In most parts of West Africa, poverty contributes immensely to poor fertilizer adoption by smallholder farmers. Fertilizer adoption could be improved with micro-dosing technology. A socio-economic survey was conducted in the semi-deciduous forest zone of Ghana to assess the extent of fertilizer u...
Okebalama, C.B.
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Safo, E.Y.
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Yeboah, E.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Logah, V.
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[Fertilizer use and management practices among maize and cowpea smallholder farmers in Ghana]
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Fertilizer use and management practices among maize and cowpea smallholder farmers in Ghana
The large diversity of farms and farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa calls for agricultural improvement options that are adapted to the context in which smallholder farmers operate. The socio-ecological niche concept incorporates the agro-ecological, socio-cultural, economic and institutional d...
The increased use of sustainability standards in the international trade in cocoa challenges companies to find effective modes of service delivery to large numbers of small-scale farmers. A case study of the Sustainable Tree Crops Program targeting the small-scale cocoa producers in Côte d’Ivoire...
Muilerman, Sander
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Vellema, Sietze
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[Scaling service delivery in a failed state: cocoa smallholders, Farmer Field Schools, persistent bureaucrats and institutional work in Côte d’Ivoire]
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Scaling service delivery in a failed state: cocoa smallholders, Farmer Field Schools, persistent bureaucrats and institutional work in Côte d’Ivoire
Oil palm is an important industrial, livelihood and food crop in Ghana. Smallholders produce the bulk of the palm fruits and small-scale processors, mainly women, produce most of the crude palm oil. Poor practices lead to a high proportion of free fatty acids in the crude palm oil and the process...
Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
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Klerkx, Laurens
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[Innovation platforms and institutional change: the case of small-scale palm oil processing in Ghana]
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Innovation platforms and institutional change: the case of small-scale palm oil processing in Ghana
Common bean and soybean yield poorly on smallholder farms in Rwanda. We evaluated the benefits of inoculation combined with P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean in three agro-ecological zones (AEZs), and their residual effects on a subsequent maize crop. In the first seaso...
Rurangwa, E.
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize]
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Benefits of inoculation, P fertilizer and manure on yields of common bean and soybean also increase yield of subsequent maize
Smallholder farmers in the Guinea savanna practise cereal-legume intercropping to mitigate risks of crop failure in mono-cropping. The productivity of cereal-legume intercrops could be influenced by the spatial arrangement of the intercrops and the soil fertility status. Knowledge on the effect o...
Kermah, M.
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Franke, A.C.
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Adjei-Nsiah, Samuel
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Ahiabor, B.D.K.
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Abaidoo, R.C.
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Giller, Ken E.
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[Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana]
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Maize-grain legume intercropping for enhanced resource use efficiency and crop productivity in the Guinea savanna of northern Ghana
The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of, and risk factors for, Salmonella contamination along the smallholder pig value chain in northern Vietnam. Repeat cross-sectional (for farm and pork shops) and longitudinal (for slaughterhouses) studies were carried out in Hung Yen ...
Sinh Dang-Xuan
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Hung Nguyen-Viet
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Phuc Pham Duc
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Unger, Fred
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Ngan Tran-Thi
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Grace, Delia
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Makita, K.
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[Risk factors associated with Salmonella spp. prevalence along smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam]
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Risk factors associated with Salmonella spp. prevalence along smallholder pig value chains in Vietnam
Development partners and public investors assume that spate irrigation reduces household poverty and malnutrition. This article examines whether the poverty profiles of smallholder farmers and the nutritional outcomes of their children have improved as a result of using spate irrigation. The stud...
Hagos, Fitsum
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Mulugeta, A.
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Langan, Simon J.
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Lefore, Nicole
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Abebe, Yenenesh
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[Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia]
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Poverty profiles and nutritional outcomes of using spate irrigation in Ethiopia
A study was conducted to identify the most suitable intercropping arrangement in smallholder farms in Western Kenya. Biomass and N (nitrogen)-accumulation, N2 fixation and grain yield of maize and soybeans grown as intercrops at three planting densities were assessed. The study was conducted in f...
Simbine, M.G.
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Baijukya, Frederick P.
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Onwonga, R.N.
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[Intermediate maturing soybean produce multiple benefits at 1:2 maize: soybean planting density]
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Intermediate maturing soybean produce multiple benefits at 1:2 maize: soybean planting density