Questions as to which crop to grow, where, when and with what management, will be increasingly challenging for farmers in the face of a changing climate. The objective of this study was to evaluate emergence, yield and financial benefits of maize, finger millet and sorghum, planted at different d...
Rurinda, J.P.
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Mapfumo, Paul
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Mtambanengwe, F.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Chikowo, Regis
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Comparative assessment of productivity of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk]
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Comparative assessment of productivity of maize, finger millet and sorghum for household food security in the face of increasing climatic risk
Food insecurity, soil fertility depletion and strong competition for biomass are commonly observed in smallholder crop-livestock systems. The objective of this study was to explore options to improve farm-level nitrogen cycling, productivity and economic performance through the analysis of N flow...
Álvarez, S.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Vayssières, Jean-François
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Salgado, P.
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Tillard, E.
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Bocquier, F.
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[Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An application of network analysis]
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Whole-farm nitrogen cycling and intensification of crop-livestock systems in the highlands of Madagascar: An application of network analysis
Western Kenya is one of Africa’s most densely populated rural areas, characterised by intensive smallholder crop–livestock systems on degraded lands managed with small inputs of mineral fertiliser and animal manure. Competing uses for crop residues and other organic resources often results in poo...
Castellanos-Navarrete, A.
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Feeding, crop residue and manure management for integrated soil fertility management—A case study from Kenya]
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Feeding, crop residue and manure management for integrated soil fertility management—A case study from Kenya
In West Africa predictions of future changes in climate and especially rainfall are highly uncertain, and up to now no long-term analyses are available of the effects of climate on crop production. This study analyses long-term trends in climate variability at N’Tarla and Sikasso in southern Mali...
Traoré, B.
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Corbeels, Marc
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Effects of climate variability and climate change on crop production in southern Mali]
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Effects of climate variability and climate change on crop production in southern Mali
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
Adaptation options that address short-term climate variability are likely to lead to short-term benefits and will help to deal with future changes in climate in smallholder cropping systems in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In this study we combined field experimentation and long-term rainfall analyse...
Rurinda, J.P.
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Mapfumo, Paul
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Mtambanengwe, F.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Chikowo, Regis
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Managing soil fertility to adapt to rainfall variability in smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe]
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Managing soil fertility to adapt to rainfall variability in smallholder cropping systems in Zimbabwe