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List of works by Rachel Bezner Kerr

"We grandmothers know plenty": breastfeeding, complementary feeding and the multifaceted role of grandmothers in Malawi

scientific article published on 21 December 2007

A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 12 February 2021

A Participatory Investigation of Dietary Diversity Amplifies Knowledge Coproduction and Participant Involvement in an Agroecological Intervention in Rural Tanzania (OR25-08-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

A political ecology of high-input agriculture in northern Ghana

scholarly article by Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong & Rachel Bezner Kerr published 2 July 2014 in African Geographical Review

A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation

scientific article published on 26 September 2016

A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

scientific article

Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review

scientific article published on 27 October 2020

Agroecology and healthy food systems in semi-humid tropical Africa: Participatory research with vulnerable farming households in Malawi

scientific article

Agroecology and household production diversity and dietary diversity: Evidence from a five-year agroecological intervention in rural Malawi

scientific article published on 25 November 2020

Agroecology and sustainable food systems: Participatory research to improve food security among HIV-affected households in northern Malawi

scientific article

Assessing Transitions to Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems: A Tool for Agroecology Performance Evaluation (TAPE)

scientific article published on 18 December 2020

Assessing local perceptions of deforestation, forest restoration, and the role of agroecology for agroecosystem restoration in northern Malawi

scientific article published on 20 February 2022

Barriers and Opportunities for Improved Exclusive Breast-Feeding Practices in Tanzania: Household Trials With Mothers and Fathers

scientific article published on 08 May 2019

Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Biodiversity can support a greener revolution in Africa

scientific article

Breastfeeding and mixed feeding practices in Malawi: timing, reasons, decision makers, and child health consequences

scientific article published in March 2007

Can agroecology improve food security and nutrition? A review

scientific article published on 23 April 2021

Comparison of Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Capacity in Three Bean Varieties Grown in Central Malawi

scientific article published on 17 May 2016

Deadly divide: Malawi’s policy debate on HIV/AIDS and condoms

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Does participatory farmer-to-farmer training improve the adoption of sustainable land management practices?

scientific article published on 11 May 2021

Effects of a participatory agriculture and nutrition education project on child growth in northern Malawi

scientific article published on 09 November 2010

Equity in Adaptation: A Systematic Global Review

scientific article published on 19 February 2021

Exchange and experimentation: community seed banks strengthen farmers’ seed systems in Northern Malawi

scientific article published in 2022

Feasibility and Effectiveness Assessment of Multi-Sectoral Climate Change Adaptation for Food Security and Nutrition

scientific article published in 2022

Fields of contestation and contamination: Maize seeds, agroecology and the (de)coloniality of agriculture in Malawi and South Africa

scientific article published in 2024

First Nations Food Environments: Exploring the Role of Place, Income, and Social Connection

scientific article published on 01 July 2020

Floodplain farming and maladaptation to extreme rainfall events in northern Ghana

scientific article published in 2022

Impact of a participatory agroecological development project on household wealth and food security in Malawi

Integrated agriculture programs to address malnutrition in northern Malawi

scientific article

Intergenerational participatory discussion groups foster knowledge exchange to improve child nutrition and food security in northern Malawi

scientific article published in September 2009

Interplays between changing biophysical and social dynamics under climate change: Implications for limits to sustainable adaptation in food systems

scientific article published in 2022

Interrogating the technocratic (neoliberal) agenda for agricultural development and hunger alleviation in Africa

article

Joint environmental and social benefits from diversified agriculture

scientific article published on 5 April 2024

Knowledge democratization approaches for food systems transformation

scientific article published in 2024

Land grabbing, social differentiation, intensified migration and food security in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 19 December 2016

Local and landscape scale woodland cover and diversification of agroecological practices shape butterfly communities in tropical smallholder landscapes

scientific article published in 2023

Lost and Found Crops: Agrobiodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge, and a Feminist Political Ecology of Sorghum and Finger Millet in Northern Malawi

scholarly article by Rachel Bezner Kerr published 29 April 2014 in Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Mapping evidence of human adaptation to climate change

PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH ON LEGUME DIVERSIFICATION WITH MALAWIAN SMALLHOLDER FARMERS FOR IMPROVED HUMAN NUTRITION AND SOIL FERTILITY

scientific article published in 2007

Participatory Research Approaches and Social Dynamics that Influence Agricultural Practices to Improve Child Nutrition in Malawi

scientific article published in 2004

Participatory agroecological research on climate change adaptation improves smallholder farmer household food security and dietary diversity in Malawi

scientific article published on 17 April 2019

Production Diversity Is Not Associated with Women's Dietary Diversity After Controlling for Wealth and Participation in an Agriculture Intervention in Tanzania (P10-031-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Production Diversity, Men's Help with Household Tasks, & Lower Women's Depression Mediate Impact of an Agriculture Intervention on Child's Dietary Diversity in Tanzania (FS01-06-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Production Diversity, Men's Help with Household Tasks, & Lower Women's Depression Mediate Impact of an Agriculture Intervention on Child's Dietary Diversity in Tanzania (FS01-06-19)

Provitamin A potential of landrace orange maize variety (Zea mays L.) grown in different geographical locations of central Malawi

scientific article published on 23 October 2015

Realizing Resilient Food Systems

Role of Women's Empowerment in Child Nutrition Outcomes: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Spatial and Ecological Farmer Knowledge and Decision-Making about Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity

scientific article published in 2020

Synergies and trade-offs between climate change adaptation options and gender equality: a review of the global literature

scientific article published in 2022

The Global Adaptation Mapping Initiative (GAMI): Part 1 – Introduction and overview of methods

scholarly article

The State of Family Farms in the World

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The determinants of dietary diversity and nutrition: ethnonutrition knowledge of local people in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

scientific article

The effects of crop type, landscape composition and agroecological practices on biodiversity and ecosystem services in tropical smallholder farms

scientific article published in 2023

The importance of shrubland and local agroecological practices for pumpkin production in sub-Saharan smallholdings

scientific article published in 2023

The relative importance of climate change in the context of multiple stressors in semi-arid Ghana

scientific article published on 25 March 2015

Understanding human vulnerability to climate change: A global perspective on index validation for adaptation planning

scientific article published on 01 September 2021