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Towards Better Surveys with Farmers Adapting to Global Change: 5 Strategies for a More Integrated Approach | Chris Bacon and Lisa Kelley

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Since the 1970s, scientists have suggested that avoiding the worst impacts of climate change will require preventing more than a 2 degree Celsius warming over pre-industrial levels. With the growing likelihood of such an increase, science has turned to questions … Continue reading

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Lisa Kelley’s Blog 2017

My recent trip to Nicaragua was my first time in the dry tropics and my first time back to Central America since a field course in Panama 10 years ago. After many years of research in Southeast Asia, it was … Continue reading

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Claire Smoker’s Blog 2016

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Misty Trees and Trickling Streams By: Claire Smoker My two weeks in Northwestern Nicaragua were filled with warm tortillas, green mountain ranges, midday rains, and freshly picked tree ripened mangoes. Upon arriving in Nicaragua, we were warmly greeted in the … Continue reading

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Kim Grandi’s Blog 2016

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Research with a Side of Bacon By: Kimy Grandi This past July, I was blessed with the opportunity to travel to Nicaragua for the second time. However, this time I was exceptionally lucky because I got to work with fellow … Continue reading

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Lauren Cloward’s Blog 2016

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Nicaragua Blog Post By: Lauren Cloward After weeks of combing through literature to form survey questions that would address food and water security, coping mechanisms to environmental hazards, and gendered livelihoods, the much-anticipated day had arrived. Claire, Kim, and I … Continue reading

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