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Wichern, JannikeWijk, Mark T. vanDescheemaeker, KatrienFrelat, RomainAsten, Piet J.A. vanGiller, Ken E.[Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda]Food availability and livelihood strategies among rural households across Uganda

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, BoubaDescheemaeker, KatrienWijk, Mark T. vanCorbeels, MarcSupit, IwanGiller, Ken E.[Modelling cereal crops to assess future climate risk for family food self-sufficiency in southern Mali]Modelling cereal crops to assess future climate risk for family food self-sufficiency in southern Mali

In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming systems in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe, where biomass production is limited and farmers integrate crop and livest...


Homann-Kee Tui, SabineValbuena, DiegoMasikati, PatriciaDescheemaeker, KatrienNyamangara, JusticeClaessens, LievenErenstein, OlafRooyen, Andre F. vanNkomboni, D.[Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe]Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe

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.Timler, Carl J.Michalscheck, M.Paas, W.Descheemaeker, KatrienTittonell, Pablo A.Andersson, Jens A.Groot, Jeroen C.J.[Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development]Capturing farm diversity with hypothesis-based typologies: An innovative methodological framework for farming system typology development

The large diversity of farms and farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa calls for agricultural improvement options that are adapted to the context in which smallholder farmers operate. The socio-ecological niche concept incorporates the agro-ecological, socio-cultural, economic and institutional d...


Descheemaeker, KatrienRonner, E.Ollenburger, M.H.Franke, A.C.Klapwijk, C.J.Falconnier, G.N.Wichern, Jannike[Which options fit best? Operationalizing the socio-ecological niche concept]Which options fit best? Operationalizing the socio-ecological niche concept

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.Michalscheck, MirjaDescheemaeker, KatrienAdjei-Nsiah, SamuelMellon-Bedi, S.Groot, Jeroen C.J.Álvarez, S.[A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana]A comparison of statistical and participatory clustering of smallholder farming systems - a case study in Northern Ghana

The World Bank argued that West Africa's Guinea Savannah zone forms part of “Africa's Sleeping Giant,” where increases in agricultural production could be an engine of economic growth, through expansion of cultivated land in sparsely populated areas. The district of Bougouni, in southern Mali, fa...


Ollenburger, M.H.Descheemaeker, KatrienCrane, Todd A.Sanogo, O.M.Giller, Ken E.[Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah]Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah
Wichern, JannikeHeerwaarden, J. VanBruin, S. deDescheemaeker, KatrienAsten, Piet J.A. vanGiller, Ken E.Wijk, Mark T. van[Using household survey data to identify large-scale food security patterns across Uganda]Using household survey data to identify large-scale food security patterns across Uganda
Ollenburger, M.Crane, Todd A.Descheemaeker, KatrienGiller, Ken E.[Are farmers searching for an African green revolution? Exploring the solution space for agricultural intensification in southern Mali]Are farmers searching for an African green revolution? Exploring the solution space for agricultural intensification in southern Mali

Transhumance, the seasonal movement of herds occurring between two points and following precise routes repeated each year, is practiced on a broad scale in the open field areas of Tigray (North Ethiopia). This article presents a characterization of the practice, factors that explain its magnitude...


Nyssen, JanDescheemaeker, KatrienZenebe, A.Poesen, J.Deckers, J.Haile, M.[Transhumance in the Tigray Highlands (Ethiopia)]Transhumance in the Tigray Highlands (Ethiopia)

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