27.01.2026
As part of her doctoral research at ZALF, Mahlet Degefu Awoke successfully defended her PhD dissertation, “Evaluating climate-smart agriculture strategies: adoption, sustainability, and equitable livelihoods in semi-arid Tanzania,” at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on 17 December 2025.
Using a mixed-methods approach that combined household surveys, focus group discussions, and key informant interviews, the research examines the adoption and impacts of climate-smart agriculture among smallholder farmers, with a focus on sustainability, gender, and food security. The findings show that CSA adoption is a dynamic process shaped by resource availability, social norms, and institutional conditions, and that integrated CSA approaches provide pathways toward more resilient agriculture.
The research was funded by the ATSAF e.V. Academy and supported by CIFOR-ICRAF Tanzania.
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