Participatory scenarios as a tool to link science and policy on food security under climate change in East Africa

Regional Environmental Change

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 389-398

  Chaudhury, Moushumi ^a   Vervoort, Joost ^b   Kristjanson, Patti ^a   Ericksen, Polly ^c   Ainslie, Andrew ^d  

^a CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Capacity building; Credibility; East Africa; Legitimacy; Multi stakeholder scenarios; Salience

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875411208     PISSN: 14363798     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10113-012-0350-1     Document Type: Article

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