Cassava yields in Africa are small and it remains unclear which factors most limit yields. Using a series of farm surveys and on-farm and on-station trials in Uganda and western Kenya, we evaluated the importance of abiotic, biotic and associated crop management constraints for cassava production...
Fermont, A.M.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Tittonell, Pablo A.
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Wijk, Mark T. van
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Closing the cassava yield gap: an analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa]
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Closing the cassava yield gap: an analysis from smallholder farms in East Africa
Global climate models (GCMs) have become increasingly important for climate change
science and provide the basis for most impact studies. Since impact models are highly
sensitive to input climate data, GCM skill is crucial for getting better short-, medium- and
long-term outlooks for agricultural...
Ramírez Villegas, Julián
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Jarvis, Andy
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[Implications of regional improvement in global climate models for agricultural impact research]
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Implications of regional improvement in global climate models for agricultural impact research
In this letter, we investigate the effects of crop yield and livestock feed efficiency scenarios on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture and land use change in developing countries. We analyze mitigation associated with different productivity pathways using the global partial equilibri...
Valin, Hugo
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Havlík, Petr
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Mosnier, Aline
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Herrero, Mario T.
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Schmid, Erwin
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Obersteiner, Michael
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[Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: Trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security?]
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Agricultural productivity and greenhouse gas emissions: Trade-offs or synergies between mitigation and food security?
Emerging sustainability challenges, such as food security, livelihood development and climate change, require innovative and experimental ways of linking science, policy and practice at all scales. This requires the development of processes that integrate diverse knowledge to generate adaptive de...
Shaw, Alison
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor]
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A Catalyst toward Sustainability? Exploring Social Learning and Social Differentiation Approaches with the Agricultural Poor
Producing projections of future crop yields requires careful thought about the appropriate use of atmosphere-ocean global climate model (AOGCM) simulations. Here we describe and demonstrate multiple methods for ‘calibrating’ climate projections using an ensemble of AOGCM simulations in a ‘perfect...
Hawkins E
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Osborne, Tom M.
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Ho CK
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Challinor, Andrew J.
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[Calibration and bias correction of climate projections for crop modelling: An idealised case study over Europe]
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Calibration and bias correction of climate projections for crop modelling: An idealised case study over Europe
Excessive pumping of groundwater over the years to meet the high water requirement of flooded rice crop and intensive tillage have threatened the sustainability of irrigated rice–wheat system (RWS) in the Indo-Gangetic plains (IGP) of South Asia. Replacement of rice with less water requiring crop...
Jat, Mangi Lal
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Gathala, Mahesh Kumar
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Saharawat, Yashpal S.
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Tetarwal, J.P.
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Gupta R
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Yadvinder-Singh
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[Double no-till and permanent raised beds in maize–wheat rotation of north-western Indo-Gangetic plains of India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity, profitability and soil physical properties]
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Double no-till and permanent raised beds in maize–wheat rotation of north-western Indo-Gangetic plains of India: Effects on crop yields, water productivity, profitability and soil physical properties
Determining the level of payment and selecting participants are important but frequently neglected issues that affect social, economic and environmental performance of payment for environmental services (PES) programs. We use a pilot auction to address these issues in the context of a PES program...
Jindal R
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Kerr JM
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Ferraro, P.J.
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Swallow, B.M.
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[Social dimensions of procurement auctions for environmental service contracts: Evaluating trade-offs between cost-effectiveness and participation by the poor in rural Tanzania]
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Social dimensions of procurement auctions for environmental service contracts: Evaluating trade-offs between cost-effectiveness and participation by the poor in rural Tanzania
The mobile phone-enabled information delivery mechanism has the potential to reduce the knowledge gap between large and small farmers, and also across gender by creating awareness about new technologies and best practices. This article focuses on how access to information through the mobile phone...
Mittal, Surabhi
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[Role of mobile phone-enabled climate information services in gender-inclusive agriculture]
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Role of mobile phone-enabled climate information services in gender-inclusive agriculture
El suelo es el mayor reservorio de Carbono (C) en los ecosistemas terrestres, se estima que almacena cerca de 1500 gigatoneladas (Gt). Este C almacenado en el suelo, está relacionado con la composición de las plantas, ingreso de la
materia orgánica (residuos), el clima (temperatura y humedad), pr...
Gutierrez, Jhon Freddy
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Morales Velasco, Sandra
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Vivas, Nelson
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Hincapié Carvajal, Belisario
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Peters, Michael
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Arango, Jacobo
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[Stocks de carbono del suelo en cuatro sistemas de pasturas del trópico seco colombiano]
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Stocks de carbono del suelo en cuatro sistemas de pasturas del trópico seco colombiano
Many projections of the impact of climate change on the crop, livestock and fishery production sectors of African agriculture are reported in the literature. However, they may be arguably too general to understand the magnitude
of impact and to inform adaptation strategies and policy development ...
Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Omitoyin, Bamidele
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Thomas, Timothy S.
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Ayantunde, Augustine A.
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Ericksen, Polly J.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Jalloh, Abdulai
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[Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors]
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Toward climate-smart agriculture in West Africa: a review of climate change impacts, adaptation strategies and policy developments for the livestock, fishery and crop production sectors