Prof. Dr. Chinwe Ifejika Speranza

Unit Leader Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management

Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management

Phone
+41 31 684 38 60
E-Mail
chinwe.ifejika.speranza@unibe.ch
Office
109
Postal Address
University of Bern
Institute of Geography
Hallerstrasse 12
CH-3012 Bern
Consultation Hour
by agreement

Areas of professional focus

  • Sustainable Land Management
  • Land use and land cover analysis
  • Climate variability and climate change adaptation and mitigation
  • Ecosystem services / natural resources
  • Agricultural landscapes / agro-ecology
  • Social-ecological resilience
  • Environmental performance
  • Environmental justice
  • Environmental stewardship  / Environmental policy
  • Conceptual and methodological development

​Projects

  • Land Degradation and its impacts on ecosystem services in the Nigerian Savannah
  • Exploring pathways for transformation to sustainability using the safe and just operating space concept at the regional level (SUccESS)
  • Food Systems Caravan West Africa 
  • Soil spectroscopy for measuring sustainable land management 
  • Social-ecological systems modelling and Sustainable Land Management (SSLM)
  • Sustainable governance of food systems: optimising the coexistence of large- and small-scale food producers in South America and Africa. Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development
  • Resilient agriculture-based livelihoods and resilient agricultural landscapes? Adaptation to climate change in African agriculture (RESALL)

Concluded Projects

  • Agricultural Climate Resilience to El-Nino in sub-Saharan Africa (ACRES
  • Live with Water; Project within the UK DFID Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) Programme 

Bachelor

  • Geographies of Sustainability - Lecture and exercises (2020 - )
  • Sustainability in the Anthropocene - Physical lecture/Podcast (2020 - )
  • Integrative Geography and Sustainability - Lecture and exercises (2016 - 2019)
  • Global Development and Environmental issues - Physical lecture/Podcast (2016 - 2019)
  • Initiatives for the restoration of land and land resources - Proseminar (2019)
  • «Land Degradation Neutrality»: Design, operationalisation and implications for achieving sustainable development objectives - Proseminar (2017)
  • Supervision Bachelor thesis of unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management
  • Research internship Bachelor thesis

 

Master

  • Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management - Physical lecture/Podcast (2016 - )
  • Sustainability - Forum/Podcast (2016 - )
  • Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management – Land management variables and their applications across scales in Switzerland - Seminar (2020)
  • Challenges in Geography - Vorlesung (2016 - 2020)
  • Methods Seminar on Sustainable Development - System dynamics modelling of social-ecological systems - Seminar (2019)
  • Environmental Justice: multi-dimensional and multi-scale perspectives - Seminar (2018)
  • System dynamics for understanding the sustainability challenges of social-ecological systems - Seminar (2018)
  • Field course Caucasus in Georgia - Field course (2017)
  • Resilience in Sustainable Land Management and Land Systems: The resilience approach to the sustainable use of land and natural resources - Seminar (2016)
  • Alps und mountains - Lecture (2016)
  • Supervision Master thesis of unit Land Systems and Sustainable Land Management
  • Research Planning
  • Colloquium Master thesis

 

PhD

  • Member, Board of the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the Future Earth core-project, the Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS).
  • Centre for Training and Integrated Research in Arid and Semi-arid Lands Development (CETRAD), Nanyuki, Kenya
  • Member, International Board of Directors of the African Technology Policy Studies Network (ATPS)
  • Member, Independent Steering Committee (ISC) of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS)
  • The Swiss Society for African Studies / Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Afrikastudien
  • African Studies Association in Germany / Vereinigung für Afrikawissenschaften in Deutschland (e.V.)
  • Member Advisory Board, Bern Society of Natural Sciences (Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Bern (NGB)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie-Arbeitskreis Subsaharisches Afrika (AKSA, Research Group on Sub-Saharan Africa of the German Geographical Society)
  • Geographische Gesellschaft Bern
  • Geographisch-Ethnographische Gesellschaft Zürich (GEGZ, Geographical-Ethnographical Society of Zurich)
  • German Development Institute (DIE)
  • Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
  • Network for the Evaluation of One Health (NEOH): Enable evaluations of One Health activities and comparison of initiatives as well as informed decision-making and resource allocation. 

 

Reviewer for

  • Environmental Science & Policy
  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Mountain Research & Development
  • Environment, Development & Sustainability
  • European Journal of Development Research
  • Swiss National Science Foundation
  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation 
  • Global Change System for Analysis, Research & Training (START) 
  • IFS, International Foundation for Science, Sweden
  • UK Economic and Social Research Council

 

Publications

2020

Ifejika Speranza C. (2020) Gemeinsam für eine Landwirtschaft, die Zukunft sichert (Together for an agriculture that secures the future). Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung. Ausgabe 04.2020. https://www.kirchenzeitung.ch/article/gemeinsam-fuer-eine-landwirtschaft-die-zukunft-sichert-20393

2019

Tom Arnold (chair); Kees Blokland; Albert Engel; Chinwe Ifejika Speranza; Bruno Losch; Baudouin Michel; Francesco Rampa; Christine Wieck; Mashiri Zvarimwa (2019): AN AFRICA-EUROPE AGENDA FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION, Report by the Task Force Rural Africa. Agriculture and Rural Development. European Commission, European Union. https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/info/files/food-farming-fisheries/farming/documents/report-tfra_mar2019_en.pdf 

Number of items: 151.

Journal Article

Iheaturu, Chima; Okolie, Chukwuma; Ayodele, Emmanuel; Egogo-Stanley, Andy; Musa, Solomon; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2024). Combining Google Earth historical imagery and UAV photogrammetry for urban development analysis. MethodsX, 12 Elsevier 10.1016/j.mex.2024.102785

Oberholzer, Simon; Herrmann, Christa; Bodenhausen, Natacha; Krause, Hans-Martin; Mestrot, Adrien; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Jarosch, Klaus A. (2024). No effect on biological or chemical soil properties when amended with effective microorganisms for improved cover crop decomposition. Applied soil ecology, 197 Elsevier 10.1016/j.apsoil.2024.105358

Oberholzer, Simon; Summerauer, Laura; Steffens, Markus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2024). Best performances of visible–near-infrared models in soils with little carbonate – a field study in Switzerland. SOIL, 10(1), pp. 231-249. Copernicus 10.5194/soil-10-231-2024

Wingate, Vladimir R.; Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Archetypes of remnant West African forest patches, their main characteristics and geographical distribution. Applied geography, 158, p. 103024. Elsevier 10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103024

