Decision analysis of agroforestry options reveals adoption risks for resource-poor farmers

H Do, E Luedeling, C Whitney - Agronomy for Sustainable development, 2020 - Springer
Agroforestry interventions have the potential to benefit the livelihoods of farmers and
communities worldwide. However, given the high system complexity, the long-term benefits …

Decision analytical methods for assessing the efficacy of agroecology interventions

C Whitney, L Biber-Freudenberger… - CABI Agriculture and …, 2023 - Springer
Given the extensive impact of humans on ecosystems and the uncertainty faced by decision-
makers when choosing among alternatives, formal support is required for decision-making …

Model-based evaluation of management options in ornamental plant nurseries

M Ruett, C Whitney, E Luedeling - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Agricultural management decisions are usually made without perfect knowledge. Decision
Analysis (DA) approaches translate available uncertain information on costs, benefits and …

Homegardens and the future of food and nutrition security in southwest Uganda

CW Whitney, JRS Tabuti, O Hensel, CH Yeh… - Agricultural …, 2017 - Elsevier
Governments around the world seek to create programs that will support sustainable
agriculture and achieve food security, yet they are faced with uncertainty, system complexity …

Adapting sweet cherry orchards to extreme weather events–Decision Analysis in support of farmers' investments in Central Chile

G Rojas, E Fernandez, C Whitney, E Luedeling… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Available options for mitigating the impacts of extreme weather events on temperate fruit
trees involve a number of risks and uncertainties, leaving growers hesitant about the …

Probabilistic decision tools for determining impacts of agricultural development policy on household nutrition

CW Whitney, D Lanzanova, C Muchiri… - Earth's …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Governments around the world have agreed to end hunger and food insecurity and to
improve global nutrition, largely through changes to agriculture and food systems. However …

Improving development efficiency through decision analysis: Reservoir protection in Burkina Faso

D Lanzanova, C Whitney, K Shepherd… - … modelling & software, 2019 - Elsevier
In the arid areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, perennial challenges of water scarcity and food
insecurity are exacerbated by climate change and variability. The development of robust …

[HTML][HTML] Decision analysis of agro-climate service scaling–A case study in Dien Bien District, Vietnam

TTG Luu, C Whitney, L Biber-Freudenberger… - Climate Services, 2022 - Elsevier
Farmers' agricultural practices in Vietnam are highly sensitive to weather, climate variability
and climate change. The lack of timely and actionable climate-informed agricultural advice …

[HTML][HTML] Portraying probabilistic relationships of continuous nodes in Bayesian networks with ranked nodes method

P Laitila, K Virtanen - Decision Support Systems, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper advances the use of the ranked nodes method (RNM) to portray probabilistic
relationships of continuous quantities in Bayesian networks (BNs). In RNM, continuous …

Advancing construction of conditional probability tables of Bayesian networks with ranked nodes method

P Laitila, K Virtanen - International Journal of General Systems, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
System models based on Bayesian networks (BNs) are widely applied in different areas.
This paper facilitates the use of such models by advancing the ranked nodes method (RNM) …