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Fliert, E. van deBraun, Ann R.[Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: from opportunities to impact: forthcoming in agriculture and human values]Conceptualizing integrative, farmer participatory research for sustainable agriculture: from opportunities to impact: forthcoming in agriculture and human values
Robison, DMBarona, ElizabethCastaño, Silvia ElenaRincón, M.E.Becerra, HHenao, MDRGarcía, L.[Areas legalmente protegidas y su relación con la frontera agrícola en el trópico americano]Areas legalmente protegidas y su relación con la frontera agrícola en el trópico americano

The paper first discusses the need for moving from disciplinary to transdisciplinary research in addressing problems of human development and environmental management. Then the experience of a research project in highland Ethiopia is described. This started with disciplinary research and componen...


Jabbar, M.A.Mohamed-Saleem, M.A.Li-Pun, H.[Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia]Towards transdisciplinarity in technology and resource management research: A project in Ethiopia

Nutrient flux and balance studies are valuable tools to assess the sustainability of agro-ecosystems and potential consequences for agricultural productivity. This paper presents results from a study at the field/farm scale representing mixed farming systems typical for the East African Highlands...


Haileslassie, AmarePriess, J.A.Veldkamp, E.Lesschen, J.P.[Nutrient flows and balances at the field and farm scale: Exploring effects of land-use strategies and access to resources]Nutrient flows and balances at the field and farm scale: Exploring effects of land-use strategies and access to resources

Agricultural production in the semi-arid agro-ecosystems of the Sahel centres on cereal staple crops and pastoralism with increasing crop-livestock integration. Animals mobilize soil fertility through manure production, graze crop by-products, and transfer nutrients from distant pastures to crop...


Rovere, R. LaHiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Keulen, H. vanSchiere, J.B.Szonyi, J.A.[Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger]Co-evolutionary scenarios of intensification and privatization of resource use in rural communities of south-western Niger
Kisaka, M. OscarMucheru-Muna, M.Ngetich, F.K.Mugwe, J.Mugendi, D.Mairura, Franklin S.Shisanya, C.Makokha, G. L.[Potential of deterministic and geostatistical rainfall interpolation under high rainfall variability and dry spells: case of Kenya’s Central Highlands]Potential of deterministic and geostatistical rainfall interpolation under high rainfall variability and dry spells: case of Kenya’s Central Highlands

In this chapter, results of recent research conducted in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, which has experienced severe land degradation are synthesized. This paper highlights the technological and institutional factors determining the adoption of natural resource conservation at both the ...


Gebremedhin, BerhanuSwinton, S.M.[Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia]Sustainable management of private and communal lands in northern Ethiopia

Integrated natural resource management (INRM) is considered in the context of evolving crop-livestock systems in West Africa and recent Developments in approaches for INRM research. The major crop-livestock systems, ranging from extensive grazing, through integrated crop-livestock farming to inte...


Tarawali, Shirley A.Keatinge, J.D.H.Powell, J.M.Hiernaux, Pierre H.Y.Lyasse, O.Sanginga, Nteranya[Integrated natural resource management in West African crop-livestock systems]Integrated natural resource management in West African crop-livestock systems

The increasing attention paid to local soil knowledge in recent years is the result of a greater recognition that the knowledge of people who have been interacting with their soils for long time can offer many insights about the sustainable management of tropical soils. This paper describes two a...


Barrios, E.Trejo Tercero, M.T.[Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America]Implications of local soil knowledge for integrated soil management in Latin America

The Global Community tries to make progress on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that UN member states adopted in 2015. Key among these are SDG 2: “End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture”; SDG 6: “Ensure availability and sustainable man...


Ringler, ClaudiaWillenbockel, DirkPerez, NicostratoRosegrant, Mark W.Zhu, Tingju[The impact of a carbon tax on fossil fuels on the WEF nexus]The impact of a carbon tax on fossil fuels on the WEF nexus

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