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Andrew J. Dougill is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several fields primarily related to Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Within these fields, key subfields include General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ecology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with notable focus on:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Agricultural innovations and practices
  • Rangeland management and livestock ecology
  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Sustainable agricultural systems analysis
  • Agriculture sustainability and environmental impact

Andrew J. Dougill has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Nature Food
  • Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
  • Regional Sustainability

Their recent papers demonstrate research across diverse challenges in agriculture and environmental sustainability:

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands, 2022, Science
  • Impacts of conservation agriculture on soil structure and hydraulic properties of Malawian agricultural systems, 2020, Soil and Tillage Research
  • Effect of climate variability on yields of selected staple food crops in northern Ghana, 2021, Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
  • Motivations, enablers and barriers to the adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices by smallholder farmers: Evidence from the transitional and savannah agroecological zones of Ghana, 2021, Regional Sustainability
  • Predictors of access to and willingness to pay for climate information services in north-eastern Ghana: A gendered perspective, 2020, Environmental Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Andrew J. Dougill include:

  • Philip Antwi-Agyei
  • Lindsay C. Stringer
  • Stephen Whitfield
  • Samuel Eze
  • David Mkwambisi

Best Publications

  • Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments

    Mark A. Goddard;Andrew J. Dougill;Tim G. Benton

  • An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities

    Mark S. Reed;Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Bottom up and top down: analysis of participatory processes for sustainability indicator identification as a pathway to community empowerment and sustainable environmental management.

    Evan D.G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Warren E. Mabee;Mark Reed

  • Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Andrew J. Dougill;Evan Fraser;Klaus Hubacek

  • Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: local insights to enhance policy in southern Africa

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Jen C. Dyer;Mark S. Reed;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Using Principal Component Analysis for information-rich socio-ecological vulnerability mapping in Southern Africa

    David J. Abson;Andrew J. Dougill;Lindsay C. Stringer

  • Why garden for wildlife? Social and ecological drivers, motivations and barriers for biodiversity management in residential landscapes

    Mark A. Goddard;Andrew J. Dougill;Tim G. Benton

  • PARTICIPATORY INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT: WHAT CAN ECOLOGISTS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES LEARN FROM EACH OTHER

    Mark S. Reed;Andrew J. Dougill;Timothy R. Baker

  • Environmental change in moorland landscapes.

    J. Holden;L. Shotbolt;A. Bonn;T. P. Burt

  • Typologies of crop-drought vulnerability: an empirical analysis of the socio-economic factors that influence the sensitivity and resilience to drought of three major food crops in China (1961–2001)

    Elisabeth Simelton;Evan D.G. Fraser;Mette Termansen;Piers M. Forster

  • Learning from Doing Participatory Rural Research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park

    A J Dougill;E.D.G. Fraser;J. Holden;K Hubacek

  • Integrating local and scientific knowledge for adaptation to land degradation: Kalahari rangeland management options

    Mark Reed;A. J. Dougill;M. J. Taylor

  • Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions

    Evan D. G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Klaus Hubacek;Claire H. Quinn

  • Anticipating vulnerability to climate change in dryland pastoral systems: using dynamic systems models for the Kalahari.

    Andrew J. Dougill;Evan D.G. Fraser;Mark S. Reed

  • Livelihood adaptations to climate variability: insights from farming households in Ghana

    Philip Antwi-Agyei;Philip Antwi-Agyei;Lindsay C. Stringer;Andrew J. Dougill

  • Adaptation opportunities and maladaptive outcomes in climate vulnerability hotspots of northern Ghana

    Philip Antwi-Agyei;Andrew J. Dougill;Lindsay C. Stringer;Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe

  • Assessing participatory practices in community-based natural resource management: Experiences in community engagement from southern Africa

    J. Dyer;L.C. Stringer;A.J. Dougill;J. Leventon

  • Soil fungal abundance and plant functional traits drive fertile island formation in global drylands

    Raúl Ochoa‐Hueso;David J. Eldridge;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Manuel Delgado‐Baquerizo;Santiago Soliveres

  • Reorienting land degradation towards sustainable land management: Linking sustainable livelihoods with ecosystem services in rangeland systems

    M.S. Reed;L.C. Stringer;A.J. Dougill;J.S. Perkins

  • Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: A methodological framework for knowledge management

    M. S. Reed;M. Buenemann;J. Atlhopheng;M. Akhtar-Schuster

  • Guest Editorial, part of a Special Feature on Resilience and Vulnerability of Arid and Semi-Arid Social Ecological Systems Assessing Vulnerability to Climate Change in Dryland Livelihood Systems: Conceptual Challenges and Interdisciplinary Solutions

    Evan D. G. Fraser;Andrew J. Dougill;Klaus Hubacek;Claire H. Quinn

  • Learning from doing participatoryrural research: lessons from thePeak District National Park

    A. J. Dougill;E. D. G. Fraser;J. Holden;K. Hubacek

Frequent Co-Authors

Lindsay C. Stringer
Lindsay C. Stringer University of York
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Evan D. G. Fraser
Evan D. G. Fraser University of Guelph
Klaus Hubacek
Klaus Hubacek University of Groningen
Tim G. Benton
Tim G. Benton Chatham House
Christian Thierfelder
Christian Thierfelder International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Mette Termansen
Mette Termansen University of Copenhagen
Declan Conway
Declan Conway London School of Economics and Political Science
Joseph Holden
Joseph Holden University of Leeds
Sigrid Stagl
Sigrid Stagl Vienna University of Economics and Business

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