Innovation platforms are increasingly used by research and development initiatives to actively engage the poor in agricultural innovation processes. These platforms are forums for action and learning, where different types of actors come together to address issues of mutual concern. However, the ...
Swaans, K.
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Cullen, Beth
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Adekunle, A.A.
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Ngwenya, H.
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Lema, Zelalem
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Nederlof, S.
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[Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation]
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Dealing with critical challenges in African innovation platforms: Lessons for facilitation
Conservation Agriculture (CA) is being advocated to enhance soil health and sustain long term crop productivity in the developing world. One of CA's key principles is the maintenance of soil cover often by retaining a proportion of crop residues on the field as mulch. Yet smallholder crop–livesto...
Valbuena, Diego
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Claessens, Lieven
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Teufel, Nils
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Conservation agriculture in mixed crop-livestock systems: Scoping crop residue trade-offs in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Manyawu, Godfrey J.
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Moyo, Siboniso
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Nyagumbo, Isaiah
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Tesfahan, G.
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Masikate, P.
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Mupangwa, W.
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Rodríguez, D.
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Macleod, N.
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Chakoma, Irenie
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Mutsamba, E.
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Mugwara, S.
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Dube, T.
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Mataruse, J.
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[Integrating crops and livestock for improved food security and livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe (ZimCLIFS)]
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Integrating crops and livestock for improved food security and livelihoods in rural Zimbabwe (ZimCLIFS)
Speaking at the December 2009 SLP meeting in Addis Ababa, Andre Van Rooyen (ICRISAT) explains the 'innovation platform' approach they use to engage with smallholder farmers in Southern Africa. "Our hypothesis is that farmers will only invest in improved technologies when they are part of an effec...
Rooyen, Andre F. van
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[It's not your run of the mill science - innovation systems help put technologies into farmer context]
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It's not your run of the mill science - innovation systems help put technologies into farmer context
Scarcity, lack of access, and ineffective and inefficient use of water in Nkayi District, Zimbabwe, threaten agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to augment understanding of opportunities to increase livestock water productivity (LWP) in Nkayi District by taking into account key ...
Senda, T.S.
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Peden, Donald G.
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Sisito, G.
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Sikosana, J.L.N.
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[Gendered livelihood implications for improvements of livestock water productivity in Zimbabwe]
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Gendered livelihood implications for improvements of livestock water productivity in Zimbabwe
The threat of water scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa is real, due to the expanding agricultural needs, climate variability and inappropriate land use. Livestock keeping is the fastest growing agricultural sector, partly because of increasing and changing demands for adequate, quality and diverse fo...
Amede, Tilahun
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Peden, Donald G.
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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[Harnessing benefits from improved livestock water productivity in crop-livestock systems of Sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis]
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Harnessing benefits from improved livestock water productivity in crop-livestock systems of Sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis
Rooyen, Andre F. van
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[Using innovation platforms for development and engineering resilience into socio-ecological systems]
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Using innovation platforms for development and engineering resilience into socio-ecological systems