Crop diversification has a long history in Africa, as a foundation for more resilient and sustainable farming systems. However, success has often been mixed. Variable weather and changing climate requires a focus on supporting farmer capacity to adapt and innovate. Participatory research and simu...
Snapp, Sieglinde S.
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Kerr, R.B.
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Smith, A.
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Ollenburger, M.H.
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Mhango, W.
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Shumba, L.
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Gondwe, T.N.P.
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Kanyama-Phiri, G.Y.
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[Modeling and participatory farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: A case study from Malawi.]
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Modeling and participatory farmer-led approaches to food security in a changing world: A case study from Malawi.
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...
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