Achermann, Gregor; Helfenstein, Julian; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Herzog, Felix (2023). Drei Visionen im Realitäts-Check: Avenir Suisse, Bauernverband, Landwirtschaft mit Zukunft. Agrarforschung Schweiz, 14, pp. 130-140. Agroscope 10.34776/afs14-130

Iheaturu, Chima; Okolie, Chukwuma; Ayodele, Emmanuel; Egogo-Stanley, Andy; Musa, Solomon; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Dataset of urban development analysis in a section of Kuje Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria. Data in brief, 46(108777), p. 108777. Elsevier 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108777

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Akinyemi, Felicia Olufunmilayo; Baratoux, David; Benveniste, Jérôme; Ceperley, Natalie Claire; Driouech, Fatima; Helmschrot, Jörg (2023). Enhancing the Uptake of Earth Observation Products and Services in Africa Through a Multi-level Transdisciplinary Approach. Surveys in geophysics, 44(1), pp. 7-41. Springer 10.1007/s10712-022-09724-1

Torrez, Vania; Benavides-Frias, Camila; Jacobi, Johanna; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Ecological quality as a coffee quality enhancer. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 43(1), p. 19. Springer 10.1007/s13593-023-00874-z

Bär, Valentin; Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Land cover degradation in the reference and monitoring periods of the SDG Land Degradation Neutrality Indicator for Switzerland. Ecological indicators, 151, p. 110252. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolind.2023.110252

Aschinger, Roman; Boillat, Sébastien; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Smallholder livelihood resilience to climate variability in South-Eastern Kenya, 2012–2015. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 7 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2023.1070083

Iheaturu, Chima; Okolie, Chukwuma; Ayodele, Emmanuel; Egogo-Stanley, Andy; Musa, Solomon; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). A simplified structure-from-motion photogrammetry approach for urban development analysis. Remote sensing applications : society and environment, 28, p. 100850. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rsase.2022.100850

Mutea, Emily; Hossain, Md Sarwar; Ahmed, Ali; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). Shocks, socio-economic status, and food security across Kenya: policy implications for achieving the Zero Hunger goal. Environmental Research Letters, 17(9), 094028. IOP Publishing 10.1088/1748-9326/ac8be8

Leadley, Paul; Gonzalez, Andrew; Obura, David; Krug, Cornelia B.; Londoño-Murcia, Maria Cecilia; Millette, Katie L.; Radulovici, Adriana; Rankovic, Aleksandar; Shannon, Lynne J.; Archer, Emma; Armah, Frederick Ato; Bax, Nic; Chaudhari, Kalpana; Costello, Mark John; Dávalos, Liliana M.; Roque, Fabio de Oliveira; DeClerck, Fabrice; Dee, Laura E.; Essl, Franz; Ferrier, Simon; ... (2022). Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions. One earth, 5(6), pp. 597-603. Elevier 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.009

Adenle, Ademola A.; Boillat, Sébastien; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). Key dimensions of land users’ perceptions of land degradation and sustainable land management in Niger State, Nigeria. Environmental challenges, 8, p. 100544. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envc.2022.100544

Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). Agricultural landscape change impact on the quality of land: An African continent-wide assessment in gained and displaced agricultural lands. International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation, 106, p. 102644. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jag.2021.102644

Fitz, Juri; Adenle, Ademola A.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). Increasing signs of forest fragmentation in the Cross River National Park in Nigeria: Underlying drivers and need for sustainable responses. Ecological indicators, 139, p. 108943. Elsevier 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.108943

Wingate, Vladimir R.; Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Iheaturu, Chima J.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2022). A Remote Sensing-Based Inventory of West Africa Tropical Forest Patches: A Basis for Enhancing Their Conservation and Sustainable Use. Remote sensing, 14(24), p. 6251. MDPI 10.3390/rs14246251

Norström, Albert V.; Agarwal, Bina; Balvanera, Patricia; Baptiste, Brigitte; Bennett, Elena M.; Brondízio, Eduardo; Biggs, Reinette; Campbell, Bruce; Carpenter, Stephen R.; Castilla, Juan Carlos; Castro, Antonio J.; Cramer, Wolfgang; Cumming, Graeme S.; Felipe-Lucia, María; Fischer, Joern; Folke, Carl; DeFries, Ruth; Gelcich, Stefan; Groth, Juliane; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; ... (2022). The programme on ecosystem change and society (PECS) – a decade of deepening social-ecological research through a place-based focus. Ecosystems and people, 18(1), pp. 598-608. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/26395916.2022.2133173

Matter, Selina; Boillat, Sébastien; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2021). Buffer-Capacity-Based Livelihood Resilience to Stressors – An Early Warning Tool and Its Application in Makueni County, Kenya. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 5 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2021.645046

Llanque, Aymara; Jacobi, Johanna; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Mukhovi, Stellah; Silvestre, Carlos; Tecchio, Andreia; Fernandez, Lidiane; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Maluf, Renato; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2021). Transformations towards food sustainability using the participatory Food Sustainability Assessment Framework (FoodSAF). Social Innovations Journal, 5 Social Innovations Partners

Adenle, Ademola A.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2021). Social-Ecological Archetypes of Land Degradation in the Nigerian Guinea Savannah: Insights for Sustainable Land Management. Remote sensing, 13(1), p. 32. MDPI 10.3390/rs13010032

Ofoegbu, C; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2021). Making climate information useable for forest-based climate change interventions in South Africa. Environmental sociology, 7(4), pp. 279-293. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/23251042.2021.1904534

Schoon, Michael; Chapman, Mollie; Loos, Jacqueline; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Carr Kelman, Candice; Aburto, Jaime; Alexander, Steve; Baggio, Jacopo; Brady, Ute; Cockburn, Jessica; Cundill, Georgina; Garcia Lopez, Gustavo; Hill, Rosemary; Robinson, Catherine; Thondhlana, Gladman; Trimble, Micaela; Whittaker, Dane (2021). On the frontiers of collaboration and conflict: how context influences the success of collaboration. Ecosystems and people, 17(1), pp. 383-399. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/26395916.2021.1946593

Mukhovi, Stellah; Jacobi, Johanna; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan; Kiteme, Boniface (2020). Learning and Adaptation in Food Systems: Insights from Four Case Studies in the Global South. International journal on food system dynamics, 11(4), pp. 312-328. 10.18461/ijfsd.v11i4.57

