Future climate change will have far reaching consequences for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of whom depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. Here we assessed the farm-level impact of climate change on family food self-sufficiency and evaluated potential adaptation op...
Traoré, Bouba
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Corbeels, Marc
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Supit, Iwan
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Modelling cereal crops to assess future climate risk for family food self-sufficiency in southern Mali]
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Modelling cereal crops to assess future climate risk for family food self-sufficiency in southern Mali
Creating typologies is a way to summarize the large heterogeneity of smallholder farming systems into a few farm types. Various methods exist, commonly using statistical analysis, to create these typologies. We demonstrate that the methodological decisions on data collection, variable selection, ...
Álvarez, S.
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Timler, Carl J.
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Michalscheck, M.
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Paas, W.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Andersson, Jens A.
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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[Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development]
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Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development
In the highlands of northern Ethiopia, degraded hillslopes are closed for grazing and agriculture for environmental rehabilitation. In order to assess the effect of these exclosures on water balances, a correct assessment of evapotranspiration is needed. A common method for calculating evapotrans...
Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Raes, Dirk
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Allen, R.
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Nyssen, Jan
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Poesen, J.
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Muys, B.
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Haile, M.
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Deckers, J.
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[Two rapid appraisals of FAO-56 crop coefficients for semiarid natural vegetation of the northern Ethiopian highlands]
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Two rapid appraisals of FAO-56 crop coefficients for semiarid natural vegetation of the northern Ethiopian highlands
Ollenburger, M.H.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Crane, Todd A.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouni]
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Solution space for sustainable intensification in Bougouni
Mixed crop livestock systems provide the majority of the cereal and livestock domestic products for households in developing countries. We explore the question of whether such systems can respond to increasing demands for livestock products without compromising future livelihoods of the poor or t...
Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Grings, Elaine E.
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Blümmel, Michael
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[Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach]
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Pathways for sustainable development of mixed crop livestock systems: Taking a livestock and pro-poor approach
Rurinda, J.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Mapfumo, Paul
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Supit, I.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?]
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Climate change and maize yield in southern Africa: what can farm management do?
Rural households in sub-Saharan Africa earn a substantial part of their living from rain-fed smallholder agriculture, which is highly sensitive to climate change. There is a growing number of multi-level assessments on impacts and adaptation options for African smallholder systems under climate c...
Wichern, Jannike
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Giller, Ken E.
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Taulya, G.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda]
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Vulnerability and adaptation options to climate change for rural livelihoods – a country-wide analysis for Uganda