John Recha

Biographic Data

ID2428361
NAMEJohn Recha
GIVEN NAMESJohn
FAMILY NAMERecha
SIGNATURERECHA J
AFFILIATIONSInternational Livestock Research Institute
ORCID0000-0002-1146-7197
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS18
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX3

  • The role of climate smart agricultural practices on household income and food security

    Open AccessAbonesh Tesfaye, James Hammond et al.ARTICLECogent Social Sciences2023

    The aim of this study was to assess the impacts of climate smart agricultural practices on household income and food security in Doyogena and Basona climate smart landscapes in Ethiopia. Data were collected from 796 randomly selected smallholder farmers from the two climate-smart villages of the Doyogena (399) and Basona (397) districts. Using a propensity score matching approach, this study examines the contribution of CSA practices to farm hous…

  • Scaling climate resilient seed systems through SMEs in Eastern and Southern Africa

    Open AccessHelena Shilomboleni, John Recha et al.ARTICLEClimate and Development2023

    This article examines the potential role of agri-business SMEs in scaling climate resilient seed systems through inclusive business models in Eastern and Southern Africa. Over the last decade, donors and policymakers have coalesced behind a private-sector scaling agenda for Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) in which small-and-medium enterprises, multinational corporations and financial institutions are recognized for their potential to contribute t…

  • Gender empowerment and parity in East Africa

    Open AccessAbonesh Tesfaye, Maren Radeny et al.ARTICLEClimate and Development2023

    The aim of this study is to understand the role of climate-smart villages (CSVs) in promoting genderempowerment and equality in East Africa. This paper uses data collected from 280 and 305 randomlyselected farm household heads in Doyogena (Ethiopia) and Nyando (Kenya), respectively. To analysethe data, the gender empowerment index for climate resilient agriculture (GEI-CRA) and the genderparity index (GPI) were constructed based on guidelines fro…

  • Does climate-smart agriculture improve household income and food security? Evidence from Southern Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbrham Belay, Alisher Mirzabaev et al.ARTICLEEnvironment Development and…2023

    Climate change threatens African countries’ economic development and affects agriculture and food security. Ethiopia is especially vulnerable to the negative effects of climate change because its economy is dependent on climate-sensitive livelihoods that have limited potential for adaptation. Emerging evidence indicates that climate-smart agriculture (CSA) can help smallholder farmers adapt to climate change and increase agricultural productivity…

  • Role of the interaction space in shaping innovation for sustainable agriculture

    Open AccessThirze Hermans, Harriet Elizabeth Smith et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2023Cited by: 4References: 5

    The challenges of climate change, food insecurity and land degradation have all led to a push for ‘scaling’ innovation for sustainable agriculture. For this purpose, international agricultural development projects often use farm trials or farmer field schools as a way for farmers to engage with technically-constructed knowledge and empirical evidence. However, the role of such trials in the socio-political construction of knowledge is often overl…

  • Innovation systems and affordances in climate smart agriculture

    Open AccessHarriet Elizabeth Smith, Susannah M Sallu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2021Cited by: 9References: 16

  • Climate-smart agriculture, household income and asset accumulation among smallholder farmers in the Nyando basin of Kenya

    Open AccessMaurice Juma Ogada, E J O Rao et al.ARTICLEWorld Development Perspectives2020References: 10

    Climate change, characterized by rising average temperatures and changes in rainfall amounts and patterns, remains a major threat to rural livelihoods. For smallholder households that heavily depend on agriculture, adaptation and mitigation measures, including coping strategies are therefore needed to secure household livelihoods and incomes. In this article, we assess the impacts on livelihood outcomes, of climate smart agricultural (CSA) practi…

  • The climate-smart village approach

    Open AccessPramod K Aggarwal, Pramod Aggarwal et al.ARTICLEConservation Ecology2018Cited by: 5

    Aggarwal, P. K., A. Jarvis, B. M. Campbell, R. B. Zougmoré, A. Khatri-Chhetri, S. J. Vermeulen, A. Loboguerrero, L. S. Sebastian, J. Kinyangi, O. Bonilla-Findji, M. Radeny, J. Recha, D. Martinez-Baron, J. Ramirez-Villegas, S. Huyer, P. Thornton, E. Wollenberg, J. Hansen, P. Alvarez-Toro, A. Aguilar-Ariza, D. Arango-Londoño, V. Patiño-Bravo, O. Rivera, M. Ouedraogo and B. Tan Yen. 2018. The climate-smart village approach: framework of an integrati…

  • Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia

    Open AccessAbrham Belay, John Recha et al.ARTICLEAgriculture & Food Security2017

    The agricultural sector remains the main source of livelihoods for rural communities in Ethiopia, but faces the challenge of changing climate. This study investigated how smallholder farmers perceive climate change, what adaptation strategies they practice, and factors that influence their adaptation decisions. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study, and a multinomial logit model was employed to identify the factors that shape sm…