Swingedouw, Didier; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Bartsch, Annett; Durand, Gael; Jamet, Cedric; Beaugrand, Gregory; Conversi, Alessandra (2020). Early Warning from Space for a Few Key Tipping Points in Physical, Biological, and Social-Ecological Systems. Surveys in geophysics, 41(6), pp. 1237-1284. Springer 10.1007/s10712-020-09604-6

Daniel, Desiree; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). The Role of Blockchain in Documenting Land Users' Rights: The Canonical Case of Farmers in the Vernacular Land Market. Frontiers in blockchain, 3(19) Frontiers Media 10.3389/fbloc.2020.00019

Hossain, Md Sarwar; Ramirez, Jorge Alberto; Haisch, Tina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Martius, Olivia; Mayer, Heike; Keiler, Margreth (2020). A coupled human and landscape conceptual model of risk and resilience in Swiss Alpine communities. Science of the total environment, 730, p. 138322. Elsevier 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138322

Boillat, Sébastien; Martin, Adrian; Adams, Timothy; Daniel, Desiree; Llopis, Jorge; Zepharovich, Elena; Oberlack, Christoph; Sonderegger, Gabi; Bottazzi, Patrick; Corbera, Esteve; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Pascual, Unai (2020). Why telecoupling research needs to account for environmental justice. Journal of land use science, 15(1), pp. 1-10. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/1747423X.2020.1737257

Sohel, Sarwar; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Challenges and opportunities for operationalizing the safe and just operating space concept at regional scale. International journal of sustainable development & world ecology, 27(1), pp. 40-54. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/13504509.2019.1683645

Norström, Albert V.; Cvitanovic, Christopher; Löf, Marie F.; West, Simon; Wyborn, Carina; Balvanera, Patricia; Bednarek, Angela T.; Bennett, Elena M.; Biggs, Reinette; de Brémond, Ariane; Campbell, Bruce M.; Canadell, Josep G.; Carpenter, Stephen R.; Folke, Carl; Fulton, Elizabeth A.; Gaffney, Owen; Gelcich, Stefan; Jouffray, Jean-Baptiste; Leach, Melissa; Le Tissier, Martin; ... (2020). Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research. Nature sustainability, 3(3), pp. 182-190. Springer 10.1038/s41893-019-0448-2

Sohel, Sarwar; Ramirez, Jorge Alberto; Szabo, Sylvia; Eigenbrod, Felix; Johnson, Fiifi Amoako; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Dearing, John A (2020). Participatory modelling for conceptualizing social-ecological system dynamics in the Bangladesh delta. Regional environmental change, 20(1) Springer 10.1007/s10113-020-01599-5

Jendoubi, Donia; Hossain, Md Sarwar; Giger, Markus; Tomićević-Dubljević, Jelena; Ouessar, Mohamed; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Local livelihoods and land users’ perceptions of land degradation in northwest Tunisia. Environmental development, 33, p. 100507. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envdev.2020.100507

Mukhovi, Stellah Mikalitsa; Jacobi, Johanna; Llanque, Aymara; Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Social Self-Organization and Social-Ecological Resilience in Food Systems: Lessons from Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya and Indigenous Guaraní Communities in Bolivia. Food studies, 10(1), pp. 19-42. Common Ground Research Networks 10.18848/2160-1933/CGP/v10i01/19-42

Zafra-Calvo, Noelia; Balvanera, Patricia; Pascual, Unai; Merçon, Juliana; Martín-López, Berta; van Noordwijk, Meine; Mwampamba, Tuyeni Heita; Lele, Sharachchandra; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Arias-Arévalo, Paola; Cabrol, Diego; Cáceres, Daniel M.; O'Farrell, Patrick; Subramanian, Suneetha Mazhenchery; Devy, Soubadra; Krishnan, Siddhartha; Carmenta, Rachel; Guibrunet, Louise; Kraus-Elsin, Yoanna; Moersberger, Hannah; ... (2020). Plural valuation of nature for equity and sustainability: Insights from the Global South. Global environmental change, 63, p. 102115. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102115

Ellison, David; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). From blue to green water and back again: Promoting tree, shrub and forest-based landscape resilience in the Sahel. Science of the total environment, 739, p. 140002. Elsevier 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140002

Adenle, Ademola A.; Eckert, Sandra; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Adedeji, Oluwatola I.; Ellison, David (2020). Human-induced land degradation dominance in the Nigerian Guinea savannah between 2003 – 2018. Remote sensing applications : society and environment, 19, p. 100360. Elsevier 10.1016/j.rsase.2020.100360

Cockburn, Jessica; Schoon, Michael; Cundill, Georgina; Robinson, Cathy; Aburto, Jaime A.; Alexander, Steven M.; Baggio, Jacopo A.; Barnaud, Cecile; Chapman, Mollie; Garcia Llorente, Marina; García-López, Gustavo A.; Hill, Rosemary; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Lee, Jean; Meek, Chanda L.; Rosenberg, Eureta; Schultz, Lisen; Thondhlana, Gladman (2020). Understanding the context of multifaceted collaborations for social-ecological sustainability: a methodology for cross-case analysis. Ecology and Society, 25(3) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-11527-250307

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Giger, Markus; Bessa, Adriana; Golay, Christophe; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mwangi, Veronica; Augstburger, Horacio; Buergi-Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Haller, Tobias; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Delgado Burgoa, José M. F.; Tribaldos, Theresa M.; Rist, Stephan (2020). A new understanding and evaluation of food sustainability in six different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Scientific reports, 10(1), p. 19145. Springer Nature 10.1038/s41598-020-76284-y

Mutea, Emily Ngutah; Bottazzi, Patrick; Jacobi, Johanna; Kiteme, Boniface; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2019). Livelihoods and Food Security Among Rural Households in the North-Western Mount Kenya Region. Frontiers in sustainable food systems, 3 Frontiers 10.3389/fsufs.2019.00098

Boillat, Sébastien; Jew, Eleanor K.K.; Steward, Peter R.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Whitfield, Stephen; Mkwambisi, David; Kiteme, Boniface; Wambugu, Grace; Burdekin, Oliver J.; Dougill, Andrew J. (2019). Can smallholder farmers buffer rainfall variability through conservation agriculture? On-farm practices and maize yields in Kenya and Malawi. Environmental Research Letters, 14(11), p. 115007. IOP Publishing 10.1088/1748-9326/ab45ad

