Crop management research is increasingly involving farmers in evaluating new technologies, identifying adoption constraints and opportunities for improving farm performance to produce more sustainable impact. ICRISAT and its partners worked with farmers in Malawi and Zimbabwe during the 1999/2000...
Rusike, J.
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Twomlow, Stephen
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Freeman, H.
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Heinrich, G.
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[Does farmer participatory research matter for improved soil fertility technology development and dissemination in Southern Africa?]
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Does farmer participatory research matter for improved soil fertility technology development and dissemination in Southern Africa?
This article analyses the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact potential of improved management practices
and technologies for smallholder agriculture promoted under a global food security development
program. Under ‘business-as-usual’ development, global studies on the future of agriculture to 2050
proje...
Grewer, Uwe
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Nash, Julie
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Gurwick, Noel
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Bockel, Louis
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Galford, Gillian L.
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Richards, Meryl
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Costa, Ciniro
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White, Julianna M.
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Pirolli, Gillian
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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[Analyzing the greenhouse gas impact potential of smallholder development actions across a global food security program]
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Analyzing the greenhouse gas impact potential of smallholder development actions across a global food security program
Coffee and banana are important cash and food crops in Uganda and the surrounding East African highland region. Production is dominated by smallholders that have limited arable land and often coffee and banana are intercropped. No significant research and development efforts have been undertaken ...
Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Wanyama, I.
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Baret, P.
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[Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda]
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Perceptions and outlook on intercropping coffee with banana as an opportunity for smallholder coffee farmers in Uganda
Biocarbon projects can connect climate finance to smallholder farmers and can provide considerable benefits to improved productivity, land health and income, market access, institutional stability and, ultimately, food security and reduced poverty for asset-poor rural communities. While most bioc...
Foster K
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Neufeldt, Henry
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[Biocarbon projects in agroforestry: lessons from the past for future development]
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Biocarbon projects in agroforestry: lessons from the past for future development
Smallholder farmers in Nigeria cultivate numerous staple crops, either as sole crops or in crop mixtures. The distribution of cassava is discussed in terms of its importance relative to eight other major staples. As a result of the criteria associated with its definition, the relative importance ...
This study employed the Just and Pope stochastic production frontier to assess the effectiveness of farmer preferred technologies in reducing production risk related to climate variability in Eastern Uganda. Data for this study were obtained from 315 households, 9 focus group discussions and 23 k...
Kansiime, KM
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Shisanya, AC
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Wambugu, KS
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[Effectiveness of technological options for minimising production risks under variable climatic conditions in eastern Uganda]
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Effectiveness of technological options for minimising production risks under variable climatic conditions in eastern Uganda
To cope with climate change, smallholder farmers rely on agricultural biodiversity. This was the key message resulting from a recent survey of almost 2,400 smallholder farmers across Bolivia, India and Nepal. The research was coordinated by Bioversity International, in partnership with MSSRF, LI-...
Meldrum G
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Sthapit, S.R.
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Rojas W
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King O
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[Agricultural biodiversity enhances capacity to adapt to climate change]
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Agricultural biodiversity enhances capacity to adapt to climate change
The agriculture sector is the backbone of Ethiopia’s economy and livelihoods. Yet, heavy reliance on rain-fed systems has made the sector particularly vulnerable to variability in rainfall and temperature. Climate change may decrease national gross domestic product (GDP) by 8–10% by 2050, but ada...
International Center for Tropical Agriculture
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United States Agency for International Development
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[Climate-Smart Agriculture in Ethiopia]
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Climate-Smart Agriculture in Ethiopia