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
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.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Crane, Todd A.
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Sanogo, O.M.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah]
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Waking the Sleeping Giant: Agricultural intensification, extensification or stagnation in Mali's Guinea Savannah
Ollenburger, M.
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Crane, Todd A.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Are farmers searching for an African green revolution? Exploring the solution space for agricultural intensification in southern Mali]
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Are farmers searching for an African green revolution? Exploring the solution space for agricultural intensification in southern Mali
Mixed crop-livestock systems provide livelihoods for a billion people and produce half the world’s cereal and around a third of its beef and milk. Market orientation and strong and growing demand for food provide powerful incentives for sustainable intensification of both crop and livestock enter...
Duncan, Alan J.
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Tarawali, Shirley A.
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Thorne, Peter J.
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Valbuena, Diego
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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[Integrated crop-livestock systems—A key to sustainable intensification in Africa]
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Integrated crop-livestock systems—A key to sustainable intensification in Africa
Agricultural production in Northern Ghana is dominated by smallholder farm systems, which are characterized by low inputs and low outputs, declining soil fertility, large yield gaps and limited adoption of agricultural technologies. There is an urgent need for alternative farm designs that are mo...
Michalscheck, M.
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Groot, Jeroen C.J.
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Kotu, Bekele Hundie
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Hoeschle-Zeledon, Irmgard
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Kuivanen, K.
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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[Model results versus farmer realities: Operationalizing diversity within and among smallholder farm systems for a nuanced impact assessment of technology packages]
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Model results versus farmer realities: Operationalizing diversity within and among smallholder farm systems for a nuanced impact assessment of technology packages