Daniel-Ortmann, Desiree Christina; Sutherland, Michael; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2019). The role of tenure documents for livelihood resilience in Trinidad and Tobago. Land use policy, 87(104008), p. 104008. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.05.027

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Adenle, Ademola Andrew; Boillat, Sébastien (2019). Land Degradation Neutrality - Potentials for its operationalisation at multi-levels in Nigeria. Environmental science & policy, 94, pp. 63-71. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.018

Bottazzi, Patrick; Winkler, Mirko S.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2019). Flood governance for resilience in cities: The historical policy transformations in Dakar’s suburbs. Environmental science & policy, 93, pp. 172-180. Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2018.12.013

Whitfield, Stephen; Beauchamp, Emilie; Boyd, Doreen S.; Burslem, David; Byg, Anja; Colledge, Francis; Cutler, Mark E.J.; Didena, Mengistu; Dougill, Andrew; Foody, Giles; Godbold, Jasmin A.; Hazenbosch, Mirjam; Hirons, Mark; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Jew, Eleanor; Lacambra, Carmen; Mkwambisi, David; Moges, Awdenegest; Morel, Alexandra; Morris, Rebecca; ... (2019). Exploring temporality in socio-ecological resilience through experiences of the 2015–16 El Niño across the Tropics. Global environmental change, 55, pp. 1-14. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.01.004

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Toledo, Daniela; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Käser, Fabian David; Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Delgado, José Manuel Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Rist, Stephan (2019). Actor-specific risk perceptions and strategies for resilience building in different food systems in Kenya and Bolivia. Regional environmental change, 19(3), pp. 879-892. Springer 10.1007/s10113-018-1448-x

Jendoubi, Donia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2019). Impacts of land use and topography on soil organic carbon in a Mediterranean landscape (north-western Tunisia). SOIL, 5(2), pp. 239-251. Copernicus 10.5194/soil-5-239-2019

Boillat, Sébastien; Gerber, Jean-David; Oberlack, Christoph; Zähringer, Julie Gwendolin; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2018). Distant Interactions, Power, and Environmental Justice in Protected Area Governance: A Telecoupling Perspective. Sustainability, 10(11), p. 3954. MDPI 10.3390/su10113954

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2018). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems. Ecology and Society, 23(1) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-09902-230116

Akrofi-Atitianti, Felix; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Bockel, Louis; Asare, Richard (2018). Assessing Climate Smart Agriculture and Its Determinants of Practice in Ghana: A Case of the Cocoa Production System. Land, 7(1), p. 30. MDPI 10.3390/land7010030

Bottazzi, Patrick; Winkler, Mirko; Boillat, Sébastien; Diagne, Abdoulaye; Maman Chabi Sika, Mashoudou; Kpangon, Arsène; Faye, Salimata; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2018). Measuring Subjective Flood Resilience in Suburban Dakar: A Before–After Evaluation of the “Live with Water” Project. Sustainability, 10(7), p. 2135. MDPI 10.3390/su10072135

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stellah; Llanque, Aymara; Augstburger, Horacio Florian; Käser, Fabian David; Pozo, Claudia; Ngutu Peter, Mariah; Delgado, José Manuel Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Rist, Stephan; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2018). Operationalizing food system resilience: An indicator-based assessment in agroindustrial, smallholder farming, and agroecological contexts in Bolivia and Kenya. Land use policy, 79, pp. 433-446. Elsevier Science 10.1016/j.landusepol.2018.08.044

Subhatu, Alemtsehay Teklay; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Zeleke, Gete; Roth, Vincent; Lemann, Tatenda; Herweg, Karl Günter; Hurni, Hans (2018). Interrelationships between terrace development, topography, soil erosion, and soil dislocation by tillage in Minchet Catchment, Ethiopian Highlands. Land degradation & development, 29(10), pp. 3584-3594. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 10.1002/ldr.3109

Balvanera, Patricia; Calderón-Contreras, Rafael; Castro, Antonio J; Felipe-Lucia, María R; Geijzendorffer, Ilse R; Jacobs, Sander; Martín-López, Berta; Arbieu, Ugo; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Locatelli, Bruno; Pérez Harguindeguy, Natalia; Mercado, Ilse Ruiz; Spierenburg, Marja J; Vallet, Améline; Lynes, Laura; Gillson, Lindsey (2017). Interconnected place-based social–ecological research can inform global sustainability. Current opinion in environmental sustainability, 29, pp. 1-7. Elsevier 10.1016/j.cosust.2017.09.005

Balvanera, Patricia; Daw, Tim M.; Gardner, Toby A.; Martín-López, Berta; Norström, Albert V.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Spierenburg, Marja; Bennett, Elena M.; Farfan, Michelle; Hamann, Maike; Kittinger, John N.; Luthe, Tobias; Maass, Manuel; Peterson, Garry D.; Perez-Verdin, Gustavo (2017). Key features for more successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: a Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) perspective. Ecology and Society, 22(1) Resilience Alliance Publications 10.5751/ES-08826-220114

Rüegg, Simon R.; McMahon, Barry J.; Häsler, Barbara; Esposito, Roberto; Nielsen, Liza Rosenbaum; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ehlinger, Timothy; Peyre, Marisa; Aragrande, Maurizio; Zinsstag, Jakob; Davies, Philip; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Buttigieg, Sandra C.; Rushton, Jonathan; Gomes do Carmo, Luis Pedro; De Meneghi, Daniele; Canali, Massimo; Filippitzi, Maria E.; Goutard, Flavie Luce; Ilieski, Vlatko; ... (2017). A Blueprint to Evaluate One Health. Frontiers in Public Health, 5(20), p. 20. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00020

Ofoegbu, Chidiebere; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2017). Assessing rural peoples’ intention to adopt sustainable forest use and management practices in South Africa. Journal of sustainable forestry, 36(7), pp. 729-746. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/10549811.2017.1365612

Bikketi, Edward; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Bieri, Sabin; Haller, Tobias; Wiesmann, Urs (2016). Gendered division of labour and feminisation of responsibilities in Kenya; Implications for development interventions. Gender, Place and Culture, 23(10), pp. 1432-1449. Routledge 10.1080/0966369X.2016.1204996

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Jörin, Jonas (2016). Community-based water development projects, their effectiveness, and options for improvement: lessons from Laikipia, Kenya. African geographical review, pp. 1-21. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/19376812.2016.1253485

