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Heat to harvest (H2H) - Effect of cool roofs on activity and relation to harvest yields
Background:
- The H2H study is nested in the P4 and P5 study
- The 210 participants are small subsistence farmers
- Harvest is affected by climate (rainfall, temperature, humidity)
- 105 participants are exposed to the cool roof intervention and 105 are control households
Research objectives:
Methods:
GPS Tracking Study:
- Using GPS devices we measure farmers’ speed, distance and route of movement
- We will ascertain periods of high and low activity including productivity in the field.
Harvest Tonnage Study:
- Using GPS coordinates we track harvest yield
- We will measure and predict the outcome of the harvest
GPS route
Farmers with GPS devices
Contributing Scientists (in alphabetical order):
Prof. Dr. Dr. Till Bärnighausen (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Dr. Sandra Barteit (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Valentin Boudo (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Dr. Aditi Bunker (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Gunga (Charité Berlin)
Dr. Martina Maggioni (Charité Berlin)
Charlotte Müller (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Aristide Ouedraogo (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Prof. Dr. Rainer Sauerborn (Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, Heidelberg University)
Dr. Ali Sie (Director, Centre de Recherche en santé de Nouna)