The Challenge Program on Water and Food pursues food security and poverty alleviation through the efforts of some 50 research-for-development projects. These involve almost 200 organizations working in nine river basins around the world. An approach was developed to enhance the developmental impa...
Douthwaite, Boru
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Álvarez, S.
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Cook, Simon E.
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Davies, R.
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George, P.
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Howell, J
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Mackay, R.
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Rubiano Mejía, Jorge Eliécer
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[Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development]
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Participatory impact pathways analysis : A practical application of program theory in research-for-development
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
Typologies are often used to understand and capture smallholder farming system heterogeneity, and may be derived using different approaches and methods. This article aims to compare a quantitative, statistical typology based on a survey dataset and multivariate analysis, with a qualitative partic...
Kuivanen, K.S.
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Michalscheck, Mirja
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
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Mellon-Bedi, S.
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Álvarez, S.
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[A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana]
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A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana
Assessing progress towards healthier people, farms and landscapes through nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) requires transdisciplinary methods with robust models and metrics. Farm-household models could facilitate disentangling the complex agriculture-nutrition nexus, by jointly assessing per...
Estrada Carmona, Natalia
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Raneri, Jessica E.
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Álvarez, S.
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Timler, Carl J.
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Abe Chatterjee, S.
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Ditzler, L.
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Kennedy, G.
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Remans, R.
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Brouwer, Inge D.
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Borgonjen-van den Berg, Karin J.
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Talsma, E.F.
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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[A model-based exploration of farm-household livelihood and nutrition indicators to guide nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions]
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A model-based exploration of farm-household livelihood and nutrition indicators to guide nutrition-sensitive agriculture interventions
Food insecurity, soil fertility depletion and strong competition for biomass are commonly observed in smallholder crop-livestock systems. The objective of this study was to explore options to improve farm-level nitrogen cycling, productivity and economic performance through the analysis of N flow...
Álvarez, S.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Vayssières, Jean-François
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Salgado, P.
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Tillard, E.
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Bocquier, F.
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[Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An application of network analysis]
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Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An application of network analysis
Howland, Fanny Cecile
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Muñoz, Luis Armando
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Staiger-Rivas, Simone
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Cock, James H.
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Álvarez, S.
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[Data sharing and use of ICTs in agriculture: working with small farmer groups in Colombia]
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Data sharing and use of ICTs in agriculture: working with small farmer groups in Colombia
Douthwaite, Boru
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Carvajal, A.
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Álvarez, S.
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Claros, E.
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Hernández Romero, Luis Alfredo
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[Building farmers´ capacities for networking (part I): strengthening rural groups in Colombia through network]
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Building farmers´ capacities for networking (part I): strengthening rural groups in Colombia through network
The Challenge Program on Water and Food pursues food security and poverty alleviation through the efforts of some 50 researchfor-evelopment projects. These involve almost 200 organizations working in nine river basins around the world. An approach was developed to enhance the developmental impact...
Douthwaite, Boru
,
Álvarez, S.
,
Cook, Simon E.
,
Davies, R.
,
George, Pamela
,
Howell, J.
,
Mackay, R.
,
Rubiano, J.
,
[Participatory impact pathways analysis: a practical application of program theory in research-for-development]
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Participatory impact pathways analysis: a practical application of program theory in research-for-development
Sweet cherry production is a newly developed and promising activity in Argentinian South Patagonia. Together with a rapid increase in area (from 176 ha in 1997 to 635 ha in 2009), problems related to productivity and commercialization have threatened its sustainability. To gain a collective under...
Mundet, CA
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Córdoba, Diana M.
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Álvarez, S.
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Cittadini, ED
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[Participatory analysis of the sweet cherry sector in Argentinian South Patagonia]
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Participatory analysis of the sweet cherry sector in Argentinian South Patagonia
Staiger-Rivas, Simone
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Álvarez, S.
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Arana, José Antonio
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Howland, Fanny Cecile
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Cunha, Flavia
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Valencia, Brayan
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Muñoz, Luis Armando
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Feijóo, Karina
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[Diseño de intervenciones de gestión de conocimiento en la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo: metodología, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas]
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Diseño de intervenciones de gestión de conocimiento en la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo: metodología, experiencias y lecciones aprendidas