Search Results - "McCABE, J. TERRENCE"

The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya by Quandt, Amy, Neufeldt, Henry, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Climate change may create serious problems for farmers by increasing precipitation variability and drought and flood events. Understanding how to build…”
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Mobile phone use is associated with higher smallholder agricultural productivity in Tanzania, East Africa by Quandt, Amy, Salerno, Jonathan D, Neff, Jason C, Baird, Timothy D, Herrick, Jeffrey E, McCabe, J. Terrence, Xu, Emilie, Hartter, Joel, Van Campenhout, Bjorn

“…Mobile phone use is increasing in Sub-Saharan Africa, spurring a growing focus on mobile phones as tools to increase agricultural yields and incomes on…”
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Well-being and conservation: diversity and change in visions of a good life among the Maasai of northern Tanzania by Woodhouse, Emily, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…The Simanjiro plains, east of Tarangire National Park in Northern Tanzania are a key dispersal area for wildlife, and are of vital importance to Maasai…”
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Mobile phones and wrong numbers: how Maasai agro-pastoralists form and use accidental social ties in East Africa by Baird, Timothy D., McCabe, J. Terrence, Woodhouse, Emily, Rumas, Isaya, Sankeni, Stephen, Saitoti, Gabriel Ole

“…Mobile phones are recognized as important new tools for rural development in the Global South, but few studies have examined how phones can shape social…”
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Response Diversity and Resilience in Social-Ecological Systems by Leslie, Paul, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Recent work in ecology suggests that the diversity of responses to environmental change among species contributing to the same ecosystem function can strongly…”
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Guiding principles for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on human well-being by Woodhouse, Emily, Homewood, Katherine M., Beauchamp, Emilie, Clements, Tom, McCabe, J. Terrence, Wilkie, David, Milner-Gulland, E. J.

“…Measures of socio-economic impacts of conservation interventions have largely been restricted to externally defined indicators focused on income, which do not…”
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Adopting Cultivation to Remain Pastoralists: The Diversification of Maasai Livelihoods in Northern Tanzania by McCabe, J. Terrence, Leslie, Paul W, DeLuca, Laura

“…Over the past four decades, Maasai pastoralists in Tanzania have adopted agriculture, integrating it with their traditional pastoralism. This livelihood…”
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Drought, Local Institutional Contexts, and Support for Violence in Kenya by Linke, Andrew M., Witmer, Frank D. W., O’Loughlin, John, McCabe, J. Terrence, Tir, Jaroslav

“…We address two questions on the effects of climate change for social instability. First, do droughts and their associated environmental impacts affect support…”
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Notes on Land-based Conflicts in Kenya’s Arid Areas by Greiner, Clemens, Bollig, Michael, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Contribution to the Debate on Property and Land Rights in …”
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"You Can Steal Livestock but You Can't Steal Trees." The Livelihood Benefits of Agroforestry during and after Violent Conflict by Quandt, Amy, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…While violent conflict affects the lives of 1.5 billion people globally, little is known about how such people support and feed themselves. We explore how…”
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Coping with Natural Hazards in a Conservation Context: Resource-Use Decisions of Maasai Households During Recent and Historical Droughts by Miller, Brian W., Leslie, Paul W., McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Analyzing people's decisions can reveal key variables that affect their behaviors. Despite the demonstrated utility of this approach, it has not been applied…”
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Mobile phones and women's empowerment in Maasai communities: How men shape women's social relations and access to phones by Summers, Kelly H., Baird, Timothy D., Woodhouse, Emily, Christie, Maria Elisa, McCabe, J. Terrence, Terta, Felista, Peter, Naomi

“…Mobile phones have been heralded by many as promising new tools to empower women throughout the Global South. However, some have asserted that new information…”
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Livelihood Diversification through Migration among a Pastoral People: Contrasting Case Studies of Maasai in Northern Tanzania by McCabe, J. Terrence, Smith, Nicole M., Leslie, Paul W., Telligman, Amy L.

“…This paper brings together over two decades of research concerning the patterns and processes of livelihood diversification through migration among Maasai…”
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The Effect of Wildlife Conservation on Local Perceptions of Risk and Behavioral Response by Baird, Timothy D., Leslie, Paul W., McCabe, J. Terrence

“…In this study, we examine the effect of Tarangire National Park (TNP) on local perceptions of risk and how these perceptions may influence behavioral…”
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Sustainability and Livelihood Diversification among Maasai of Northern Tanzania by McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Maasai people in East Africa are attempting to craft new sustainable livelihoods in response to increasing population pressure, a fluctuating livestock…”
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Livestock Acquisitions Dynamics in Nomadic Pastoralist Herd Demography: A Case Study among Ngisonyoka Herders of South Turkana, Kenya by de Vries, Danny, Leslie, Paul W., TerrenceMcCabe, J.

“…Despite the attention given to social relations in the pastoral literature, the role of livestock acquisitions—additions of livestock to herds through…”
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City Work in a Time of AIDS: Maasai Labor Migration in Tanzania by May, Ann, McCabe, J. Terrence

“…Around 1997, Tanzanian Maasai began seeking city jobs in noticeable numbers, due to intensifying poverty. Having limited knowledge of cities, elders were…”
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New pathways for women’s empowerment in pastoralist Maasai households, Tanzania by Baird, Timothy D., Woodhouse, Emily, McCabe, J. Terrence, Barnes, Paul, Terta, Felista, Runda, Naomi

“…Despite the extensive scholarship on women's empowerment and gender equality in the Global South, few studies have examined how changing livelihoods create new…”
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Drought and Recovery: Livestock Dynamics among the Ngisonyoka Turkana of Kenya by McCabe, J. Terrence

“…From 1980-1985, the Turkana District of Kenya experienced both drought and above average rainfall. The effects of a 2-year drought on the livestock population…”
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Toward an Anthropological Understanding of Sustainability: A Preface by McCabe, J Terrence

“…Members of the NRC study believe progress made in meeting this challenge during the next two generations will shape the future for many generations to come…”
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