Kouakou, Etienne; Koné, Brama; N'Go, Alexis; Cissé, Guéladio; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Savané, Issiaka (2014). Ground water sensitivity to climate variability in the white Bandama basin, Ivory Coast. SpringerPlus, 3(1), p. 226. 10.1186/2193-1801-3-226

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Rist, Stephan (2014). An indicator framework for assessing livelihood resilience in the context of social–ecological dynamics. Global environmental change, 28, pp. 109-119. Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.06.005

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2013). Buffer capacity: capturing a dimension of resilience to climate change in African smallholder agriculture. Regional environmental change, 13(3), pp. 521-535. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s10113-012-0391-5

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Scholz, Imme (2013). Special issue ‘Adaptation to climate change: analysing capacities in Africa’. Regional environmental change, 13(3), pp. 471-475. Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s10113-013-0467-x

Ulrich, Anne; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Roden, Paul; Kiteme, Boniface; Wiesmann, Urs; Nüsser, Marcus (2012). Small-scale farming in semi-arid areas: Livelihood dynamics between 1997 and 2010 in Laikipia, Kenya. Journal of rural studies, 28(3), pp. 241-251. Oxford: Pergamon 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.02.003

Stringer, Lindsay; Dougill, Andrew; Thomas, Andrew; Stracklen, Dominick; Chesterman, Sabrina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rueff, Henri; Riddell, Mike; Williams, Mat; Beedy, Tracy; Abson, David; Klintenberg, Patrick; Syampungani, Stephen; Powell, Philip; Palmer, Anthony; Seely, Mary; Mkwambisi, David; Falcao, Mario; Sitoe, Almeida; Ross, Sally; ... (2012). Challenges and opportunities in linking carbon sequestration, dryland livelihoods and ecosystem service provision. Environmental science & policy, 19-20(19-20), pp. 121-135. Oxford: Elsevier 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.02.004

Koblowsky, Peter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2012). Nigeria: The making of a climate policy - a multistakeholder discourse. Environmental policy and law, 42(2), pp. 130-132. Amsterdam: IOS Press

Pohl, Christian; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, Patricia; Gurung, Ghana S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, Elvira; Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2010). Researchers' roles in knowledge co-production: experience from sustainability research in Kenya, Switzerland, Bolivia and Nepal. Science and public policy, 37(4), pp. 267-281. Oxford: Beech Tree Publishing 10.3152/030234210X496628

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Ambenje, Peter; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Makali, Samuel (2010). Indigenous knowledge related to climate variability and change: insights from droughts in semi-arid areas of former Makueni District, Kenya. Climatic change, 100(2), pp. 295-315. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands 10.1007/s10584-009-9713-0

Hagmann, Tobias; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2010). Introduction. New Avenues for Pastoral Development in sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Development Research, 22(5), pp. 593-604. Palgrave Macmillan 10.1057/ejdr.2010.46

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2010). Drought coping and adaptation strategies: Understanding adaptations to climate change in agro-pastoral livestock production in Makueni district, Kenya. European Journal of Development Research, 22(5), pp. 623-642. Palgrave Macmillan 10.1057/ejdr.2010.39

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2010). Flood disaster risk management and humanitarian interventions in the Zambezi river basin: Implications for adaptation to climate change. Climate and Development, 2(2), pp. 176-190. Taylor & Francis 10.3763/cdev.2010.0041

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; van de Sand, Isabel (2010). Can the rural economy deliver ecosystem services? CAB Reviews, 5(031), pp. 1-16. CAB International

Wren, Susie; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2010). The struggle to diversify rural livelihoods: Bio-enterprise development initiatives and their impacts on agro-/pastoral communities in the drylands of Kenya. European Journal of Development Research, 22(5), pp. 751-769. Palgrave Macmillan 10.1057/ejdr.2010.42

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Wiesmann, Urs Martin (2008). Droughts and famines: The underlying factors and the causal links among agro-pastoral households in semi-arid Makueni district, Kenya. Global environmental change, 18(1), pp. 220-233. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2007.05.001

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2003). Die Integration afrikanischer Frauen in der Schweiz: Einige Aspekte. Olympe: feministische Arbeitshefte zur Politik, 18, pp. 65-72.

Newspaper or Magazine Article

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2020). Gemeinsam für eine Landwirtschaft, die Zukunft sichert. Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung SKZ(4) LZ-Fachverlag

Pauw, Pieter; Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (December 2011). Klimawandel-Entschädigung: Entwicklungsländer müssen initiativ werden. ZEIT ONLINE

Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (14 September 2011). Die beste Entwicklungspolitik stärkt die Bauern. ZEIT ONLINE

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Nwajiuba, Chinedum (2011). Addressing Nigerian Food Insecurity and Agricultural Production in a Changing Climate Context. Perspectives - political analysis and commentary from Africa(1), pp. 17-22. Cape Town: Heinrich Böll Foundation Southern Africa

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2009). Navigating gender equality between the tradition and the modern. Feministisches Geo-RundMail(40), pp. 5-7.

Book Section

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ochege, Friday U.; Nzeadibe, Thaddeus C.; Agwu, Agwu E. (2018). Agricultural resilience to climate change in Anambra State, Southeastern Nigeria: Insights from public policy and practice. In: Zinyengere, Nkulumo; Theodory, Theobald; Gebreyes, Million; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (eds.) Beyond Agricultural Impacts. Multiple Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa (pp. 241-274). Elsevier Academic Press 10.1016/B978-0-12-812624-0.00012-0

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Bikketi, Edward (2018). Engaging with Gender in Water Governance and Practice in Kenya. In: Fröhlich, Christiane; Gioli, Giovanna; Cremades, Roger; Myrttinen, Henri (eds.) Water Security Across the Gender Divide. Water Security in a New World (pp. 125-150). Springer 10.1007/978-3-319-64046-4_7

Theodory, Theobald F.; Zinyengere, Nkulumo; Gebreyes, Million; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2018). Chapter 13 - Conclusion: Localize Responses to Climate Change Impacts. In: Zingyengere, Nkulumo; Theodory, Theobald F.; Gebreyes, Million; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (eds.) Beyond Agricultural Impacts. Multiple Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa (pp. 275-278). Elsevier 10.1016/B978-0-12-812624-0.00013-2

