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Fallow vegetation within landscapes dominated by shifting cultivation represents a woody species pool of critical importance with considerable potential for biodiversity conservation. Here, through the analysis of factors that influence the early stages of fallow vegetation regrowth in two contra...


Robiglio, V.Sinclair, Fergus L.[Maintaining the conservation value of shifting cultivation landscapes requires spatially Explicit Interventions]Maintaining the conservation value of shifting cultivation landscapes requires spatially Explicit Interventions
Ngozi, S.Mshenga, P.Hillbur, P.Kakuhenzire, R.[Efficiency of participatory research approaches among smallholder farmers.]Efficiency of participatory research approaches among smallholder farmers.

Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroe...


Vaarst, MetteEscudero, Arthur GetzChappell, M. JahiBrinkley, CatherineNijbroek, Ravic P.Arraes, Nilson A.M.Andreasen, LiseGattinger, AndreasFonseca De Almeida, GustavoBossio, Deborah A.Halbergh, Niels[Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context]Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

While crop genetic diversity supports ecological processes and food security, there have been few cross-cultural studies evaluating the influence of cultural and dietary factors on the conservation of genetic resources. This study examines genetic diversity patterns of tartary buckwheat in 18 sma...


Huang, W.Jarvis, Devra I.Ahmed, S.Long, C.[Tartary buckwheat genetic diversity in the Himalayas associated with farmer landrace diversity and low dietary dependence]Tartary buckwheat genetic diversity in the Himalayas associated with farmer landrace diversity and low dietary dependence

Paddy rice is the main cropping system in Southeast Asia. However, water scarcity arising from competition from other sectors, rainfall variability and climate change increasingly challenges global rice production. One option to adapt to lower water availability is switching from paddy rice to le...


Kraus, DavidWeller, S.Klatt, SteffenSantabárbara, I.Haas, E.Wassmann, ReinerWerner, C.Kiese, RalfButterbach-Bahl, Klaus[How well can we assess impacts of agricultural land management changes on the total greenhouse gas balance (CO2, CH4 and N2O) of tropical rice-cropping systems with a biogeochemical model?]How well can we assess impacts of agricultural land management changes on the total greenhouse gas balance (CO2, CH4 and N2O) of tropical rice-cropping systems with a biogeochemical model?

Background: Wastewater irrigation for vegetable production is a highly prevalent practice in Addis Ababa and a number of articles have been published on wastewater-irrigated soils and vegetables contaminated with heavy metals. However, to the best of our knowledge, an insight into assessment of h...


Woldetsadik, D.Drechsel, PayKeraita, Bernard N.Itanna, F.Gebrekidan, H.[Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia]Heavy metal accumulation and health risk assessment in wastewater-irrigated urban vegetable farming sites of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

In southern Africa the repeated cultivation of maize (Zea mays) and climate variability (especially frequent and extended droughts) have created conditions favouring parasitic weed infestation (e.g., Striga asiatica). In the past decade, Striga has reduced maize yields for smallholder farmers (cu...


Silberg, T.R.Richardson, R.B.Lopez, M.C.[Maize farmer preferences for intercropping systems to reduce Striga in Malawi]Maize farmer preferences for intercropping systems to reduce Striga in Malawi

The sustainable intensification of African agriculture is gaining momentum with the compelling need to increase food and agricultural production. In Southern Africa, smallholder farming systems are predominately maize-based and subject to erratic climatic conditions. Farmer crop and soil manageme...


Mungai, L.M.Snapp, Sieglinde S.Messina, J.P.Chikowo, R.Smith, A.Anders, E.Richardson, R.B.Li, G.[Smallholder farms and the potential for sustainable intensification]Smallholder farms and the potential for sustainable intensification

Adoption rates of leguminous crops remain low in sub-Saharan Africa despite their potential role in improving nutrition, soil health, and food security. In this study we explored Malawian farmers’ perceptions of various legume attributes and assessed how these perceptions affected allocation of l...


Waldman, K.B.Ortega, D.L.Richardson, R.B.Clay, D.C.Snapp, Sieglinde S.[Preferences for legume attributes in maize-legume cropping systems in Malawi]Preferences for legume attributes in maize-legume cropping systems in Malawi

Plantain (Musa spp., AAB group) is a staple food crop in the humid forest regions of West and Central Africa. Its cultivation is threatened by black leaf streak (BLS), an air‐borne fungal leaf spot disease, caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis Morelet. An on‐farm survey for BLS severity in relation...


Mobambo, K.N.Zuofa, K.E.Gauhl, F.Adeniji, M.Pasberg-Gauhl, C.[Effect of soil fertility on host response to black leaf streak of plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) under traditional farming systems in southwestern Nigeria]Effect of soil fertility on host response to black leaf streak of plantain (Musa spp. AAB group) under traditional farming systems in southwestern Nigeria

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