John McIntire

TL;DR: In this article, the relative importance of crops and livestock is described for each environment and a matrix of crop-livestock interactions is defined for each environments and the reasons for each type of relation are noted.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore whether migration of household members enhances adoption of agricultural innovations that aim to provide protection against weather shocks, and find that households who have at least one member who has migrated are able to overcome barriers to employ high-cost agricultural innovations through using remittances received.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compare oxen farms in Mali and non-adopters in Upper Volta in the Sahel region of West Africa, showing that ox plowing increases cash crop acreage, but clearly profitable adoption requires companion innovations to boost labor productivity in peak periods.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used data from 500 households in Samburu County (Kenya) to explore how natural environment and market accessibility affect coping and adaptation strategies of pastoralists.