Rüegg, Simon R.; Häsler, Barbara; Rosenbaum Nielsen, Liza; Buttigieg, Sandra C.; Santa, Mijalche; Aragrande, Maurizio; Canali, Massimo; Ehlinger, Timothy; Queenan, Kevin; Chantziaras, Ilias; Boriani, Elena; Radeski, Miroslav; Bruce, Mieghan; Keune, Hans; Bennani, Houda; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Carmo, Luìs P.; Esposito, Roberto; Filippitzi, Maria-Eleni; McIntyre, Marie K.; ... (2018). A One Health evaluation framework. In: Rüegg, Simon R.; Häsler, Barbara; Zinsstag, Jakob (eds.) Integrated approaches to health. A handbook for the evaluation of One Health (pp. 39-85). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wüthrich, Tamara; Rüegg, Simon; Zinsstag, Jakob; Keune, Hans; Boillat, Sébastien; Blake, Lauren; Thieme, Susan; Degeling, Chris; Rist, Stephan (2018). Evaluating the contributions of One Health initiatives to social sustainability. In: Rüegg, Simon R.; Häsler, Barbara; Zinsstag, Jakob (eds.) Integrated approaches to health. A handbook for the evaluation of One Health (pp. 86-125). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers

McIntyre, Marie K.; Vogler, Barbara; Chantziaras, Ilias; Coelho, Ana Cláudia; García Díez, Juan; Esteves, Alexandra; Igrejas, Gilberto; Lurz, Peter; Martins, Sara Babo; Mastin, Alexander; Murray, Alexander; Parnell, Stephen R.; Poeta, Patricia; Ramos, Sónia; Saraiva, Cristina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; McMahon, Barry J. (2018). Assessing the ecological dimension of One Health. In: Rüegg, Simon R.; Häsler, Barbara; Zinsstag, Jakob (eds.) Integrated approaches to health. A handbook for the evaluation of One Health (pp. 126-169). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers

Mapfumo, Paul; Nyasimi, Mary; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wamukoya, George; Kinyangi, James (2017). Climate Smart Agriculture Partnership for Africa: Prospects and Challenges. In: Mwaniki, Ruchathi; Khaemba, Winnie; Kimotho, Stephen; Ochieng, Cosmas (eds.) Climate and environmental justice in Africa (pp. 99-128). Nairobi: ACTS Press, African Centre for Technology Studies

Adegoke, Jimmy; Jagtap, Shrikant; Jimoh, David; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ukeje, Julie; Anuforom, Anthony (2014). Nigeria’s Changing Climate: Risks, Impacts & Adaptation in the Agriculture Sector. In: Adegoke, Jimmy; Ibe, Chidi; Araba, Adebisi (eds.) National Agricultural Resilience Framework (NARF). A Report by the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Resilience in Nigeria (ACARN) (pp. 7-18). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

Vermeulen, Sonja; Abubakar, Yusuf; Conway, Gordon; Dziba, Luthando; Hoevel, Michael; Ibe, Chidi; Ibrahim, Asma; Olokor, Julius; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ademiluyi, Adeyemi; Ajeigbe, Hakeem; Mbow, Cheikh; Saleh Moussa, Abdoulaye; Ouedraogo, Mathieu; Vervoort, Joost (2014). Agricultural Research and Technology Development for Climate Resilient Agriculture. In: Adegoke, Jimmy; Ibe, Chidi; Araba, Adebisi (eds.) National Agricultural Resilience Framework (NARF). A Report by the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Resilience in Nigeria (ACARN) (pp. 51-68). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

Ibe, Chidi; Adegoke, Jimmy; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Shisanya, Chris; Conway, Gordon; Araba, Adebisi; Obatola, Parcy; Areola, Foluke Tsewinor; Hoevel, Michael; Abdulkadir, Aisha; Akle, Moise; Cervigni, Raffaello; Bromhead, Marjorie-Ann Bisong; Babarinde, Segun; Nzekwu, Richard; Msheila, Mustapha; Bombata, Fashina (2014). Policy Interventions in Support of Agricultural Resilience in Nigeria. In: Adegoke, Jimmy; Ibe, Chidi; Araba, Adebisi (eds.) National Agricultural Resilience Framework (NARF). A Report by the Advisory Committee on Agricultural Resilience in Nigeria (ACARN) (pp. 81-109). Abuja, Nigeria: Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Nigeria

Grist, Natasha; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2012). Climate Change and African Development. In: Lundsgaarde, Erik (ed.) Africa toward 2030: Challenges for development policy (pp. 105-137). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Wiesmann, Urs; Ott, Cordula; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Müller-Böker, Ulrike; Messerli, Peter; Zinsstag, Jakob (2011). A human actor model as a conceptual orientation in interdisciplinary research for sustainable development. In: Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Hurni, Hans (eds.) Research for Sustainable Development: Foundations, Experiences, and Perspectives. Perspectives of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) North-South: Vol. 6 (pp. 231-256). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Oludhe, Christopher; Abiodun, Babatunde; Oguntunde, Philip; Ogallo, Laban; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). African climate change: past and future. In: Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide Towards Sustainable Development (pp. 4-20). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Ruppel, Oliver; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Institutional legal and policy frameworks. In: Addressing Climate Change Challenges in Africa: A Practical Guide Towards Sustainable Development (pp. 170-202). Nairobi, Kenya: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Kiteme, Boniface P.; Obrist, Brigit; Kessy, Flora; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Misana, Salomé; Mvena, Zebedayo; Lelo, Francis; Wiesmann, Urs (2010). Features of successful syndrome mitigation: Enhancing resilience and empowering the vulnerable in East Africa. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 131-147). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Ayiemba, Elias; Gimbage, Mbeyale; Ludi, Eva; Onganyi, Paul; Mwamfupe, Davis (2010). Strengthening policies and institutions to support adaptation to climate variability and change in the drylands of East Africa. In: Hurni, Hans; Wiesmann, Urs (eds.) Global Change and Sustainable Development: A Synthesis of Regional Experiences from Research Partnerships. Perspectives / NCCR North-South: Vol. 5 (pp. 107-130). Bern: Geographica Bernensia

Neubert, Susanne; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2009). Ökologische Landwirtschaft als Anpassungsstrategie? In: Ludwig, Sabine; Wilhelm, Jürgen (eds.) Klimawandel und Entwicklungspolitik (pp. 135-146). Dienheim: Iatros Verlag

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2006). Gender-based analysis of vulnerability to drought among agro-pastoral households in semi-arid Makueni district, Kenya. In: Premchander, Smita; Müller, Christine (eds.) Gender and Sustainable Development: Case Studies from NCCR North-South. Perspectives of the NCCR North-South: Vol. 2 (pp. 119-146). Bern, Switzerland: Geographica Bernensia

