Asia accounts for 70% of the world's irrigated area and is home to some of the oldest and largest irrigation schemes. While these irrigation schemes played an important role in ensuring food security for billions of people in the past, their current state of affairs leaves much to be desired. Thi...
Mukherji, Aditi
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Facon, T.
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Fraiture, Charlotte de
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David, S.
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Chartres, Colin J.
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[Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?]
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Growing more food with less water: how can revitalizing Asia's irrigation help?
This paper provides an overview of poverty levels, hydrology, agricultural production systems and water productivity in the Nile Basin. There are opportunities to manage water better in the basin for use in agriculture to improve food security, livelihoods and economic growth by taking into accou...
Awulachew, Seleshi Bekele
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Rebelo, Lisa-Maria
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David, S.
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[The Nile Basin: tapping the unmet agricultural potential of Nile waters]
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The Nile Basin: tapping the unmet agricultural potential of Nile waters
Groundwater irrigation consumes considerable energy as well as water resources across the globe. Using a case study from Iran, this paper explores how enhanced farm water management can help in reducing groundwater exploitation and subsequently limiting energy consumption and the carbon footprint...
Karimi, Poolad
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Qureshi, Asad Sarwar
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Bahramloo, R.
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David, S.
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[Reducing carbon emissions through improved irrigation and groundwater management: a case study from Iran]
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Reducing carbon emissions through improved irrigation and groundwater management: a case study from Iran
This article addresses concerns of technology dissemination for small farmers, specifically focusing on the diffusion of new varieties of a self-pollinating crop. Based on bean seed systems research in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, it shows four commonly-held basi...
David, S.
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Sperling, L.
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[Improving technology delivery mechanisms: Lessons from bean seed systems research in eastern and central Africa]
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Improving technology delivery mechanisms: Lessons from bean seed systems research in eastern and central Africa
This paper presents empirical evidence to show how socioeconomic factors affect the adoption of and investment in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire. The analysis uses primary farm-level data collected in 2002 from a nationally representative sample of more than one thousand cocoa...
Keho, Y.
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Gockowski, J.
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David, S.
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[Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications]
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Investing in agrochemicals in the cocoa sector of Côte d’Ivoire: hypotheses, evidence and policy implications
A case study of Ghanaian cocoa farmer field schools was conducted to provide feedback on a regional effort to close the yield gap across the cocoa belt of West Africa. Production practices were significantly modified in the year following training with notable increases registered in both the nu...
Gockowski, J.
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Asamoah, C.
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David, S.
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Gyamfi, I.
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Adu-Kumi, M.
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[An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production]
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An evaluation of farmer field school induced changes in Ghanaian cocoa production
Farmers' lack of access to technical information constitutes a major obstacle to improving cocoa productivity in West and Central Africa. Recent debates on cocoa extension pay little attention to the potentially important role of printed extension materials for promoting cocoa integrated crop and...
A case study of farmers who attended cocoa integrated crop and pest management (ICPM) farmer field schools in Cameroon and non-participating farmers provides empirical results on areas where there are gaps and mixed results in the FFS literature. FFS provided farmers with new skills and knowledge...
David, S.
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[Learning to think for ourselves: knowledge improvement and social benefits among farmer field school participants in Cameroon]
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Learning to think for ourselves: knowledge improvement and social benefits among farmer field school participants in Cameroon