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Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroe...


Vaarst, MetteEscudero, Arthur GetzChappell, M. JahiBrinkley, CatherineNijbroek, Ravic P.Arraes, Nilson A.M.Andreasen, LiseGattinger, AndreasFonseca De Almeida, GustavoBossio, Deborah A.Halbergh, Niels[Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context]Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

Agro-ecosystem productivity is highly dependent on moisture fluxes yet climate variability and climate change induce unpredictable dynamic interactions between farm-level and landscape-level flow of water resources. In this study, water balance dynamics at the farm level were investigated using r...


Kizito, FredPanyan, E.K.Ayantunde, Augustine A.Bossio, Deborah A.Karbo, N.Avornyo, Franklin K.Tengan, K.[Water balance dynamics in mixed crop-livestock systems of northern Ghana: Unraveling the interactions between farm-level and landscape fluxes in the face of climate change]Water balance dynamics in mixed crop-livestock systems of northern Ghana: Unraveling the interactions between farm-level and landscape fluxes in the face of climate change

When assessing soil organic carbon (SOC) sequestration and its climate change (CC) mitigation potential at global scale, the dynamic nature of soil carbon storage and interventions to foster it should be taken into account. Firstly, adoption of SOC-sequestration measures will take time, and reaso...


Sommer, RolfBossio, Deborah A.[Dynamics and climate change mitigation potential of soil organic carbon sequestration]Dynamics and climate change mitigation potential of soil organic carbon sequestration

The role of soil organic carbon in global carbon cycles is receiving increasing attention both as a potentially large and uncertain source of CO2 emissions in response to predicted global temperature rises, and as a natural sink for carbon able to reduce atmospheric CO2. There is general agreemen...


Zomer, Robert J.Bossio, Deborah A.Sommer, RolfVerchot, Louis V.[Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils]Global Sequestration Potential of Increased Organic Carbon in Cropland Soils

Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge o...


Bossio, Deborah A.Erkossa, TekluDile, Y.T.McCartney, Matthew P.Killiches, F.Hoff, H.[Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia's agricultural sector.]Water implications of foreign direct investment in Ethiopia's agricultural sector.

The recently completed 'Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture' (CA) assessed the benefits, costs and impacts of the past 50 years of water development. It highlighted important trends that frame the challenges in water resources management of today and into the future, and c...


Bossio, Deborah A.[Livestock and water: understanding the context based on the 'Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture.']Livestock and water: understanding the context based on the 'Comprehensive Assessment of Water Management in Agriculture.'
Bunemann, E.K.Bossio, Deborah A.Smithson, P.C.Frossard, EmmanuelOberson, Astrid[Microbial community composition and substrate use in a highly weathered soil as affected by crop rotation and P fertilization]Microbial community composition and substrate use in a highly weathered soil as affected by crop rotation and P fertilization

Crop-livestock systems are very important both in terms of area and contribution to people’s livelihoods in the Ethiopian highlands. However, a common problem in these systems is low livestock and crop productivity, which is partly caused by water scarcity and environmental degradation. As water ...


Descheemaeker, KatrienHaileslassie, AmareAmede, TilahunBossio, Deborah A.Tarawali, Shirley A.[Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands]Assessment of water productivity and entry points for improvement in mixed crop-livestock systems of the Ethiopian highlands
Bossio, Deborah A.Jewitt, G.P.W.Zaag, P. van der[Smallholder system innovation for integrated watershed management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editorial]Smallholder system innovation for integrated watershed management in Sub-Saharan Africa. Editorial

Low crop and livestock productivities in the mixed farming systems of Ethiopia hamper efforts to meet the increasing food demands from a stressed natural resource base. Important reasons for the low agricultural productivity are water scarcity and poor spatial and temporal rainfall distribution. ...


Descheemaeker, KatrienAmede, TilahunHaileslassie, AmareBossio, Deborah A.[Analysis of gaps and possible interventions for improving water productivity in crop livestock systems of Ethiopia]Analysis of gaps and possible interventions for improving water productivity in crop livestock systems of Ethiopia

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