The increasing attention paid to local soil knowledge results from a greater recognition that farmer knowledge can offer many insights into the sustainable management of tropical soils and that the integration of local and technical knowledge systems helps extension workers and scientists work mo...
Barrios, E.
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Delve, Robert J.
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Bekunda, Mateete A.
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Mowo, J.
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Agunda, J
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Ramisch, Joshua J.
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Trejo Tercero, M.T.
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Thomas, Richard J.
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[Indicators of soil quality: a South-South development of a methdological guide for linking local and technical knowledge]
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Indicators of soil quality: a South-South development of a methdological guide for linking local and technical knowledge
Ndabamenyea. T.
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Vanhoudt, N.
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Blomme, Guy
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Swennen, R.L.
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Annandale, J.G.
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Barnard, R.O.
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[Ecological characteristics influence farmer selection of on-farm plant density and bunch mass of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp.) cropping systems]
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Ecological characteristics influence farmer selection of on-farm plant density and bunch mass of low input East African highland banana (Musa spp.) cropping systems
Improving bacterial nitrogen fixation in grain legumes is central to sustainable intensification of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. In the case of soyabean, two main approaches have been pursued: first, promiscuous varieties were developed to form effective symbiosis with locally abundant nitr...
Heerwaarden, Joost van
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Kyei-Boahen, S.
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Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
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Ebanyat, Peter
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Kamai, N.
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Woldemeskel, Endalkachew
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Kanampiu, F.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Soyabean response to rhizobium inoculation across sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns of variation and the role of promiscuity]
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Soyabean response to rhizobium inoculation across sub-Saharan Africa: Patterns of variation and the role of promiscuity
Roothaert, Ralph L.
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Ibrahim
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[The role of farmers in spreading new forages technologies in East Kalimantan]
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The role of farmers in spreading new forages technologies in East Kalimantan
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools such as videos promoted to enhance farmer access to information to influence change in farming practices need to be situated in social learning processes. Farmers learn and innovate through social learning characterized by exchanges amongst far...
Karubanga, G.
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Kibwika, P.
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Okry, F.
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Sseguya, H.
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[How farmer videos trigger social learning to enhance innovation among smallholder rice farmers in Uganda]
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How farmer videos trigger social learning to enhance innovation among smallholder rice farmers in Uganda
The rapidly growing population in Uzbekistan has put massive pressure on limited water resources, resulting in frequent water shortages. Irrigation is by far the major water use. Improving irrigation water use through the institutional change of establishing water consumer associations (WCAs) has...
Djumaboev, Kakhramon
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Hamidov, A.
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Anarbekov, Oyture
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Gafurov, Zafar
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Tussupova, K.
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[Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan]
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Impact of institutional change on irrigation management: a case study from southern Uzbekistan
Hauser, Michael
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Delve, Robert J.
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[Turning market-oriented organic agriculture upside down]
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Turning market-oriented organic agriculture upside down
Double blind field experiments and experimental auctions were conducted with bean and cowpea farmers in Tanzania and Ghana to gauge the relative demand for three types of seed products that differ in price and quality: certified, quality declared, and recycled. Whether the cost differential makes...
Maredia, Mywish K.
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Shupp, Robert
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Opoku, Edward
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Mishili, Fulgence
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Reyes, Byron
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Kusolwa, Paul
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Kusi, Francis
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Kudra, Abdul
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[Farmer perception and valuation of seed quality: Evidence from bean and cowpea seed auctions in Tanzania and Ghana]
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Farmer perception and valuation of seed quality: Evidence from bean and cowpea seed auctions in Tanzania and Ghana
Shade trees are an integral part of most cocoa growing systems across the world. This study assesses farmers’ local knowledge of shade trees at two locations in Ghana with different climatic conditions and vulnerability to climate change. Akumadan is located in the northern dry part of the cocoa ...
Graefe, S.
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Meyer-Sand, L.F.
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Chauvette, K.
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Abdulai, I.
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Jassogne, Laurence T.P.
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Vaast, Philippe
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Asare, R.
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[Evaluating farmers' knowledge of shade trees in different cocoa agro-ecological zones in Ghana]
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Evaluating farmers' knowledge of shade trees in different cocoa agro-ecological zones in Ghana