Sarah Fay Buckland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4899408 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Fay Buckland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah Fay |
| FAMILY NAME | Buckland |
| SIGNATURE | BUCKLAND S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Surrey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4621-6574 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reviving traditional agricultural industries
Recent growth in the arrowroot industry, driven by increased demand for gluten‐free products, presents an opportunity for historical leaders, such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Once acclaimed as the Caribbean region's premiere arrowroot producer, SVG's production declined due to economic stresses and weak institutional support. Recent exposure to climate extremes, such as Hurricane Beryl of 2024, underscores the need for a thorough assessmen…
Exploring the utility of the Enhanced Vegetation Index as rainfall and agricultural proxy in a Caribbean case study event
Highly fragile small island states experience disproportionate climate impacts given their limited capacity to implement cost‐effective tools for detecting emerging signals of drying conditions and monitoring systems for sensitive sectors such as agriculture, especially for uncertain, ‘creeping’ events such as droughts. Despite the existence of open‐source Google Earth Engine datasets, untapped potential remains for their full deployment in disas…
Agro‐climate services and drought risk management in Jamaica
For many generations, Caribbean smallholder farmers have used traditional knowledge to manage drought impacts. However, patterns of increased climate variability increasingly challenge traditional drought management practices, creating livelihood insecurities and uncertainties. Climate Information Services (CIS) have been promoted as an agile risk management strategy to help farmers negotiate challenges of increased climate extremes. Yet, despite…
An assessment of factors influencing awareness, access and use of agro-climate services among farmers in Clarendon, Jamaica
Consumer involvement in health care purchasing
Recent reforms in the National Health Service (NHS) place great emphasis on the importance of the ‘voice of the consumer’ in the provision of health care. Health purchasers are now required to adopt the role of ‘champion of the people’, traditionally that of the Community Health Councils (CHCs). In turn the CHCs have been encouraged to become more closely involved in the purchasing process. This paper draws on a national investigation of the oper…
Expert Systems and the Public Provision of Welfare Benefit Advice
At some stage during their lives most people will need information on welfare benefit entitlements and on the operation of the social security system in order to lodge a benefit claim. This article reports on the feasibility of using computers to provide benefit advice and support to the public, drawing on data from a study of potential users of a computer information system. The article concludes that expert systems technology could provide oppo…
Household Claiming Behaviour
Social security benefits provide an essential resource for most families on low incomes. This paper examines the life cycle of claiming activities, from the initial decision to claim through to routine claiming. New empirical evidence is drawn from a study of relatively low income households in South East England carried out by the Alvey DHSS Demonstrator Project. A number of analytical stages which comprise the “claiming process” are identified …
Household Claiming Behaviour
Social security benefits provide an essential resource for most families on low incomes. This paper examines the life cycle of claiming activities, from the initial decision to claim through to routine claiming. New empirical evidence is drawn from a study of relatively low income households in South East England carried out by the Alvey DHSS Demonstrator Project. A number of analytical stages which comprise the “claiming process” are identified …
Consumer involvement in health care purchasing
Recent reforms in the National Health Service (NHS) place great emphasis on the importance of the ‘voice of the consumer’ in the provision of health care. Health purchasers are now required to adopt the role of ‘champion of the people’, traditionally that of the Community Health Councils (CHCs). In turn the CHCs have been encouraged to become more closely involved in the purchasing process. This paper draws on a national investigation of the oper…
Expert Systems and the Public Provision of Welfare Benefit Advice
At some stage during their lives most people will need information on welfare benefit entitlements and on the operation of the social security system in order to lodge a benefit claim. This article reports on the feasibility of using computers to provide benefit advice and support to the public, drawing on data from a study of potential users of a computer information system. The article concludes that expert systems technology could provide oppo…
Household Claiming Behaviour
Social security benefits provide an essential resource for most families on low incomes. This paper examines the life cycle of claiming activities, from the initial decision to claim through to routine claiming. New empirical evidence is drawn from a study of relatively low income households in South East England carried out by the Alvey DHSS Demonstrator Project. A number of analytical stages which comprise the “claiming process” are identified …
Expert Systems and the Public Provision of Welfare Benefit Advice
At some stage during their lives most people will need information on welfare benefit entitlements and on the operation of the social security system in order to lodge a benefit claim. This article reports on the feasibility of using computers to provide benefit advice and support to the public, drawing on data from a study of potential users of a computer information system. The article concludes that expert systems technology could provide oppo…
Consumer involvement in health care purchasing
Recent reforms in the National Health Service (NHS) place great emphasis on the importance of the ‘voice of the consumer’ in the provision of health care. Health purchasers are now required to adopt the role of ‘champion of the people’, traditionally that of the Community Health Councils (CHCs). In turn the CHCs have been encouraged to become more closely involved in the purchasing process. This paper draws on a national investigation of the oper…
An assessment of factors influencing awareness, access and use of agro-climate services among farmers in Clarendon, Jamaica
Agro‐climate services and drought risk management in Jamaica
For many generations, Caribbean smallholder farmers have used traditional knowledge to manage drought impacts. However, patterns of increased climate variability increasingly challenge traditional drought management practices, creating livelihood insecurities and uncertainties. Climate Information Services (CIS) have been promoted as an agile risk management strategy to help farmers negotiate challenges of increased climate extremes. Yet, despite…
Exploring the utility of the Enhanced Vegetation Index as rainfall and agricultural proxy in a Caribbean case study event
Highly fragile small island states experience disproportionate climate impacts given their limited capacity to implement cost‐effective tools for detecting emerging signals of drying conditions and monitoring systems for sensitive sectors such as agriculture, especially for uncertain, ‘creeping’ events such as droughts. Despite the existence of open‐source Google Earth Engine datasets, untapped potential remains for their full deployment in disas…
Reviving traditional agricultural industries
Recent growth in the arrowroot industry, driven by increased demand for gluten‐free products, presents an opportunity for historical leaders, such as St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Once acclaimed as the Caribbean region's premiere arrowroot producer, SVG's production declined due to economic stresses and weak institutional support. Recent exposure to climate extremes, such as Hurricane Beryl of 2024, underscores the need for a thorough assessmen…
Economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Climate change (3 works) · Climate change impacts on agriculture (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agricultural risk and resilience (2 works) · Climate variability and models (2 works)