Groundwater provides nearly 100 % of the water supplies in some districts of Sri Lanka and is a major source of domestic water in all other districts. However, the resource remains largely neglected and invisible to society and policymakers. Groundwater offers the advantage of being a more reliab...
Aheeyar, Mohamed M.M.
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Manthrithilake, Herath
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Pathmarajah, S.
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Makin, Ian W.
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[Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka]
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Groundwater development through sprinkler irrigation: consequences of a lack of a governance structure in Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka
Adoption of improved technologies is seen as a key driver to increase agricultural production and productivity in Ethiopia. Considerable efforts have been made by government and NGOs to disseminate improved technologies in order to boost production and productivity chickpea though the outcome is ...
Fenta, M.
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[Adoption of improved chickpea technologies in North Gondar zone of Ethiopia: The case of Gondar Zuria District]
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Adoption of improved chickpea technologies in North Gondar zone of Ethiopia: The case of Gondar Zuria District
Yasabu, Simret
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[Photo report on Africa RISING Project Key Partners Meeting and Field Visit to Intervention Areas, Maychew, Tigray, 13-14 May 2018]
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Photo report on Africa RISING Project Key Partners Meeting and Field Visit to Intervention Areas, Maychew, Tigray, 13-14 May 2018
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
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[Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation: Sustainable intensification of key farming systems in East and Southern Africa: Technical report, 1 October 2017-31 March 2018]
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Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation: Sustainable intensification of key farming systems in East and Southern Africa: Technical report, 1 October 2017-31 March 2018
The role and importance of livestock in smallholder crop-livestock systems and the importance of crop residues (CR) as ruminant feedstuffs in such systems are well established. The effects of genotype (G), environment (E) and crop management (M) factors on yields of grain and CR and the nutritive...
Dejene, M.
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[Options for improving the yield and nutritive value of maize and grain legume residues for ruminants in East African farming systems]
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Options for improving the yield and nutritive value of maize and grain legume residues for ruminants in East African farming systems
Climate variability and declining soil fertility pose a major threat to sustainable agronomic and economic growth in Zambia. The objective of this study was to assess crop yield, land and labor productivity of conservation agriculture (CA) technologies in Eastern Zambia. On-farm trials were run f...
Mupangwa, W.
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Mutenje, M.
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Thierfelder, Christian
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Mwila, M.
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Malumo, H.
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Mujeyi, A.
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Setimela, Peter
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[Productivity and profitability of manual and mechanized conservation agriculture (CA) systems in eastern Zambia]
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Productivity and profitability of manual and mechanized conservation agriculture (CA) systems in eastern Zambia
Chitsike, C.
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Kampanje-Phiri, J.
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Sangole, N.
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[A qualitative evaluation of gender aspects of agricultural intensification practices in central Malawi]
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A qualitative evaluation of gender aspects of agricultural intensification practices in central Malawi
Theories of agrarian change in Africa normally treat agricultural intensification as a linear unidirectional process that gradually engulfs entire agrarian systems as human population increases. Focusing on soil management practices, this paper disputes the alleged uniformity of intensification a...
Crowley, E.L.
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Carter, Simon E.
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[Agrarian change and the changing relationships between toil and soil in Maragoli, Western Kenya (1900-1994)]
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Agrarian change and the changing relationships between toil and soil in Maragoli, Western Kenya (1900-1994)