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Upadhyay, BhawanaBurra, Dharani DharNguyen, Than ThiWyckhuys, Kris A.G.[Caught off guard folk knowledge proves deficient when addressing invasive pests in Asian cassava systems]Caught off guard folk knowledge proves deficient when addressing invasive pests in Asian cassava systems

Although REDD+ is approaching its 10th anniversary, major impacts in terms of reduced forest loss are hard to document. Conservation practitioners and scholars are therefore increasingly asking why REDD+ has not delivered more tangible results. A recent Comment in Conservation Biology by Fletcher...


Angelsen, ArildBrockhaus, MariaDuchelle, Amy E.Larson, AnneMartius, ChristopherSunderlin, William D.Verchot, Louis V.Wong, GraceWunder, Sven[Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.]Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.

Rather than a document that is constantly being written as in the wiki approach, the Living Document (LD) is a document that also acts as a document router, operating by means of structured and organized social tagging and using existing ontologies. It offers an environment where users can manage...


García Castro, A.Labarga, AGarcía, LeylaGiraldo, OMontana, CBateman, JA[Semantic Web and social web heading towards living documents in the life sciences]Semantic Web and social web heading towards living documents in the life sciences

Organic agriculture requires farmers with the ability to develop profitable agro-enterprises on their own. By drawing on four years of experiences with the Enabling Rural Innovation approach in Uganda, we outline how smallholder farmers transition to organic agriculture and, at the same time, inc...


Hauser, MAigelsperger, LOwamani, ADelve, Robert J.[Learning achievements of farmers during the transition to market-oriented organic agriculture in rural Uganda]Learning achievements of farmers during the transition to market-oriented organic agriculture in rural Uganda

This paper evaluates the utility of the `learning selection' model of the early adoption process, based on a constructivist conceptual framework, to explain farmers' adoption and rejection of two soil-improving technologies alley farming and the use of Mucuna cover crops. The analysis showed th...


Douthwaite, BoruManyong, Victor M.Keatinge, J.D.H.Chianu, J.N.[The adoption of alley farming and Mucuna : Lessons for research, development and extension]The adoption of alley farming and Mucuna : Lessons for research, development and extension

Adapting through innovation is one way for rural communities to sustain and improve their livelihoods and environments. Since the 1980s research and development organizations have developed participatory approaches to foster rural innovation. This paper develops a model, called the Learning-to-In...


Douthwaite, BoruBeaulieu, NathalieLundy, MarkPeters, D[Understanding how participatory approaches foster innovation]Understanding how participatory approaches foster innovation
Douthwaite, Boru[Enabling innovation : Technology- and system-level approaches that capitalize on complexity]Enabling innovation : Technology- and system-level approaches that capitalize on complexity

If climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is meaningfully to address the development challenges posed by climate change, effective approaches will be needed to scale up research findings. Here, eleven case studies are used to exemplify scaling-up strategies based on (1) value chains and private sector i...


Westermann, OlafFörch, WiebkeThornton, Philip K.Körner, JanaCramer, LauraCampbell, Bruce M.[Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture]Scaling up agricultural interventions: Case studies of climate-smart agriculture

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