Loss of agroecosystem soil functions due to soil quality (SQ) degradation impacts Africa's agricultural viability and food security. Primary forest and farm fields deforested between 1930 and 2000 were sampled along a chronosequence on two parent materials in western Kenya. Two traditional long-t...
Moebius-Clunee, B.N.
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Es, H.M. van
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Idowu, O.J.
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Schindelbeck, R.R.
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Kimetu, J.M.
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Ngoze, S.
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Lehmann, Johannes
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Kinyangi, James
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[Long-term soil quality degradation along a cultivation chronosequence in western Kenya]
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Long-term soil quality degradation along a cultivation chronosequence in western Kenya
Smallholder farmers in East Africa need information and knowledge on appropriate climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices, technologies, and institutional innovations in order to effectively adapt to changing climatic conditions and cope with climate variability. This paper assesses farmer adopt...
Nyasimi, Mary
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Kimeli, Philip
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Sayula, George
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Mungai, Catherine
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[Adoption and Dissemination Pathways for Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Lushoto, Northeast Tanzania]
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Adoption and Dissemination Pathways for Climate-Smart Agriculture Technologies and Practices for Climate-Resilient Livelihoods in Lushoto, Northeast Tanzania
Thornton, Philip K.
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Vermeulen, Sonja J.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Kinyangi, James
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Climate change, agriculture and food security: linking research and action in East and West Africa]
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Climate change, agriculture and food security: linking research and action in East and West Africa
Black carbon (BC) is a quantitatively important C pool in the global C cycle due to its relative recalcitrance compared with other C pools. However, mechanisms of BC oxidation and accompanying molecular changes are largely unknown. In this study, the long-term dynamics in quality and quantity of ...
Nguyen, B.T.
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Lehmann, Johannes
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Kinyangi, James
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Smernik, R.
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Riha, S.J.
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Engelhard, M.H.
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[Long-term black carbon dynamics in cultivated soil]
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Long-term black carbon dynamics in cultivated soil
In developing countries, drought can cripple communities. Its impact is often long-lasting, especially if smallholders have to sell off farming equipment in order to survive the loss of crop income. And in the developed world, drought in a major food-producing region can push up food prices world...
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Nersisyan, A
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Leigh, RA
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Dibb-Leigh, JA
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Hoefner, F
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[Nature Outlook: Agriculture and Drought. Perspectives: legislating change]
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Nature Outlook: Agriculture and Drought. Perspectives: legislating change
Soil degradation is one of the most serious threats to sustainable crop production in many tropical agroecosystems where extensification rather than intensification of agriculture has occurred. In the highlands of western Kenya, we investigated soil nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) constraints to ...
Ngoze, S.
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Riha, S.
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Lehmann, Johannes
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Kinyangi, James
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Mbugua, D.
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Pell, A.
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[Nutrient constraints to tropical agroecosystem productivity in long-term degrading soils]
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Nutrient constraints to tropical agroecosystem productivity in long-term degrading soils
Campbell, Bruce M.
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Kinyangi, James
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Nersisyan, A
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Leigh, RA
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Dibb-Leigh, JA
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Seré Rabé, Carlos
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Aggarwal, Pramod K.
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Hoefner, F
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[Perspectives: legislating change]
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Perspectives: legislating change
The greater horn of Africa is one of the least developed regions in Africa. Livestock are an important economic resource and an essential asset for poor farmers in this region. Climate variability, population growth, low economic development, limited market integration, and low fertilizer use, am...
Notenbaert, An Maria Omer
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Mude, Andrew G.
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Steeg, Jeannette van de
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Kinyangi, James
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[Options for adapting to climate change in livestock-dominated farming systems in the greater horn of Africa]
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Options for adapting to climate change in livestock-dominated farming systems in the greater horn of Africa
There is limited documentation of soil and water management technologies that enhance adaptation to climate change in drylands of Kenya. Rainfall patterns were analyzed in the semi-arid Machakos and Makueni counties of eastern Kenya using historical data. A total of forty...
Recha, John W.M.
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Mati, Bancy M.
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Kimeli, Philip
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Kinyangi, James
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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[Changing rainfall patterns and farmers ’ adaptation through soil water management practices in semi- arid eastern Kenya]
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Changing rainfall patterns and farmers ’ adaptation through soil water management practices in semi- arid eastern Kenya
Natural organic matter (NOM) is a highly active component of soils and sediments, and plays an important role in global C cycling. However, NOM has defied molecular-level structural characterization, owing to variations along the decomposition continuum and its existence as highly functionalized ...
Solomon, D.
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Lehmann, Johannes
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Kinyangi, James
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Biqing, L.
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Heymann, K.
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Dathe, L.
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Hanley, K.
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Wirick, S.
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Jacobsen, C.
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[Carbon (1s) NEXAFS spectroscopy of biogeochemically relevant reference organic compounds]
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Carbon (1s) NEXAFS spectroscopy of biogeochemically relevant reference organic compounds