Barrack Okoba

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Barrack Okoba is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Barrack Okoba has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Soil Science, 10 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Barrack Okoba's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (11 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (9 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers). Barrack Okoba is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (11 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (9 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers). Barrack Okoba collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Netherlands and United States. Barrack Okoba's co-authors include Mario Herrero, Claudia Ringler, Silvia Silvestri, Elizabeth Bryan, Carla Roncoli, G. Sterk, J. de Graaff, Olga Vigiak, Jawoo Koo and Albino Tenge and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Environmental Management, Climatic Change and Geoderma.

In The Last Decade

Barrack Okoba

22 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants

2012 629 citations Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Barrack Okoba Kenya	13	715	607	403	277	197	22	1.3k
Glwadys Aymone Gbetibouo South Africa	5	1.1k 1.5×	647 1.1×	461 1.1×	160 0.6×	258 1.3×	6	1.4k
Bruno Barbier France	19	572 0.8×	365 0.6×	341 0.8×	179 0.6×	349 1.8×	71	1.3k
Khamaldin Mutabazi Tanzania	15	508 0.7×	457 0.8×	512 1.3×	163 0.6×	162 0.8×	40	1.2k
S. Niggol Seo United States	22	960 1.3×	757 1.2×	534 1.3×	250 0.9×	350 1.8×	74	1.9k
K. P. C. Rao Kenya	12	739 1.0×	422 0.7×	285 0.7×	143 0.5×	369 1.9×	26	1.2k
Michael Brklacich Canada	13	617 0.9×	313 0.5×	325 0.8×	156 0.6×	278 1.4×	25	1.5k
Awa Diouf Senegal	5	696 1.0×	256 0.4×	253 0.6×	199 0.7×	245 1.2×	6	997
Felix K. Ngetich Kenya	23	507 0.7×	708 1.2×	480 1.2×	194 0.7×	264 1.3×	85	1.6k
David Mkwambisi Malawi	16	447 0.6×	217 0.4×	243 0.6×	144 0.5×	367 1.9×	34	1.1k
Tagel Gebrehiwot Netherlands	11	392 0.5×	294 0.5×	224 0.6×	149 0.5×	321 1.6×	19	927

Countries citing papers authored by Barrack Okoba

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Barrack Okoba

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Aberman, Noora‐Lisa, Regina Birner, Eric Haglund, et al.. (2015). Understanding the Policy Landscape for Climate Change Adaptation: A Cross-Country Comparison Using the Net-Map Method. SSRN Electronic Journal. 7 indexed citations

Aberman, Noora‐Lisa, Julia Behrman, Elizabeth Bryan, et al.. (2015). Climate Change Adaptation Assets and Group-Based Approaches: Gendered Perceptions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Mali, and Kenya. SSRN Electronic Journal. 15 indexed citations

Okoba, Barrack, et al.. (2014). Effectiveness of sustainable land management measures in West Usambara highlands, Tanzania. CATENA. 118. 91–102. 48 indexed citations

Bryan, Elizabeth, Claudia Ringler, Barrack Okoba, et al.. (2012). Adapting agriculture to climate change in Kenya: Household strategies and determinants. Journal of Environmental Management. 114. 26–35. 629 indexed citations breakdown →

Silvestri, Silvia, Elizabeth Bryan, Claudia Ringler, Mario Herrero, & Barrack Okoba. (2012). Climate change perception and adaptation of agro-pastoral communities in Kenya. Regional Environmental Change. 12(4). 791–802. 204 indexed citations

Bryan, Elizabeth, Claudia Ringler, Barrack Okoba, et al.. (2012). Can agriculture support climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas mitigation and rural livelihoods? insights from Kenya. Climatic Change. 118(2). 151–165. 77 indexed citations

Ringler, Claudia, et al.. (2010). Coping with climate variability and adapting to climate change in Kenya: Household and community strategies and determinants. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 21 indexed citations

Roncoli, Carla, et al.. (2010). Adaptation to climate change for smallholder agriculture in Kenya: Community-based perspectives from five districts. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 11 indexed citations

Okoba, Barrack, et al.. (2010). Adaptation to Climate Change for Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya. 4 indexed citations

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Okoba, Barrack & G. Sterk. (2010). Catchment‐level evaluation of farmers' estimates of soil erosion and crop yield in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Land Degradation and Development. 21(4). 388–400. 13 indexed citations

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Okoba, Barrack, Albino Tenge, G. Sterk, & L. Stroosnijder. (2007). Participatory soil and water conservation planning using an erosion mapping tool in the central highlands of Kenya. Land Degradation and Development. 18(3). 303–319. 11 indexed citations

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Okoba, Barrack & G. Sterk. (2006). Farmers' identification of erosion indicators and related erosion damage in the Central Highlands of Kenya. CATENA. 65(3). 292–301. 33 indexed citations

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Tenge, Albino, Barrack Okoba, & G. Sterk. (2006). Participatory soil and water conservation planning using a financial analysis tool in the West Usambara highlands of Tanzania. Land Degradation and Development. 18(3). 321–337. 20 indexed citations

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Vigiak, Olga, Barrack Okoba, G. Sterk, & L. Stroosnijder. (2005). Water erosion assessment using farmers' indicators in the West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. CATENA. 64(2-3). 307–320. 22 indexed citations

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Okoba, Barrack & J. de Graaff. (2005). Farmers' knowledge and perceptions of soil erosion and conservation measures in the Central Highlands, Kenya. Land Degradation and Development. 16(5). 475–487. 62 indexed citations

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Okoba, Barrack & G. Sterk. (2005). Quantification of visual soil erosion indicators in Gikuuri catchment in the central highlands of Kenya. Geoderma. 134(1-2). 34–47. 29 indexed citations

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Vigiak, Olga, et al.. (2005). Modelling catchment‐scale erosion patterns in the East African Highlands. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 30(2). 183–196. 42 indexed citations

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Vigiak, Olga, Barrack Okoba, & Albino Tenge. (2003). Farmers' indicators for semi-quantitative erosion assessment in the East African Highlands. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 247–254. 3 indexed citations

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O’Neill, M. K., et al.. (2002). Fodder Production from Contour Hedges in the Central Kenyan Highlands. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture. 20(3). 57–67. 2 indexed citations

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Tengberg, Anna, et al.. (1999). LAND MANAGEMENT ON SEMI-ARID HILLSIDES IN EASTERN KENYA: LEARNING FROM FARMERS' DIVERSE PRACTICES. Mountain Research and Development. 19(4). 354–363. 2 indexed citations

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