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Livestock play a significant role in rural livelihoods and the economies of developing countries. They are providers of income and employment for producers and others working in, sometimes complex, value chains. They are a crucial asset and safety net for the poor, especially for women and pastor...


Herrero, Mario T.Grace, DeliaNjuki, JemimahJohnson, Nancy L.Enahoro, Dolapo K.Silvestri, SilviaRufino, Mariana C.[The roles of livestock in developing countries]The roles of livestock in developing countries

Using the net anthropogenic nitrogen input (NANI) approach we estimated the N budget for the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa. The NANI of the basin ranged from 887 to 3008 kg N km−2 yr−1 (mean: 1827 kg N km−2 yr−1) for the period 1995–2000. The net nitrogen release at basin level is due primar...


Zhou, M.Brandt, P.Pelster, David E.Rufino, Mariana C.Robinson, Timothy P.Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus[Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: Syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives]Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: Syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives

Successfully meeting the mitigation and adaptation targets of the Paris Climate Agreement (PA) will depend on strengthening the ties between forests and agriculture. Climate-smart land use can be achieved by integrating climate-smart agriculture (CSA) and REDD+. The focus on agriculture for food ...


Carter, SarahArts, BasGiller, Ken E.Glolcher, Cinthia S.Kok, KasperKoning, Jessica deNoordwijk, Meine vanReidsma, PytrikRufino, Mariana C.Salvini, GiuliaVerchot, Louis V.Wollenberg, Eva K.Herold, Martin[Climate-smart land use requires local solutions, transdisciplinary research, policy coherence and transparency]Climate-smart land use requires local solutions, transdisciplinary research, policy coherence and transparency

In the last 40 years, large areas of the Mau forest, the largest contiguous tropical montane forest in East Africa, have been cleared for agriculture. To date, there are no empirical data on how this land use change affects carbon dioxide (CO2) fluxes from soil respiration and soil methane (CH4) ...


Wanyama, IbrahimPelster, David E.Butterbach-Bahl, KlausVerchot, Louis V.Martius, C.Rufino, Mariana C.[Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region]Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region

Increasing demand for food and fibre by the growing human population is driving significant land use (LU) change from forest into intensively managed land systems in tropical areas. But empirical evidence on the extent to which such changes affect the soil-atmosphere exchange of trace gases is st...


Arias-Navarro, CristinaDíaz Pinés, EugenioZuazo, PabloRufino, Mariana C.Verchot, Louis V.Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus[Quantifying the contribution of land use to N2O, NO and CO2 fluxes in a montane forest ecosystem of Kenya]Quantifying the contribution of land use to N2O, NO and CO2 fluxes in a montane forest ecosystem of Kenya
Wollenberg, Eva K.Richards, MerylSmith, PeteHavlík, PetrObersteiner, MichaelTubiello, F.N.Herold, MartinGerber, Pierre J.Carter, S.Reisinger, AndyVuuren, D. vanDickie, ANeufeldt, HenrySander, Bjoern OleWassmann, ReinerSommer, RolfAmonette, JEFalcucci, A.Herrero, Mario T.Opio, C.Román Cuesta, Rosa MariaStehfest, ElkeWesthoek, H.J.Ortiz Monasterio, IvanSapkota, Tek BahadurRufino, Mariana C.Thornton, Philip K.Verchot, Louis V.West, Paul C.Soussana, J.F.Baedeker, TobiasSadler, MVermeulen, Sonja J.Campbell, Bruce M.[Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target]Reducing emissions from agriculture to meet the 2°C target

Adaptation strategies to reduce smallholder farmers’ vulnerability to climate variability and seasonality are needed given the frequency of extreme weather events predicted to increase during the next decades in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in West Africa. We explored the linkages between sel...


Douxchamps, SabineSilvestri, SilviaMoussa, Abdoulaye S.Quirós, CarlosSomé, LéopoldHerrero, Mario T.Kristjanson, Patricia M.Ouédraogo, MathieuThornton, Philip K.Asten, Piet J.A. vanZougmoré, Robert B.Rufino, Mariana C.Buah, S.S.J.Wijk, Mark T. vanBadiane Ndour, Ndèye Yacine[Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa]Linking agricultural adaptation strategies, food security and vulnerability: evidence from West Africa

During participatory prototyping activities in Vihiga, western Kenya, farmers designed what they considered to be the ideal farm [Waithaka, M.M., Thornton, P.K., Herrero, M., Shepherd, K.D., 2006. Bio-economic evaluation of farmers’ perceptions of viable farms in western Kenya. Agric. Syst. 90, 2...


Tittonell, Pablo A.Wijk, Mark T. vanHerrero, Mario T.Rufino, Mariana C.Ridder, N.A. deGiller, Ken E.[Beyond resource constraints - Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya]Beyond resource constraints - Exploring the biophysical feasibility of options for the intensification of smallholder crop-livestock systems in Vihiga district, Kenya

Conservation Agriculture (CA) is being advocated to enhance soil health and sustain long term crop productivity in the developing world. One of CA's key principles is the maintenance of soil cover often by retaining a proportion of crop residues on the field as mulch. Yet smallholder crop–livesto...


Valbuena, DiegoErenstein, OlafHomann-Kee Tui, SabineAbdoulaye, TahirouClaessens, LievenDuncan, Alan J.Gerard, Bruno G.Rufino, Mariana C.Teufel, NilsRooyen, Andre F. vanWijk, Mark T. van[Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

We systematically reviewed the literature on farm household models, with emphasis on those focused on smallholder systems. The models were evaluated on their predictive ability to describe short term (3–10 years) food security of smallholder farm households under climate variability and under dif...


Wijk, Mark T. vanRufino, Mariana C.Enahoro, Dolapo K.Parsons, D.Silvestri, SilviaValdivia, R.O.Herrero, Mario T.[Farm household models to analyse food security in a changing climate: A review]Farm household models to analyse food security in a changing climate: A review

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