Book

Shackleton, Sheona; Hebinck, Paul; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Masterson, Vanessa; Spear, Dian; Tengö, Maria (eds.) (2019). Livelihood and Landscape Change in Africa: Future Trajectories for Improved Well-Being under a Changing Climate. Basel: MDPI 10.3390/books978-3-03921-470-9

Zinyengere, Nkulumo; Theodory, Theobald; Gebreyes, Million; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (eds.) (2017). Beyond Agricultural Impacts. Multiple Perspectives on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa. Elsevier Academic Press

Hagmann, Tobias; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (eds.) (2010). European Journal of Development Research: New Avenues for Pastoral Development in sub-Saharan Africa. European Journal of Development Research: Vol. 22. Basingstoke, United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2010). Resilient Adaptation to Climate Change in African Agriculture. Studies / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik: Vol. 54. Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) / German Development Institute (GDI)

Report

Arnold, Tom; Blokland, Kees; Engel, Albert; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Losch, Bruno; Michel, Baudouin; Rampa, Francesco; Wieck, Christine; Zvarimwa, Mashiri (2020). PRIORITIES FOR AFRICA’S FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POST-COVID-19. A contribution from the Task Force Rural Africa (TFRA) to the AU-EU Summit, October 2020. Task Force Rural Africa (TFRA)

Boillat, Sébastien; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2019). IPBES Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Chapter 3. Assessing progress towards meeting major international objectives related to nature and nature’s contributions to people Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)

Arnold, Tom; Blokland, Kees; Engel, Albert; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Losch, Bruno; Michel, Baudouin; Rampa, Francesco; Wieck, Christine; Zvarimwa, Mashiri (2019). An Africa-Europe agenda for rural transformation (Report by the Task Force Rural Africa). European Union

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Achermann, Sarah; Wiesmann, Urs Martin; Kiteme, Boniface (2013). Lessons learnt – climate change and development project: towards effective community-based adaptation and ecosystem-based adaptation Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Koblowsky, Peter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2012). Afrikanische Entwicklungstrends: Konkurrierende institutionelle Arrangements für Klimapolitik: der Fall Nigeria (Analysen und Stellungnahmen 13). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Pohl, C.; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, P.; Gurung, G.S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, B.; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, E.; Hirsch-Hadorn, G.; Wiesmann, Urs (2012). Roles de los investigadores en la coproducción de conocimiento: Experiencias de la investigación sobre sostenibilidad en Kenia, Suiza, Bolivia y Nepal (NCCR North-South Dialogue 41). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Parita, Shah; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Opiyo, Romanus; Ngaina, Joshua (2012). Options for improving the communication of seasonal rainfall forecasts to smallholder farmers - the case of Kenya (Briefing Paper 17). Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik

Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). The famine in East Africa: how far are climate change and the long neglect of agriculture to blame? (The current column). Bonn, Deutschland: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Future hunger emergencies likely if business as usual continues (The current column). Bonn, Deutschland: German Development Institute (GDI) / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Promoting gender equality in responses to climate change: The case of Kenya (Discussion Paper 5). Bonn, Deutschland: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Die Hungerkrise in Ostafrika: welche Rolle spielen der Klimawandel und die jahrelange Vernachlässigung der Landwirtschaft? (Die aktuelle Kolumne). Bonn, Deutschland: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Pauw, Pieter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; van de Sand, Isabel; Kaplan, Marcus; Schraven, Benjamin (2011). Anpassung an den Klimawandel: institutionelle und finanzielle Herausforderungen (Policy Paper 35). Bonn, Deutschland: Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (SEF)

Pauw, Pieter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; van de Sand, Isabel; Kaplan, Marcus; Schraven, Benjamin (2011). Climate Change Adaptation: Challenges in Institutionalization and Financing (Policy Paper 35). Bonn: Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden (SEF)

Pauw, Pieter; Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Durban’s “African” climate summit: Adaptation in Africa (The current column). German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Pauw, Pieter; Kaplan, Marcus; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Durbans „afrikanischer“ Klimagipfel – Anpassung in Afrika (Die aktuelle Kolumne). German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Theesfeld, Insa; Schmidt, Oscar; Scheumann, Waltina; Herrfahrdt-Pähle, Elke; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Adapting agricultural water governance to climate change: Experiences from Germany, Spain and California (Discussion Paper 6). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Neubert, Susanne (2010). Decentralised strategic grain reserves are needed to combat hunger crises (The current column). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Neubert, Susanne (2010). Dezentrale strategische Getreidereserven sind erforderlich zur Bekämpfung von Hungerkrisen (Die aktuelle Kolumne). Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Mshelia, Huzi; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Damian, Ihedioha; Peter, Ritchie (2010). Establishing a low emission development strategy in Nigeria OECD

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; van de Sand, Isabel; Bourgin, Cécil; Schmude, Miron (2009). Anpassung an den Klimawandel in Afrika: Erfahrungen, Herausforderungen und Chancen Bonn, Deutschland: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Ogalleh, Sarah; Gwamzhi, Ringpon Joseph (2008). Assessment of indigenous knowledge to improve resilience to environmental and climate change: Case studies from Kenya and Nigeria Sydney, Australia: Climate Change Research Centre

Conference or Workshop Item

Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (19 April 2024). Changes to agricultural landscapes impact the quality of land: An African continent-wide assessment in gained and displaced agricultural lands. In: EGU General Assembly 2024. 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21129

Iheaturu, Chima; Wingate, Vladimir; Akinyemi, Felicia; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (27 May 2022). An integrated method for validating spatially non-continuous remotely sensed forest patch dataset for West Africa. In: EGU General Assembly 2022. 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7260

Agonvonon, Georges A.; Azihou, Akomian F.; Djagoun, Chabi A. M. S.; Assogbadjo, Achille E.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (27 May 2022). Tree species diversity and functional traits in forest patches of Benin, West Africa. In: EGU General Assembly 2022. 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-7370

Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Bär, Valentin; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (27 May 2022). Creating land use-land cover baselines for monitoring Land Degradation Neutrality in Switzerland. In: EGU General Assembly 2022. 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-6523

Tabi Eckebil, Paule Pamela; Wingate, Vladimir Ruslan; Akinyemi, Felicia Olufunmilayo; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (27 May 2022). Ecosystem multifunctionality of forest patches in the tropics: A systematic literature review. In: EGU General Assembly 2022. 10.5194/egusphere-egu22-5089

Jacobi, Johanna; Mukhovi, Stella; Delgado, Freddy; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Rist, Stephan (2018). Resiliencia en dos sistemas alimentarios agroindustriales en Kenia y Bolivia desde la perspectiva de sus actores (Unpublished). In: VII Latinamerican Congress of Agroecology. Guayaquil, Ecuador. 03-05 October 2018.

