▪ Abstract This review asks the question: What new avenues of social science enquiry are
suggested by new ecological thinking, with its focus on nonequilibrium dynamics, spatial …

Sustainable intensification has been proposed as a pathway to achieve food security and
reduce environmental impacts of agriculture by focusing on narrowing yield gaps on existing …

The study examines the historical origins of existing cross-cultural differences in beliefs and
values regarding the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that …

This global environmental and political history “will redefine the way we think about the
European colonial project”(Observer).“... sets the triumph of the late 19th-century Western …

54 Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse, Paul Dorosh, and Sinafikeh Asrat Gemessa analysis of
cereal production changes are discussed then. An overview of the production of other major …

A collection of eleven papers is presented which challenges orthodoxies concerning
environmental change in Africa and illustrate challenges to received wisdom across a range …

A hydrological modelling at a catchment scale has been used to investigate the impact of
climatic and land use change on water resources in data scarce Tropical Africa using a …

In the last two centuries, agriculture has been an outstanding, if somewhat neglected,
success story. Agriculture has fed an ever-growing population with an increasing variety of …

Water insecurity is a primary underlying determinant of global health disparities. While
public health research on water insecurity has focused mainly on two dimensions, water …

A critical analysis of the post-Rio consensus on environment and development which
questions the role of particular forms of internationalized elite scientific expertise. It asks why …