and Co-Creation: A Participatory Study in Northern Malawi
Forest ecosystems in many low-income tropical countries experience high rates of degradation. Often, remote sensing and forest surveys are used to assess the degradation, neglecting local knowledge in the evaluation and management responses. In this study, we integrate scientific and local knowledge to co-create customized indicators for qualitatively plumb forests and identify suitable management strategies. We used the Drivers-Pressures-Stresso…
Integrating participatory GIS, remote sensing, and explainable machine learning to assess forest provisioning services
Forests play a vital role in supporting rural livelihoods by providing essential resources such as food, fuelwood, and medicine. Ensuring the sustainable utilization of these resources while balancing environmental protection requires a data-driven approach that integrates advanced technologies and local knowledge to inform forest management. This study synthesizes data from Participatory Geographic Information System (PGIS) of 66 forest plots an…
Geography (13 works) · Agriculture (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (9 works) · Agroecology (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (8 works) · Citizen journalism (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economic growth (5 works)