Jendoubi, Donia; Liniger, Hanspeter; Karbout, Nissaf; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Critchley, William (2018). Effects of land use management, landscape forms and soil types on soil organic carbon in the watershed of Wadi Beja in Northwest of Tunisia (Unpublished). In: Swiss Geosciences Meeting "A habitable planet". Bern, Switzerland. 30 November - 1 December 2018.

Oberlack, Christoph; Boillat, Sébastien; Brönnimann, Stefan; Gerber, Jean-David; Giger, Markus; Heinimann, Andreas; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Mann, Stefan; Messerli, Peter; Rist, Stephan; Wiesmann, Urs (2017). Polycentric governance in telecoupled resource systems: Is the tragedy of the grabbed commons unavoidable? (Unpublished). In: XVI. Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Utrecht, Netherlands. 10-14 July 2017.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (21 October 2015). Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context (Unpublished). In: Unlocking Africa’s Agricultural Potentials for Transformation to Scale. Abdou Diouf International Conference Center Dakar, Senegal. 21.10.2015.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2013). Resilience as a guiding principle for implementing practices and policies for climate variability and climate change in Africa (Unpublished). In: Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference. Davis, USA. 20.-22.03.2013.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Koné, Brama (2012). Adaptation to climate change: Actors, resources, and livelihoods. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2012). NCCR North-South Dialogue (p. 42). Bern: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wren, Susie (2011). Structural and procedural properties important in promoting bio-enterprises as alternative livelihoods to pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihoods (Unpublished). In: The "Future of Pastoralism in Africa" Conference. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 21.-23. März 2011.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Resilience Indicators for Measuring Progress in Adaptation to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan African Agriculture (Unpublished). In: The Third Lagos State Summit on Climate Change: Charting the Roadmap for Combating Climate Change in Nigeria. Victoria Island, Lagos. 8.-10. February 2011.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). A conceptual framework for analysing resilience in livelihoods-related social-ecological research (Unpublished). In: Resilience 2011. Pheonix, Arizona. 11.-16. March 2011.

Koblowsky, Peter; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (October 2010). Institutional challenges to developing a Nigerian climate policy (Unpublished). In: The 2010 Berlin Conference on the human dimensions of global environmental change: Social dimensions of environmental change and governance. Berlin, Deutschland. 08.10.-09.10.2010.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Miron, Schmude; Schmole, Hannah (2010). "Mainstreaming Adaptation" in der deutschen EZ Ansätze, Erfahrungen, Schlussfolgerungen (Unpublished). In: Bericht zum DIE-Fachgespräch. Bonn, Deutschland. 25.10.2010.

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface; Opondo, Maurice (2009). Adapting public agricultural extension services to climate change: Insights from Kenya (Unpublished). In: Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 02.12.-04.12.2009.

Pohl, Christian; Rist, Stephan; Zimmermann, Anne; Fry, Patricia; Gurung, Ghana S.; Schneider, Flurina; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Boillat, Sébastien; Serrano, Elvira; Hirsch Hadorn, Gertrude; Wiesmann, Urs (2008). The Roles of Researchers in Co-producing Knowledge. In: International Conference on Research for Development (ICRD 2008). Pre-conference Proceedings University of Bern, Switzerland, 2-4 July 2008. NCCR North-South Dialogue: Vol. 21 (p. 79). Bern: CDE / NCCR North-South

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Wiesmann, Urs (2006). Post-harvest management strategies, drought vulnerability and food security. Risk 21 - Coping with Risks Due to Natural Hazards in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the RISK21 Workshop, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, 28 November - 3 December 2004, pp. 127-138. London: Taylor & Francis

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2006). Competition for natural resources between unequal stakeholders: A case of the semi-arid areas in Makueni District, Kenya (Unpublished). In: "Desertification and Global Change" by the Work Package on "Natural Resources in Sustainable Development". Bern, Switzerland. 31.05.2006.

Working Paper

Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2024). Land transformation on multi-decadal timescales reveals expanding croplands and settlements at the expense of tree-covered areas and mangroves in Nigeria (EarthArXiv). 10.31223/X5VD6K

Akinyemi, Felicia O.; Rufin, Philippe; Ibrahim, Esther Shupel; Hostert, Patrick; Ogunsumi, Lucia O.; Egbetokun, Olugbenga; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2023). Untangling intercropping in heterogeneous smallholder maize-cassava farming systems with remote sensing (EarthArXiv). 10.31223/X57T2M

Rist, Stephan; Delgado, Freddy; Mukhovi, Stellah; Giger, Markus; Llanque, Aymara; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Bessa, Adriana; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Jacobi, Johanna (May 2021). Manual for Participatory Food System Sustainability Assessments and Transformation (FoodSAT) – Steps towards Food Democracy Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Rist, Stephan; Golay, Christophe; Bürgi Bonanomi, Elisabeth; Delgado Burgoa, Freddy; Kiteme, Boniface P.; Haller, Tobias; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2016). Towards food sustainability: Reshaping the coexistence of different food systems in South America and Africa – project description (Towards Food Sustainability Working Paper 1). Bern, Switzerland: Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern

Ben Hagan, Essel; Mulugetta, Yacob; Gujba, Haruna; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Walimwipi, Hartley; Teklehaimanot, Zewge; Sokona, Youba (November 2011). Critical Issues in Bioenergy for Africa: Exploring the Opportunities, Constraints and Trade-Offs (Working Papers 11). Addis Ababa, Äthiopien: UNECA

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (October 2011). Die nächste Hungersnot kommt bestimmt (Die aktuelle Kolumne). Bonn, Deutschland: German Development Institut (GDI) / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2011). Mixed blessings: Conservation agriculture as a means for adapting to climate variability and change (Unpublished)

Audiovisual Material & Event

Hepner, Samuel Markus; Tabi Eckebil, Paule Pamela; Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe (2024). Tropical forest patches under pressure - A fieldwork documentary from Africa [Movie].

Ifejika Speranza, Chinwe; Kiteme, Boniface (2020). Tool for improving food systems [Movie].

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