Crop residues (CR) have become a limited resource in mixed crop-livestock farms. As a result of the increasing demand and low availability of alternative resources, CR became an essential resource for household activities, especially for livestock keeping; a major livelihood element of smallholde...
Valbuena, Diego
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Teufel, Nils
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Swain, B.B.
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Germaine, I.
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Gerard, Bruno G.
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[Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia]
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Identifying determinants, pressures and trade-offs of crop residue use in mixed smallholder farms in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
In complex mixed crop-livestock systems with limited resources and biomass scarcity, crop residues play an important but increasingly contested role. This paper focuses on farming systems in the semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe, where biomass production is limited and farmers integrate crop and livest...
Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Valbuena, Diego
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Masikati, Patricia
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Descheemaeker, Katrien
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Nyamangara, Justice
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Claessens, Lieven
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Rooyen, Andre F. van
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Nkomboni, D.
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[Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe]
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Economic trade-offs of biomass use in crop-livestock systems: Exploring more sustainable options in semi-arid Zimbabwe
Blümmel, Michael
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Valbuena, Diego
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Duncan, Alan J.
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Biomass in crop-livestock systems in the context of the livestock revolution]
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Biomass in crop-livestock systems in the context of the livestock revolution
The study compares and contrasts crop residue uses in 3 case study sites along an agricultural intensification gradient in the Sahel-Sudano zone of Niger and Nigeria. It draws on data collected from 24 vii/ages involving 480 households and employs a Tobit model to analyse the determinants of crop...
Akinola, Adebayo A.
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Abdoulaye, Tahirou
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Valbuena, Diego
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Erenstein, Olaf
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Haileslasie, A.
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Germaine, I.
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Shehu, M.
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Ayedun, B.
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[Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in West Africa's Savannah zones]
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Determinants of crop residue use along an intensification gradient in West Africa's Savannah zones
Achieving climate smart agriculture depends on understanding the links between farming and livelihood practices, other possible adaptation options, and the effects on farm performance, which is conceptualised by farmers as wider than yields. Reliable indicators of farm performance are needed in o...
Hammond, James
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Fraval, Simon
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Etten, Jacob van
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Suchini, Jose Gabriel
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Mercado, Leida
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Pagella, Tim
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Frelat, Romain
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Lannerstad, Mats
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Douxchamps, Sabine
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Teufel, Nils
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Valbuena, Diego
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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[The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for rapid characterisation of households to inform climate smart agriculture interventions: Description and applications in East Africa and Central America]
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The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS) for rapid characterisation of households to inform climate smart agriculture interventions: Description and applications in East Africa and Central America
Crop residues are a key livelihood resource in smallholder mixed crop-livestock systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. With expansion of arable land and resultant decline in grazing resources, crop residues are becoming an increasingly important component of livestock feeds. This demand for livestock fee...
Duncan, Alan J.
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Bachewe, Fantu
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Mekonnen, Kindu
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Valbuena, Diego
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Rachier, Gideon O.
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Lule, D.
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Bahta, Mesfin
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Erenstein, Olaf
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[Crop residue allocation to livestock feed, soil improvement and other uses along a productivity gradient in Eastern Africa]
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Crop residue allocation to livestock feed, soil improvement and other uses along a productivity gradient in Eastern Africa
Agent-based modelling has become an important tool to investigate socio-ecological processes. Its use is partially driven by increasing demand from decision makers to provide support for understanding the potential implications of decisions in complex situations. While one of the advantages of ag...
Smajgl, A.
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Brown, D.G.
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Valbuena, Diego
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Huigen, M.G.A.
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[Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems]
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Empirical characterisation of agent behaviours in socio-ecological systems
In rural regions, land use changes (LUC) are often the result of the decision-making of individual farmers. To influence this decision-making, compulsory and voluntary mechanisms are implemented. However, farmers’ decision-making is a heterogeneous process that depends on their ability and willin...
Valbuena, Diego
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Bregt, A.K.
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McAlpine, C.
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Verburg, P.H.
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Seabrook, L.
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[An agent-based approach to explore the effect of voluntary mechanisms on land use change: a case in rural Queensland, Australia]
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An agent-based approach to explore the effect of voluntary mechanisms on land use change: a case in rural Queensland, Australia
One of the great challenges in agricultural development and sustainable intensification is the assurance of social equity in food security oriented interventions. Development practitioners, researchers, and policy makers alike could benefit from prior insight into what interventions or environmen...
López Ridaura, Santiago
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Frelat, Romain
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Valbuena, Diego
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Krupnik, Timothy J.
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Jate, M.L.
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[Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security An ex-ante assessment from Eastern India]
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Climate smart agriculture, farm household typologies and food security An ex-ante assessment from Eastern India
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