J Morton
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Morton |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | Morton |
| SIGNATURE | MORTON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Natural Resources Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8013-5794 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Constraints on farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate variability and change
This paper explores the constraints on the adaptive capacity of crop farmers in two districts in different agroecological zones – Atwima Mponua (Semi-Deciduous Forest Zone) and Ejura-Sekyeredumase (Transition Zone) of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A comparative-case mixed-methods research design was adopted using household survey questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews with key informants. The study involved 150 farm…
Assessing the crop productivity and household welfare effects of adopting certified seeds of improved cassava varieties in Uganda
This article identifies the determinants, crop productivity, and household welfare impacts of adopting certified seeds of improved cassava varieties (c-ICVs) in Uganda. The determinants were identified using the two-part model while the crop productivity and household welfare impacts were assessed using the endogenous switching regression model. The data came from 609 farm households in Uganda’s three major cassava-growing regions (Eastern, North…
Wordsworth's Death and the Figure of the Poet in 1850
This article will consider the extent and nature of the celebrity of the Poet Laureate William Wordsworth, who died in 1850. Ostensibly the most famous English poet alive in that year, on his death on 23 April 1850, Wordsworth had been Poet Laureate for just over seven years and had been actively producing verse since 1793. Shortly after his death, his longest poem, now considered a masterpiece of autobiographical epic, The Prelude, was published…
The people living with HIV stigma survey UK 2015
We aim to understand the difference in stigma and discrimination, in particular sexual rejection, experienced between gay and heterosexual men living with HIV in the UK. The People Living with HIV StigmaSurvey UK 2015 recruited a convenience sample of persons with HIV through over 120 cross sector community organisations and 46 HIV clinics to complete an online survey. 1162 men completed the survey, 969 (83%) gay men and 193 (17%) heterosexual me…
Intergenerational perceptions of household wellbeing in India’s Western and Eastern Ghats
Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
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…
Science in Neo-Victorian Poetry
This article considers the work of three contemporary poets and their engagement, in verse, with nineteenth-century science. Beginning with the outlandish ‘theories’ of Mick Imlah's ‘The Zoologist's Bath’ (1983), it moves on to two works of biografiction – Anthony Thwaite's poem ‘At Marychurch’ (1980), which outlines Philip Henry Gosse's doomed attempts to unite evolution and Christianity, and Ruth Padel's Darwin: A Life in Poems (2009). Starting…
Re‐framing the climate change debate in the livestock sector
Livestock play a key role in the climate change debate. As with crop‐based agriculture, the sector is both a net greenhouse gas emitter and vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, it is an essential food source for millions of people worldwide, with other functions apart from food security such as savings and insurance. By comparison with crop‐based agriculture, the interactions of livestock and climate change have been much less studied.…
What drives the vulnerability of pastoralists to global environmental change? A qualitative meta-analysis
Tennyson at 200
2009 saw the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Tennyson, the most famous poet in the world in the Victorian period and Victoria’s Laureate. This article will detail the publications, events and media response which commemorated this bicentenary. Considering writers as diverse as Christopher Ricks, Mick Imlah, Robert Douglas‐Fairhurst, Adam Foulds and Angela Leighton, as well as popular culture, current affairs and journalism, it will also …
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence agriculture
Some of the most important impacts of global climate change will be felt among the populations, predominantly in developing countries, referred to as “subsistence” or “smallholder” farmers. Their vulnerability to climate change comes both from being predominantly located in the tropics, and from various socioeconomic, demographic, and policy trends limiting their capacity to adapt to change. However, these impacts will be difficult to model or pr…
What drives the vulnerability of pastoralists to global environmental change? A qualitative meta-analysis
Re‐framing the climate change debate in the livestock sector
