Ida Djenontin

IEE Faculty Member
Titles and Affiliations
Assistant Professor, Geography

Ida Djenontin's research interests center on the human dimensions of interlinked environmental and climate change issues affecting forest-agricultural systems. She questions how to balance biodiversity, mitigation, and other ecological needs with natural resource-based livelihoods, food security, and development goals. 

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Recent Publications

The human well-being outcomes of tree plantations in sub-Saharan Africa: A reassessment of evidence using longitudinal subnational-year data

Mensah, E. R., Shinde, N., Kakpo, A. T. & Djenontin, I. N. S., Mar 2024, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 160, 103141.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Whose perspective counts? A critical look at definitions of terms used for natural and near-natural forests

Savilaakso, S., Lausberg, N., Waeber, P. O., Hillgén, O., Isotalo, A., Kleinschroth, F., Djenontin, I. N. S., Boul Lefeuvre, N. & Garcia, C. A., Nov 17 2023, In: One Earth. 6, 11, p. 1477-1493 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Do youth conceptualizations influence the inclusion of young people in sustainable agriculture intensification? Insights from Ghana and Malawi

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N. S., Kamoto, J. F., Kampanje-Phiri, J. M. & Fischer, G., Dec 2023, In: Environment, Development and Sustainability. 25, 12, p. 13909-13935 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Landscape-scale effects of farmers’ restoration decision making and investments in central Malawi: an agent-based modeling approach

Djenontin, I. N. S., Ligmann-Zielinska, A. & Zulu, L. C., 2022, In: Journal of Land Use Science. 17, 1, p. 281-306 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Smallholder farmers and forest landscape restoration in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Central Malawi

Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C. & Richardson, R. B., Nov 2022, In: Land Use Policy. 122, 106345.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

What do we (not) know on forest management institutions in sub-Saharan Africa? A regional comparative review

Kimengsi, J. N., Owusu, R., Djenontin, I. N. S., Pretzsch, J., Giessen, L., Buchenrieder, G., Pouliot, M. & Acosta, A. N., Mar 2022, In: Land Use Policy. 114, 105931.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Recognizing the equity implications of restoration priority maps

Schultz, B., Brockington, D., Coleman, E. A., Djenontin, I., Fischer, H. W., Fleischman, F., Kashwan, P., Marquardt, K., Pfeifer, M., Pritchard, R. & Ramprasad, V., Nov 1 2022, In: Environmental Research Letters. 17, 11, 114019.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The quest for context-relevant governance of agro-forest landscape restoration in Central Malawi: Insights from local processes

Djenontin, I. N. S. & Zulu, L. C., Oct 2021, In: Forest Policy and Economics. 131, 102555.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Ultimately, What is Forest Landscape Restoration in Practice? Embodiments in Sub-Saharan Africa and Implications for Future Design

Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C. & Etongo, D., Nov 2021, In: Environmental Management. 68, 5, p. 619-641 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Gender- and youth-sensitive data collection tools to support decision making for inclusive sustainable agricultural intensification

Grabowski, P. P., Djenontin, I., Zulu, L., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Darkwah, A., Egyir, I. & Fischer, G., 2021, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 19, 5-6, p. 359-375 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

From diagnosis to action: Understanding youth strengths and hurdles and using decision-making tools to foster youth-inclusive sustainable agriculture intensification

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N. S. & Grabowski, P., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 82, p. 196-209 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Realizing Inclusive SAI: contextualizing indicators to better evaluate gender and intergenerational inequity in SAI processes and outcomes–cases from Southern and Western Africa

Zulu, L. C., Djenontin, I. N. S., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Fischer, G., Grabowski, P. & Egyir, I., 2021, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. 19, 5-6, p. 376-402 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Improving representation of decision rules in LUCC-ABM: An example with an elicitation of farmers' decision making for landscape restoration in Central Malawi

Djenontin, I. N. S., Zulu, L. C. & Ligmann-Zielinska, A., Jul 1 2020, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 12, 13, 5380.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Sustainable agricultural intensification and gender-biased land tenure systems: an exploration and conceptualization of interactions

Fischer, G., Darkwah, A., Kamoto, J., Kampanje-Phiri, J., Grabowski, P. & Djenontin, I., 2020, In: International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability. p. 1-20 20 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Revisiting the factors shaping outcomes for forest and landscape restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa: A way forward for policy, practice and research

Djenontin, I. N. S., Foli, S. & Zulu, L. C., Mar 21 2018, In: Sustainability (Switzerland). 10, 4, 906.

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review