Livestock play a key role in the climate change debate. As with crop‐based agriculture, the sector is both a net greenhouse gas emitter and vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, it is an essential food source for millions of people worldwide, with other functions apart from food security such as savings and insurance. By comparison with crop‐based agriculture, the interactions of livestock and climate change have been much less studied.…
The impact of climate change on smallholder and subsistence agriculture
Some of the most important impacts of global climate change will be felt among the populations, predominantly in developing countries, referred to as “subsistence” or “smallholder” farmers. Their vulnerability to climate change comes both from being predominantly located in the tropics, and from various socioeconomic, demographic, and policy trends limiting their capacity to adapt to change. However, these impacts will be difficult to model or pr…
Tennyson at 200
2009 saw the 200th anniversary of the birth of Alfred Tennyson, the most famous poet in the world in the Victorian period and Victoria’s Laureate. This article will detail the publications, events and media response which commemorated this bicentenary. Considering writers as diverse as Christopher Ricks, Mick Imlah, Robert Douglas‐Fairhurst, Adam Foulds and Angela Leighton, as well as popular culture, current affairs and journalism, it will also …
Science in Neo-Victorian Poetry
This article considers the work of three contemporary poets and their engagement, in verse, with nineteenth-century science. Beginning with the outlandish ‘theories’ of Mick Imlah's ‘The Zoologist's Bath’ (1983), it moves on to two works of biografiction – Anthony Thwaite's poem ‘At Marychurch’ (1980), which outlines Philip Henry Gosse's doomed attempts to unite evolution and Christianity, and Ruth Padel's Darwin: A Life in Poems (2009). Starting…
Re‐framing the climate change debate in the livestock sector
Livestock play a key role in the climate change debate. As with crop‐based agriculture, the sector is both a net greenhouse gas emitter and vulnerable to climate change. At the same time, it is an essential food source for millions of people worldwide, with other functions apart from food security such as savings and insurance. By comparison with crop‐based agriculture, the interactions of livestock and climate change have been much less studied.…
What drives the vulnerability of pastoralists to global environmental change? A qualitative meta-analysis
Smallholder farmers’ adaptation to climate change and determinants of their adaptation decisions in the Central Rift Valley of Ethiopia
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…
The people living with HIV stigma survey UK 2015
We aim to understand the difference in stigma and discrimination, in particular sexual rejection, experienced between gay and heterosexual men living with HIV in the UK. The People Living with HIV StigmaSurvey UK 2015 recruited a convenience sample of persons with HIV through over 120 cross sector community organisations and 46 HIV clinics to complete an online survey. 1162 men completed the survey, 969 (83%) gay men and 193 (17%) heterosexual me…
Intergenerational perceptions of household wellbeing in India’s Western and Eastern Ghats
Wordsworth's Death and the Figure of the Poet in 1850
This article will consider the extent and nature of the celebrity of the Poet Laureate William Wordsworth, who died in 1850. Ostensibly the most famous English poet alive in that year, on his death on 23 April 1850, Wordsworth had been Poet Laureate for just over seven years and had been actively producing verse since 1793. Shortly after his death, his longest poem, now considered a masterpiece of autobiographical epic, The Prelude, was published…
Constraints on farmers’ adaptive capacity to climate variability and change
This paper explores the constraints on the adaptive capacity of crop farmers in two districts in different agroecological zones – Atwima Mponua (Semi-Deciduous Forest Zone) and Ejura-Sekyeredumase (Transition Zone) of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. A comparative-case mixed-methods research design was adopted using household survey questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews with key informants. The study involved 150 farm…
Assessing the crop productivity and household welfare effects of adopting certified seeds of improved cassava varieties in Uganda
This article identifies the determinants, crop productivity, and household welfare impacts of adopting certified seeds of improved cassava varieties (c-ICVs) in Uganda. The determinants were identified using the two-part model while the crop productivity and household welfare impacts were assessed using the endogenous switching regression model. The data came from 609 farm households in Uganda’s three major cassava-growing regions (Eastern, North…
Economics (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Natural resource economics (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Business (4 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (4 works) · Environmental planning (4 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Agricultural Innovations and Practices (3 works)